Consistent with the first movie, I expect Vin to be killed in the opening scene at a Pokemon Go gym and replaced by a new breed of secret agent.

Agreed. Both while watching and now in hindsight, the Punisher material was more compelling to me than the Elektra material (and where that material ends up going).

He sucks. The most positive aspect that he brings to the table is his good legal work, and as an attorney myself, suffice to say that the legal aspects of the show are laughable. I don't necessarily fault the show for the legal stuff, as it's no worse than any other show/movie in terms of the realism of a given…

I'd be content with Virginia Madsen just reading the entire novel, with her face periodically fading in and out. Each chapter would start with "Oh yes, I forgot to tell you…"

Morgan Freeman is not a piece of meat to be ogled.

The Crow, Flash Gordon, Highlander.

TV Club should include a weekly show or two that are pure reality trash, for the express purpose of snark and hate-watching. Several shows unofficially turned into that on the site (late seasons of Heroes and Entourage come to mind), so might as well run with it as the entire premise.

Having grown up in south Florida and being in Miami several times per year to this day… that one's not so dated.

Ha ha, what a story!

Golden Girls has aged better than almost any sitcom I can think of from the same era. In fact, it probably plays better now than it did at the time. Wall to wall insult comedy. Apparently I can never get enough riffs on "you're dumb", "you're old", "you're a slut", and "you're repulsive to men".

Fully on board and excited to see where this goes. Farrell and Vaughn are both competent actors regardless of taking on some shitty projects, and Lin can direct regardless of your feelings on the Fast & Furious movies. This season will live or die on the writing. The complaints here remind me of when Heath Ledger…

There are a ton of great memorable moments, but at the time my favoriate would have to be when Speirs runs in the open from one squad to another and back again. It sounds humdrum in writing, but it was exhilarating.

I do think that the Pacific theater of WWII is a more interesting (or at least an under-represented) setting, but I prefer the characters and story momentum of Band of Brothers. A lot of that is probably the big difference between the two theaters of war, with BoB being a single company over the course of a year…

I remember it being tough to sort out characters at the beginning, but I think that's inherent to a story like this. Everyone is a white guy with a buzzcut in the same place, in the same clothes, talking about the same subjects, and without any outside relationships or life to distinguish them. Sobel is set apart by…

I haven't read the review yet, but I just want to thank you for covering this. Band of Brothers is what really got me hooked on HBO originals in general, and during the final episode is probably the only time I've teared up at a show or movie as an adult. I recently watched the Pacific for the first time, and IMHO…

A group of male friends navigating an exotic world of money and power, the group dynamics and tensions that form when one member of the group achieves great success and ends up as both friend and employer, the "everything always works out" factor… It's easy to see the Entourage comparison. If this show takes that…

I thoroughly enjoy Take Me Down. My skipper is Tales of a Scorched Earth. I'd probably like it if not for the distorted vocals, but just hearing the first lyric alone is enough to give me a headache.

Hannah's still terrible, so this isn't intended to justify her actions, but two (IMO) decent reasons for her negative reaction come to mind:

It's Abe Vigoda.

Most characters have yet to discover the computer mouse. Any task that would typically require a mouseclick or two is instead accomplished via furious keyboard typing.