They thought WWI was the war to end all wars considering how gruesome it as, and no other war previous had the same kind of scale of carnage and death thanks to the technology. Haven't seen it yet, but I think it's clever to set it in WWI, to both avoid some of the Captain America parallels, and give some of the heft…

Thanks for staying this. Part of his breakdown felt so melodramatic and stagey and fake

Some shallow and not so shallow observations:

Just finished the episode and just finished the book!

One of us. One of us!

Thank you! I feel you put in much better words what I was trying to say.

Forget it, Raftermann, it's Aku-town. This guy, he concerns me.

…..what show are you watching? Like, seriously? What. Show. Are
You. Watching?

Ahahahaha, ohohohoho. You're cute. I guess "Shape shifting master of darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil" and them created "a world where [Aku's] rule was law" and the whole, you know, enslaving and destroying entire populations, destroying cultures….that's just a hands off kind of dictator promoting a live and…

I'm kind of torn. It felt like the beats were right, but the tone was off? Pretty much reinforcing all the comments amd criticism about pacing.

Uh, not only did Aku kill amd torture countless millions for a millennia, and twist and destroy the planet, he wasn't just confined to earth - he expanded throughout the Galaxy. Maybe these few episodes didn't show that well enough for you, but all four prior seasons were about Jack witnessing these horrors firsthand,…

Any Whitfield, of Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a recent example. A lot of people were wondering about the success of the recast, but the actor acquitted himself well. It may not have e been a hugely popular or significant role, but Andy did bring a unique, pensive scrappiness to it.

And I'm very glad for that!

Preach.

"Men are afraid women will laugh at them, women are afraid men will kill them."

Also, she did leave. And then he filed. A. Lawsuit.

He framed it as a movie etiquette question, but the fact he feels he is owed pizza in addition to the ticket, his actions (spamming possible contacts, and in his Twitter, calling her a floozy, etc) reveal that's not the case.

Sorry, meant to add that in framing it as revenge for a shitty date, there's an implicit gender dynamic and power structure - he pays, so he is owed certain behavior and receptiveness. We don't know all the personal details, but I feel it's an pervasive enough concept that you can read his attitude and her discomfort…

Let me assure from personal experience - though you are justified in discounting anecdotal evidence:
Women are taught to fear men. We are told don't walk alone, always let someone know if you're going out with someone new, leave his contact details with someone "just in case." Be careful what you wear, don't make eye…

I was more talking about the Handmaids - he's infertile, and and in the larger picture, Handmaids could theoretically have trouble conceiving as well, leading to even lower birthrates. Stress elongates cycles and disrupts ovulation - which makes me wonder if it was Atwood's intention that when Offered finds out she's…