That bathroom scene, as well as the prior confrontation wtih EB, were such masterful performances. Like that is a worthy opponent there for Perry Mason to face. It’s also really smart writing as it would have been easy to make the DA in to a phony or more of a joke, but this dude is just pure terror.

While I was initially very hesitant about Perry Mason being another story of a white guy in this period, and I still think it is a valid criticism, I do think it has done a good job in trying to actively show how bad it was if you weren’t a whie straight man. Hell, even the poor guys like Perry and Matthew still have…

That was such a powerful episode and Dear Lord did John Lithgow deliver the goods on so many fronts there. This was also the point where it genuinely felt like it was starting to draw together all those narrative threads they had established before, almost elevating the previous episodes because they didn’t feel…

By the way on the weapons, on the post-show they explained that they wanted to reduce the amount of weapons in the game and instead focus on giving the opportunity to develop the weapons the players likes by finding upgrades and stuff like that during exploration. I really like that approach as I’ve always loathed the…

I keep getting more excited about this game, especially since it feels like they are trying to combine the best narrative elements of both Origins and Odyssey while also learning from those mistakes. I’m especially intrigued by the colony and diplomatic aspects as one of the big issues with especially Odyssey was that…

For me, the following aspect of Theron’s character was most befuddling:

I squealed so hard when it was reported that they would essentially finally doing the Gotham Central TV show. Not only, but the connection means that we might get far more of Jeffery Wright’s Gordon.

It wasn’t even the amount of exposition, but it didn’t fit together. Like there were revelations which didn’t make any sense with what had been revealed prior to that.

I kept trying to figure out how a movie with this good of characters can have that horrid a script. Like there were so many moments of dialogue and turns of events where I just shook my head in disbelief, although nothing can beat the Rodin revelation as who among us wouldn’t instantly recognize a Rodin?

Okay, I can see the challenge of the episode if it tries to portray something very widespread as indicative of this particular culture and thus not really touching on the larger issue at hand.

The performances really carried the film to being as enjoyable as it was as man that script was clumsy as hell. Still quite fun although I found myself pondering if getting Theron involved ended up hurting it a little bit as it felt like this one should have been a miniseries or something. Actually felt like it had…

My favorite episodes were Calcio Storico and Kok Boru episodes as they were just such bonkers sports, wth my golden moment being in the Kok Boru episode when one of the players commented how it looked easy from the outside and I honestly yelled at the TV who the hell would think that looked easy? Although to my great…

Something that has been honestly shocking is seeing the many social media videos of people angrily rejecting the mere requirement of masks. And while it isn’t in anyway just a US thing, see the tragic France bus driver incident, there is this weird undertone when it comes to the US videos of this outrage that not only…

I finally got around playing Gears 5 which has been a deeply confusing experience so far. In almost every conceivable way, it is a better game than Gears 4 with the world feeling deeper, the mechanics being smoother and everything just flowing together better. It also manages to capture that sense of kind of chaos and…

So much sympathy to Kilmartin and her suffering.

While I’m hopeful they will provide some reasoning in the show, what bothers me a little bit is that in addition of introducing this random new character, they really don’t provide any background that would provide her with some of the skills necessary to be Batwoman. I mean yeah, she ran drugs, but that doesn’t make…

Yeah, but that approach never felt intentional as at times they did seem to want to show his human side. And what was worse, it did come across the show wanted Paxton to come across as sympathetic while making him utterly impossible to figure out. Also I don’t think the actor was really able to carry that role.

Two smaller side comments on the shows. First, The Great without a doubt belongs on the list and I do recommend it to everyone, but man is that last fifteen minutes such a huge asterisk for me. It was so horridly bad that I couldn’t understand how the people responsible for the rest of it thought that was a good idea.

While I naturally expected to see Mrs America here, as that show was so amazing, I was thrilled to see the utterly delightful Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet on the list. The first half of the season had so many simply hilarious moments that still make me crack up while the second half did lean more on the dramatic…

Personally I’m really torn on Never Have I ever, even thought I did enjoy it. It just had some of the weirdest casting decisions, especially with one of the friends who seemed almost a decade older than the other two. Also Devi’s crush, I don’t even remember his name, was so all over the place as a character that it…