Totally! That kind of exploration of strictly female relationships/sexuality is not something I’m used to in horror, so it was refreshing to see.

Agree on the time jump in the book - it doesn’t move the needle much plot-wise. I figured if the jump was integrated into the book, it would be perhaps 5-10 years, which I suppose in itself wouldn’t make much difference either. 

Some mixed feelings about this, ofc, and it will be interesting to see how much the show deviates from the books at this point. Could be quite a bit considering the course the novels take. 

Watched this for the first time recently and very much enjoyed it. There’s a conceit that some movies are only for certain audiences, but good movies have something to say to everyone, says I. 

It was kind of a trashy show - and dumb as donkey dick at points - but MCH was so perfect in the role it kept me watching. Even through that horrendous Collin Hanks season. 

Just discovered Dexter is on Netflix and I’ll probably have to do a quarantine rewatch of the first four seasons. Help.

Hannibal’s Baltimore/Washington D.C. corridor was absolutely lousy with supervillain-esque serial slayers. 

I thought the script bailed out Bella a bit quickly, particularly as Ashley mentioned her bailing from social media. But in the span of the episode Bella goes from the most grating stereotype of performative wokeness to dewy-eyed contrition. The previous eps have been building to the former - it still gave me…

Aug. 11 should be Rob Schneider Day nationally. 

Baseball is struggling to gain an audience as it is - I’m not surprised Fox at least is going to these creepy lengths. Otherwise, I don’t mind the crowd noise aspect. It’s more of a low murmur/ white noise than anything. Watching a game in complete silence would suck, as baseball is a ‘quiet’ game in the first place.…

BCS is weaker for having all these callback characters. As much as I enjoyed Mike on Breaking Bad, he doesn’t add anything to this show. Nor does Gus. Give me Kim, Saul and Nacho all day...maybe another new character for a b-plot. 

I didn’t think the tonal shifts in Us were as smoothly implemented as the reviewer suggests. The movie is half a comedy and that killed a good deal of the tension for me. Get Out’s comedy worked much better as it’s a clearer satire than whatever murky point Us was trying to make.

Part of the mythmaking of the movie as well, having her be this sort of fey character who flits around screen being this sweet-natured, happy person, when the world knows the reality of her terrible end. 

And Manson himself is literally in one scene for about 30 seconds. To think this film worshiped Manson or his followers is wrong-headed to say the least.

Dowd, you done gone made Stephen King sad on Twitter. 

This has probably been addressed by the commentariat, but Greg has been Kendall’s part-time handler, so it made sense for him to be on the plane. To make sure Kendall ‘doesn’t jump out of the plane’ as Kendall himself said. 

He’s a total asshole for sure, but the only relatable character on the show considering his roots.

Kendall’s recklessness, self pity and stupidity directly caused someone’s death, yet it’s his pathetic rich white boy hip-hop appropriation that gets me rankled haha.

I’m wondering if this will be the rumored last season of Stranger Things, or if netflix will squeeze a Stranger Things 5 out of the Duffers considering the boffo numbers S3 did on the service. One more season where we’re at the end of the 80s to end things, and before Finn Wolfhard is drafted by the Celtics at power…

How on earth did the Lawnmower Man director think he’d get away with slapping King’s name on that flick? That said, it’s goofily entertaining and bizarre. Also has a Dean Norris cameo that’s just a closeup of his face on a screen.