But there's no real reason why they couldn't - LoT is an incredibly secure position in the CW staple of programming, they don't have to rush through plots the way they do (it's not like they WON'T get a third or fourth season, did they have to cram in both Lucas and Tolkien into this one?). It's a 17 episode season,…

Also, did anyone else want Simmons and the rebel cyber-teen to team up for an adventure?

I did not expect to have my point on LoT last week shown so effectively so quickly - THIS is how you do pacing for an alternate reality. A whole episode pretty much just getting to grips with the main characters and their place in the world - not even all of them, since there was no sign of Mack, Mace or Radcliffe -…

Grouty!

Tru dat.

Right?! I get it, iZombie is great, but AoS should be up there too, or at least mentioned!

Ugh. That was perfect, and I wish it wasn't. I wanted Forrest to have a happier ending, or at least a potentially happy one (the season one finale was great for that). I don't think I'll ever be able to watch the show again, because of that ending. And that sucks.

Yeah, I think I have seen enough Whedon that I can see the movie he was trying to make through what was actually finished (I still dream of seeing his original hour-longer version). The scene itself is a prime example, because I got what it was supposed to be, but I don't think it was the best put across, particularly…

It's a different kind of dark though; Whedon's dark isn't (usually) the cheesy grimdark that we've seen in the DCEU so far. Snyder might ask if Superman is prepared to kill, but Whedon would find a way to ask if Superman WANTS to kill. It's how in Age of Ultron he got to Vision saying that humanity is basically…

I also think it's a misreading of the scene, but (much as I do love Whedon) I don't think the scene was well written[/edited] enough to make that clear - it was way too easy to see it as 'I'm infertile, therefore I'm a monster', even when the intent was probably 'They took away part of my humanity, just as you lost…

Legends of Tomorrow has great 90 minute stories that it insanely tries to cram into a single episode. There could have been a whole episode exploring the alternate reality, then another episode getting the band back together, and instead the potential for both has been squandered. Just do two-parters, guys! You're a…

Yeah, but they've still had mighty big events in both season finales, so it's not like big events are limited to mid-season episodes.

Yeah, it's pretty unlikely, even for JTV. The only thing I'm holding onto is that they did it mid-season rather than waiting for a finale - which might be when they spring a surprise return on us. Please?

The Petra/Chuck stuff works for me, though I'm a true Petrafael (better not say that out loud in public), and most of the other stuff is just fine… I'm having a hard time pinning down why I'm losing my connection to it. Maybe because there HAVEN'T been the big brassy telenovela moments lately. Or maybe it's just…

Okay, wild theory time here, and a) it may have been covered before, and b) it might just me being overly hopeful, but… what if Michael is still alive? Possibly as part of a police op (although Dennis would surely not know about that and try to move forward with Jane), or possibly kidnapped by Rose. That kind of plot…

Damnit, as much as I love Forrest's misery, I want there to be a happy ending. Somehow. Anyhow. Like the season one finale, the kind of thing that frees Forrest and lets him be a person again. Please?

Oof, 'Super Friend' was pretty rubbish. Little musicality or lyricism to it, without any real build. 'Runnin' Home to You' was better in those regards, but just felt way out of place at that point of the episode.

In two years I say give her all the MCU roles she wants (maybe as an adult version of the vice President's daughter… anyone? Anyone?).

And let's not forget his role in Kingsman when he doesn't even have a real lisp.

They should have cast Tilda Swinton.