I thought it was canon that the people in the Walking Dead universe didn't know what zombies were before the outbreak. No George Romero movies, no zombie video games, no nothin'.

I should clarify that I don't think Enlightened is like those shows at all, just at first glance (if all you saw was the promo) it seems like it would be one of them, and that might be one thing that kept viewers away.

Yeah I guess I said this above but the governor doesn't seem even half as "evil" as just about any historical figure who managed to wrangle a little order out of the darkness. 98% of humanity is dead, they're only alive as long as some makeshift walls and their ammo holds out and he's evil for teaching a gangly 13…

At this point I'm 100% on the side of Team Woodbury. The Governor has a dark side, sure, but it is the post-apocalypse and he's got power and showers running. If he's supposed to be some paragon of evil, the show is really failing.

I blame Ronald Reagan.

They're abundant on Showtime. I think that's what kept this show from finding more of an audience initially, the fact that from a distance it resembles yet another Weeds/Nurse Jackie/Tara type show.

I don't know- I'd bump up the age there. At 30 most folks are still full steam ahead with whatever bullshit is up in their heads, but I think there's a profound speed bump around 40 where we have to really see where we're really headed. Maybe you're not there yet, but when you get there you'll see yourself turn into a…

I agree, I thought this episode was far superior to last week's. Yes, maybe the visuals were a bit "shrugging" compared to Todd Haynes' direction, but the moral dilemma and the hole Amy's dug herself into is completely fascinating and unlike much else on TV (okay, maybe Mad Men could pull it off.)

For what it's worth, the english speaking word, and the USA in particular, is a lot more used to hearing their language spoken in broken accents and by non-native speakers on a regular, daily basis in real life and in the media. Spanish is probably the second runner up here so it's not quite the best example, but once…

Mostly I object to the product placement. I don't know whether or not Dunlop actually made slavers' whips, but either way, it's an odd choice.

Of course, maybe watching something that makes you feel good at what people are capable of once in a while could be a good thing?

Yeah but those people are fucking morons. Fucking morons will always be with us, unless we go and round them up and torture and enslave them or something, which I, personally, am against doing. But you can't bring them up like their ideas are mainstream or this is what most Americans believe.

Maybe you wouldn't have so many angry outbursts if your brain wasn't warped by thousands of hours of violent video games.

Law and Order SVU: Retarded and implausible versions of stories ripped from headlines you kind of half-remember from like nine months ago, and also they often change the guilty party from the real life story which is kind of morally repugnant if you think about it.

The one glaring problem I keep coming back to on this show are the scenes like the one in the ice cream shop tonight. There's always a civilian (or city bureaucrat or whatever) who may as well be twirling their evil mustache as they set up some stupid, one-sided star-man scenario that lets the Southland officers go…

Yeah seriously. 160gb is like 30,000 songs, which means (OF COURSE) you spent some $29,700 at the iTunes store to buy them at 99 cents apiece. You'd think Apple could throw in a few extra gigs as a bonus if you're throwing that kind of scratch around!

Yeah. I don't even know if it's on an official album, but his song "Gemini Child" is one of my all-time favorites. Even his throwaway tracks are sheer bliss:

I really don't like MIA at all and think she's a humorless hypocrite (just to go for the most obvious, someone who relies on samples as much as she does- to the point that it's almost karaoke- ought to watch her accusations of appropriation)

Maybe the constraints of not going for the obvious raunchy R-rated jokes will inspire some creativity?

Maybe a certain type of person feels that way, I dunno. I think there's some realistic teacher portrayals out there— Edna Krabappel and Miss Hoover are two of the most realistic portrayals of teachers I've ever seen, at least when the Simpsons is at its best, but that is a special animated case.