First, about France leading up to the French Revolution: Consider Peter Weiss's "Marat/Sade" or Charles Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities"—or even Gabaldon's "Outlander." These works do not give the one-sided portrayal of Parisian women (and men for that matter) that Moore does. That is why these works have been popular…

I'm not personally offended, though I do see serious deficiencies in Moore's product. The function of criticism in the arts is like an autopsy, to figure out what went wrong. To me, people who say they appreciate Gabaldon's books and at the same time think Moore's adaptation does them justice are deluded—sort of…

IMO the kind of self-righteous, inconsistent banter you dish out is tiresome. This is the inconsistency I’m talking about: When it suits you, you justify something Moore has done in the series by saying this scene or that detail is based on the novels. Elsewhere, you claim that Moore’s series should be viewed as…

It would be refreshing to answer a real question, as if it were possible to have legitimate discourse on a comment thread.

If the last is a question, I will give you my views on that. I warn you, it is not a short answer.

Are you always so funny and insightful?

I can understand how exhausted you must be after reading Kayla's recap. All those big words!

Everyone on this comment thread recognizes you as an Internet bully, whether you admit it or not.

No. But you seem to get a kick out of "crapping on" people with whom you disagree. Is it just easier than conducting discourse in a civilized manner? Or does it satisfy you to bully people who are not like you? That's the case with a lot of xenophobia on this comment thread.

Maybe Starz made him do it. Poor old Ronald Moore in his grannie glasses, showed up in a promo before Episode 6, in one of the worse cases I have seen of showrunners behaving badly. There sits Moore, hocking his epic narrative interpretation of the grand conflict between two giants worthy of an Outlander Comic Con,…

This is how you expect to get better writing gigs, by bullying nobodies on a comment thread? I suppose in the current climate even the weakest gestures toward misogyny will help you advance your career.

I wonder whether Moore will boast about hiring "scribes" who haven't read the works by Philip K. Dick that they are adapting, just to be sure the episodes they write will make sense to non-readers.

FYI—From "Variety" 5-10-2016:
Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Outlander”) and Michael Dinner (“Justified”) will write and exec produce while Cranston will also exec produce and appear in the series.

Traci, just as a follow-up on my other reply, from today's "Variety" (5-10-2016):

Traci, I am content with anonymous posts in comment threads when they bring me into contact with others like yourself, people who care deeply about literature and the dramatic arts, film and television. My suspicion is that if I were in the public eye, as a writer for hire under a byline or even as the centerpiece of…

And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
—"Hamlet" Act 1, Scene 5, 165-67

I think you give it a fair reading.

[SPOILER: By the time Fraser says the following lines, he has been carrying Alex McGregor's bible in his sporran for four years, so as to return it to his family if possible—

Those are good questions for Ronald Moore and Diana Gabaldon. As for Starz, it would not be the first time that one of its series treated the subject of incest between siblings: The main character in Starz's "Flesh and Bone" is involved in a long-term, sexual relationship with her brother.

Hi Eric. Please note that I didn't say Starz and Moore were doing this in a bright or effective way.