That’s funnier than the Corden one.

OK Boomer

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Look at their attempts to repeal Obamacare, for instance. They couldn’t do it. They’re more interested in the fight than in actually winning, and once they win, they often don’t know what to do.

Or an exotic reptile who is also a drug-dealing police officer.

Rian Johnson does not buy his coffee at Whole Foods. He has green coffee beans shipped from Ethiopia and roasts it himself.

On one hand, pandering (ugh, I kind of hate that word) is what gave us the ginormous battle scene at the climax of Avengers: Endgame.

... and they varied widely in quality, from the brilliant Empire to return of the Jedi, which was so formulaic it was JJ Abrams before there was a JJ Abrams.

Or different people with the same ethos.

I enjoyed the Last Jedi and I find Marvel films boring. I would never say they’re “not cinema”, but even the best of them (I’m looking at you, Black Panther) fall apart pretty quickly after I leave the theater.

There were a lot of problems with this episode, but one that really bugged me was how the hell did the Magisterium know what went down on Svalbard? Coulter had to go there in person to get her claws into Iofur. Is there some sort of armored bear press corps sending out dispatches by telegram?

Never book your farewell tour unless a reunion is in the works.

The best development in this episode is the return of Wallace Shawn. “Tell my wife I’m OK!”

I also remember a contemporary account of how WWII soldiers slotted the word “fug” (obviously a stand-in for “fuck”) in every possible grammatical form in every context. I think swearing was a lot more prevalent than we might think, even if it was kept out of print and off the airways.

This show is like watching a period piece in which you constantly see Starbucks cups and smartphones left in the shots, except it’s about the absence of something (daemons) rather than presence. It’s a constant irritiation, but one you get used to. Ignoring the absence of daemons, I think this was a pretty good…

I don’t think it’s ambiguous, but I did feel enough affection for the characters at that point that I want to find out what happens to them.

Really? I kind of want to see a sequel. How does Sammy Clay’s Hollywood career turn out? What happens with Joe and Rose and Tommy?

I was just wondering why K&C hasn’t been adapted yet in the age of comic book movies. I am very excited for this!

I liked the JEWS! IN! OKLAMAHOMA! storyline. I loved the “Providence” misdirect. And I really liked the reminder that Jews are everywhere. We’re not just uptight New York intellectuals. There’s a big, well-established Southern Jewish culture, and I’m not surprised to discover that there are wealthy Western oil Jews…

The show is not trying to be a detailed, authentic recreation of the period. It’s deliberately Technicolored and prettified, just like the dialoge is completely artificial. If you’re expecting a painstaking piece of kitchen-sink realisim, you are bound to be disappointed.