Aye.

True, but 1) it generally fits within a rough overriding philosophy behind the show, which SHIELD doesn't have, and 2) the Doctor is so damn charming it doesn't matter. There are plenty of Doctor Who episodes that function almost like a hangout show for me - the story is almost secondary to the adventure and the…

That's part of what made ANGEL so resonant to me, as well. Being a good man or good woman is hard. It's a constant fight. And the scary thing is, you can stop any time, you can just relax and let things go on the way they were, and the world won't even really notice… but you'll be contributing to a worse world,…

I disagree; the problem with an MPDG is not 'quirk', but that she has no soul, no inner life except to teach the sad-sack male lead about the beauty of life. Anderson's films, regardless of whether you like them or hate them, appear to be deeply personal and informed by a sincere, if potentially cloying, point of…

If you didn't enjoy it the first time, it may not be worth it. Personally, even though I didn't understand everything, I loved it the first time through and the many times following.

I always took that as indicative of their grand 'flaw' - they invented this machine, could have been billionaires, trillionaires, had all the money they could ever want… but emotion got in the way. Routine got boring, and they found that they wanted respect more than they wanted money. As they broke further and…

I always start to lose it when the dad enters the picture, which makes sense - Carruth has actually said he specifically didn't want to explain some small things like that, but rather wanted to show how the experiment was slipping away from their control by introducing unintended effects and the idea that there may be…

I disagree with you there, but that may be because 'realism' isn't the point. It's not trying to say, "The British government would do anything to appease terrorists," in my opinion; rather, the point is, "Government is so dedicated to chasing trends and appearing friendly in the media that they would literally fuck…

The technology existed to let him 'prove' it, but do you really think a person as obsessive and untrustworthy as him wouldn't have found out anyway? Remember - the inciting incident of his search isn't that he caught them saying something or touching; it's that she laughed at the guy's bad joke. That's all it took…

Hey! Stop it! He just wants to ignore facts so that he can keep being a cynical grouch more interested in declaring his superiority than having a conversation, and you're really harshing on that vibe.

In her defense: Assuming she was required to hew closely to the books to satisfy its fans, what the hell could ANYONE do with that material?

Okay, I'll have to rewatch it because it's pretty hazy in my mind, but I think I've figured out the problem.

Oh, I don't have to LIKE them, but I have to give a shit about them or their situation on some level. They have to be interesting, and I thought the main dude in "History" was just plain dull. The writers didn't say or do anything with him that I haven't seen done before, better.

I suppose an argument could be made that there is artistry to be found in wallowing so deeply in self-righteous misery and then being allowed to emerge from it without having to ever fully immerse yourself, an emotional equivalent to the way many 'extreme horror' films work. But that typically describes folks'…

Oh, I will.

I think that, yes, there have to be SOME stakes. If the stakes aren't narrative or character-driven (and I would argue that, here, they are not), then they can be artistic - I didn't give a shit what happened to the characters or story in Holy Motors for the vast bulk of the film, but that didn't stop me from enjoying…

I actually haven't seen series 2. Didn't even know there was one until today.

True, but what are the stakes? No one is rooting for the leads to stay together. No one suspecting that the guy will learn anything. No one is particularly charming or funny. No one has any interesting observations. It doesn't say anything particularly interesting about the human condition. What differentiates…

My problem with "Entire History of You" is that the relationship was so clearly toxic, the lead so clearly paranoid and self-obsessed, that there was no version of this story in which his relationship didn't self-destruct. It's not like the technology MADE him a noxious dick; there are just some people who are like…

Seriously? I could barely finish "History of You", and while "Fifteen Million Merits" was good, it lacked the brutal tension of this one.