Well, based on this episode, if there was something out there, like a baby tooth or something, Ward would have ordered that the building it was in be nuked from orbit. So…

The show did acknowledge that the genetic evidence is pretty much impossible, since he was 10 when he went missing and probably never had any DNA on record. And with no living relatives (and especially not parents), a paternity test is also out of the question.

Of course. As a general rule, I much prefer realizing that I actually agree with someone to arguing with them for no real reason.

It's an interesting idea, but it's also laying the groundwork for what the show will be in the future. So while I do hope they eventually get to "fun mystical kung-fu stuff," it's gonna be friggin' whiplash coming on the heels of "dour gaslighting-centric corporate drama where mystical kung-fu stuff is technically on…

That Obi-Wan/Vader fight on the Death Star really gets more and more anticlimactic with every passing day, doesn't it?

The… part where you said that not changing the race of white characters "matters too, just as much, if not more?"

A rule of good conflict is that in every scene, each character should have a goal that they are, in one way or another, trying to achieve.

All good points, as usual, but I do disagree in one area. In the realm of television, "getting good later" is absolutely not a failure. Long-form storytelling will, more often than not, take some time to find its feet, but that's a feature, not a bug.

You just know that if Matt Murdock had fought those guards he wouldn't stop until every one of them was in a coma and he had broken at least four of his own bones.

Without fully jumping into this discussion, I just need to say that keeping white characters white definitely does not matter more.

Eh, I think Jones is fine. But then, I've always been a much harsher critic of writing than I am of acting. I'm not going to call out a performance unless it's truly inspired in its badness, and we're nowhere near that level.

Now, when you say "fucking dragon eggs"… I really need to know if that's being used as an adjective or a verb.

"So you found these markings in the tunnel?"
"Oh, no. Eve drew them here after she saw them someplace else. This is, for all intents and purposes, a completely normal tunnel. At least as far as tunnels go."
"Oh… Then why did you refuse to tell me where it was?"
"I didn't want to give you a way to sneak into my house."
"Tha…

Having never seen any of Dexter, I had kind of hoped that people were exaggerating, but holy shit can Scott Buck not write. In 57 minutes, not one person says a single interesting thing.

Brave's true villain was its hilariously awful lack of thematic cohesion.

I only remember the name Charles Muntz because it's one letter away from Charles Mintz, the film producer who stole (well, bought) all of Walt Disney's existing IP in 1928 and forced him to start his own company.

I mean, he did invite the entire town to his engagement party before he even proposed. That doesn't scream consent.

Oh thank God.

Wait, what does that mean?

I haven't played enough myself to be able to spoil anything, but the reason speedruns can be done so quickly is that the vast majority of the game (including almost all of the main story) is optional.