Maybe a better reaction would've been to think to yourself "Hm, this isn't for me" after clicking on this article and then gone off to do something you find more enjoyable than tearing down other people's efforts on the Internet.

How do you know what I already think?

It's worth at least a spin on Spotify. Really interesting neo-noir experimentation.

Oh god are you an actual movie exec?

Sean Penn definitely strikes me as the sort of self-serious guy who is so ensconced in filmmaking and being an "artist" that he has no idea when something sounds absolutely absurd and ludicrous and shouldn't be written down or said out loud.

Hmm… If that's the case, then I suppose the theory holds no water, except that it still makes more sense than the alternative depicted in the show. Have they heard of Occam's razor?

Let's stop the shaming of actors who go out there and commit to weirdo interpretations of human behavior. They're typically more interesting to watch than "good" performances.

Who do you think would be up to the task?

In my book, if you attempt to do something interesting but don't succeed, and then proceed to make that a major thematic underpinning of the last third of your series, taking time away from other stories to focus on it, then it becomes something not just disappointing, but a major impediment to enjoyment (e.g.…

Whaaaat? He hooked up with that hot mummy! I wish I could be so asexual and alone!

Wasn't the original series produced by Bones?

Personally I never felt like the first series leveraged the Homunculi to any interesting end. A whole lot of speeches and daddy complexes.

Well, it alters basically everything after Hughes' death, but whether it's better or not depends a lot on subjective opinion. I really didn't like the alternate universe/Nazi stuff or how speechy the final arc became. Also think Dante was a weak villain and the explanation for the Homunculi didn't resonate with me.…

You lose Akio Otsuka but you gain Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Richard Epcar, who were born to play Motoko and Batou.

Don't expect rationality or forgiveness from otaku.

Bates purchased the poison. All we know for sure was that she made the pie.

I would need to go back and read about that plot to see how it ended for sure, but O distinctly remember so e kind of letter exonerating him

If anything, Mary will figure out the truth about Marigold and they'll have a genial scene where they exchange understandings of one another before the show ends. This isn't a show mean-spirited enough to have them end on a hateful note.

Anna certainly inspires defenders due to her constant victimization, doesn't she.

Agreed, this was a plot that required characters to act like idiots in order for the Tetris blocks to fall into place for a solution to the Marigold and Mr. Mason plots.