... you’re really going to bat for the Arrow-verse actors?

While I wasn’t thrilled with this scene either, it seems bizarre to quibble with it on tactical grounds. The whole point of the scene is that Han is willing to risk, or sacrifice, his life for even a chance at rescuing his son from the dark side. Saying he put himself in an “untenable position” or that this was a…

I briefly read the headline of this post as “Cumming is good,” which is the only blog title possible that could be more obviously true and correct than this one.

Same. I had always considered myself to be an annoyingly pedantic, borderline-insufferable dork, but I’ve been put to shame by i09 commenters lately, be they complaining that new Star Wars movies are trying too hard to be like the old, great Star Wars movies, or that the rate of travel of characters and ravens on Game…

Sorry the thing you like is trying too hard to be like it was when you liked it.

While I get what you’re saying, I think my best argument in defense of a tanking strategy for the 2017 Jets is this: They were going to be bad anyway. Like, very bad. They had no reasonable access to even an acceptable quarterback, virtually every veteran who was on the roster at last season’s end was on a steep…

Nah, he’s alive. Ghost was in the room when Jon was resurrected; in fact, he was the only living thing in the room when Jon woke back up. Ghost lifting his head inquisitively was the first indication we got that Jon was about to come back to life.

Look, I definitely don’t understand the MLS’s economic situation, so I can’t judge whether and to what extend this article gets it right. But I am familiar with this post’s author’s work, and I was responding to a comment that called him a “dime store economist,” a phony expert and the rough equivalent of a psychic. …

This is some pretty sketchy back-of-the-envelope math. The category you’ve hand-waved as “other club and league expenses” includes a bunch of major costs, including executive salaries (!!!!), non-gameday support staff, maintenance, taxes, travel costs (!!!!), utilities and marketing, and that’s just off the top of my…

You have no idea what you’re talking about. Neil deMause is one of the best-respected writers in the U.S. on the subject of franchise economics and stadium finance. He’s been covering this subject for decades, in greater detail than just about anyone. His book, Field of Schemes, was on the leading edge of covering the…

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Cue some idiot(s) crying “reverse racism” in 3... 2... 1...

This was a tremendous episode of Thrones. I’m very glad they didn’t make us wait the whole episode for Dany and Jon’s meetup, the anticipation for which could have cast a shadow over everything else. Their interaction was, for me, almost note-perfect – even if, as can be the case with these two actors, the…

Jumped the shark seems pretty strong. I have no idea why the travel stuff isn’t bothering me - I usually consider myself a card-carrying pedant - but, man, I just could not have cared less given what else we got in that episode, particularly the Jaime/Olenna scene at the end. I’m not always a Thrones defender (thought…

It may not be dumb, but it undeniably lacks confidence. Hard not to presume their approach to marketing this film reflects a negative internal judgment of its quality, possibly also some not-very-promising focus group results. That doesn’t mean it won’t be good, but I think it’s fair to assume at this point that Sony…

I like Edgar Wright, but if he’s ever hired for a Bond movie, they may as well just write the “departed due to creative differences” press release the same day so that it’s ready when the time comes. Good director, bad fit.

MacKenzie did last year’s masterpiece Hell or High Water 

You know who else is not that good at filming action setpieces? Zack Snyder, at least if the incoherent, ugly climax of Batman v. Superman is any indication.

Oh, but he was. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a series with a less charismatic lead. It wasn’t all his fault - the dialogue on that series, especially in his scenes, was atrocious, the plotting was terrible and his character was essentially written a clueless, entitled, cowardly doofus - but, man, did he ever fail…

Excited to find out what font Dan Gilbert’s using these days!