"Sociopath" is not a diagnosis in psychology/psychiatry. As for things not being black and white, it is the show, not me, which has repeatedly insisted that Amos is an extreme, i.e., "black." Or possibly, "white," given the political views of the authors/producers. It is the show which has clearly left this alleged…

Following Strickland leads to the monster just because of coincidence? That is nonsense plotting, on the face of it, arbitrary scripting. As I've said, the big reveal also reveals how absurd and pointless the whole sequence is.

The suggestion that a psychopath wants to be moral is preposterous thing.

The crew of the Roci found the creature by following Strickland. The creature was active before Strickland left. Sorry, no, Strickland and a boatload of weaponized children is a cool shot but makes hash of everything preceding it on Ganymede.

I agree that the crew must be dead. That's just not what was on screen. You should be arguing with the show's producers, not me.

You're right about one thing: There's no reason Strickland/Mao would leave Mars in total control of the protomolecule weapon, which is why Strickland would have his own fail-safe control. Of course he would have detonated it from the safety of his ship.

There are lots and lots of people who think solitary confinement is coddling prisoners, who should be hungry, shaking with exhaustion from hard labor, shivering in winter and sweltering in summer, draped in rags, deprived of books and every other form of education, entertainment and rehabilitation as well as left to…

The destruction of the Arboghast showed the crew surviving the atmosphere of Venus without distress. There is no oxygen, toxic levels of carbon dioxide, and yes, sulfuric acid. There was a throwaway line about temperature dropping above the crater, but why ever would the ship try to land in the crater? The temperature…

Saw the picture, glad to see David's mom in the series Kings was getting steady work. Everybody in Kings deserves much work.

That proves my impression of Sandman is completely unreliable. Still didn't find American Gods readable, but when possible I will have to check out Sandman.

I was indeed under the impression The Crow was more or less the same thing,.

Not quite…sounded altogether too much like the acclaim for Frank Miller Batman, which is great if you get cool much better than people, or the ways of the world, or nature in general. To put it another way, the only modern comics I've actually liked (Watchmen isn't modern any more) is Astro City. I very much doubt…

I noticed the dude wasn't a real human being pretty quickly, and did not relate to the character at all. Since his POV dominated the early parts I read this made it all very unpalatable, and I quit.

I noticed the dude wasn't a real human being pretty quickly, and did not relate to the character at all. Since his POV dominated the early parts I read this made it all very unpalatable, and I quit.

Didn't see this before I posted, but it's just right. I'm surprised Image didn't get that this dude is supposed to be a real person, not a myth. He's the human perspective. (At least so long as I could keep reading.)

American Gods remains the Neal Gaiman book I couldn't read. (Never could muster any interest in even opening Sandman, though.) If nothing else, a supposed human being called "Shadow Moon" is a tough sell, even to a reader with a powerful ability to willingly suspend disbelief.

American Gods remains the Neal Gaiman book I couldn't read. (Never could muster any interest in even opening Sandman, though.) If nothing else, a supposed human being called "Shadow Moon" is a tough sell, even to a reader with a powerful ability to willingly suspend disbelief.

When you remember Masters of the Universe if based on a boys' doll (er, "action figure,") is it really so bad? I've found most movies based on video games or theme park rides to be worse, a piece of movie magic that is both amazing and depressing.

I know what I liked about that movie, which is the cops were ambiguous about being cops but they were schlubby and losery at what they thought they might really want. The technical term for this was "anti-hero" but that's been revised to mean a hero who is a gratifyingly amoral sexy winner with agency up the wazoo.…

The sequence when the Japanese resistance falls apart and the Yanks overrun their position I thought a remarkably effective presentation of a real battlefield phenomenon. Mystery to me what the rest of that was about though.