Fiction in a nutshell.

Isn't it weird how non-Asians are way better at Asian martial arts than Asians are? Funny, that.

Frank's bit about "One Batch Two Batch, Penny and Dime" was heartbreaking, even if his motivation is stock. Remember, the character is decades old.

That stairwell scene is a masterpiece. Just… it needs an award. All the awards. Now.

My second favorite kind of fucking!

Other Batman recommendations:

I'd also like to add a Superman story with Joker in it, "Hazard's Choice" from Action Comics 719, though many people dislike it. Superman has to decide whether to kill Joker to cure a toxin killing Lois or let her die and continue to have a clear conscience but Lois is lost. He ultimately decides the latter, but it…

I imagine most Batman writers are going to ignore that.

I'd also recommend Marv Wolfman's "Wildcard!"/"Judgements" two-parter (Batman Vol 1 450-1) and Paul Dini's "Trust" two-parter from his 'Tec run.

The story is pretty brutal all on its own without embellishing. But I don't want them to water it down, either.

My preference is for Denny O'Neil's story "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!", but TKJ is up there.

They need to go all out, sparing nothing from the story. Don't add much, don't subtract ANYTHING. Don't appease the outrage crowd, don't turn away from the brutality of it. Don't change what doesn't need changing. Get this right, damn it! You screwed up Court of Owls! I need this to be faithful and I will buy the eff…

This was… a thing, I guess. It's hard to unpack all my feelings and impressions of this episode and the miniseries as a whole. I think I'm going to have to go with a shrug and a "eh", the way Lisa Simpson reacted to being asked what it was like to be in the MTV generation (back when Lisa Simpson was in that gen,…

I have mixed feelings about this episode. One the one, I love a lot of the character interaction, Mulder's "trip", the Mulder and Scully Jr team (to a degree, but I hope they aren't grooming them to take over if there's another season). But on the other hand, that stock Muslim terrorist cell plot is… well, have I…

My favorite part is Mulder having a Mulder-Scully discussion in front of Scully but without her contributing, with, "I know you'll say…" The look on Scully's face is priceless. As was Guy lying about shtooping Scully (damn is Gillian still steamy, maybe even more so with age). This is my favorite episode of this…

Well, don't feel too bad, because I may have understood it less than you did.

Or maybe the problem is Chris Carter being unable to keep his own story straight or even bother to researching the things he forgot? Shit, even a cursory glance at episode summaries should be enough.

Boy was this ever better than that first episode, which decided that nine seasons of mythology were just a lie… which they already did in the fifth season, and overturned, so I guess THAT was ALSO a lie. A lie within a lie within a lie. A lie nesting doll, if you will. This episode was more emotionally vivid and…

"Mulder… look, no Mulder, I don't know how to get North Korea's hangover-free alcohol. NO, I'm not asking Skinner. Mulder… Mulder, please, I have work to do. No, anti-racist is NOT code for anti-white. Mulder, the internet is not a good place for you now. Stop sending me links to Josh Feuerstein. Yes, I am religious,…

"Mulder, please stop retweeting 'jet fuel can't melt steel beams', the steel beams weakened from thermal expansion causing exhaustion in the integrity of the—- no. No, I don't use bitcoins. Sigh. Yes, paper money is 'fiat currency', fine. No, that was an Onion article and… no, Mulder, look… no, the pyramids didn't…