Ok, yeah, say what you want about Sage, it's miles better than Krystal :)

Not nearly as bad as Franz Kafka International.

I really hope your name isn't "Sage", because that's a stripper name if I've ever heard one.

Meh, it's not that hard to get a unique name - my first name is extremely common in Russian (well, all Russian names are extremely common), I chose a somewhat less frequent - but entirely reasonable - English spelling, and my last name is a relatively rare (but not unheard of) Ukrainian name.

I loved the episode, but that bit was pretty silly: the melting point of gold is about 1,000 degrees Celsius (almost two thousand degrees Fahrenheit), you're just not going to melt it in a pot over an open fire.

What, is the list called "10 Competent Assassins"?

Well, since you're enjoying it - Romo was the last to see the projection, since he had to turn around to face it, so it makes sense they wouldn't remember his reaction. I don't think there was anything to indicate whether he remembered their initial reaction.

You will have forgotten seeing the Silent, not what made you turn, ie your friend freaking out. Or at least that's the way it was presented on the show.

Yeah, from your friend's perspective it would be a momentary distraction they couldn't quite remember, from your perspective it'd be a good 30 seconds of your friend screaming "Oh god, there's a monster!", starting to run away, and coming back all confused. Some people may find that to be odd.

I liked it more than the last episode, but still, too many things stretch credibility a little too thin.

Not sure I agree with that - I've never seen a writer more firmly married to a label than Gibson is to cyberpunk. He may be a label onto himself, but his work (at least his well-known work) is cyberpunk to the core.

There's also a larger, and smellier, Mastodon standing next to it.

Yeah, but he hasn't written cyberpunk in 15 years. Personally, I like his "historical fantasy" (is that a thing?) stuff far more than his Gibson phase; some of my favorite books, in fact.

I suppose it could've been the first subtle indication, since we've already had zombie yetis (or whatever), and dragons and whatnot.

Excessive? Prince-boy got a boo-boo, of course they'll go after anyone in the vicinity who isn't related to the royal family.

Another, more extreme example, is casting Daniel Craig as a Polish Jew, which works fine.

I love Oglaf. I love it with all my heart.

I watched the Tinker Bell movie a few years ago for some reason (seriously, no idea why) it was surprisingly un-Disneyesque when it comes to gender. Go figure.

I've always felt that objection was a bit silly - no one would object to casting Poles as Russians (in fact - it's very common).

Oh please, oh please, let it be Robert Pattison! When I expect something to suck, I like it to be a giant firestorm of suck.