So Skynet is a weaponized Disqus? That's reassuring, since epic suckage is apparently part of its DNA.

Just rewatched it— It was a great hour of TV. There are tons of character beats that fill out the 'action movie' and really make it sing. Sam cursing, The kid getting revenge on Ygritte, EVERYTHING involving Ser Thorne, Grenn being one of the few characters who was introduced, lived, and died as a…

Don't you think the new Veep might be the TOTALLY incompetent water-drinking candidate from 'Debate'? I feel like that guy is being set up for a later role.

'The fuck stops here, Dan.'

I think that since their duties rarely take them north and they rely on strict military structure while scouting in an extremely hostile climate, they're more invested in being able to find each other than camouflaging themselves. In fact, hiding is really a centuries-irrelevant tactic for the Night's Watch, isn't…

'Forgive me—the scenes at the Wall are such a slow-drip it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Did we know Maester Aemon was a Targaryen?'

Hey, I love it! And Aliens! But if you boil the script down to its essence, 'Alien' is just a creature feature. Scott and co. took that basic genre skeleton and turned it into a film classic. I'm giving the damned movie a compliment!

I rewatched 'Alien' a couple of years ago and the thing that jumped out at me was 'Holy Shit this movie is GORGEOUS'. I mean, it's just a monster-in-space movie but the photography and atmosphere could give Kubrick a run for his money. Definitely a movie in which the craft elevates the material into something…

Internet, why did you need to tell me this?

Six Feet Under is a great show, but holy moley the resolution of what happened to Lisa in the finale is the closest an HBO prestige drama has ever come to Jumping The Shark. Thankfully the next season manages to recover by largely ignoring the events of the finale.

As dark as that scene was, his fist pump at the end of it was so hilariously misguided that I couldn't help but laugh at it.

The 'rape' scene was definitely unsettling, although it's hard to say if that physical struggle wasn't an example of Louie's 'heightened reality' at work. There is a very real undercurrent of rage to this season, which I think is appropriate and intentional to keep us from thinking of Louie as the kind of sexless…

Come to think of it, Willem Dafoe would have made a great Strange 15 years ago.

Not bad, actually.

HOGGOTH! It's HOGGOTH!

Yeah, I'm not saying he'll NEVER die, but only once there's more narrative potential to wring out of his death. Obviously there are lots of protagonists in the story apart from Tyrion, but he is clearly the lead of the ongoing story in King's Landing and at this point, that aspect of the narrative would be vacant…

Kevin Dunn's baby chipmunk face is maybe the greatest thing I've ever seen. I'm fairly sure that's what came out of the Ark of the Covenant at the end of 'Raiders'.

She is ridiculously desirable, which made it all the more gruesome that they gave her that terrible wig. Usually I'm almost too lost in ogling Ms. Dreyfus to appreciate all the great dialogue, but her new haircut did an impressive job of obstructing her attractiveness. So, good job wig department, that was hilarious.

It felt sudden and poorly set up to me. This should feel like a really devastating emotional beat, but this season feels very plot-driven and ham-fisted to me. I'm really beginning to wish they'd stretch the seasons by another episode or two to give the characters more room to breathe.

I hate to be a party pooper, but am I alone in finding Erik Adams' reviews insipid in the extreme? The beetle-crushing moron is a metaphor for fate! Eeeyugh. I feel like I'm in Freshman Lit again. And it's completely ridiculous to assume that Tyrion is doomed. Sure, Game of Thrones is capable of 'holy shit!'…