That's definitely a good point. I read an article the other day about how bottles of wine with animals on the label (or sculpted into the bottle itself) inevitably sell more, regardless (almost) of the quality of the wine within.

That would be a fun exercise. Definitely an insight into how strongly a show's presentation of itself affects reception. I've often wondered how Mad Men would look, for instance, if you put sit com credits before it and added a laugh track, since, like a comedy, most of the episodes are about maintaining this absurd…

Yeah, I agree that the transition was handled just terribly in the show, but I think it was also implicit in the premise. I mean, either Dexter had to change to become more human, or he had to get caught and hung for his crimes. Those are really your only two options when your opening moment of stasis for your main…

I loved it on the first viewing. I thought the tone was wonderful and surprising and colors, man. The colors were inspiring. I thought the heroes had a lot of heart, if not a lot of character, and it was great to see a film so unabashedly positive.

I've been all about this season so far, but this episode was really a clunker. Sherlock is never less interesting than when he's talking over everyone for the whole episode. I was really missing the part in this where Joan's competence and newfound confidence as a detective shone through. The writers for this one…

I feel like it'll be hard to make a ride that's bigger on the inside.

Although, when he says, "Merry Christmas." in the stinger, he does have the crazy Reverse Flash voice.

Yeah! That drove me nuts. I stuck my neck out for the oppressed time and time again in DA:2, and what did they do? Turn int abominations. Every fucking one of them. Except for Anders who fucking blew up the Chantry, and left me in a bad way.

During college (for theater) I once did an out-of-school show with one of my professors. I was a poor student and didn't have a car, so he gave me a lift from campus to the theater we were working at. About a 20 minute drive. Anyway, the professor was a big gossip, and always wanted me to dish on the latest student…

He probably meant to say rotomobile.

Yeah, I probably deserve that.

Yeah. I'm not quite clear on how this iteration of the Flash's powers work. Nobody has said Speedforce yet. :)

Well, I hoped it would be evident, anyway. No accounting for quality I guess. I felt the glowing red irises was pretty on the nose reference to Professor Zoom. Plus, I just assumed that "<insert fake="" thing="" here=""> confirmed" was widely accepted internet parlance for jokes. Apologies for being snippy.

That was a joke, obviously, pal.

Those glowing red irises remind anyone of anyone? Hmmm?

Flash's superspeed has arguably turned him into the most powerful super-person in the comics universe a couple of times. Infinity Mass Punch, for instance. But Barry, both in the comics and here, is compensating for a complete lack of will to do battle. He almost never punches anyone. He dodges, he deceives, he…

I read a pretty interesting article the other day, written by a woman who suffered some pretty major physical and subsequent psychological trauma. She rather eloquently made that point that, in America, we are very, very preoccupied with the idea that suffering from some sort of trauma will ultimately make you…

I'm a little confused by the brusque dismissal of Iris's story here. She finds herself in a bad situation that was not caused by the Flash, nor her fascination with the Flash, nor anything ill-considered she might have done, and manages to get herself, her dad, her boyfriend, and seven other hostages out of it by…

"Why do I have these watermelons on my feet?"

This show still happens?