I thought about that, too. My guess is that they don’t want to starve the actors. Or promote eating disorders. And I think that’s nice. As an audience we can imagine that they’re starving from their acting and the context of the show, even if they don’t really look the way starving people would look. I’m okay with…

The statement is pretty creepy. I understand the part about “These allegations are untrue,” it makes sense to deny them.

Good point, I agree totally! Probably a bad choice of article for me to make my point on. The one which breathlessly described the film as a masterpiece was probably the spot for that.

Weirdly, the tone of drooling positivity wouldn’t bother me if it were for some obscure piece of media with a limited fanbase that most people have never heard of. I honestly enjoy reading articles like, “The world once again has a reason to go on spinning, now that the next volume of [random indie comic based on a boa…

I went through the review and pulled out all of the positive words describing the film and its creator. In alphabetical order:

Re: Albie and Dom - you’re right about Dom’s encounters ultimately not mattering to the outcome, plot-wise.

It could be more subtle than that.

I think the “lot going on” happens with certain films that take a long time to make. You end up with disparate ideas that were generated years apart, glued together into one story. “Mad God” is another stop-motion film that had some of this going on, because it was created over a long time period.

Armand - you mean the hotel guy from White Lotus?

My reaction: “This must be a very significant scene, pivotal to the plot, like the Battle of Winterfell. You can tell, because it’s so dark you can’t see anything happening.”

I don’t remember much either. That’s true for other movies, for me - but the difference is, with better movies I WANT to find out what I forgot.

Kim was the judge he was making his case to in the courtroom scene, not the actual judge. It’s cheesy but that was my impression, when they zoomed in on her face.

I think the different pacing for each episode is interesting. Given the “What if?” premise, there are four main plot-points for each episode:

I think I missed the part where he refunded the difference! I remember Shane looking at his emails and saying, “We definitely DID pay for the pineapple suite.” But it’s possible it happened later or I just missed it.

I agree that on principle, Armond should have admitted to the screw-up, or refunded the difference.

It was interesting to me how Paula immediately rejected the idea of staying on the island with Kai, when he suggested it. But Quinn just went ahead and stayed.

It’s implied within that very first scene (his wife is gone, he's upset, and there’s a coffin) but then it becomes a clear possibility that his wife left him and that's why he's upset.

My guess: he reads books, and she thinks that makes him a kindred spirit.

Re: “She probably had no idea that Mark thought she didn’t respect him—I think she was just complacent in her marriage and had gotten used to treating Mark that way without a thought.”

Good point - I just read a retrospective on the treatment of Paris Hilton on Vox.