I don’t know the origin of this character, but there’s no reason why a fat person couldn’t get superpowers and have the desire to fight crime.  I mean, Superman doesn’t get his abilities from steamed chicken breast and hitting the gym.

Thank goodness someone else remembers, that was a fun show.

“Think Cops, but like, with ghosts, werewolves, and possessed people climbing the walls.” 

Because no one really has reference for 8 year old MBJ to be distracted or disappointed by if your casting isn’t quite right.  But we’ve seen plenty of young adult RDJ and Michael Douglas.

Yeah, I’ve read several stories of people who never knew real Tarkin who completely accepted the Rogue One version as real.

Ah, Rumble/Timbersaw/Howitzer.

Fuck off yourself.  There’s barely any criticism of Naughty Dog, there’s just a lot of worry.

Conflict is fine, it just doesn’t have to always be “And then we kill this character’s loved one.” Looking at genre media, I loved pairings like John and Aeryn from Farscape, and Nomi and Amanita from Sense8, who were happy couples who faced crazy shit together.

“We enjoy watching our characters suffer through pain, loss and hardship. We revel in it. “ 

TLoU is a good example because Ellie’s first girlfriend died, like, minutes after they even figured out they could even be girlfriends.  And now they’re featuring Ellie’s new girlfriend, and it just feels simultaneously inevitable and lame that she’s probably also gonna die.  There’s gotta be another button to press…

When literally everyone watching the Last of Us 2 E3 trailer immediately goes “Dina is a goner”, your storytelling has gotten too predictable. Especially after killing Riley, I really hope Naughty Dog thought of something better.

This concept that you can’t have drama if characters are happy is lazy and hacky. “See, we killed everyone because we wanted to illustrate how life is pain and this narrative scenario is harsh” is again, just lazy and hacky and obvious.  You can create drama in all kinds of ways that don’t require killing off people’s…

Yep, those I knew.  Although it cracked me up to find out years later that Laid Back were two white Danish dudes.

Why should Netflix do a promo about their black talent and include people who aren’t their talent?

When I was a kid, most of the black music I listened to I listened to at home because it was the music my parents played.  When I was hanging out with my white friends, we mostly played/discussed their music, which aside from crossover mega hits by Michael Jackson or Prince, was white stuff.  I’ve also apparently…

Definitely Maybe?  Anyone?  Anyone?  Okay then.  *sits in the corner alone*

That was her other weirdo assassin friend Sithandra.

“Reed Hastings doesn’t fire up the ol’ tweet deck and search hashtags to take the temperature.” 

The financial margin between a show that’s viable and one that isn’t can sometimes be fairly small, which is why deals can ever be negotiated sufficiently to begin with. I’m not claiming numbers don’t matter. I absolutely agree with you that fans overestimate their effect in these things. I’m saying they aren’t the…

Fan enthusiasm absolutely matters for shows carried on subscription platforms, because those outlets need attachment. It’s not the only factor, obviously, but it does count for something in those circumstances.