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Okay, you may hate me for it, but I loved Root and I didn't care about Person of Interest until it stopped being a generic case-of-the-week show. And Carter was boring. And anyone who saw Angel S5 and the way Amy Acker transformed from Fred to Illyria can't seriously agree that she's a bad actress.

Weirdly, when I rewatched Alias years later, I realized I hated Vaughn. He was so wishy-washy - it's really unappealing to me in a love interest.

I only watched one season, but I completely agree. There was nothing there, even if the writing telegraphed that they were the main couple form the very beginning.

Unfortunately, this one does happen IRL. When I was about 16, I had an online friend (male, 23 or 24). At some point, we met (I was 17) and he tried to confess to me (or at least I took ti that way). I wasn't a super mature 17 year old, so I just ran away, lol. I never met him or talked to him again, but even 18 years later, he occasionally tries to contact me via social media (I never reply and recently blocked him). I do feel really weird about that...

That finale seemed pretty uninspired. I expected better. Personally, I would have still killed Teresa at the end - some anvils need to be dropped: you can't really play with fire (well, drugs) and not get burned. Another nice idea would be her going full circle and ending up alone in Mexico without money or connections (which realistically would most likely also mean death). It feels like there was a weird unexplained change of her personality mid-season: she was getting all ruthless (which makes sense after Tony's death) and then she's all "I'm getting out" and exchanging "I love yous" with James. Maybe the writers got a heads-up that they were getting canceled and had to wrap it up? Or was Kelly Ann's pregnancy supposed to influence her view of the world? If so, that wasn't translated well on-screen. But yeah, the first three seasons of the show were much better, overall. I think there was a showrunner change somewhere around that time.

I'm sorry, but no Russian will ever call their kid Samara. I know Americans can call their children Dallas, but it sounds so damn stupid in Russian (Samara is a big city and you simply don't name kids after cities in Russian). Still, I give the show kudos for having Kostya talk in unaccented Russian. Doesn't happen that often on US TV. After the lackluster last season, I'm surprisingly invested in this one, even if things aren't happening as I would prefer them to happen—but we'll see.

Personally, I found FATWS badly written in general. Female characters weren't the only ones who suffered—everyone did, other than maybe Zemo.

It really should have been Johnathan. I've always had a soft spot for him. I even loved Superstar. Spike worked perfectly on Angel (especially with Angel himself—that was a bromance for the ages). Actually, he was perfect before the chip thing on Buffy as well. He's just not a character who should have ever been defanged, and being chipped and (especially) in love with Buffy made a number on him. The main love interest role is quite restricting, and shoehorning a former villain into it requires a lot of work and skill. I don't think Noxon, Espenson and co. were up to par (although, judging by Once Upon A Time, Espenson has a thing for villain romances with abusive undertones).

I wouldn't compare Pacific Rim to Anderson's movies, TBH.

I'd never call The Boys grim or realistic. It's quite over the top and has a lot humor (black, that is). It's also surprisingly political (mostly in S2, though). I'd say they're walking a fine line between a straight up deconstruction and a fun-filled romp mocking modern society. I also really love that they have a few relatable characters who aren't assholes.

I tried watching Arrested Development twice and didn't care for it a bit. How's that for an unpopular opinion? 🙂 But then, I generally don't care about big families.

I loved the obvious JJ Abrams expy complete with a Greg Grunberg cameo.

I wonder if she's related to Vought's founder mentioned by Edgar on top of being one of the first supes.

It wasn't bad, but I expected more. It didn't feel as if there was an actual interesting idea behind all this, just an excercise in cleverness and playing with puzzle pieces. The characters were flat, as I've come to expect from Nolan (I actually do like most of his movies, but there is a clear trend with this issue), but I found the lack of chemistry between the actors (and lack of charisma from anyone except Pattison) especially jarring. The blank slate protagonist really required someone with a lot more charm, I think. I didn't have any problems following the plot, it all made sense. Also, it was nice to hear actual unaccented Russian when the plot called for it, unlike how it's usually done in Hollywood.

I also have one. It's super handy, actually.