I suppose this will fool the same sort of idiot who thinks that Obamacare was a failure so Congress stepped in and replaced it with the ACA. Of which there are many.

I just got engaged this week! Please take this opportunity to shower me with praise and affection for reaching this commonplace and relatively-mundane-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things milestone.

Such a perfect image for the state of Reasonable Discussions.

The world is changing so fast for these people—

Well Jim Beam should be scared. The GOP has annihilated corporations across America with their boycotts. Take a look at the list of recent victims of their targets, mere husks of their former selves.

I mean, especially for the sort of men who feel entitled to tell women what to do, and especially when those men are white, the perception of Black masculinity as inherently sexually threatening to white men (because of its power to destroy their property, white womanhood) is too deeply-rooted to ignore.

I dispute the statement that Lucas’s dad is hen-pecked. His remark that “Your mother’s never wrong” wasn’t a meek statement of deference; rather, it was a warm, joking acknowledgment that when you are trying to make amends with someone, that isn’t the time to point out their fuck-ups. Of all the characters, I think…

We all agree they stuck the landing on this one, but the challenge going forward is where to take it. Season Two was, essentially, a bigger and more epic version of the events in Season One. That’s not the kind of thing you can keep doing without hitting a wall; not if they want to make four or five seasons.

Gotta disagree on Lucas’ dad - that scene struck me as closer to jovial than anything.

Speaking solely for myself; I ‘taint bothered by the violence one bit. The preview just didn’t really show me anything intriguing enough to justify continuing the series after the concise, well-resolved narrative of the first one.

Considering the movie only really works as an allegory, the final scene makes sense. Do you continue a horrifyingly cruel and unjust system because it’s known and safe? Or do you blow it all up and risk extinction on the slim chance you can build something better? If the chances of survival were at all good, the…

It’s important to note that, when there are comments like “everyone knew” (often said about Weinstein), or mentioning “stories that have long circulated” about Spacey, it’s referring to people in the business, as well as those normal folks who follow Hollywood gossip. There is no way that his agent and publicist…

That’s not what you’re supposed to think. Humanity ends at the end of Snowpiercer. That’s why Evans has that speech about if this the only way humanity can survive, then it shouldn’t survive.

Steve told you NOT to tell anyone about that!

Do you use four puffs of the Farrah Fawcett spray?

It’s not just about chosen family, it’s about what family means to Eleven and Kali. Kali is clearly motivated by anger, and she uses other people to satisfy her sense of injustice. But Kali clearly connected with Eleven in a way she didn’t with the rest of her unremarkable gang. She felt a loss motivated by some kind…

Someone I know dressed up as her post-makeover THIS year.

I like representation too, but “self-hating, closeted bully” is sooooo tired. I was giving The Mist a chance on the other day and got the same bullshit within 3 episodes. If there are gonna be gay characters, I’d much prefer more interesting storylines that don’t fall into the same well-worn grooves.

I’m fine with Billy primarily being character context for Max.

This episode sums up a lot of my issues with both the shows and the books. The level of melodrama in the Jamie/Claire relationship in this episode just makes me roll my eyes. You’ve been separated for 20 years and are arguing within 2 minutes essentially? And I think it boils down to the lack of goals after a certain…