Ya, sure. But that’s what you get from Hanks and Zemeckis. You either buy in or you don’t. You can’t complain when David Lynch makes a film that’s “weird.”

It’s poetic license. They’re also going to experience most of their important life moments in this one room, and they’ll likely have their faces toward the camera for most of it. It’s almost Brechtian in its detachment from reality. The literal details are beside the point.

They used to have these great specials at the end of the summer to catch you up before the new season began. Secrets of the X-Files was a good one.

I think it’s a mistake to take it too literally. It’s a literary device that links the passage of people’s lives with the life of the entire species. In that way it’s more universal. It’s not just about these people. It’s about all people. It’s probably saying that although we exist for such a short time, it is still…

His first decade was filled with interesting films that pushed what you could do with special effects. Back to the Future, Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her, and Forrest Gump were all master classes in how to integrate special effects into a compelling narrative.

As influential as the Velvet Underground? The only filmmaker analogue to that band I could see is maybe John Cassavettes. The way you describe her she sounds more like Amy Mann. But that’s just quibbling with metaphor. I’ll give her a go.

It was good, but just such a different thing than the firs that it can only suffer by comparison.

Best since season one ain’t a high bar to clear.

I didn’t mean that as a dig against her. I just haven’t seen any of her movies. My immediate reaction to you calling her one of the most important filmmakers of the last 30 years is to say “nuh uh, but I know I have blind spots.

No, Dawes the band, with that smooth Laurel Canyon sound.

I’m always surprised that people say you have to “get through” the first season to enjoy this show. To me the first season was the best by far, and subsequent seasons left me cold.

Seen a lot of articles about her here lately. Is this a Dawes situation?

While Holofcener seems to be a prolific TV director, her cinematic output is about the same level as Dreyfus’s. I’m not sure of its quality, but it’s certainly not at the level of recognition or popularity of the other creators we’ve cited. Let’s not pretend she’s something she’s not.

It’s worth noting her two most popular shows, Seinfeld and Veep, were written by two TV legends, Larry David and Armando Ianucci. Have any of her movies been helmed by similar talent?

He reminds me more of Varys or Littlefinger, except he’s gotten to the point where he no longer has to scheme all the time. He’s been my favourite character so far. I could watch him be sad about being fired forever. I love his complete disinterest in his daughter’s life beyond what she can do for him, and him not…

I think he’s as good as Tywin, but doesn’t have the money to prop himself up. He’s got to just play the game, whereas Tywin played the game, but could also just use the brute force of his money when he needed to.

Martin Short is annoying in a much more benign way. Jiminy Glick is a great character though.

I agreed with you until I saw Creed 3. And then that weird performance in Loki season 2.

I’m having a hard time thinking what’s morally wrong about sex dolls. Making ones that look like real people without those people’s consent would be bad, and child dolls are dubious (as it may get someone deeper into pedophilia, rather than giving them an outlet so they don’t pursue it in real life). But is an…

I think you’re probably not recognizing the quotes, or people just aren’t saying them to you. It’s a very age dependent thing, and you’re probably only going to quote the stuff you grew up watching. Very few people have seen multiple eras of the show.