Oh, look, it’s almost as if an actual show director said I was right and every idiotic asshole who told me to “shut up, you are wrong, this absurd shit is totally realistic” in this thread below can go fuck themselves and suck my vindicated metaphorical dick...

Dead Bath & Beyond

Based on the impression that the party had travelled for a few days north of the wall, it would have taken Gendry a few days to return to Eastwatch. It would then have taken a raven several weeks to fly from Eastwatch to Dragonstone. It would have then, likewise, taken several weeks for the dragons to fly north. And…

So... sort of a semi-aside to begin this comment, but just because the show has dragons and zombies doesn’t just mean anything goes and all sense of logic and continuity can be ignored.

Lots to unpack here, and some very good questions. I may meander a bit in my response, so please indulge me.

There was a really disturbing WSJ article earlier this week on the diminishing cultural effect of young Chinese going to the West for education or work - great firewall or no great firewall. It’s behind their paywall so I’ve copied it for you.

Remember when Shia LaBeouf was on the cover of Vanity Fair being called the next Tom Hanks?

it’s not a trick Lando, it’s the force. A trick is something hookers do for credits. Or death-sticks.

Wait, the media didn’t jump on Hillary for the email scandal?

“This reaction didn’t happen 20 years ago so I’m going to ignore treason today!”

I know some of the characters look funny to us Westerners but Cyrillic really isn’t the same thing as emoji.

Maybe they can get Mel Gibson to direct a Passion crossover, in which we learn that the cross Jesus was nailed to was, in fact, a Decepticon.

Counterpoint:

Now, Dredd was exactly how you should make an action film. Tight Budgets force creativity, look at Deadpool as a perfect example of that premise

He also had 12 other BMWs stored in the parking lot of the company he worked for.

Great article.

Interesting point about arbitrarily long probation sentences - extended probation is a functional deathtrap for a lot of people. I’ve legitimately seen people reset because they accrue 2-3 minor infractions over the course of multiple years - and we’re talking stuff like unpaid parking tickets. I’ve seen…

I feel it is somehow blasphemous and demeaning to Watchmen as a seminal work to be linked to the ongoing DC universe.

You can keep taking it back farther — Accolade's Star Control series had a race called the Precursors as long ago as the Sega Genesis in the '80s, and their advanced techno-remnants were a major part of the plot in Star Control II, which I played on the high-speed wonder that was the 286 in 1992. (Still one of my…