@wyst: Yes, but what is important is which work in the long chain of imitation/derivation is your favorite, as that is obviously the correct version!

I think the increase in action is a product of both now being an "American" show, and also an increased budget. The original Torchwood had plenty of action - it was just more low-key gunfights because that was all they could afford.

I know they were probably too busy trying to not fall off the float, but the fighting is just weird.

That makes sense - I remember the good old days of BBC SF where quarries, power stations, and old abandoned factories were used for locations. "Blake's 7" used to do that a lot.

I think it is less budget concerns, and more the fact that stories are almost always set outside the TARDIS. I recalling some Tom Baker era episodes where the plot involved action inside the TARDIS, and we got to see some corridors and rooms, IIRC.

Is this near LAX? I flew in there for a business trip a few months back and as I was driving to my meeting saw this but only had time for a quick photo from the car as I drove by.

Seconded.

Oh, don't be a wet blanket. Die The Villian brought in a team of the best image analysts to provide us with this information - here's a video of his team working to provide us this intel.

Dammit - now there are ten items and they are all numbered correctly. The universe has been robbed of another 'mystery' and is a little bit more boring for it.

Hot iceskater chick dressed as Mario that you can make do whatever you want with a game controller? Who invoked XKCD's Rule 34 for *this*?

Do not need. Can I get some more episodes of Seth Green's "Titan Maximum", because I was really enjoying that?

I'm guessing there is some sort of esoteric or meta joke that we are both missing.

Those two are cute. I checked out some of his other drawings and like what I see.

Actually, I think you're wrong about Rush knowing everything. I saw this episode as the turning point where Rush realized and acknowledge that Eli can be as smart, and sometimes smarter than himself.

I really enjoyed the characters and their interactions in this episode. To Camille's line about chairs on the bridge, add Young's response of "I'm not Kirk, I need to stretch my legs", and Rush's command to "not touch anything" when Camille did sit in the chair.

I haven't seen the movie, but I got the feeling that the Asian lady and child were Jason Scott Lee as a kid and his mother. Hence the look of confusion on Jason Scott Lee's face as he thinks how hot the lady is, and then realize she is his mother.

I'm pretty sure the fire-blowing snail in picture #7 is an art piece called "The Golden Mean", by Jon Sarriugarte.

It has nothing at all with how popular Japan or China is in the US, and everything to do with how many immigrants there are from each of the countries.

Unfortunately, as the show has been cancelled we will never know the answer to this mystery, which no doubt the planned to cover in a three-part story arc in the next season.

Am I the only one who thinks the main bad guys helmet looks stupid? He looks like Eddie Izzard dressed up as Max from "Where the wild things are".