You should have seen the pre-air version that they showed at SDCC. At least now they've dumped the dopey boyfriend subplot (the cop's boyfriend) and added the "father is responsible for the partner's death" bit.

There's no way to manually merge? You've not tried dragging one contact into another? Works fine for me :)

Anyone that works in a "ten pounds of X in a five pound bag" always has my respect.

Yes, but when you compare it to, say Wes' death in the Angel finale, it contains none of the same impact. When Wes died, I felt like that was the price the audience had to pay (nods to the "It Must Be Tuesday" trope). I did not get that same sense when Anya died. Maybe I was supposed to, but it didn't happen.

I guess why I hate Anya's death more than any of my other favorites that Joss killed off, was that it wasn't necessary. You're right, she was a hero just by showing up. So, in the end, it felt to me her death was to just hit a checklist: "Shitty, awful, off-head death because it fits the genre."

No, Adam, apparently you have to put up a bunch of banners and blacked out logos, as if everyone who doesn't already read the site knows what is going on.

Let's remember what Kahn looked like in the TOS episode though. Much different looking dude.

There seems to be different metrics mentioned in the comments, but FWIW, it did make 80million more than it's budget of 175m.

Seconded. Work like this is why I frequent Giz less and less each day.

I'm of an age where I didn't watch the original source material. But I thought the first flick was solid, the second forgettable ... But the third and the fourth were exceptional. #justsayin

Flirty: No ... it is much more relevant to the story than just done for "convenience's" sake.

Worth it in IMAX, trust me. I was just disappointed, the press screening I attended did NOT include the Batman prologue.

Quick Note: If you've already taken advantage of a free trial from Hulu, you're not eligible for this offer. Kind of a no-brainer, but I found out the hard way.

Dude, hate all you want, but MI4 was one of the best action movies I've ever seen.

Alasdair,

Just sharing my opinion, sir.

Likely more to do with the studio (Warner Brothers TV) than the network. There are a couple of shows out there like this.

I'm a massive Aaron Sorkin fan, and after having seen Moneyball, I'm curious how much of his third draft was in the final product ... It just didn't have his voice.