So only the US care about the fact that a child rapist got off scott free, got it. And only because they are afraid of getting fired.

Grenades need both the pin pulled and the trigger to be let go to explode - Simmons was holding down the trigger (so if she got shot, she would let go of the trigger) - so you can put the pin back in and it will hold the trigger in place.

Grenades have a pin and a lever. As long as the lever is held in place (which is what the safety pin does), the grenade doesn’t explode. It’s once the lever is released (i.e. the pin is pulled and the person lets go of the lever) that the striker inside the grenade hits the percussion cap and the grenade explodes. So…

It’s just one of those things you have to accept in shared comic book universes, that the main characters have to fight their own fights even though logically other characters should notice what’s going on and show up to lend a hand. It’s less noticeable in comics themselves because everyone has their own monthly…

My guess is that this Simmons is actually years older than the one we saw before that.  “We had time” -- they had 5 minutes!  Enoch upgraded the drive and they’ve been time travelling for a while.

I now kind of think Izel and Sarge are the worst villains this show has had so far. The entire hook with them was the mystery of their identities and it turned out they were just random representatives of an other-dimensional alien race with zombie-like tendencies?

The tickets sold list is far more interesting

The fact that more people in the US actually paid to see TFA, or even Snow White says a lot about the record

But dollars is how Hollywood keeps score, so this list will only have curiosity value.

Maybe? But are you saying that because I hate Gone with the Wind? Because that’s a weird take.

It’s not equally valid and you know that. After all, if GwtW was propelled to the top solely because it happened in a wildly different place and time, then the all-time list would be filled with movies from that era. Instead, you have two: GwtW and Snow White.

The fact that anybody cares a lot about box office records unadjusted for inflation is weird to me.

But the monster attack wasn't public knowledge, was it? 

He was referring to how long they’ve known each other. Remember, Mack was not a part of season 1.

It’s almost as if the reviewer assumed this astoundingly common knowledge and didn’t make a number out of pointing this out.

It's realistic? 

It’s a bleaker and (ironically) less heroic take, that reflected better the sense of loss at the end of the episode.

I’m pretty sure every time period had “gender dynamics”. The question is whether they were good ones or bad ones

Aw, Scotty, as you said, it’s a friggin’ TV show, and we’re just fans interpreting characters’ actions from differing viewpoints. I’m sorry for bringing up the zen anger thing so much. We should be having fun here. I’ll just say that both characters acted badly, but Hopper is the adult, the chief of police for…

Full disclosure, I’m a cis-gendered man. I had a slightly different reaction to the exchange (and aftermath of the exchange) between Nancy and Jonathan. I think Nancy was frustrated that Jonathan was unwilling or unable to empathize with what it’s like for her to move through the world as a woman, and Jonathan had…

I suppose if I have one gripe about this season, it’s the fate of all those poor townsfolk who were taken over by the Mind Flayer. I guess chalk it up to my similar feelings about Barb in season 1, but I just kind of hate when characters are used and victimized and never get a chance to be saved. The show really…

I was somewhat ok with Season 2 controlling Hopper because it came from a place of clear and obvious fear and concern. He was doing the wrong thing but with the right motivations. Season 3 asshole Hopper on the other hand was overplayed and that really disappointed me. The interaction with Mike I can understand, to a…