Thanks! And good luck. (We all need a bit right now.)

The sad truth is, these outlets are willing to lose some readers like you because they’re chasing ad dollars, not views. (I’m an employee of a media company where video has also recently become increasingly desired, so I have some experience with this). This pivot-to-video thing is a byproduct of a much more…

Is that why everyone was shitting on him? For being a bad fighter?

I swear I wanted it to be good. Truly. I’ve liked pretty much everything Marvel has ever done, TV or film. This show was atrocious. And not just flawed in the way all these shows are flawed. Like, I found myself wondering if they had accidentally posted an early, unfinished rough cut rather than the actual show. The…

I would hate to be a new writer at i09, “you have been here one day and are not the best thing ever!!!!!! YOU ARE THE WORST. WHY ARE YOU NOT LIKE THIS PRECONCIEVED NOTION WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN OUR HEAD”

I agree Tyrion would be the most priceless captive to Cersei - and I’d probably prefer if he was Euron’s gift, because if they’re expecting the show’s fandom to give a damn about Whichever Sand being in peril, they’re badly mistaken - but it feels like Tyrion needs to be around for whatever Jon and Dany machinations…

It doesn’t really matter if the point Sansa was making was obviously right or not, because she was obviously wrong to not hash it out with Jon ahead of time in private conversation but to instead publicly undercut him and question his decisions in front of all the lords of the north.

I’ve seen a lot of people predicting this, but I’d be surprised if they made such a show of anointing Tyrion as Dany’s hand in the last episode of Season 6 and then have him instead spend another season as a prisoner, a la Season 4. It’d also be hard to explain why Cersei wouldn’t just execute him on the spot, and…

I agree it wouldn’t likely be empty, but that made for a more cinematic scene and a better moment for her character. Also, as others have noted, Stannis until very recently was living there, so it hasn’t been empty for 20 years.

I agree with many of the complaints about latter-day Thrones, such as its uneven pacing, poor handling of sexual violence and slightly diminished dialogue, but I could not be less bothered by the advent of fast-travel. Get people where they need to go to get on with the story; I have zero desire for a half season of…

I actually would have been quite interested in seeing an Obi-Wan movie, partly because I thought McGregor’s performance in Episode III was one of the few highlights of the prequel trilogy. But, as you noted, they’ve already delved into some of the more interesting aspects of this period in his life; explaining Uncle…

The videos are titled: “Rick and Morty: The Non-Canonical Adventures.”

This is horseshit. I work in local media, and I can tell you that in 100 percent of my experience, the reporters who bust their ass covering city halls and governors’ offices and crime and courts and fucking traffic aren’t pitching their stories with the intent to divide anybody, and certainly not as some grand…

(Hi, I work in media.) He’s not referring to them being free *now,* he’s referring to the fact that, in the early days of online publishing, most of them offered their content online for free. The result was that a generation of internet users were raised with the expectation that reading news online is free. So yes,…

It’s crazy that this $60m film has its marketing push compared to movies with double or triple that amount of money in their marketing budget alone, and that to fail to spend that much means either it’s an indie or garbage. You see how crazy that is, right?

As a Knicks fan, it’s hard to root for any particular hire or another, because I’m immediately inclined to think less of anyone who strongly considers taking this job.

I’m sure that’s just a temporary title. The first one’s just coming out in U.S. theaters today; there’s plenty of time to announce Spider-Man: Prom or whatever at a later date.

Oh, 100 percent. Doc’s alleged redemption was one of the most jarring character pivots I’ve seen in a movie in a very long time. I wouldn’t even know what to compare it to. Do this job, Baby, or I’ll kill everyone you love. [30 minutes later] Baby, your love has inspired me. Run! I will sacrifice myself to buy you a…

I’m really starting to turn on this movie. I feel like such a reactionary hater asshole right now, but the praise that this movie is getting is so out of proportion for what it is - basically, a two-hour music video wrapped around an extremely half-baked love story - that it’s wrecking the genuinely warm feelings I…

I had what sounds like a very similar experience: exited Baby Driver having very much enjoyed it, but then started to think about it more and... it suffered. The movie has so much style and flare and noise that it almost overwhelmed my ability to consider what was happening but, in retrospect, Debra was an alarmingly…