Eh, it worked for Once Upon a Time. Shame about Mirror, Mirror. And then Snow White and the Huntsman ended up in a weird half-success position.

That's a really good point. The passage of time and lack of interest made me forget that those old 'Godzilla and friend' flicks were desperate attempts to keep the franchise alive.

That's what happens when you build a shared universe out of public domain characters.

Hell, he was almost Van Helsing in this new franchise/universe.

I really hope they either retire or kill those characters in universe. Their sliding timeline is kinda weird in the comics already, it'll be real awkward if they try to make it work in live action franchises with a growing cast of characters.

You're just describing Van Helsing, or the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!

Just like Dracula Untold did to The Wolfman before it. Which in turn started production long enough ago to possibly be a sequel to Van Helsing.

The Lily thing is categorically different. The ONE THING about Nora is her loss of her family. In getting them back, seeing them happy, living a good life without her, she's facing a huge crossroads. Her pivotal trauma has been relieved, that'll change a person.

The plentiful child labor! Millions of orphan children can clear the roads.

Over here, less than 2% of planes flying at the time crashed. Over there probably over 98% of them crashed. And that's just one portion of the people in transit at any time.

TINY RICK!

That was for the Australia->US part of her journey, so she could get to her family. She was vague on what it took to get to the scientist.

And riddled with cancer.

Not having access to daycare is a very real issue for poor people. That specific scenario might be a bit heightened for the show, but you can do a google search to find plenty of examples of people having to abandon their kids to go to job interviews.

You've got the words backwards in your spoiler. It's PI not IP.

Ancient Greek is the opposite of a new language.

I really liked the Battle of the Bastards portion, the lyrics and flow were especially solid there.

Use, not kill.

That's a pretty good analysis of the issues in this series and 30 Rock. Like the reviewer, I struggled to understand what the hell statement the writers were making in this episode, and the idea that they aren't trying to say anything beyond 'make goofy jokes' explains things cleanly.

Just like the gag from (I think) Monty Python and the Holy Grail.