I like Will as well. He’s had to carry a bunch of plot, so that weighs down the character, but I like how he uses his cop brain. I feel like Riley’s flat as a character. Nomi doesn’t do much for me, though I like Amanita. I still miss Capheus no. 1 who was more exuberant.

Wolfgang and Sun’s scenes are probably my…

This sort of made my day. Sense8's a bit of a mess, but it’s not like anything else and it drove me nuts that it was left hanging the way it was.

I’m sorry not to get the five-season arc, but at least this won’t leave things mid-lobotomy.

They didn’t need to do that. They could have just greenlighted a second season and said to make sure there was some sort of closure at the end.

Except that they cancelled three other shows—and those shows don’t appear to be coming back. Sense8 was the one that had a big fan campaign.

Love Palatino—glad to see another fan. And the hell with anyone obsessing about my taste in fonts—as long as its not crazy, it’s not an indication of any pathology on my part.

So,now that we know that 21 states got hacked, you really want to keep trashing white feminists for defending Hillary Clinton?

Because you come off as a misogynistic asshole.

Yep. It’s clear to me that the film makers wanted a more diverse cast, but in order to do so, they decided to omit the racism that goes along with the far right.

No perfect solution with this one, IMO.

Uh, actually they are. I suggest you read the rest of this very long thread before making assumptions of that sort. There’s no sign that the Ancient Egyptians were displaced—the genetic contribution of the Arab conquerors is around 10 percent. Egyptians also, even now, aren’t particularly prone to emigration. Nor did…

Yep. Two shows where the ending was so bad that it negated large chunks of what was good about the show. The X-Files just went on too damn long and BSG just couldn’t make it all add up.

Gawd, that last episode was AWFUL.

Yeah, it’s bad enough that if there’s no Season 3 or a special, I’m going to petition for comic books to finish the series.

This. I get that it’s expensive, but we were left completely hanging there with a lot of unanswered questions. Grrr.

Bummer! Even when I’m annoyed by Sense8, I kind of love it. It’s gorgeously filmed and I wanted to know where it was going.

As others have mentioned, Sam Taylor-Wood’s a woman and directed the first one. But the big problem with 50 Shades is that the author has all kinds of rights and exercises them. Since she’s a crap writer, it’s a real pain for the director. I’m sure the author (whose name is blissfully escaping me right now) is a big…

Lewis actually made it clear in a letter that Susan wasn’t dead—that’s where the might make it to Narnia eventually thing came from.

I was completely horrified as a child that this poor girl suddenly lost her entire family and that this was somehow a happy ending because, hey, Susan was kinda shallow.

That was my take at the time—Enid was a rebel, but one without much of a cause or true awareness—not surprising in a teenager.

Yeesh, this was a trite holier-than-thou analysis. 

If you’re going to try the niggling approach then I’ll point out that I do have the ability to agree with Said on everything, but I may choose not to do so.

Or, to be more precise, I don’t agree with *your* use of Said’s work in this context. I think it’s flawed. As far as I know, Said, himself, never published…

No, it means that I don’t agree with Said hook, line and sinker.

The Korean War was the early 50s. Star Trek was mid-to-late 60s. So Vietnam and the Cold War were the contemporary matters. And, yes, the Klingons were formed from bits and pieces of various historical empires.

It’s worth noting that at the time of Star Trek most of China was sealed off from the West. Nixon went to…

I’m familiar with Said’s work. Yes, there were stereotypes at that point—as I said. My point is that it wasn’t a central focus at that point.