I actually think he does understand what reciprocity means. Not the word, mind you. His vocabulary isn’t that good. But he understands the principle. After all, reciprocity is still about him. Someone does something nice for him and he does something nice for them. That’s the basis of all of his relationships.…

I think you’re missing the significance of the anecdote.  It’s not that Trump mistakenly thinks he’s popular when he isn’t.  It’s that he’s so narcissistic that he can only relate to things when they reference himself.  So someone mentions Florida and he’ll start talking about how great Mar-a-Lago is.  He can’t engage…

Yep.  She liked him enough that she broke up her first marriage by cheating with him.

I remember someone saying something similar about the How I Met Your Mother finale, where the endgame is that he ends up with Cobie Smulders after the mother character dies.  But they had cast Cristin Milioti as the Mother and she’s so likable that fans kind of felt it was a betrayal that he’d end up with someone…

He’s also good in Alpha Dog, which I expect is also sort of a version of his real life personality. 

The Illusionist is... okay.  It’s fine, but it’s just not anywhere near the Prestige which has an A-list director and two great actors as leads, plus Michael Caine, David Bowie, Andy Serkis, and Rebecca Hall in supporting roles. 

Yes, Newcy.

Or Chadwick Boseman

But it’s not like they’re pumping her work.  I had forgotten that she did it and thought that Gideon was done by Amy Pemberton who plays Gideon in Legends of Tomorrow.  It’s also not like Gideon is that major a character either, unlike, say Lucy on Killjoys, whose recent death was a pretty big deal.

Yeah but with Bettany they were looking to transition to an on screen role.  It was also a film with an essentially unlimited budget.

Next thing the French teacher will be showing Irreversible.

Because you don’t look like Ben McKenzie.

It seems odd that you’d hire a recognizable name on screen actress like that to do a voice role.  I would think you could save money by getting someone less well known.

OTOH, if we want to connect it to politics and stuff the show is about, from what I gather, a sports agent trying to negotiate good deals for his clients.  That angle might appeal to Warren as someone who has studied law and economics and is very interested in how capitalism works wrt workers.

Not surprising.  He was making fun of the allegations against Jackson back on Chappelle’s Show.

Ah.  Well maybe she just likes The Rock. 

The Brother Cadfael series with Derek Jacobi is set during the war between Stephen and Maude.

I guess it’s the times we live in that when I see a headline about a revered figure from decades ago and their legacy, my first thought is that they were sticking their dick someplace it shouldn’t have been.

It was so incredibly rushed. All I can think of is that they felt they needed to have something shocking at the end and this was it. But if you knew anything about how people were watching the show you should have anticipated that having this character who had consistently been portrayed as flawed but heroic turn…

And Kirby had a massively successful career across several decades.  He’s probably the second most revered comic book creator after Stan Lee.