But this is part of a conversation about transgender issues. It's not an invalid story, but it has a different meaning coming from a transgender person than from a cisgender person. Why? Because for a cisgender person, the man in the bathroom was unquestionably wrong by the standards of anyone on EITHER side of the…

No, I'm with Arundel, it wasn't clear. I had no expectations, but when she started talking about how she was, say, scolded for using the girls' bathroom it definitely seemed to indicate that these experiences were because she was transgender. Not that she herself needed to clarify more (they're her tweets, and…

See, I went in knowing the hype, and I was mostly very impressed. I had a few grievances, including the relationship between the two characters (I thought they were well developed fine as individuals, but the way Mia chased Seb despite him being a dick three successive times came across pretty MPDG-ish) and some…

I do think there are times (even in musicals) when the more mellow, low key approach is warranted… but it just doesn't match with the writing and the direction for most of this film, and it's right there in the opening number (which in all other respects is pretty terrific - I had a big grin on my face by the end, I…

I really wanted to love the film wholeheartedly, but the thing that really irked me and still does is the singing - not the songs, which are good, but how everyone (except John Legend) sounds like they're putting no effort into their performances. I was just dying for them to put some passion into their singing;…

Predictability gets a bad rap. Part of what often makes fiction seem predictable is just a story reaching the most satisfying conclusion (which is often easy to recognise because of the decades of film and television storytelling). The execution is what matters - I had called Fitz as the LMD last week, but that didn't…

Yeah, okay, I'll buy that, though I think it could have been better explained within the episode(s). Either way, though, it didn't actually detract from the episode for me; the emotion of each scene was perfectly calibrated throughout (and always well set up and justified), and that's what's important.

Yeah, I think that would make the most sense structurally - three or so episodes would seem to me the right length of time to spend in the Framework, with an episode to reacclimatise before a three-ish part finale dealing with Aida and the Russian. Buuuut it depends what kind of story they want to tell to finish the…

I can't tell if that was the 'LMD' finale and the final arc of the season will be about the Framework, or if that was the penultimate episode of 'LMD' and the Framework will just be one more episode before kicking off a new arc. I hope it's the former, although I don't know how they'd string that out for 7 episodes or…

Well I took that as being 4 LMDs in the base - although the shot this week of Fitz and Simmons confirming one to be an LMD would then have to be at fault. So, yeah, a mistake somewhere methinks. In fact I can think of a few nitpicks here (why so many Daisys? Was resurrecting LMayD part of Coulson's directive, and…

You know, I thought similar about the fourth one being fine… but yesterday I tried to watch it again (as it's on iPlayer) for the first time since its release, and… I couldn't get past the ten minute mark. It's just kind of… unpleasant. And it's unfunny in the way I found the first one unfunny (jokes replaced by loud…

I enjoyed this episode. I also thought it was a very clever way to defeat Mxy, using a bunch of information already laid out in the episode (some more subtly than others). I was convinced she was going to get there and go through with it, and would claim that Kltpzyxm was her middle name so he'd have to repeat it in…

McCartney was probably brought in to play the drums.

Wait, so he's suggesting that all black superheroes must know each other?

See, I haven't seen that from Nate, and my main impression of him is that he's just Ray with a bit less self awareness. I too am totally fine with having jerks on the team; in fact, Mick is about my favourite character on the show now. But then, he wasn't for the first half of season 1 - it took until after the…

I'd have said the same with the first few trailers, but I think with the way they've shaped up the marketing they have a decent shot with the general movie-going crowd. I'm sure they will find some people wanting to relive their yesteryear in this way, but I think they have a decent shot of getting more Personally, I…

True, Nate's had a lot of stuff, but I'm still not convinced any of that has defined him. He can banter, he can be nerdy, but has he actually gone through anything since turning into Steel? And even that didn't seem to really test him or his relationship to anyone else. And the fact that his personality is so close to…

I understand that approach, but that's why I think Fred is a good example of how to do it, because she was in 8 episodes before having her first big 'This is who I am' episode, but she wasn't just treated like a standard member of the team in the meantime; she played a small role in each episode that was very…

Angel remains one of my favourite series of all time, because there was so much fantastic character work. It had its faults, sure, but it was incredibly strong in a lot of ways. These just seemed like the best examples I could give for how the DCW shows should be approaching new characters. There will be other good…

Man, the DCW shows really need to get better at bringing in new main characters - you can't just introduce them one episode and then have them just be in the background for the rest of the season. The same problem with Dinah here has hit Nate and Amaya on Legends - both decent enough as characters and with good…