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This show has zero vision (and even less budget). It's a random collection of plot lines that don't add up to anything.

It does. You can have it listen for "Hey, Siri", or set it to only listen when you press and hold the home button.

The "Hey, Siri" activation phrase is optional.

Go on…

The franchise treats people as props, not characters.

Not being constrained by Kirkman's material and questionable approach to logical plot progression and characterization should've been liberating. It was one of the most promising aspects of FTWD that ended-up being meaningless (just like the show).

It would've been challenging to do that given that AMC didn't want to keep paying for the show to shoot in LA after the pilot (which is why it quickly relocated the action to the interior of a barbershop / Canadian suburb w/ LA skyline added in post).

Yeah, AMC's stinginess is notorious, and the fact it's reflected on screen should be embarrassing for them, but it's not. They just don't have any pride in their work.

I'm not really sure what FTWD is about. I'd really like to ask the creators, because I'd love to hear their take on what this show is supposed to be.

I watched the first season + S2 premiere of FTWD and I wasn't entertained.

I've heard this date range over and over, but I refuse to believe that 34 year olds are in the same category of people as kids born in the '90s - especially the late '90s.

No, I think if he had gone all Male Gaze on her, we would've ended up with Lena writing a thinkpiece about how he felt entitled to objectify and harass her.

The boss battles and cutscenes felt like they were taking a unique and amazing property and forcing it to follow an established RPG formula, despite the original Deus Ex's success being largely tied to the fact it rejected that formula.

I loved the first one, pretended Invisible War never happened and enjoyed Human Revolution until maybe the 20th cutscene that pulled me out of the action.

…and then Arcade Fire came out with Reflektor, while the whole of Canada sighed and forced a smile…

The color grading of Do The Right Thing makes an enormous contribution to the film. I remember watching it in the dead of winter and feeling the heat of summer creep in the room.

*slips on his hot dog shirt*

At his age, I'd say he's probably now Very Def.

I don't think reading comprehension is your thing…

I'm saying that coming out with a trailer to set expectations is probably the time you want to put your best foot forward.