Inquisitionist

Curious: does it seem like the series is ending where the book did, or is there room for a second season? Despite its flaws, I've found it interesting and entertaining.

I recently logged in for the first time since the site was revamped. When I choose Manage Followed Content, my list of followed Topics shows up first, as before. However, the width of the Topic Title column is extremely narrow, displaying no more than 2 characters. For example, Friends shows up as F ri e n d s (sans the line spacing). A really long title, such as Shows That Died Before Their Time, extends the entire length of my laptop's screen. I don't have this problem when displaying Forums that I follow. There I see, for example, Ted Lasso (sans the line spacing). Is there a way to widen the title display for Topics I follow?

I FFw'd through his speech. Based on the trailer, I want Babylon to sink into the La Brea Tar Pits without any awards.

Was surprised to see that Chastain was nominated for a Golden Globe but Shannon was not. She was good but I thought he was outstanding. Not sure this story required 6 hours to tell.

Never been a Vedder fan, and I agree -- his renditions lacked oomph or sparkle. I also wish there had been more U2 songs in lieu of that awful Borat segment.

I keep seeing ads for this during TVLand shows. Good god, does Tanya Tucker look awful! I feel sorry for Keith Carradine, a fine actor, being dragged into what looks like utter dreck.

As someone who always found Joan Crawford not only NOT beautiful, but actually close to repulsive (harsh, coarse), all I can say is blergh. 😆 There are a few times we get information Scarlett did not know, such as her mother's backstory and some things going on with Rhett. I did take her description of Melanie as probably truthful. Tt seems none of the Wilkes women were graced with good lucks.

But she wasn't alone, unless she chose to be. According to this article: Water under the bridge, I guess.

Where the heck was her family in all of this??? I think Diana was very ill-served by her father and sisters, who should have prepared her better for the "business" side of the marriage she was entering. She was 19 chronologically, but as Anne put it, Diana was really younger than 19 and Charles was really older than 32. Ugh. I Ffwd'd through most of those.

That image really clashes with the book's opening line that "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful..."

He may have played characters called Eric, but his name was Michael Palin. 😊

I thought his Italian was better in season 1. He seemed to speak less of it in S2 and it wasn't as good. Maybe less preparation? Some regions of Italy. Regional differences were the whole point of the series! :-) I'm from Trentino-Alto Adige. I've never eaten lamb there. And I knew he wouldn't end up getting to my beautiful homeland.

Bono recently extolled its virtues to Stephen Colbert. First question at about the 1:18 mark. here.

And to make money off of it. Makes me ill. I believe she was. One thing I keep wondering about: where was Diana's older sister during all of this? According to this article: Sarah was 6 years older than Diana and had dated Charles. I would hope that she had counseled her naive younger sister about what she was getting into by marrying him. It sounds like she was supportive thereafter, so Diana wasn't as totally alone ("no family") as she says to Khan.

I think Diana's family was gravely at fault for not explaining the situation to her before the marriage -- or perhaps they did, and she didn't want to believe it. Ditto on both these points. I've never been swoony over Timothy Dalton, but he was perfect as older Peter Townsend. I agree with the weariness aspect of being Queen and consort for so long.