Democrats have also not spent several decades saying that government should be run like a business, and that politicians are terrible.
Republicans were primed for someone like Trump, Democratic voters prize things like vision, and a level of experience.

Yes, I am a fan of Terry Gilliam’s work, why do you ask?
I know Jupiter Ascending isn’t good in most of the ways we judge movies, but it’s not worse than all the other blockbuster stuff that gets thrown at us, at least it’s different.

I’d rather watch Jupiter Ascending again than any of the lazy Marvel or DC-movies that get churned out by the studios.
The Wachowskis are a pair of weirdo-filmmakers who have never really made a good film, but they’ve never made a film that wasn’t as interesting as it was entertaining. To separate Cloud Atlas from,…

What does this have to do with the Handmaid’s Tale?
And how does the US electing one black president lead to a post-racial society?

I don’t even know what you are specifically responding to, but on its face it’s nonsense.

What’s the artistic merit of a cake?
I’m sympathetic to the idea of taking on clients you want to work with, and rejecting offers you don’t feel align with your morals. But where do you draw that line as baker? What is the difference between a loaf of bread sold in your store, and a wedding cake ordered by any couple?
T…

In the book Atwood was brutally clear about it, all non-white people were shipped off to the colonies (i.e. concentration camps). The colonies themselves are in the US, they’re areas where environmental degradation is so severe that they need to be reclaimed. All unwanted people were brought there as a disposable…

I think it’s partially because the show’s creators just don’t seem to have a good grasp on the actual religious right, or on the way these kinds of things played out in countries like Iran and Afghanistan.

The book mentioned, if I’m remembering this correctly, that Waterford was in marketing, and responsible for devising a lot of the ceremonial aspects of Gilead’s subjugation of women in the planning stages of the coup.

This has been bothering me since season 1. The book made it seem that there was still significant ongoing fighting, with only the North East safe enough for visitors.
My guess for the show would be that at the time of the bombing the organisation that formed Gilead was already in government, but not having declared all…

I wouldn’t quite put it like that, it’s more that Claudia, and the people she’s aligned with have an outdated idea of the Soviet Union. They’re holding on to the Russia that defeated the nazis, that sent the first man into space, a country that was proud and strong. One worth suffering for, to the degree that the…

Of the prequels Phantom Menace feels the most like what Star Wars should feel like. Which is mainly because it’s the one that wasn’t a giant digital mess.

I’m not sure it had that much of an effect on Elizabeth though. I think after last week’s reveal, that Elizabeth has completely shut out Claudia. She went there to reclaim her soul, whatever Claudia said afterwards was incidental.

Arguably that takes more effort.

Complete and utter non claim to fame: Kat Dennings follows me on instagram for some reason.

The Sopranos had the advantage that the stuff Tony watched was generally familiar (at at least a cultural level) to the viewer, with these Russian movies the way they relate to the characters becomes more cryptic, and less specific. But I thought that this week’s choice was great as a way for Philip to be confronted…

Not just the paintings, all the Russian movies they’re watching this season are lovely character notes as well. Philip watching ‘The Garage’ in the dark on his own was such a sad, desperate moment. Both longing to connect with his past, and wanting some way to know is his sacrifices were worth it, wanting to find some…

Haha, I’m from the Netherlands and smoking wasn’t banned in work places until 2003. I had professors in college who smoked in class.

Killing Erica was the merciful thing to do, burning the painting after putting it away was Elizabeth stamping out her own perceived weakness. Perfectly leading up to that final moment of her standing up for her own conscience. Erica’s art definitely helped get her to do that. When you think about it, it’s almost…

It just seems too gimmicky to me, too cheap a twist. I’m not saying it’s not possible, but with only two episodes left I feel it would take away from more important things.