Maybe because off the shelf items aren’t going to be engineered with redundancies in place in the event of failure?  Not like they can order same day Amazon delivery at the bottom of the ocean.

Thanks for posting the link!  That certainly partially debunks what I grew up hearing.

I would rather see Stanley Tucci as Bond.

I would love to see a fleshing out, respectful to the source material, of Beorn. Same with Tom Bombadil who I often group in with Beorn because of roles that both of them had in protecting the hobbits and their forest locations, but who are very different characters. I suspect that Bombadil has more backstory (EDIT:…

I think the first time I ever heard the term “twee” it was in a review of a Wes Anderson film.  It certainly is apt.  Regardless, I love his films.

Wasn’t that Benny Hill?  ;)

This strikes me as a bit of an inflammatory take on the Deadline article and on the message that Harry is conveying in his interviews. If the press keeps bringing up his frosted todger, that’s not on him. I have yet to read the book (if I wind up doing so in the first place) I suspect that his story of the frostbitten…

Be aware that these do not integrate into the Google Home app and require the Nest app to monitor from your phone.  

Be aware that these do not integrate into the Google Home app and require the Nest app to monitor from your phone.  

“Rapes aside...”  LOL

I just realize that I would watch pretty much anything with Michael Shannon in a principal role.

“They filled up the Chicken Man in Philly last night” - Bruce Wingsteen.

No kidding - would it have been much of a stretch to use humour to correct his mispronunciation of her name? I suspect, also, that she wasn’t as crippled by this incident as the story makes it sound.  This article has a click bait feel to it.

I feel the same way - it was a fantastic standalone series as it was originally intended. Season 1 was so character driven by actors who will not be reprising their roles (with the exception of Jennifer Coolidge).  IMHO this might as well be Season 1B.

There is a special circle of hell reserved for “Dr.” Phil (and Dr. Oz as well).

I’m wondering if revisiting the Silmarillion and Book of Lost Tales would make the show more interesting, rather than the other way around.

I really have to dive back into the Silmarillion - I tried to read it when I was in my late teens/early 20's but didn’t have the attention span - same with The Book of Lost Tales. Perhaps this series can provide a bit of a gateway to go back into it.

Also, what made Tony Soprano and Walter White interesting characters was it made us consider the nature of good and evil, nature vs. nurture, and the issue of redemption. I am not aware of anything in Sauron’s canon of those issues being central. In the larger Tolkien universe - yes - but not with Sauron.

Musical... uggh :(

Me too!  It was a halloween party when I was an undergrad - went as half man/half woman. It was a bad idea.  LOL

Not that it matters a fig, but I prefer Dominic West to King Charles III - better yet, I’d like to nominate Colin Firth to be the current monarch. Actually, how about Paddington Bear?  He’d be a suitable monarch and much less costly to The Realm.  Keep in mind this is coming from a Canadian non-monarchist.