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Some of the episodes are hit or miss and I rarely laugh more than once or twice each, if that, but I still enjoy watching it and find it fairly entertaining; it also reminds me a little bit of Duckman which is a plus.

Yes I did and I agree, at least, that it's a children's series that has its own pros and cons. Still, however derivative the genre is Grossman is rather blatant in his representation of Fillory (what little we see of it) in the first book, which I'm sure he did on purpose for whatever reason...

I just finished reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman and.... it was quite horrible. It's a story about a child who barley manages to progress to a man child and his moronic "friends" who go to a magical academy where they learn magic, presumably, when they aren't being angsty, drinking, or...

I forgot about that one. Seconded as a weird yet interesting watch.

As for good shows with more mature themes and characters, off the top of my head: Mushishi - About invisible beings that sometimes cause serious problems for people and a man who can interact with the creatures and help the people they were tormenting. Very atmospheric and follows a episodic...

From what I remember reading from a synopsis for the books awhile ago this is basically a love triangle romance/drama with time travel thrown in to make it "exciting" for women who are bored of the usual sort of wishy washy whom do I choose!? female protagonist. Maybe the show will have some...

There is no point. At the end of the season I can picture a group of people dressed in white in a psyche ward emerging from a hypnotic group therapy session, being issued little paper cups full of anti depressants and mood stabilizers then downing them, after which they lift their tongues for...

This ending after one season would be fine IMO unless they went with completely new characters for season two as the current cast is fairly played out by this point.

Anyways yes the first book was alright mainly due to its strong first half but book two has nothing going for it whatsoever. All of the PoV characters feel invincible or at least safe from any consequence; lots of people die but there is no one to care about, all of the enemies come off as...

The reverend's episode was actually alright because he at least has his reasons for being the way he is despite being a hypocrite and a poor Christian; it was at least engaging (despite retarded parking lot scene). The cop and his family though... its as if they are being a bunch of emo...

The first two episodes were fantastic but everything since then has been less so; the problem (for me) is that it opened up by presenting the expectation of an intriguing and driven multi layered murder mystery / commentary on the death row experience and the aftermath of an unexpected release...

Has there been any mention of why a commercial flight was allowed into a war zone in the first place?

As of the last time I played this it wasn't worth the asking price; there just isn't much to do in the game at the moment besides fighting off endless waves of attackers which stops being fun fairly quickly. The "Storyteller" thing they promote is really just a difficulty setting and nothing...

Except that they made a point of showing that this wasn't the rapture; the people that were spirited away were completely random and some were even considered to be douchebags by their closest relations. For instance the child beating mother the protestor was talking about at Hero's Day, the...

This pilot would have been alright if it were only 30-45 minutes long; at 70 it was really pushing it as nothing at all happened besides some rather drawn out exposition concerning characters that will presumably become important later but at the moment have no charisma or draw to them. If the...

At first she didn't bother me either but as they persisted in making her as obtuse as possible it got annoying. I did love that departure scene. "You want to know what it was like growing up in this magical place yes?" Slap slap slap.

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Its kind of like Breaking Bad in that almost everything is great but the son and wife are /wrists. I mean really, you've been married for 19 years and are so concerned about your husbands relationship with his despotic family and his troubling secrecy and yet you haven't bestirred yourself to...

It was basically a direct reinterpretation of the end of the film; Steve Buscemi (Billy Bob) suffers a horrific injury in a shootout and heads to the cabin, lone cop (mail man) finds the cabin and suspect by chance and arrests (executes) him, wife killer goes on the run and gets caught (drowns)...

I would have preferred it if they hadn't emulated the ending of the movie for this series. But apart from that this was a pretty good show, Billy Bob carried the whole thing and I can't imagine it being any good without him.

Hopefully they won't still be looking for her in season two.

He sure is. That scene in the car made it pretty clear she was a goner; no one gets built up to be so sweet, kind and harmless without a reason.

Yes... as I said. It's a problem because Nina is a nonentity to the audience but the driving focus of the main characters.

This whole crusade to rescue Mina is the problem; focusing the plot on a character we never got to know or care about is just bad writing. Her father is a dick, her friend is possessed, side characters are side characters and everyone is unhappy, frightened or perversely amused when called...

It's like someone watched Black Sails and said "I could tweak this a bit, do it for less money and on top of it I can even get John Malkovich!". It's a shame they didn't allocate that budget savings towards the writing team.

It's nice to see this released after so many years in development... I think this was going before Firaxis even started enemy unknown. Good stuff and there is a custom map pack on their forums that is quite good also.

I read the first book and then couldn't muster the will to continue on with the rest, the only reason that I got that far was because I enjoyed the post apocalyptic setting. None of the characters are particularly likeable and some of the story elements present in the flashbacks are absurd to...

That was hilarious. This show is definitely the best comedy I've watched in years.

What did you think of it apart from your niece's reaction?

The game isn't ready yet even for early access as there isn't much that the community can provide feedback for; all you can do is wander around and chop wood for hours for limited traps/building or play hide and seek with the natives who are fairly resistant to steel axe blows. It's fun at...

IIRC his brother was engaged to her first and then when he died the younger brother fulfilled the obligation due to convention and pressure from his father. It's an old custom for maintaining family alliances via marriage that dropped out of favor with changing times, it happened with widows as...

Bert thought it best to show Don how he really felt... with a floor show. I don't get it either but it was awesome.

Its primary draw is that the main character is basically a villain which is a novelty in a genre laden with plucky, young, self sacrificing characters fighting to right various wrongs and basically save the world. In this we get a malevolent, young, minion sacrificing despot who lusts for power...

I love how they bought that giant computer and all that they seem to have done with it is to put it behind a window with a pretty secretary on display tapping away.

As to point B: "FDA operates a mandatory safety program for all fish and fishery products under the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, the Public Health Service Act, and related regulations. The FDA program includes research, inspection, compliance, enforcement...

Obviously not but at least they wouldn't have had a government organization to lend their BS legitimacy either.

I think that this VA healthcare scandal, which is nothing at all new, (40 years ago my grandfather opted for private healthcare because he could see the endless waiting lists and people dying even then) aptly demonstrates the future for the ACA. It is only as affordable as the value of a human...

You've heard everything that we've had to say and they are by and large things that have been said many times over the years in various places and are nothing new. That said I am really curious to know whatyou, Elidroth think about the current state of the game and why a sizable portion of...

If it's injured call animal control and ask for the number of the local wildlife rehab center if there is one. If it's fine you could probably just let it go unless you live in a metropolis or something.