You'd think so, but shit, 20+ episodes of absence…

That's cool. It's super idiosyncratic.

LINKLATER! Knew there was a big miss I couldn't put my finger on.

A and S were crowded fields though, would you really put Soderbergh over Scorcese, Sturges, and Spielberg? Well of course you would but you get the point.

They should have given Sofia the nod over him if only for what would have been a super entertaining shitstorm.

Zero didn't win though. That was Argo's year to shine.

It's about ethics in comment memes

Aw shit, a major publication talking about Maya Deren! Hell yeah! She's great! Meshes of the Afternoon is my jam!

Lol, of course when you say "I fucking hate you people" you're going after someone, don't be coy.

Hey speaking of smaller episodes, bit of a tangent here, but it's a big bummer to me that we haven't had any episode focus on Sadie and/or Lars since Horror Club. They did such a good job building those characters and giving them depth, and the Big Donut felt like a staple of the show early on, would be a shame if…

That's not nearly comprehensive enough

Time isn't really a factor (voice recording is fast and flexible) but guild/union stuff would mean he'd have to be paid the same as the other guests at a minimum, even for what would have been a non-essential cameo. Easy way to cut corners is to have him not speak. If anything it's a credit to the show they still…

Now you've got me mentally ranking all the characters, how dare you.

My best friends when I was a kid, until 8 or 9, were my next door neighbors. They still live there (well, except when they're at college, actually they probably graduated so maybe not anymore) but I haven't seen them in over a decade. Yeah, it's possible to not run into old friends even in close proximity, in fact…

I'm with Eric, I prefer the smaller episodes actually. Besides, Amethyst and Vidalia's relationship was a surprise. Not in a show changing way, but it adds an extra layer of richness to the show and these characters that I love.

I blame the lack of good autistic narratives in media, leaving people in the community to try to latch on to what they can. I agree it gets a bit excessive, but you're after the wrong target.

He's autistic in the same way fusion is sex, it's filtered through metaphor to simplify a concept easier to digest for the children watching. A child watching may not understand the complexities of a mental condition (I'm sorry if this is the wrong word) that adults, that scientists don't fully have a handle on. But…

That was HER? Unrecognizable, but fantastic performance, dang.

I loved the Vidalia-Amethyst friendship. It just felt so real and understated, like a realistic human connection that was being rekindled over years. Y'know between all the sci-fi action and mystery, I think the most unique and usual thing Steven Universe does is show these kind of low key human things that most other…

My family annually vacations to Bethany Beach in the same area and I get a strong vibe of that too from here. Only difference is the odd lack of tourists.