Thank you for posting this! I especially appreciate you pointing out how weird it was for Protestants to support Catholic religious art - even when most of them didn’t realize that’s what they were doing (I was raised Protestant and I’m now Anglican. I had no idea who St. Veronica was or why she was in the movie till…

There are two basic camps in Christian theology (painting with a very broad brush) about which aspect of the crucifixion was the really important one. In Catholic theology, the key aspect of what Jesus did was His death; His primary role was a substitutionary sacrifice. That’s why Catholic iconography, which Gibson’s…

I’m repeating things other people have said, but that scene where Elizabeth met the guy in Mexico was so good, especially the way the score perfectly turned into We Do What We’re Told (which then drowned out the speaker, but we don’t really need to hear him anyway). I listened to Peter Gabriel’s album So repeatedly…

The entire show turns out to be Ronald Regan’s dream

In typically tragic Americans style irony it is the compassionate decision that Elizabeth makes to tell Phillip to “stop” working as a spy...that now separates the two of them perhaps more than ever before. Quite sad, considering they were closer than they had ever been in their lives at the end of last season.

Also, kind of funny how this show almost directly followed the trajectory of another brilliant FX show, Justified. Good-but-not-great first season, fantastic seasons 2-4, meandering, disappointing, fifth season, stunning final season. I don’t know yet if this season will be as good as Justified’s sixth just yet, but…

That was the big change here in the dynamics (aside from the “Dead Hand” counter-strike system).

I have been madly in love with this show since the opening of the pilot, but as soon as I heard the first chords of “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, I was gone.

Well, unless that conversation ended with Liz strangling Phil, I’m not sure how them talking about the opposite sides of the fence they’re on would have solved anything, lol.

*Philip sees how tired Liz is*

Squee! Cannot wait!

I’m going to make a way out there prediction: Clive is a zombie.

*cyber farts*

There should be an old man who fondly recalls the ‘80s:

Star Wars takes place in the past.

Loner nerds who find pop culture interesting.

Pfft, only loner nerds find pop culture interesting.

Heinz Ketchup is just meh. Broaden your horizons and try some other types of Ketchup or sauce. The Hole in the Wall burger place I go to has homemade Ketchup - totally different than Heinz - which blew my mind when I tried it.

I’m originally from northwest Ohio, and Ohio’s Amusement Ride Safety department, a division of their Department of Agriculture, covers both permanent installations such as those at Cedar Point and King’s Island and traveling carnival companies. They claim to be one of the better ones in the country, considering that…

I’ve mentioned to you before how much I love actually commenting at the DM, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel there, the IQ level is so low. The mildest bad quip or pun or jape that would be utterly ignored at Classic AV Club makes you Oscar Wilde over there. You watch the hundred green upvotes flow in from all…