Quitters! This is why we go to Bloaty's Pizza Hog instead.

I mostly agree, but I think that hiding that something is an effect suggests a wrong approach to "effective images" from the outset. Mostly, it's that I think helping people to suspend disbelief is a suspect purpose.

"So you…like distractingly poor digital effects?" - It's that I prefer *craft* over realism. And I think that realism is also a poor benchmark for rating craft. Like going to a play, I don't need to "believe" that the stage is a real house, I get the idea of its function in the story, and appreciate what they did to…

True, but also IMO realism is far overused. It tends to function as more of a crutch to create immersion and suspend disbelief than an actual creative visual story element. Like if by analogy people could only get away with trying to make photo-realistic paintings or sculptures, that would be so unnecessarily…

I suspect that "humanity" is ultimately a self-imposed stereotype, an ideal that isn't well thought out. Humans are whatever they do. Notice that humans never ever seem to worry about other organisms betraying some "essential nature", such as "caninity", or "bovinity". Romanticising what species one is seems kind of…

Well, he didn't remake Tarkovsky's Solaris (the first DVD I ever bought!). Soderbergh and Tarkovsky each made their own adaptation of Lem's original story. Lem disliked the liberties that Tarkovsky took, but I don't care as I think the results are brilliant. But I think that many stories can support multiple…

Those words don't have anything to do with profanity. Profanity is a religious concept, and depends upon what (if any) religious doctrine one subscribes to. Same with "swearing", which means an oath to god(s). So "god damn it" IS actual profanity, but "motherfucking bullshit" is not. Most of the words or phrases…

You can never eat just one!

I was psyched that we got a shout to Tony, who is IMO unfairly maligned as a character. Oh noes! A trans-man can't be a sestra!

After the fact, it is *post-tending*.
But if you want to see and engage with criticism of the final episode, and season five, then just start reading from the top. I haven't encountered much unconditional gushing that it was somehow perfect. I would say that every season has had its distinct strengths and weakness,…

Explanations are lame. I just make my own conclusion based upon what is presented.

I was hopeful that the island story might amount to something interesting for the first few episodes. The only benefit to it was a different setting for the usual conspiracy hijinx. Not bad, but not as on-point as I would have hoped for the big-bad behind it all.

I prefer to consult with physicians. Only a small percent of doctors are physicians.

Decide for yourself what - if anything - you believe. It's easy!

"writer Robert Workman"
That has got to be the greatest content-creator name ever. You know that you are a trend-setter when millions of people's best efforts are Workman-like writing.

I worry about people who put movie film in their phones.

e-books and dildos

How about the Taurus? Do people born under a fire sign really want a more violent resolution?

She's playing "dollies" in the morgue with Art's old partner Detective Deangelis.

I am all for independent restaurants. I wonder why the ones in your town got displaced. FWIW I guess the difference was that I was approaching "artisanal" inclusive of no-pretense work, and not only the hoity-toity. My optimistic side sees artisanship as normal, rather than anything exclusive.