Just to explain ... I grew up in Ireland in the 70s/80s . British media at the time tended to portray us as drunk , stupid terrorists usually played by English actors using a terrible Oirish accent we also had to deal with a lot of shitty jokes about how stupid, trogladyte etc we were (this by the way was nothing…

This is a very weird and bad take on this situation

Look, I wanted to love ROP so badly, I’m a huge fan of the books and movies, I’ve read the Silmarillion, etc., but I just wasn’t convinced by the production of the show, regardless of how money Bezos poured into it. I wasn’t immersed. I kept getting pulled out of it by little nagging details, unlike Fallout, which…

the Hound, Brienne of Tarth, Bronn, Podrick, Tormond, Grey Worm, etc

Thrived? I’ll give you the Hound and Brienne, but the rest were absolutely a growing tumor of bad comic relief on the show, that worked only to evidence how much worse it got in comparison to the books.

“the infamous Dance of the Dragons that put an end to Targaryen rule in Westeros—until Dany trots along” I’m no expert on Westreros, but don’t the Targaryen’s continue to rule until Robert’s Rebellion which sets the stage for GOT?

The show has always made a punching bag out of Jost, but Sarah has turned it into an artform.

Sarah Sherman with Colin Jost is never not funny.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the Emma Keates byline is actually Herb using AI-generated content trained exclusively on Sam Barsanti articles and Wattpad fanfics. It would explain a lot.

Exactly. I would not have known about this interview if I hadn't read about it on the AVClub. Pot kettle!

“What happened to Gadd was awful. The fact that people took his story and immediately turned it into an exploitative media sensation is awful.“

Check and check.

“Sometimes, it’s okay to just appreciate a piece of art for what it is and stop trying to dig any further.”

well I guess the important thing is to promote the interview by linking to it and making claims to be concerned for this woman's mental health

Because every X-Men cartoon since since Evolution (which ended over 20 years ago) has floundered and failed after a single season. As a result, the show never had a chance to expand the team beyond its most popular core members.

To be fair the show was off the air for 27 of those thirty years. 

As much as I love the LOTR films, and I do, for a lot of it you’re being asked to care about things that are by their nature abstract: magic rings, battles between imaginary kingdoms, supernatural evil. Theoden, when he’s mourning the loss of his son, brings it back down to something real and visceral, and my God did…

The absolute best King in LOTR.

I’d have gone into battle alongside Aragorn. I’d have charged in screaming alongside Theoden. He absolutely nailed that part.

Alongside many others for sure.

I understand if that bothers people. When I first learned about it in the early-00’s, it certainly gave me the ick. But I struggle to hold a relationship from thirty years ago against him when he’s been married for twenty-five years while Shoshanna Lonstein went on to become a writer and fashion designer. That’s just…

Weird how a guy who co-created one of, if not the most successful sitcom of all time gets so much access.