Instead of just making up some Wallachian Countess for her identity, I think the female Dracula should be the historical Queen Olga of Kiev, who seems to have been about as ruthless and badass as the historical Vlad Tepes was. Plus, they’d work up some spicy controversy for publicity purposes by making an Orthodox…

“He’s not the hero Gotham deserves, but he’s the one who’s available...”

Another interview where it’s impossible not to hear the subject’s voice in your head as you read.

I’ll buy that. He’s clearly a character that the showrunners really haven’t known what to do with -- certainly as a character, rather than a handy exposition device. And this season’s been such a “clearance sale” of plot closeouts that it’s highly unlikely they’ll get any ideas for him now.

“Hulk phone in!”

Well, it always starts with cruelty to the deserving. That’s how it gets ya hooked!

I loved him from the moment Cersei disgustedly ordered the bounty hunters to take the the dwarf head away, and Qyburn said “Wait a minute...”

I think it still typically has one, even if it’s not one that makes sense to anyone else.

Actually, I thing this nihilistic ending kind of puts Bran’s inertia into perspective. If he’s been seeing this future all along, but can’t see a way to change it, then there’s not much for him to do but sit up in the Godswood “remembering” and wait for it all to play out.

1945 was pretty much a mess that way — The Luftwaffe collapsed as Allied air power was ramping up more than ever, and the Allies started literally running out of targets. Allied fighter planes were told, rather than coming home with full ammo loads when they faced no opposition, to strafe “targets of opportunity”,…

I’d recognize Astaire only because he did a fair amount of straight “old guy” acting in the ‘70s and early ‘80s — Things like The Towering Inferno, and Ghost Story.

Probably my favorite Johnny Carson animal grimace was when he was handed a clear plastic tube with a naked mole rat in it, and moved his hands to cover its ends so he and the audience could see it. He observed curiously for a moment before the guest (Fowler, I believe) noted “those teeth can gnaw through a lead pipe!”

Happy to say I live up near Fort Washington, and might actually have occasion to drop by there.

But far fewer people today have any idea what Ginger Rogers looked like, even if they’re familiar with the name. Buddy Holly’s much more distinctive looking to begin with, and Mary Tyler Moore Show reruns are still common enough to leave some image in the collective mind.

Seems pretty unusual for a second-hand store to stand behind purchases even that much. Good find!

Yeah, this is at most an administrative problem for the schools, and potentially government, though you know there would be court fights over whether “snapped” people qualify for Social Security based on their personal chronological age, or their simple calendar age.

Fun fact: “616" is an alternative “Number of the Beast” used in some ancient sources instead of “666".

How much for the back scratcher?

Good to know. I don’t generally mind subtitles, but the epic visuals of this made it a little frustrating to read them while also drinking in the sights.

Yeah, there’ve been a fair number of “saintly robot harbored by friendly human and hunted by others”, but precious few simple “robot protagonists vs. evil humans” stories. Were there overtones of that to Spielberg/Kubrick’s A.I., though?