My favourite moment was actually in season 1, I think episode 2, so right out of the gate. It’s when the Roses return to the hotel to find their door open, and Moira believes they’ve been robbed. She’s looking for the earrings she hid in a kleenex box, which leads to a completely absurd sequence of her looking in…

Ooooh, awesome! I saw the live version when National Theatre Live was broadcasting it to movie theatres a few months ago. If you love the show, definitely check out the stage version because it is PHENOMENAL! The story is more-or-less the same, but the experience is completely different. I can’t recommend it highly…

You’re failing to consider that the problems THEMSELVES can be created by a flick of a wand and a dash of pixie dust. And they are ALSO not bound by the rules of hard, plausible science. And as long as you adequately establish what rules they ARE bound by, conflict can be immensely satisfying.

The link to the Schmidt Ocean Institute appears broken.

Don’t worry, most things—including the comments section—remain the same.

Yeah, I don’t know about the special effects here. The beauty of the novel and the other adaptations is in the garden’s simplicity. The community and friendship in a shared special space, the revelation of nature, the brisk air of the moor, the joy of planting things and watching them grow... that’s the real magic in…

Ok, the more I think about it, the more I think that the idealized, happy version of Elliot in this episode must be the third, or the “true” Elliot, who’s been living inside a bubble of his own creation this whole time (rather than a simulation created by Whiterose’s machine or a parallel universe). In his world,…

I have so many feelings about this. First, I’ve always been a supporter of Bryan Fuller, and while people give him a hard time about leaving projects, I truly felt like his departure from American Gods was not his fault despite, sure, some incompatibilities between him and the network, and that he was not the…

Hey guys, forgive me, this show is so dense with backstory that it is hard to remember what we have learned already with regards to Elliot and his family’s connection to ECorp. I’m struggling to recall details, but maybe you can help me put the pieces of a half-baked theory together:

Interesting theory! I double checked to see if you were right, and it looks like Mr. Robot is NOT wearing the cap at the start of the phone call. We see him stand up and move to the middle of the room, and get the view of the back of his head, and then it does switch to the back of Elliot’s head, so unfortunately it…

Favourite concept album? Hands down, it’s Hotel Valentine by Cibo Matto. A weird, dreamy, jazzy, poppy album about a hotel of ghosts? Count me in 1000%.

So, it’s like the game Halo, but without the ability to play it?

And another thing:

I know this story is good news? But it’s the worst thing I’ve read all day.

Agreed. I tried a rewatch awhile back and found that even the stuff I LOVED from season 1 didn’t work anymore, once you know that there’s no plan for it and it all leads to nothing. Before that, I was prepared to die on the hill of defending the earlier seasons, but it's so hard to get invested in the build-up when…

“It’s Sar-DO! No ‘Mister.’ Accent on the ‘Do.’”

Yep! Coming here to post this, too. But this is not surprising at all, because all these ideas are interconnected. This sounds like a tangent, but stay with me: If you’ve read “The Sexual Politics of Meat” you know that sexism and appeals to virility and masculinity has always been used to sell meat (picture an ad…

Totally agree. I have always loved that the “magic” of the garden in the book (and 1993 film) is really the way it unites the characters and gives them a purpose. It’s the simple healing power of nature and community. The garden is a representation of the distant past, when the residents of Mistlethwaite were happy,…

But here’s the thing, the fact she has to travel with a service animal is no one’s issue but hers; why should others be put out by putting her needs before others.

Yay! I am SO GLAD to see Reckonings get some love! It is so often overlooked, but it’s a really fantastic podcast. The “tough-on-crime prosecutor” episode absolutely shook my world (and it’s not the only one). Stephanie Lepp is a perfect interviewer: she is not intrusive, and just lets people tell their stories in…