True enough, I guess I was just thinking both more universal and way more specific. She was around in the early nineties and she'll be around in the 2050s and she'll probably be there at the heat-death of the universe, still super passionate and condescending about shit she barely comprehends.

THAT's the name of a strip club!

In my experience, it's usually described as being IN the K-hole, and it's when, while you can see and hear what happens around you (sorta), your body is almost entirely separate from your consciousness. Speaking or moving is a HUGE ordeal, and it's way easier to just sit someplace and stare.

I was gonna say, I was k-holed WAY before this show.

"He became a die-hard fan of the series at an age when he should have been re-watching Power Rangers . . ." So, he's a 35 year old going to the special camp for kids who can't use the real scissors and can only write in crayon? Sorry, just trying to figure out who in the hell re-watches Power Rangers.

If you look again at the start of the show, I think you might be impressed. There's an unnerving stillness to Amell in most of his scenes as he stares people in the eye. His face is a mask, and when he does display emotion (or even a smile) you can see the calculation going on, like Oliver's puppeteering his own face.

Yeah, she's less specifically millennial than the girl who got C-minuses in a couple of multiculturalism classes in her Sophomore year, but now considers herself SUPER socially conscious and full to the brim of righteous indignation over issues she barely comprehends but is super passionate about.

See, I always thought that worked for Amell, whether it was a conscious decision or not. There was this distinct (and I think) intentional blankness to him when it came to trying to relate to anyone from his life. I think it was intentional because even early on he was more natural with Diggle than with Thea or his…

Better, but it still runs into the same problem of needing Superman to spontaneously blurt out his mom's first name. The problem is that no one, ever, ever, EVER says their mom's first name out loud unless explicitly asked "what's your mom's name?" Because to you, her name is "Mom".

I would have to add the first appearance of Wonder Woman in full gear with her musical accompaniment. I don't know what it was about that 300-esque squealy guitar and pounding bass drum, but it breathed new life into the whole damn slog of a movie.

She would've been fine if she'd have gone the way of damn near every actual high school romance and eventually just fizzled out. I think the definitive statement on that show could be summed up as "decent overall, great in parts, occasionally brilliant, but every storyline conceivable was dragged out WAY past its…

Like so many things in Snyder's movies, I didn't mind the IDEA of their Lex Luthor. Updating the character as a sort-of evil Elon Musk who's a little more manic and, for lack of a better term, "millennial" than we're used to seeing could've worked. But the interesting aspects of Lex Luthor are that he's brilliant,…

It has a lot of high-points, definitely, but it also stalled for a long, LONG time, as I recall (several seasons of shaky disguises while they refused to pull the trigger on Clark being Superman). Plus, the CW-mandated "Dawson's Creek" relationshippy scene every damn week for, like, the first five seasons was usually…

I'd have to imagine that there would be different storylines that take different amounts of time, each one running more-or-less independently of the others and resetting at different paces. I'd also assume that some storylines don't go all the way through the motions if a guest isn't involved. It's hard to imagine,…

Another scene in my head, Clark's dad sees him wearing glasses as a teenager: Clark, are you wearing my reading glasses? Clark: Yeah, sorry I took them. Pa: I don't mind you taking them, just, why? Clark: They make it harder to use my x-ray vision when I don't mean to. Pa: Why would you worry about that? Clark: Dad,…

See, that's the thing, I really don't think it should be that hard. Forget "dark" as a goal, you don't need it. Just recognize the reality of the character as a child, while keeping the "big blue boy scout" as the ultimate goal. It's just a question of imagination. Picture yourself as a six year old with all a six…

Hell, thinking about it, that conversational change ALMOST makes the dumb-shit "Pa Kent dies in a tornado while his superpowered son watches" scene make some kind of emotional sense.

I think they've established that, even under normal circumstances, these robots require a shit-ton of maintenance. They're incredibly advanced but also apparently need constant monitoring and have a pretty high break-down rate.

You could imagine that this tech is possible, but fantastically expensive and requires an enormous amount of specialized upkeep even during normal operation, making it only feasible to maintain in a relatively enclosed area with a ton of logistical support.

I absolutely loved, after all that bluster, Sizemore's sad little defeated, "didn't you like ANYTHING about it?" question to Dr. Ford after being shut down.