SPOILER, if you've finished the show: (isn't that effectively what she realizes in their last scene together, in the woods? The horror at not being able to turn him "off" in the end? At least, that's how I felt it at the time - I haven't rewatched since binge-watching it through.)

Was waiting for "Milo Yiannopoulos, who is actually 44 children stacked in a trenchcoat…"

What about Farewell? It was a French production, and the kid wasn't the main character, but it's the only thing I could find around 2010 with a teenage Russian kid who loves Queen.

Oh, no doubt, I'm just saying the dreads thing likely won't be re-used, which is perfectly fine by me.

SPOILER here, but - the Chained Up Row of Zombies shtick (with Michonne's dreads) means we probably won't get that brief bait-and-switch with the Whisperers, either? Which is fine by me (I was more upset by someone else in that lineup, and I thought it robbed her of that moment for a cheap visual gimmick.)

SPOILERS… (I mean, not exactly Shakesperean levels of nuance, but there is some there. In addition to a certain prominent turncoat, I think the comics make clear that so many of the Saviors are only obedient because Negan's rules with an iron fist - not only do a bunch of them help prisoners escape during the war, but…

When I studied there years ago, I was told a joke: "Have you learned the Czech word for 'church' yet? It's pronounced muzeum."

It's set a little earlier (the 70s), but that does sound a bit like The Vanished Empire?

I'm fascinated by Limonov - but it's very much a "keep at arm's length" fascination. I think Erofeev (Venedikt, not Viktor) would be my favorite of the major dissident writers.

I know one of the talking heads in the film - it's a really great documentary.

I am a big fan of Havel's plays, and an admirer of his (sometimes tricky) politics, so I hear you.

Believe it or not, there's a book called Lincoln's Marxists that's aimed at using those comments to show that Lincoln was an evil president (published by Lost Cause-obsessed Southerners). I wish that were a joke.

Not necessarily - the United States supported the Whites in the civil war, and were a major symbol of capitalist greed. The excesses of NEP were widely interpreted as American-style decadence (especially in music re: jazz, and in cinema, where there was an actual battle against "Americanitis" in style and editing,…

You are correct. Outside of some occasionally shaky ideas about the church, there was nothing in Nicholas' view of power that was forward-looking. He did everything he could to win back the powers that he grudgingly allowed after the '05 revolution.

My favorites are the American villains from the silent era: the meddling, capitalist moneybags in the Mister Twister mode. Even then there's hope they can be converted to the cause in the end.

It's certainly possible, but I'm not sure it's totally consistent with Čapek's use of the word in other works. I flipped through the text of Hordubal, for example, where his use of robotnik is much more neutral as "laborer":

Not sure I agree 100% with your police work there, Lou. The lake had lost 60% of its 1960s volume by the end of the Soviet era, but that amounts to closer to 70% of total loss as of the last measure (663/990 = 67%, unless you're using other numbers than the ones in this thread). And, whether you like it or not,…

Not really, no. Among other things, shallower water means warmer water means increasing rate of evaporation with each year - so the rate is higher now than ever before, because there's no depth to the remaining water to keep temperatures in check. You should really consider reading up on this: it's interesting (though…

Hoorah! Someone else has read it! I feel like I'm constantly beating this drum to no avail, but it's legitimately one of my two or three favorite books ever.

Here's the only one you need.