So one thing, TMNT was popular with a relatively broad demographic in the 90's, and it hit during that prime late-Gen X/early millennial group, who became synonymous with pop-culture nostalgia, so a lot of current adults would have a fondness for the franchise. Also, compared to He-Man, Transformers, etc before it…

I don't think we're meant to think that "quadroon" literally describes Lana's heritage. It was just Archer being a dick with regard to Lana being light-skinned and/or of mixed descent, using an obscure term that's super old-school racist. Archer couldn't be bothered to know Lana's actual heritage (at that point,…

The Black Lodge does resemble a Wes Anderson set.

Nope.

The season as a whole feels a bit over-stuffed at times, especially the back third, although it more or less works for me. Really, Elektra's introduction is no more abrupt than Frank's—the giant mob hit that brings in Castle's story is our first introduction to him and happens without any real preamble—it just happens…

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Kill Bill is the closest thing to a great female-led superhero movie I can think of.

I'm too lazy to look it up, but I seem to recall the books highlighting the fact that Sam is still huge despite the physical rigors of being a Night's Watchman, suggesting that Sam still eats more than everyone and does as little physical labor as possible. No doubt he lost a bit during his trek from the Fist of the…

Yeah, our World Lit teacher in high school assigned the Genesis Noah story as well as the Greek human creation myth that featured the flood by way of comparison. It was non-controversial.

Also, very likely Jeyne's mother would have demanded the marriage if Robb didn't come up with it on his own, as we know that she pretty much set the whole thing up on Tywin's order. Not that he couldn't make up his own mind as king, but he was also only fifteen in the books. But yeah, still stupid.

Stevenson was Titus Pullo in Rome. I assume that's the baseline role for most people here.

I can think of good (or at least very enjoyable) versions of every one of those professions, except EMT. As a paramedic, this is annoying. There's one paramedic reality show on A&E (Nightshift, maybe?) that conveys the sense of the job in a way that rings true at least a little, but no drama. The few I have seen…

Mostly stupid because there's no way in hell a network would have the balls to put enough of an interpretive spin on a biblical story to make it good television and risk the wrath of the religious right. There's good, cinematic stuff in the Bible, but it would require setting aside religious reverence to make it work…

The original had a mix of really great practical effects that still hold up, and some really dated animation (or whatever, I'm not sure what to call the method for how the ghosts were rendered). The great close shots of the puppet demon-dogs vs the very unconvincing long shots of them are the best example I can come…

I like 1-5 (I'm probably in the minority of favoring book 1 over the rest), 1-3 probably the strongest, 4 is a long book and not entirely a page-turner but provides pretty crucial background for Roland. Song of Susannah (6) and The Dark Tower (7) were disappointing in some ways, but not without their great moments.…

Saw the same tour in Chicago. It was incredibly good, Mitch had an on-night. Even the local opener was very funny.

It was probably necessary for Dany to return to the Dothraki, though, since she vowed to do so when she was exiled after Drogo's death. In that respect, her meeting the khalasar felt like at least some kind of forward momentum. I would guess she will show up at Meereen with a horde following her dragon, definitively…

My wife and I kept saying how much she reminded us of Rebecca de Mornay. Neither of us actually thought it was her.

I'm not sure the college student problem isn't something that people will grow out of—the sense I get is that people are seeing it as a generational problem, one in which young people nowadays can't take criticism and think that being offended is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. I think maybe it…

Yep, Cersei's accidentally engineering her own downfall is pretty great. I really like the Jaime chapters as well (despite the repetitive "Lancel, Moonboy, etc" thing (it nicely parallel's Tyrion's "where do whores go" though; I don't mind it as much as some, but I wish Martin could have found a better way to…