I openly admit I came here to post that if nobody else had beaten me to it.

Oh my goodness, this one was delightful fun. I can’t think of anything to add that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll just jump ahead to...

I think the biggest flaw with Season 5 is that David Simon was trying to do something with the newspaper plot that probably looked brilliant on paper but didn’t translate to TV that well. In particular, they were trying to create a visible absence in the things that the newspaper was completely missing, between the…

There’s a deleted scene in the movie where the vampires are ‘paying’ their bills by hypnotizing the utility companies over the phone. That plus whatever money Colin Robinson brings in probably covers most of it. The rest might come from vampiric allies, given that they were sent to Staten Island on a mission to…

I feel like it’s really easy to come out of season 2 for the first time feeling underwhelmed by the contrast of things that got changed up with the things that didn’t. But season 2 shows its true strengths when you look back on it later and realizes just how much foundation it lays for the rest of the series.

I’ve been getting kind of an “off” vibe with Colin Robinson this season. I think some of it is that they’re trying something a little different with him rather than just rehashing the bits they did with him in seasons 1 and 2, or maybe it’s because they’re clearly building up a bit of an actual arc for him this season…

In his defense, not even Colin knows what his deal is.

That was my assumption.

If they don’t go out of their way to do this, I’ve got a fanfic that needs written.

That was one of the lynchpins in the lawsuit regarding Underworld, in which a vampire elder actually calls one of the hybrids an “abomination.”

IIRC, the last time it was up for Emmys, it was up against Schitt’s Creek when they basically swept the entire comedy genre.

I never minded Trevor, though to be fair I don’t think I’d enjoy the character nearly as much with a lesser actor in the role. But Killian’s “I was the Mandarin all along” schtick later on bugged me more, especially given that the line was delivered through a mouthful of chewed scenery, like it was supposed to be some…

Ah, yes, I recall tackling one of these many a year ago when I was a kid. I can’t remember exactly how long it took me, as I didn’t really bother timing it, but I’m reasonably certain it took me about a month.

Yeah, it hurt to read about this when it first got reported. Like, it hit me harder than I expected it would. If you get the chance, read what Wendell Pierce (Bunk from The Wire) posted on Twitter about him. There’s a whole thread, and it starts here:

So this is late enough I doubt anyone’s going to see it (technical issues, plus life just happening, and on top of that trying to go back through my old posts to make sure I’m not repeating myself and finding that to be an absolute chore because the comments system really sucks now), but guess what! I’m back for...

In addition, IIRC Jemaine Clement isn’t writing this season because of scheduling stuff, that might have an effect.

Remember: Nothing can kill the Grimace.

For some reason this brings to mind when I used to hit up all-night places to get something to eat after a long night of writing in a coffee shop or whatever. I always ate alone, usually while it was really slow/quiet, and either I had really friendly servers grateful for the company or (less often) was treated like…

My roommate worked at a McD’s when they still had them. They’re not chicken strips in those, it’s chicken sandwich patties (or burger patties, if you got the Mac Snack Wrap) that have been cut in half. Dealing with that adds extra steps to the assembly in a way that throws off the mind-numbing rhythm of food prep and…

I remember, when I was a child, visiting my grandfather and sometimes he’d bring home bags of apples from a local fruit distributor run by a friend of his (my grandfather himself ran a similar business a couple of blocks away). They were Red Delicious apples, and they were actually legitimately good — flavorful, crisp…