I do think that the episode on the whole is excellent - one of the best of this (too short) season, but I absolutely agree about the Dots and slugs. I had the exact same thought once it was revealed that the Dots can murder on their own without having this dumb, convoluted plan to have slugs slowly and methodically…

And I have to say... it’s funnier thinking about an audience getting caught by surprise with that twist.

I strongly disagree with your assessment of “Dot and Bubble.” I think all the signs were there that they are white supremacists. I personally didn’t pick up on it until the end, but I attribute that to my own white privilege. One of my Black friends who is a Who fan picked up on that aspect MUCH earlier in the…

1. Too short.

Personally, I find the series better than the book. The book took me a hell of a time to get through. I’m not a slow reader, but the fact that it took over half the book to get to the place where I had a vague idea where the book was going just made things insanely tedious. I was interested enough to keep reading but…

I’m gonna need Does the Dog Die to tell me whether the cat makes it before I will be able to see the new Quiet Place. (Also, Lupito Nyong’o continues to be adorable.)

In Orphan Black, it’s easy to forget Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany played all the clones who are often onscreen at the same time, with the actor distinguishing each one’s personality, physicality, and intonation.

I liked Men in Tights when I came out and before I was aware enough to realize how much Brooks just stole jokes from his own previous movies. (The moving mole? Young Frankenstein. The musical number? BOTH YF and History of the World Part I. Etc.)

I tried to be generous. I watched 2 episodes, and then I stopped. I may have chuckled lightly once or twice, but it was mostly deeply cringey. I would much rather have seen a feature length film of Drunk History, which often was very funny, than that mess.

I’m holding out hope that the finale redeems this, but I was deeply underwhelmed by this reveal (and yes, I had previously seen “Pyramids of Mars” and therefore did have a base for knowing the character).

The two biggest issues for this I can see are:

I came to the comments to see if anyone mentioned this. I can only assume it’s this video’s recent appearance that has inspired this article. (Seems too much of a coincidence.)

Back when Fury Road came out, some internet commenter (possibly on this site) introduced the fan theory/headcanon that the Mad Max movies work best when you think of them as post-apocalyptic mythology and legends, not strict history or chronology, especially where it comes to Max himself.

The Slipper and the Rose, for which the Sherman Bros. wrote the songs, is one of my underappreciated favorites. It’s an adaptation of Cinderella, and it’s not perfect, but their songs are all wonderful. I often get them stuck in my head. 

Pretty much the only thing I’ve seen mentioned that alkaline water might be good for is heartburn/acid reflux, and there are WAY cheaper ways to manage that than paying for this dumb water.

You know what, fuck Glee’s showrunners for consistently ripping off small artist cover arrangements of the pop songs they covered without getting permission or giving them credit. Legally, for the most part, they could get away with it, but ethically, it’s absofuckinglutely a shit thing to do, especially because they…

Eh. This show has been inconsistent at best. S2 is definitely rewatchable, but I had enough issues with S1 that even though I watched it all the way through, I will never revisit that. And the Queen Charlotte season was... fine? It didn’t frustrate me the same way S1 did, but it very much lacked the spark that made S2…

Israel did surprisingly better in the popular vote than I expected given everything, especially after the booing of the Israel jury representative.

I think the way to play it now would be effectively to gaslight the audience. Play the husband as seeming very genuine and loving. Make us understand how women fall prey to gaslighting behavior, which often involves a lot of seeming love and concern on the part of the gaslighter. Make the audience question, “Is he…

that he nuked Shady Sands personally, in a fit of paranoid jealousy after his wife left him for the surface