The movie bride didn't speak at all, IIRC.

He seemed like the creation of a bunch of old guys in the writing room who just hate young people. He was like a Ross Douhat column on "what's wrong with young people today" brought to life.

The thing about the Scarrans is, they were writing their domination into even the DNA of their subjects. That's a step past even what the Nebari were up to. IIRC the Scarrans were even tampering with their own genetics. What do you do with a species that has bred themselves for ruthlessness?

I shudder to think what Lexx might have got up to with Henson-level puppetry.

I admit some fondness for the initial depiction of Aeryn Sun as just a random Peacekeeper adapting to extraordinary circumstances.

I think that while the Peacekeepers might see Hynerians, Luxans or even Delvians as needing Peacekeeper "guidance" in order to amount to anything, I think they way the Romans thought of the Carthaginians is a closer match to how the Peacekeepers view the Scarrans: a complete existential threat.

Sure people will tell you that digital Garibaldi is better than analog Garibaldi, but to get the real Garibaldi, you gotta choose vinyl Garibaldi played through vacuum tube amplifiers, man!

Again, I was primarily focused on what the founders of the ISA/Rangers relationship seem to be depending on the quasi-religious structure and methods of the Rangers to do for them, rather than the merits/failings of such organizations in general. But since preservation of records is a thread running through the…

I think we're talking a little past each other here. With that part of my comment I was trying to focus just on how JMS addresses the problem of setting up an interstellar "police force". for lack of a better term.

I would argue that " punch, murder, and generally growl at anyone" is a terrible approach to being a bounty hunter, soldier, or law enforcement officer. Perhaps more importantly, that sort of character quickly becomes tedious.

I liked how when the parents were freed from their monstrosity, and thanked the Prince, he just blew them away with another "I don't care".

Nobody gives a shit if the Rangers survive as an organization but fail to live up to their ideals.

I could have done without the ticking-time-bomb-solved-by-physical-torture element. The beef between Skevur and Stahma was well known, and Skevur seems the type to cut a deal when his scheme for anonymous revenge is exposed. So, either way, conventional detective work could have easily solved the puzzle. On the other…

Deconstruction is saved by a brisk pace and some good performances, but it doesn't hold up well to repeat viewings, IMHO. The implausibility of each of the individual scenarios becomes a little too obvious. It might be more charitable to view especially those last two as not entirely serious but still respectfrul tips…

Sure, but the US is nowhere near as extreme as the Middle Ages or ancient world were. Ir's not clear where Dominion falls on that spectrum yet, but it's probably not worth thinking about. All the "House This" and "House That" and related tropes are probably not much more than a shallow attempt to emulate Game of…

At first it looked as if "Amends" was trying to escape from the corner the writers felt trapped in, and it was clever in the way it turned out to not be that at all.

The more he's a character and the less he's just an obstacle, the more interesting he is.

Knowing FIFA, I'm surprised the last tiebreaker isn't a bribery contest.

"a drama where someone from another country becomes president, or sleeper cell politics if you like"

He's not that proactive. The other team has to take the first taking.