"the government endorses blocking and eyelinks and all that other crazy shit"
Also, I just remembered, there's nothing in the episode that implies the government endorse the electronic-eye technology. For all we know it's a free market and everyone has chosen to have these eyeballs put in for the sake of convince,…

Oh I'm not saying the world is realistic, it's clearly an exaggerated satire. I'm saying a similar technology to "block" people is right around the corner (and when/if it exists some people will use it to block sex offenders).
I think you're looking for too much real world logic in a show which is a modern Grimms'…

That last one can probably be expanded to:
"Professional person who drinks a lot = Good at their job, bad at their personal life"
I'm sure most of these have a page dedicated to them on TV Tropes but dare not look for fear of loosing my whole evening on that site.
Something glowing is such a shorthand of "looks here…

I've just binged watched all the episodes so far and I'm of two minds; I actually like when the series is fun and pulpy (or cartoon-y, whatever you want to call it), but hate the fan-wanky, refrence-dropy, cross-overy, brand-synergy bullshit.
If we could have more of the former and less of the latter that would be…

Voices in his head.

I wouldn't say they're completely erased from history:
One of my grandmothers still has some paintings in a similar style to the one you just described hanging in her kitchen. My other grandmother had a golliwog doll in her box of toys for children to play with when they come round.
Every time I see either of them I…

Yea, I've seen it twice now and honestly it might be close to a perfect episode of Archer. Not only were both plot-lines hilarious, it had an emotional core too, which is rare of Archer(he seemed to genuinely care about the future well-being of his child).
After the slight slump last series with the attempt at a more…

I wasn't in that thread but he was in the Broad City season premiere thread and, because I didn't know he was a regular poster, I assumed he was a troll (or someone with a strong opinion being trollish) then it got weird, off-topic and he seemed genuinely distressed so I laid off and tried to offer some advice (I've…

Your play-throughs are the opposite way round to mine then.
I always knew the choice was clever illusion from the start because after playing an episode myself, I'd watch my housemates play it through to see what they did differently, but I think it's more noticeable when you're in the drivers seat a second time.
The…

Yea Telltale games make it super-easy to roleplay because that's the whole point, they're more like those choose-your-own-adventure books or interactive films than traditional "video games".
When I played The Walking Dead I was a super hard-ass to everyone (spoiler alert) which lead to big falling out with Kenny and me…

I did feel like that was a bit of a downside when replaying The Wolf Among Us, because I knew where the story was going and what I did wouldn't really change that, there wasn't anything to be lost from just being super nice to everyone.
But once you get into it, the roleplaying takes over and you forget that, in the…

I played it during last year of university in a house of 6 people (4 of whom played, the other 2 watched) we all hit Georgie.
I can't remember which episode specifically but it's the second or third time you go to see him, as soon as he appears on screen one of the dialouge options is [hit him] and we all went for it…

Sorry if I came across as aggressive, I should stop replying to comments late at night, I get a little impetuous before bed.

I think you're right, I don't mind the trend it because I like both things equally.
I read reviews for shows I haven't seen and have no intention of watching because I'm interested in them as a cultural phenomenon, but I also don't want to see specific technical criticism go away entirely either.

You couldn't have known what it would become at that point. The question is why did you continue watching after season 5?

That should have been season 3 and season 2 should have been season 4:
1. Season 1
2. Season 4
3. Dexter-on-the-run season
Done. Perfect show (or at least the best Dexter could be).

I do agree that it's terrible to reduce "different races, sexes and other-eses" to a sort of 'diversity currency' that can be traded in for good reviews and street cred from the liberal crowd.
I just don't think that's what the AV Club are doing, maybe other sites are.

"I find the increasing need to pare everything down to what degree this thing fulfils an arbitrary quota of diverse-ness to be incredibly tedious"
I would too, but that's not always what these reviews do in my opinion, they discuss the issues and usually provide an interesting commentary. Discussing any aspect of a…

That's fine, you don't have to read it.
I was just saying people who already see themselves represented a lot on television may be less interested in the diversity of a show, but I'm white and I find it interesting and you're not and you don't, so that doesn't apply to everyone.
Other sites I visit will often have a…

I call those people "normals" and try to avoid them when I can.
They watch Two and a Half Men and NCIS you know, they may be harmless but their opinions on pop-culture are not to be trusted.