I've only recently been exposed to the term, SJW, so I feel like I might be able to provide a unique perspective on that. I do think the label of "social justice warrior" does kinda have an overblown, self-important quality that makes it ripe for mockery. I mean, let's be honest, no matter how many articles or…

Reminds me a bit of the Republicans burning down the freedom to vote under the guise of stopping "voter fraud". Just as the real reason behind restricting voting rights has nothing to do with fighting fraud, the real reason behind gamergate has nothing to do with improving ethics in journalism.

Given that players will have the choice to play on the side of the Alliance, I doubt the purpose of the cast members recording dialogue was because the player runs into them and has a conversation. I'd imagine they're probably more like cutscenes that play after you finish each chapter of the story's main quest-line.

I once played the Firefly pen-and-paper RPG (for like one session), and I came to the same conclusion with that. The idea of having your own ship and crew and trying to keep it flying just like Mal and the gang kinda seems cool, but the personalities of that particular crew and the quality of the writing was what…

I was just about to say that. Rob has previously mentioned a lack of significant interest in the show (seen it, but doesn't own the DVD's, was I believe what he said), so that explains why he didn't recognize the exchange.

I may have made a similar point. (Though, in fairness, so did a few other people in the comments of the article about the Comic-Con panel.)

Then why are we seeing the animation style pop up in so many other places?

Aw heck, and I thought I was being so original. You beat me to it by a good three hours.

I haven't been this excited for a Batman movie since Batman Forever!

You know, this might be getting into blasphemous territory, but I would point out a distinction between there not being any plot armor, and the readers/viewers simply being unaware of who actually possesses it. I think it's very likely that Martin has some characters who are untouchable in his own mind, he's just not…

But I'm pretty sure the majority of the millions of people who watch it just wants to see how their favorite character survives the story.

If escapist fantasy is wish fulfillment then game of thrones challenges us to be better.

Further, take a lesson from me...

So, who do you want to be wrong? Take your pick: Rob, for not honestly living up to the title of the blog post, or the lazy, wannabe writer for not knowing what the words he's using mean?

Rob skirts past the issue in the body of his own post by calling himself a writer who specializes in pop culture.

But the fact that it is arguably wrong and sexist doesn't change the fact that it's completely accurate to how 98% of dads (speaking anecdotally, but still) would behave. Dads are protective of their daughters, that's just the way it is. The Pew Research Center even conducted a study which found that parents of…

What M:AoS needs is to be on a night not opposite of CBS's NCIS juggernaut and before PoI.

What is with cop dads in superhero media making male heroes promise to keep their daughters unaware/away from the superhero stuff? It is kinda patronizing.

I have said this before, but in case you missed it: Grant Gustin's Barry Allen is the best Peter Parker I've ever seen. Funny, charming, innately good and super-nerdy — it almost makes me sad that he's playing the Flash instead of Spider-Man. But again, he's basically playing Peter Parker on The Flash, so oh well.

I completely agree with you, but what constantly baffles me is why people want to tune in on a weekly basis to observe such a horrible culture. Isn't the real world horrible enough? Stuff like this (not this exact thing, but plenty of things that are even worse) happen still today in real life, and this is what…