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Murdock is my favorite, mostly because I'm fond of Dwight Schultz's performance (and his other work too; many appearances throughout...

In the last week-and-a-half I saw both Phoenician Scheme and Life of Chuck, both of which are excellent...just fantastic. I went in...

In its prime, Hollywood used to make 4 or 5 movies a year I enjoyed. Now it's down to zero to one. This year will probably be a zero...

At this point I file OotS under the same category as Song of Ice and Fire or Name of the Wind. No intention of concluding anything, and...

Bringing Nale back is I think the first big narrative misstep in the OotS. I feel like this final "book" is dragging out too long and...

First thing I owned was the Basic red box, the first printing. First thing I actually bought with my own money was the 1e AD&D...

Wasn't the word I was thinking of.

A guy whose story arc begins because he can't follow orders and who spends all of the 1st season breaking the law and refusing to take...

That's not my reading of him at all. Exactly when do we ever see him motivated to "cause others pain"? Syril is a man living a fantasy...

I think that's ridiculous. This was just realization of the advice she gave to Krennic. She knew what the end game was the whole time...

"Most of my hair has already sailed into the west..."

PCs don't have to start out exceptional, but it makes it a lot easier to explain why they're going on an adventure in the first place...

3. …the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding...

And maybe that's the crux of it for me. I'd say it's also about allies, in addition to opponents. Because it's important to me to square...

That's my biggest problem with season two. No one really gets narratively satisfying plot arc. A lot of plots literally go nowhere...