Fun fact: The Soviet Union DID NOT EXIST during WWI. The Russian Empire was a monarchy. Thanks for getting all upset about the gol-darn commies, though.

And Barclay saw real character development in his Voyager appearances. He was a boss.

I rarely see the need for weddings, but I like the idea of people celebrating in the ways they like without hurting anyone.

As a drunk uncle, I say bring it on. And bring me an inappropriately young waitress.

Better speed, capacity in DC. Cool. But what about how I can barely get a signal of any kind in much of the city, Verizon?

No. I would not.

Quite so and well put. Plus, it's not as easy to call someone a "Dummy" in a face-to-face discussion and keep your job/teeth.

3 words? Let's see..

Romana, in E-Space?

It was deeply grin-inducing.

A-greed.

Hey, I loved this special. Truly. But the Zygons storyline did seem to get dropped and never resolved. OK, they sat in the same room, memories wiped (well..mostly, as we saw with asthma/scarf), and then...what? Divvied up the earth? I doubt it.

Even watching decade-old Who shows on PBS in the 1980s, I recognized the frequently awful effects and video look. But that was part of what made the show such a delight, even then. It wasn't trying to be hip, or the most action-oriented and violent, or the most expensive. It was, as has been said elsewhere, theatre on…

...the idea the government would have a say what constitutes a Science Class is a tremendously dangerous precedent to take."

In my experience, those were underwhelming underpinnings. Love the LOTR story ideas (and the movies), but the text seemed like a practical joke at the expense of the reader. I know, I know: geek heresy! Just not my thing.

I totally agree ... and it's creepy!

I loved both books when I was younger, but Elfstones is what holds up. It is much richer and more nuanced.

It's like LOTR, but readable.

Don't worry. The movie had fuck-all to do with the book.

I tried reading Fellowship for the first time in my late 30s. I couldn't believe what I was experiencing. I found it to be absolutely, utterly unreadable. Dry. Lifeless. I literally threw it against a wall. Then I donated it to the library.