I'm pretty sure the target demo for GoT is 15 year old boys. Source: the show is nothing but violence and tits

It's great that you're able to generalize "obese women" so well. Sounds like you've really done the research.

For me, the jump into the future was the *only* thing that saved the last third of Y the Last Man. Vaughn is such a mixed bag of a writer, full of these obnoxious writerly things like calling his protagonist Yorick but then pulling off these amazing emotional moments like when the monkey dies. Any attempts at…

In other words, fuck Canada and their no access to the Simpsons World website.

As much as I hate these Sad Puppies, they're probably not "rich" or anything. They're holding onto their middle class position with the vice grip of a junkie. This whole movement for white dudes sounds like those absolutely pissing with fear that they'll change economic status. Rich sci-fi writers are a rare breed.

I read one novel by the guy back in the day, when his prose wasn't as purple as the drapes. But then he converted to irrationality and zealotry and I can't in good conscience ever support him. In other words, fuck this guy.

Straight white dudes: ruining everything for everybody since the beginning.

This is the satire I've been waiting for. Fuck that Kinfolk white people shit.

Swapping them out is an implicit comparison, regardless of your intent.

Black men doing evil acts fits a different set of genre conventions. Prestige drama starring black men doing evil acts is practically nonexistent. Also, it's pretty disingenuous to compare Avon Barksdale to Don Draper. They exist in different generic areas and fulfill completely different functions within their…

Wait, so because he's socially sanctioned and not interested in obvious goals as "destruction of his enemies" he's not an antihero? Er. It's not a particularly convincing argument if you can't or won't set the limits of the argument. How are you defining antihero? Does redemption negate the antihero status?

Fuck yes. All of the stars for this comment. I fucking loathed the third series. It was such empty fanservice nonsense.

I understand your point but I don't think the cake analogy really works. You only consume a cake one way and once.

I think GRRM's point is that spoilers and avoidance of spoilers tends to lift up the plot as the most important reason why people consume a cultural object. The pleasures of the plot can be good, but, I believe GRRM is saying, they're not the only reason. His argument, as I parse it, is a common one among the "who…

ITT and every other thread about GRRM: "finish the book" entitlement and also a variety of fat jokes because nerds are so welcoming and inclusive

Maybe, but it's wrapped around the Ewok nonsense.

First half of the first one and the Jabba sequence from Return.

I suppose I like the promise of Star Wars, but each movie after Empire has been awful. I consider myself a fan. However, I like two of the six Fast and the Furious movies, but I wouldn't consider myself a fan. The difference is that what I like about F&F isn't the main thrust of the series (cars etc). Rather, I like…

The food truck trend was pretty cool until I went the downtown of my city and couldn't find a line that wasn't an hour long for some shit out of the back of a truck

I love Star Wars but I only like about a movie and three quarters out of six. I love Star Trek but can only point to a handful of great stuff