Are the Laserdiscs the best surviving versions of the original cut? I keep hearing the quality of the prints being used as an excuse for not releasing the theatrical version in any better form than has already appeared, but it must be possible to transfer the Laserdisc versions onto DVD, right?

I was loath to watch it because I'm so tired of TV living off violence against women. But the reviews were good and it had Gillian Anderson in it, so I tried the first episode. As we spent quite a lot of time with the woman he was stalking, I realized that it was great how they were taking the time to humanize his…

And A Cock and Bull Story. She's really drily hilarious in that.

Am I the only person who liked Love and Monsters? I mean, I don't want to see another episode like it, but it was interestingly different...

Yeah. The change came from Jackie Stewart, not the spectators.

Surprisingly, this sounds fairly good.

Like your blog! And, yeah, Kiss of the Damned was a complete snooze.

Yay! Ollie has finally worked out that he's a murderer!

I've tried posting this before, but it didn't show up so excuse the possible double post.

That guy looked familiar to me too. Looking him up, it's Greg Bryk, who I recognize as the younger psychopath from the beginning of A History of Violence.

What was Wenger doing sending Walcott on that early?

What was Wenger thinking, sending Walcott on that early?

I'm getting really, really tired of 'foster care' being a shorthand for 'abusive childhood', so I was slightly happier to see they didn't go 100% in that direction. Skye's foster parents were 'just' cold rather than actively exploitative. Still not great, though.

I nominate the acknowledgement of the correction of the comment of the day by the corrected commenter of the day as the new comment of the day.

I agree that we didn't need more backstory, and actually think we got a little too much, especially from the dream sequence on. It's as if Cuaron didn't trust Bullock to act the character's emotional journey and needed it spelled out. (And personally I think Bullock is an underrated actress who would have been…

In no way or form was Cuaron suggesting that Hollywood was trying to ruin the movie (which does happen, e.g. with movies greenlit by an exec's predecessor). The studio put in masses of money and had to take everything on trust. It would have been completely irresponsible for them not to try to shape the movie in a way…

Unless it's a meta-reference to King's anger towards the movie!

She's an excellent working actress, with much more range than most. She deserves a job, a paycheck and great material that will lead to more great material down the road. I'm not judging her for taking the job. I'm judging the Hollywood execs and casting system for not seeing how good she can be.

In the book, yes. No idea whether the film-makers actually know that, though.

Dammit. Yvonne Strahovski deserves so much better than this. :(