Wow! You used the word “standard” the way people often use the word “normal” (a word that implies a status that just doesn’t exist in reality)– that is, to be judgmental and preachy about how your way is the only right way to do something, even something that should be as personal as parenting. People parent different…

Veidt is definitely Trieu’s father! She specifically referred to ancestors when Laurie asked about the statue. I think Trieu might have even put him in the paradise prison in the first place. She mentioned sending some advanced rocket into space as one of her early achievements in the speech recorded for the…

I was going to point out the same thing. Is it possible Cal/Jon/Manhattan helped the kid build the castle? Also, as far as magnets go, Triu seems like she would have invented a toy like that — she’s quite good with magnets!

Moore’s name wasn’t on the film either. He vehemently objects to his works being adapted any more. “From Hell” the film really was from hell! “ League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” was just as bad (though I didn’t love the comic the way I did “From Hell” so I cared less, but I’m sure Moore was mortified). “V for…

Everything. Everything is wrong with Kinja. I still haven’t gotten back into commenting on the “A/V Club” (the only thing still the same about it is the domain name) since they switched over from Discus. I miss the community!

Watching that episode made cry. Your review made me understand more... and cry harder. Thank you!

Bowler hat guy is the tall guy is the guy who bricked himself into the basement. During Theo’s Red Room “presentation”, the house version of her girlfriend tells her the story of the man who bricked himself in and in the end she talk about how he felt so small, so when he “woke up”, he was very, very tall.

Vancouver. It’s an art installation/sculpture by Yue Minjun called “A-maze-ing Laughter.” They aren’t trying as hard as they used to cover up Vancouver as the place they shoot (is there anyone left who doesn’t know?). I thought it was a fantastic location!

But why make up another children’s book? Why no permission from the Berenstein’s? It’s almost like they’re trying to hide something....

No, people generally blame the Mandela Effect on alternative universes crossing. Anyone see “The Cloverfield Paradox”? *Facepalm* 🤦‍♀️

Tap dancing on the Titania (not Titanic). We’re there any others Titania/Titanic and Amygdala/Mengele were the ones that jumped out at me (if you don’t know who Josef Mengele was, I highly recommend reading “The Boys From Brazil” as well as generally looking him up... he was one evil, sadistic motherfrucker!). I just…

How could the X-Files NOT reference the fact that we live in a world now where the POTUS is a conspiracy nut, an unrepentant liar, and a man who believes that whatever he says is reality, is real (even when it’s demonstrably not)? Other than maybe a rating grab, there is no point to a 2018 X-Files that doesn’t address…

Exactly! Plus, it was a good reminder to re-watch (or, for the many younger people who may not have ever seen it, watch) “Dog Day Afternoon”. Frustratingly, Netflix isn’t currently streaming the film! Hopefully I can find it elsewhere. You would think that Netflix would try to make sure it had a film that one of it’s…

Thank you! I just wrote about that in response to the question, “What did you think of this review?” in the thread above (I guess I had to get it off my chest before reading too many comments!). Good to see you on the Kinja-fied AV Club!

What did I think of this review? I’ve now watched the entire season and I disagree with just about everything this writer has to say about the show and I found the tone of review incredibly arrogant. A review that includes, “The hostage-taker demurs, takes his shotgun, and blows his own head clean off his body, like…

Tell me they didn’t use the same actor to play Rhaeghar at his wedding to Lyanna that played Visyerys (sorry for misspelling Targ names)? He looked just like him! Even if it was a different actor, Rhaeghar in my mind is just so much hotter and bigger than Dany’s lame other brother. I know in her vision she described…

Nice historical example of Aunt-Nephew offspring! Did you know about that before, or did you go googling for Aunt-Nephew offspring? Of course Dany’s parents were brother and sister and she’s looking and doing pretty well (and a hella lot better than Charles II of Spain!)!

The writer that wrote last week’s Newbie review should LOVE the finale!

Seriously, couldn’t Bran have sent a raven to Jon saying, “FYI, I know incest is a whole thing with the Targs (not that there’s anything wrong with that...), but head’s up, Dany is your aunt...”

So did they need to spell out of Jon’s Targ lineage -again- interspersed with scenes of his first time fucking his aunt?