I think the show can get away with this in a way something like, say, Breaking Bad could not is because its topics are so easily (perhaps ideally?) told through thematic relevance instead of simply narrative interconnectedness. Gods in many ways are metaphors and grand conceits writ large, so you can see how Bilquis…

Just as a guess, Mr. World isn't directly in this episode because, well, he doesn't really need to be? He's a god of globalization and corporatization; he can just get two of his subsidiaries to start or fight the proxy war. He's presumably projecting off one of the digital goons the way your boss does Skype group…

It's very reminiscent of the "keep Christ in Christmas" folk who ignore how much pagan stuff they're using without Coke Santa, albeit more direct and destructive. Actually, I'm expecting Easter to be discussing that next season…

David E. Kelley show about Kathy Bates as a lawyer working out of a shoe store. Its reception was…mixed, to say the least.

It's also something they suggest is separate from just monotheism, even if it's the biggest "enemy" to both women. Technical Boy (and Mr. World by extension) and the pagan god who first challenges Bilquis are men who try to conquer or control these women through means that might be less direct or forceful, but are…

Regarding Wednesday, there were a ton of hints (has ravens for spies, his name is also "Wotan" and "Grimnir," his day, he's got one eye, is obsessed with the glory of war, and also that whole part where he's got an "ODIN" missile trained on North Korea in that fantasy), but it's also fair that most other than the last…

It's half and half, I think. He wanted to work with Chenoweth again (and in general likes working with actors again; there are three I can count off the top of my head in this episode alone), and she was right for the part.

My first post in the comment section of the Heroes Reborn finale is still the comment of which I'm most proud. So I guess it did manage to being me some joy?

I adore Game of Thrones' post-first seasons and think the show has in gotten better and smarter and more ambitious in a number of ways (albeit while regressing in others), but that first season is just absolutely gangbusters. Had HBO not renewed it, it'd still be an absolutely excellent one season story.

Oh, I totally know, and by god is it obvious which parts are theirs. But I've always felt the show was about faith - albeit faith in itself and nothing else - as much as any of its other themes, which makes me associate it with this show about faith (and a number of other, comparably interesting ideas). I'd say it's…

Like a lot of things in this show, it almost should not work on paper, but it absolutely does. It goes all-in without a care for how it looks, and it's all the better for it.

Fuller's infectious love of seemingly everything is one of the few things that makes just the concept of Twitter worthwhile.

Astonishingly good. Everything, from how Bilquis' and Ostara's and Odin's stories all thematically collide, to the "children" backup dancers - if nothing else, the new gods are as stylish as their older brethren - to The Speech, to all the little details. Even Wednesday planning the accident (insofar as it was shown…

Compared to the Prime games, I guess, though those were also rainbow kaleidoscopes compared to most triple-A games of the era. I did think what I saw of Other M could have used some more…interesting shading and a more detailed style.

I like the cartoony design in what we've seen from Samus Returns; it works well with the lower fidelity of the 3DS. Plus, unlike Other M, it has much more realistic lighting which helps the feel of isolation.

Holy fuck, but does that look almost exactly like how I pictured that Shankar guy's "hard R" Mega Man reboot idea. It's honestly kind of sad that this was made by ex-Prime people, since it looks like half-bad Mega Man fan mod and half Prime ripoff. Though the gameplay seems fine; shame it didn't go with a more…let's…

I think the more "fundamental" difference would be in two areas:

"Jump Up, Super Star" no wait, you already said that.

If you're interested in attempting it again, Aria of Sorrow is on the Wii U eShop, and it's rather delightful. It's also got, I think, a lower barrier to entry with how it does the Metroidvania thing.

Hyrule Warriors. Link ended up whacking about 105 baddies.