I’m belatedly commenting to echo your sentiment. Judging the entire season based solely on the first four episodes is unfortunate, because this show gets REALLY good once it finds its voice around episodes 5 and 6. I HIGHLY recommend a watch.

I understand that under NZ law they have to allow prisoners to write letters, but surely they have no obligation to confirm the authenticity of any letter sent by a prisoner.  Am I missing something here?

Yeah this was the strangest part of this whole mess to me.  Why didn’t the prison officials simply say “no comment”?  Seems like confirming this shitbag did, in fact, write the letter does far more harm than good.

I love you

Pro tip: You could drink water and then tip around $3ish dollars per visit (20% of a $15 pasta meal).

“I love how they groaned and also nice call back when Brick said “taking back the house” :D”

I was saying this in another post. The sheer length of the pod race scenes, coupled with the utterly juvenile approach to the whole thing, is hands down the biggest problem with this movie. The Death Star battle was treated with the seriousness it deserved - the stakes were huge. We are (I guess?) supposed to feel the…

I was 25 in 1999 and a huge SW fan, so I have a good anecdotal recollection of the collective reaction that I’ll share. It’s kind of in the middle of your characterization that everyone was “giddy” and “satisfied” and the other characterization that people were wildly disappointed and angry. I recall a fairly muted…

TPM is a shit movie, for sure. I’m not in the minority opinion on this issue. However, I feel like I AM in the minority on this portion of my opinion: Jar Jar aside, the pod race is, by far, what makes this movie as lousy as it is. Imagine if I told you, in 1998 after you watched the first trailer, that over 1/3 of…

My son (he’s a cute little 1-year old) has a tree nut allergy and, of course, we found out the hard way. He developed a severe head-to-toe rash and swelling around his eyes. Thankfully, no swelling in the throat. His doc told us, however, that the fact his throat didn’t swell this time doesn’t mean it won’t in the…

not enough stars

whaaaaaaat?!  What the heck?  I’m loving the Purple Mountains album and was so looking forward to seeing him on tour.  This is a shock.

Oh god yes. And you forgot to mention that, while there are 5-6 lanes, the police will unpredictably (and inexplicably) close off all but 2 and bottleneck the cars for miles.

That’s a shame about the disability services.

For sure.

I think you’re right.  Looks like it could be Copenhagen too, but the sign is in Dutch so probably Amsterdam.

Tampa is, hands down, the easiest airport to get in and out of. Restaurants are local and good. Flights are generally on time.  That Miami ranks 12 points higher than Tampa on the full list is a fucking joke.  The Miami airport is awful.  Oh and it’s an endless construction zone.

Seattle is fine except when it’s busy it feels REALLY busy because it’s so small.  And they have such limited baggage claim carousels that it’s always a cluster trying to get your bag.

ATLANTA?! I live in the South and fly for work.  I fly into and from Atlanta on the regular.  It’s a hard NO. The Points Guy must be high. It is, at best, tolerable if you have TSA Pre. If not? Good luck!

This is a much better analysis than my “fucking boring” comment.  Haha