Was anyone else disconcerted by how no one seems angry about Lawkeeper Clancy's death? The mayor doesn't really try to use it as leverage over Rafe - it was his man who killed Clancy - she just continues to indulge him.
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Bear McCreary is composing for this show! Those swelling arpeggios should be pretty familiar to BSG folks.
Eh, forget Doctor Who. Someone's rebooting Blake's 7: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/e…
I'm confused. When does Nick jaywalk? We see him leave Winston's car and walk a few yards toward Jess.
"Body breeder" - I took this to mean external fertilization (as with certain amphibians). But I like the ambiguity of it.
Tell that to the 20,000 Iraqis who were killed.
This film is amazing. The Dr. Strangelove of our era.
By your theory of set design, William F. Buckley is also a communist: http://www.youtube.com/watc…
In case anyone missed it, here's an excellent essay comparing Lena Dunham to Philip Roth: http://thecoffinfactory.com…
UTF-8, actually. ASCII doesn't have the bits.
I find that Hugh Abbot (Chris Langham) looks shockingly similar to Aaron David Miller (the esteemed American diplomat). I know this thread is dead; but there it is.
I find that Hugh Abbot (Chris Langham) looks shockingly similar to Aaron David Miller (the esteemed American diplomat). I know this thread is dead; but there it is.
Indeed. Seductively reductive.
Indeed. Seductively reductive.
We shouldn't discount the degree to which our traditional story-telling tropes descend from an era when story-telling was solely sponsored by a status-seeking aristocracy. Those tropes feel familiar and natural - despite their connection to reality - and thus tend to be used.
We shouldn't discount the degree to which our traditional story-telling tropes descend from an era when story-telling was solely sponsored by a status-seeking aristocracy. Those tropes feel familiar and natural - despite their connection to reality - and thus tend to be used.
It is difficult to understand and dramatize social and political complexity. All too often writers fall back on essentially aristocratic tropes of the social order - the burdens and glories of "great men."
It is difficult to understand and dramatize social and political complexity. All too often writers fall back on essentially aristocratic tropes of the social order - the burdens and glories of "great men."
Syfy: masters of schizophrenic brand strategy. They've eroded their core (not-so-profitable) business, and now they're back to an SF original series?
Syfy: masters of schizophrenic brand strategy. They've eroded their core (not-so-profitable) business, and now they're back to an SF original series?