There’s a bit quite early in the original Baldur’s Gate where the MC has the dialogue option to go off on an absolutely amazing epic rant about obvious side quest giving unhelpful NPC’s.

“Ok, I’ve just about had my FILL of riddle asking, quest assigning, insult throwing, pun hurling, hostage taking, iron mongering,…

Yes, I get that the show is designed as one-off adventures with an over-arching quest.

Are we sure that the Jedi want Baby Yoda back to balance the Force? Because given Baby Yoda’s very obviously voracious appetite for space frogs and space squids and other slimy things, maybe Yodas were originally kept by the Jedi as waddling Terminex vans.

I really enjoyed the puppetry and the cgi was high quality, but there were a few times they went too far into CGI, especially with the child near the beginning of the episode, plus there should have been at least one clear spider puppet other than the new-embryo the baby eats.  I just loved that moment of you’re like…

Wow, way to miss the point. The show is examining the Star Wars universe, not trying to weave a tapestry of mysteries and plot lines like other shows have tried and failed to do. This episode also gives us a good look at the father-son relationship that’s been growing between Mando and Baby Yoda, and how that can…

Bittersweet?

Is this the first (non-crossover) episode that has no scenes in Star Labs? Unless I missed a scene, we were never there, which seems strange for this show. Like a TNG episode with no scenes on the bridge (which did happen but only twice).

And that is after Nate lost his dad AND grandfather, and got dumped by Amaya, who there is a new version of on the team that doesn’t have feelings for him. You have to give Nate credit that mf rolls with the punches, but they sure do keep coming 

No Soylent Green this week either, have to say I’m a bit worried for him... I really enjoy his comments, hope he’s doing well.

Screw the haters above me. Your post-show recap is the one reason I still visit AVClub

Soylent Green’s The Walking Dead Stray Observations: Social Distancing Edtition:

The script here is both a new interpretation of and an homage to the classic era of the great stage farces before it veers into a genre twist that transports the characters into a reality that takes the form of absurdism literally, with the writers and art designers toying in the sandbox of existential thought and…

This episode was magnificent

Soylent Green’s The Walking Dead Stray Observations: Thank God We Have Better Call Saul on Monday Edition:

Well, no, because Jason isn’t going to a real world of go-karting animals.

You don’t know what either experience-stuff is made of, so you are in no position to judge which is more real, and on what criteria. In short, we don;t know what constitutes ‘real’. You seem to assume “if it’s in our control, it’s not real”—…

.....are you drunk

Consciousness cannot contemplate the end of itself, because by definition there is no frame of reference. So to attempt to observe one’s own death will always cause sadness, because it violates the laws of nature. It’s quantum mechanics: if you try to observe something, you change it into something else. In this case,…

No lie, it’d be fuckin’ hilarious for them to do a reincarnation montage, except it’s the quartet subbing in in all kinds of other TV shows and whatnot. While the potential list is endless, it’d be fun to give each character at least one iconic TV show, movie, etc. that they would’ve liked - two very different kinds…

Soylent Green’s Stray Observations: Music Man Will Never Get to the Fireworks Factory Edition:

Huge Joe Lansdale and Hap and Leonard fan here. I so wanted this to be good and it's just not - or not as could as it should be. I'll keep watching because hope springs eternal, but the episode just wasn't good. What happened? Nothing that couldn't have been conveyed to us in ten minutes. Neither character nor plot…