Plainly I have strange ideas of what constitutes dramatic action. I thought the important things that happened were Bran opening the way for the Night King; Bran discovering that he's apparently enacting a causal loop by making Hodor, Hodor, so that Hodor can "hodor"; Tyrion gets away with murdering a prostitute and…

You're right about the way Spider-Man was hit without consequence on the Monument. But the warehouse scene way topped that, I thought.

Just goes to show you how things hit different people in entirely different ways.

Spoilers, obviously….

Two of the big action set pieces are basically lame.
Don't need that much Downey, even if he's not lame.
The score is particularly good.

Joffrey would disagree.

Not finding the show to be particularly well written, an all chiefs, no Indians nothing ever really changes fantasy that totally undercuts any effort to take it truly seriously way, I don't really expect the characters to pursue their goals. That would entail being like real people, and these are largely fantasy…

Three famous movies with disabled actors are Freaks, Best Years of Our Lives and Children of a Lesser God. More or less contemporary actors besides Marlee Matlin (who's aged out but still technically counts I guess,) are Chris Burke and RJ Mitte.

The simplest solution is to omit any characters with disabilities. Like they do with stuttering.

Happened to see this the day after seeing The House. The happy ending in The House hinged on the heroes cutting a man's arm off and then setting him on fire, thereby inspiring a surprising change of heart in a key character. I walked out of the theater with a lighter step, having shed some heavy IQ points. This…

Let me rephrase: Who is Anthony Bourdain that his opinion of Baby Driver matters?

Maybe I'm just confused in this thread about what "quality" television means? Well-made shows that aim to entertain and succeed with witty dialogue, good acting, emotional confrontations, smooth direction and maybe good sets, costumes, FX or score might count as quality TV? This is the Golden Age of Melodrama, if…

Who is Anthony Bourdain?

Oh, you're quite right about the timing. Everything about the final dramatic conflict is kind of muddy.

I would only add that most producers don't do as good a job as an actual screen writer.

The most original feature of OITN season one was Piper's discovery of solidarity born from the common humanity of the prisoners. The self-congratulatory joke of the supervillain Vee's justifiable homicide isn't the same show at all. That's not a matter of opinion, that's an observation. Critics, and you, overlook…

Your error is taking the concept of critical acclamation seriously. Scientifically speaking, that's worse than saying the ratings tell you which shows are good. Critical acclaim isn't measured, and it's very prone to groupthink. At least ratings are actual polls.

Afraid I believe TV critics are almost always part of the PR. And most of the time, when they do fancy they're being independent, they're triumphantly affirming what they think is the zeitgeist. If you think deep insight and perspective are what critics do, you probably think there's an inverse correlation between…

Bojack Horseman and Master of None I haven't seen, and Black Mirror's first episode finished my watching. So, maybe.

The Wire's fifth season was a short order, not on its terms, as I understand it.