I was eyeballing that shield and thinking “He better drive there, he’s not carrying a huge chunk of metal that the government’s after through airport security.” Although I guess he could’ve FEDex’d it to his sister’s address before boarding. It’s not like he has to be worried it’ll be damaged during shipping.

Mackie might not have been a household name back then, but I remember thinking he was dynamite when I saw “The Hurt Locker” on the big screen. If anything I’m kinda surprised it took as long as it did for people to hand him leading roles (although not that surprised given how Hollywood works).

In one of the Superman & Batman comics (I think maybe the one that brings in Supergirl?) at the end all the Justice League team up to rebuild the Kent farm. The Flash seems to do a large portion of the work himself, and it just made me think “Oh, of course The Flash would be a great contractor. He’s excellent at the…

It is just sort of weird to have the protagonist in an MCU be an actual adult. We’ve had a long line of man-children (looking at you, Tony), the rich and sheltered, occasional out-and-out trauma victims, and one actual child. Even T’Challa was very naïve at the start of his movie. From the his first minutes on screen…

He nagged them pretty hard about not having gone to see it before, if he was hoping to not run into them he could’ve kept his blabber mouth closed.

Last Podcast on the Left’s extra Side Stories episodes have been covering Lori Vallow’s story since it broke and it’s been so frustrating to listen to those guys week after week talk about this case and how long she has gotten away with her kids just up and vanishing. I’m glad justice is finally coming for her, but it…

All these unsolved true crime podcasts remind me of a line from The Investigation, the wonderful and compelling dramatic miniseries about the murder of Kim Wall (although the murderer was arrested and convicted unlike the aforementioned podcasts). In one of the last episodes one of the cops, Maibritt, is going over…

I couldn't remember if Littlefinger was in the pilot. Also, to your other point, GoT was a genre show. I think a larger percentage of people watching from the beginning were probably fans of other genre shows like Atlantis and TSCC. It felt like it took a little while to be talked about as prestige television (not to…

I was trying to remember who was in the actual first episode and I started losing track.

His coming out in no way excuses his treatment of Cassie Randolph. Now he’s trying to get clout from this TV show? No thanks, man. Clearly the guy has been through plenty untwisting these pretzels in his head to figure himself out, but there are countless people who have been through the same and not stalked, harassed,…

Some actors need a good writer or director. Look to Keanu Reeves, there are at least as many movies he’s bad in as movies he’s good in. But I think the good outshines the bad with both of them. Then again, I haven’t watched JL because I’ve probably already spent the 4 hours just reading about it, there are so many…

While Game of Thrones did manage to nab a killer cast of unknowns, let’s not discount the careers that some of it’s actors had beforehand. Sean Bean is the clear headliner of the bunch, but Peter Dinklage, Jason Momoa, and Lena Headly, were all known quantities here in the US beforehand. And Michelle Fairly, Nicolaj…

Obviously not every vet gets therapy, but there really needs to be more access to it. It's also clear from his conversations with Lamar that he had some particularly intense experiences in Afghanistan, it's not as if you win three medals of honor by doing really excellent paperwork. The government would definitely…

It’s not as if there’s only one therapist who can only block out a certain amount of time and the government has to pick one of these two guys to go. Bucky’s clear need for therapy does not negate John also needing it. Besides, you’d think the government would want to completely clear (and regularly check in on)…

I’m starting to construct a basic outline of the idea that I will finally move out of my hometown (at age 32... ugh, how deep is this rut that I’ve trapped myself in?). One thing that I learned about myself in the last year is that I actually enjoy spending a large amount of my free time alone, which is something I…

I would like to add, do I think lawmakers have better things to do than vote on frivolous bills such as a “state raptor”? Yes. Do I think there are other productive ways to teach 9 year olds about government? Yes. And finally, as a pro-choice person (not that I should have to even mention that), do I think that…

The bit at the end getting into why Florida has held onto the Mockingbird reminded me of a really idiotic story from a few years ago. A fourth grade class in New Hampshire took on the project of trying to make the red tailed hawk the official state raptor. I think likely the aim was to learn about how the government…

I think what makes me feel a little better about the difficulty in vaccine appointments as opposed to previous difficulties with getting Covid tests or applying for unemployment is that this is a one/two time thing (Most people I know who’ve gotten Pfizer or Moderna vaccines don’t need to scramble to set up the 2nd…

A friend of mine spent his childhood diving into bushes because his pastor’s wife believed almost literally that Jesus was her co-pilot so if she hit something it was meant to be hit. So I wouldn’t be too surprised if this philosophy is being applied a bit more than is healthy or sane.

That phone call exists to remind us that Sam’s family has a boat, a boat I’m convinced will be destroyed before the series is over.