Not only is Whovian not a word, it adds a v where pretty much no rule of English dictates there should be a v.

From Siam to Egypt, Yul Brynner will do.

That just made me think of the White Guy Defense Force.

'Whovian' is also not a word.

Cop: Crushed skull, shattered pelvis… any idea who killed our latest suspect, Conan?
Conan: That was me. He disrespected by loincloth. So I made his face into blood pie.
Cop: Conan, that's the fifth murder this morning you've taken credit for.
Conan: I know. It's how I made detective, I always know who did it.
Cop: This…

I believe Watanabe was actually cast in the Last Samurai, his first Hollywood role, because he didn't speak any English.

To be fair, George Takei was in The Green Berets, John Wayne's largely reviled Vietnam war movie. Not only was he in it but he was absent for a lot of Star Trek's run to shoot scenes for it (particularly early season two.)

I think it's because Keanu Reeves gets to pass. No, he's not white, but he gets cast in the kind of leading man roles that normally get given to white actors.

Besides which there are a lot of weird fantasy versions of history around generally. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and all that rot.

As a fellow lover of weird things, this review almost makes me want to see the movie. It feels like the kind of thing I'd stream a year from now for a snarking-at-movies night.

Paul Newman's arch cigar-chomping villain turn in Hudsucker is just about one of my favourite film antagonists around.

And despite having his name largely associated with it it is mostly written by somebody else, another Abrams trademark.

Major step obviously but let me know when he can be a she, or not as white as the lily.

It just posed too interesting a challenge! I like recommending junk.

Braquo is the French Luther. With everything that implies.

Besides being in too high demand for the role, she'd also probably be too Canadian. Orphan Black went over like a damn squib when imported in the UK, barely anyone saw it, and of those that did there were more than a few not convinced by her take on an English accent.

"How The Ghosts Stole Christmas" is a really fantastic and wryly funny late era X-Files episode that I can heartily recommend if you're looking for a genre Christmas special that your family might not all love (or maybe they do, I don't know them.)

Wow what a weird coincidence, in that I was just thinking about starting Person of Interest (the first season has lately shown up on Netflix UK, but since I hear it gets better after the first season, sitting on my hands.)

I must admit the Show Me Your Cock thread is impressive. And long.

Fair enough.