Fair enough! : )

The IDW turtles books tend to be consistently lauded, and having read them intermittently since the beginning, I have to say I don't get the appeal. Some of the mini-series and guest stories are good—Bebop and Rocksteady is amazing—but the core book always felt as if it were striving for consistent inoffensiveness,…

Jem! Jem is super-good, if you're into dueling glam-rock girl bands and true outrageousness.

I enjoyed this! The various criticisms are valid, but as collection of moments (that don't quite cohere into a solid whole, for reasons better elaborated upon elsewhere) I liked it. And they were plenty of those moments here. I liked Jesse literally on the run, the dynamic between Donnie and Betsy now that the…

Yeah, all of this. Adam Hughes' Betty & Veronica has baffled me since it was first announced, and the book as-is is exactly what I feared it would be—a seeming attempt to confirm people's worst (and not entirely inaccurate) impressions of the book as a title by men for men. And sure enough, the book immediately goes…

As the official Only Person in the World who Misses David Milch's John from Cincinnati, I have to say: Preacher is doing one heck of a job of scratching that particular itch.

Jesse's Kilgrave level is currently at 10 (out of ten), which was expected, but now I'm wondering what level will end up being the baseline for the show going forward.

This is an interesting idea. On a somewhat similar note, what if the Space Ants aren't actually any more united or bipartisan than D.C. is, and are just in denial, "fixing" other people's problems so they don't have to focus on theirs, yet doing so with Washington-like incompetence?

I am so glad for The CW's—and the AV Club's—continued support for this strange, enthralling show. In a world of remakes and overcooked genres, and despite historical fiction being a thing, it feels like a true original, in a very satisfying way. Thank you again, Genevieve, for your recaps.

Well, this was quite fun! Odd, and I'm not really sure what that epilogue was about or how it relates to anything else—the whole thing just falls apart in the end in general— but overall this was more enjoyable than several major films this year.

I missed the initial indicator that the show took place in present day, so I initially thought the series was meant to be set a year or two ago, when the government shutdowns were actually a thing. It feels odd to have them in the context of an actual election year. Also weird: the fact that the show has the same…

Yay, Harper! She was one of the characters I was most excited to see this season, so her absence so far had been a disappointment. While I wish she'd gotten more than a cameo, and for her story with Thornfield to be sketched out in more detail than "the Machine recruited her and some other semi-random numbers", I'm…

Yes. The whole writing for the President bugged. I could maybe buy Reese referring to POTUS excusively as POTUS, but never Fusco, and especially not the people trying to kill him. It was clumsy, but at least until they actually showed the president, it seemed like clumsiness with a purpose.

Here's one answer: because five-man squads—or four-men-and-one-woman squads—have been done. To death. They're boring as fuck. If I want to see that, I could see any of the twenty-something Power Rangers or Sentai series in existence, or Gatchaman, which always had the cooler aesthetic. There's nothing inherently…

*Raises hand*. Claude seems due for tragedy, so I was expecting it and was surprised not to see it happen. Glad it didn't, though.

I realized something while watching this episode: my enjoyment of this series is no longer qualified. Is it just me, or has Reign really stepped up its game this season? As others have mentioned, this felt like a finale, with lots of really good moments and interactions, and I'm really interested to see how the…

Speaking for myself—very much not a teenage girl—I enjoy it because there's nothing else quite like it. It's impossible to predict, often pleasantly surprising, and has a quite a lot of characters I like. I've liked Adelaide Kane ever since her Power Rangers R.P.M. days so I'm more than happy to see her carry a show.…

Yes, this! I groaned when they had Rip, I think, assert that Vandal's immortality somehow allowed him to be in different places at the same time. I was like "it's not different places at the same time when it's at different times, you tremendous asshole! And EVERYONE can do that." As inevitably happens with TV…

As much as I like the character and love Enrico Colantoni, I can't help but feel somewhat annoyed at Elias' continued survival. It feels like we've been here before with him, and his presence no longer feels interesting or vital or natural.

Huh! That is darn interesting! Thank you for letting me know.