Meh!

And yet, there is a big “all girl” push here by marketing people, production people, the cast, here... . Either shut up about the “all women” ghostbusting cast or accept that some people will call it an all female ghostbusters... which is factually correct.

But, how do they know if it’s them doing the magic or the screaming man?

The “I’m doing this” or “I’m doing this?” scene always reminds me of the episode of SG-1 when Jackson spends the entire episode “learning” how to do magic, but then realizes that it was never him doing it. What about that scene above makes you think the typical YA protagonist did anything?

Well, that was a patchwork camel of nonsense. Skip!

Supergirl is nice, and being on CBS means that it’s confirmed to seen a second & third season, to the writers can relax a bit on the ratings grab and focus on story... one... would... hope.

It bad.

I think you effortlessly made the point that the last few years has been something of a graveyard for SF TV.

Ahh, the irony in that this show won’t...

Depends how long that lasts...

So, if you don’t go through these stages, where you never in love with the fandom in the first place or just not a fan boy/girl of said fandom?

With so many terrible/dumb movies being labeled as excellent, worthwhile or even intelligent (Looper, Snowpiercer, Ex Machina), it’s kinda had to blame the studios for the content they produce. They are, after all, a profit making concern. Market driven. They address the needs of the marketplace, not some pie in the…

All writers should PnP game. It is an education. Also fun.

As the Zen master said... we’ll see, we’ll see.

The politics are still there. The interactions in Dorne, the reactivation of the Faith Militant, Little Finger’s machinations are all emblematic, even Martell’s visit to the Iron Bank, in their different ways, of the politics of the later books. As mentioned, in DwD, Westeros is effectively broken. It can be argued,…

How exactly does the Last Ship count as “hilariously” in this regard?

“Previously on” is a hateful thing the use of which disrespects the audience. It’s much better when they don’t. For example, did we see the Stannis shadow killing Renly in the Previously on? No. Brienne’s reaction is only understood if the audience is aware of her, ber background, and her mission(s). Thusly, the…

Once again, Tyrion gets the best lines and Dany is pretty much eye-candy. Regarding the grey scale, I don’t think it’s an issue a) ‘cause it hasn’t spread that far yet and b) didn’t Dany and Missendi hold different hands to Dany and Jorah?

When the twist is so obvious, the writer tries to do something new (which is occasionally admirable), but then drives down a cul de sac and can’t reverse. The Will Smith “vehicle” Focus was also very like that.

Modern SF TV doesn’t have strong worldbuilding. It doesn’t have good worldbuilding. It often doesn’t have worldbuilding which, in my mind, it the most important aspect of any sort of storytelling.