"Often fans told us they were okay with the show’s levels of incoherence, ugliness, tediousness, narcissism, randomness, etc, and with the portrayal of older women, the retcon, it was all a dream, plus of course “Hey, let’s try out the deux ex machina trope. Now where would be a suitable place?...

Given TPTR is the epitome of postmodernism, anyone with any genuine intellect should dismiss it for the cultural irrelevance it is. It’s not art. It’s also possible to be objective about art (unless you’re a postmodernist, in which case any old crap can be called ‘art.’) My values come from the Enl...

This is my first post on this thread. I've enjoyed reading everyone's contributions. I really loved watching the TR. Perhaps I have reservations - as I usually have reservations about everything someone else does (I would have done this ...). But my reservations were never enough to stop the viscera...

I think it is very interesting that Dougiecoop brightens the lives of those with whom he comes into contact. He is helped by those who find him a bit unnerving but ultimately show him care/love and gently assist him through his daily routines. His passivity sees those around him reveal themselves as...

This is my first post. (I wrote a much longer one I think I deleted by mistake) Thanks to all the thoughtful contributions to a very interesng subject. I think that cinema (and Television) celebrates what it depicts. Even if what it depicts causes revulsion or moral outrage we are willingly implicat...