This story is missing the really cool context: this episode all began with one Deviantart image by a Simpsons fan.

John Carpenter is a fucking legend. I love that he has mostly retired and just plays video games all day.

“We’re just carpet men here. Your hardwood floors need a carpet? We provide it.”

A class act as always! Reminds of David Lynch: made great genre-defining movies 20-30 years ago and now is enjoying his own personal hobbies (woodworking in Lynch’s case), making music, and generally being a positive person.

Counterpoint: My wife and I quite liked it. The show’s initial hook is the hole, but over time, Brolin does really great work showing us a fairly tortured patriarch. And he’s surrounded by strong actors playing his family.

The antagonist’s family is more broadly sketched, and has more of a Twin Peaks vibe, but that’s…

Well I’m enjoying it. I have read all the books, appendices and all, but it was 30 years ago now, so all this debate and frustration over compression and plot changes make’s me really happy I can’t remember most of the lore Tolkien mapped out but never completed.

As I noted in a past episode discussion, the show is moving at a very deliberate sort of pace. It’s not a wild ride, though it’s not lingering just to linger. But I don’t know how you could call this episode filler, as it directly turns three storylines toward their final act of the season. Galadriel and Halbrand have…

It’s funny how differently people think of these episodes. I found this one to be a welcome change of pace after the ponderous, lore-heavy fourth episode.

I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but I’d watch a series just about the Harfoots annual migrations and the trial and tribulations they encounter while roaming about Middle Earth.

I agree with the review 100% and the fact that I read it, and understood what and to whom all those goofy-ass Middle Earth terms and names referred to is a testament to this show’s success so far. And I say “goofy-ass” with all due respect and affection for the goofy-ass source material.

The characters I’ve responded to best are Galadriel and Durin, so this episode felt Harfeet-heavy and wheel-spinning. The stuff about mithril was especially clunky.

Homunculus Mcgillicuddy?

Oh, he’s most certainly uncomfortable with the stock of that submachine gun jammed into his throat. But, ever the professional, he still manages to tippy toe away from his latest target...that’s how you know he’s sneaky!

Dude, show some *respect* for the original Firefly:

Munkey scornfully attacks the ridiculous tools spilling out of his backpack Firefly only to realize at the last moment that the master saboteur has tricked him with an explosive decoy.   

I heard that Disney released Prey on Hulu because there was a pre-purchase deal that any movie released in theaters by Fox would stream on HBOMax. Disney didn’t want their streaming competitor to get access to Prey, so they released the Predator prequel, a movie meant to show in theaters, on Hulu so that HBOMax…

Oh, I loved Firefly...shit any of the ninja masked/ski masked Joes were already bumped to the top of the leaderboard for me (Snake Eyes was always #1). But this picture SUCKED. He’s even got his finger on the trigger of the pistol, absolutely no trigger discipline! For shame! The REAL Firefly would never have posed…

At least he’s holding the pistol correctly. I figured the tool kit was open so the kids could see the cool accessories he came with, but yeah, outside of that, it’s odd. He’s still probably one of my top 5 Joe or Cobra guys.

Even as a kid I hated this picture.

“an old bad guy named Firefly”? How ‘bout some respect for the master of infiltration and sabotage?!