My first Jean Giraud story was reading L’incal in French and while my French back then was A2 tier, the art blew my fucking mind.

Conan! What is best in life?

Despite this being Amazon’s near-literal attempt to chase the dragon, I’m all for this. I hope it’s pulpy and garish. Kurt Busiek’s run on the series would be a good template to build from, I think.

Kull. Krull is something else.

Actually, Howard wrote about twenty Conan stories. One or two giant snakes. He was as racist as the average Texan of his era (1906-1936), but nowhere near as bad as Lovecraft. As far as hackwork goes, depends on your definition. He was writing to make a living, and that means if you want to get paid, you get it done…

I feel a weird sense of disgust at the craven disloyalty of the former Verizon guy.

(keep in mind, they’re most-certainly still dead, since Chidi is speaking English instead of his native French).

“CALL JG WENTWORTH 877 CASHNOW....!!!!!”

There are three currently running ad campaigns that make me instantly angry. The Chili’s new-lyrics baby bay ribs commercials, the Middleditch Verizon commercials, and the Payton Fucking Manning and some country guy writing a new Nationwide jingle.

that new nationwide commercial with the girl singing about the kid driving a car for the first time and some guy retiring makes me want to take a powerdrill to my temple.

Yes, Chidi’s native language is Senegalese French. He talks in French in afterlife because native tongue is always easier but it doesn’t mean it’s the only language he knows.

One of my first reactions was “Someone in the AV Club comments totally called this.” Don’t recall if it was just you or multiple people, but nice work.

Yeah! Maybe I’m dumb but obviously you were supposed to assume he’s the doctor. It was a red herring that totally got me. Gotta hand it to them.

I’m unbelievably excited for ANNIHILATION - it looks like Garland’s taken elements from the other books to craft the narrative, which is fine by me as long as he can imbue it with the existential dread of those books.

SAMSON looks like HE-MAN: THE BIBLE YEARS. Here’s hoping Billy Zane rips his own face off to reveal…

I think Jackson will turn out to be William, but there is still a chance that the reason the DNA test showed maternity is because both Jackson and Dana have alien DNA in them. Jackson doesn’t have to be William.

This one won me over. Mark Snow checked in with a great score. Scully and Mulder’s dynamic felt back on track. I wasn’t ever sure it was William until after the dna test. Mulder’s murder flashback was cool. GA’s biggest on screen monologue in ages - in any of her shows. I give it for sure B+ and almost want to give it…

Loved it! This season has just been really working for me after the horrendous finale. Every episode should get an A based on the fact that got a C or whatever.

If not an instant classic then at least another very solid episode. If this really is the end of The X-Files, at least this season is providing a far more fitting farewell than the the last two or the the film ever did.

I liked the hybrid MotW/Mythology approach, but then I’m also pretty predisposed to liking James Wong episodes.

I’ve already seen the documentary & read the book. I’m a long time fan of Kenney, O’Donoghue, & the rest.