Never really thought about that, but I think you're right. That probably is part of the appeal.

You know, I really like the show, it's probably the show I've enjoyed the most in a while, but I think part of the reason I like it so well is that it's just fun to spend time with those characters in that world in that time. This is probably one of those things that's sometimes taken for granted, but which should be…

I agree with you. And as I read your comment I realized about the only problem the show really has is centered around Joe. I mean, there might've been a few missteps involved in the business goals or strategies they use, but I'd say they were mostly minor. The big problem seemed to be trying to make Joe cooler and…

Yeah, I do. But basically I'm new to Doctor Who and the episodes they're showing on one of the PBS stations I get are a little older and are ones I haven't seen.

I like your comments. I hope the show's renewed, and think it's worth renewing, but I think they probably need to leave the next season in the oven a little longer until it's done cookin'. Make sure they have some kind of a plan, as far as the characters and the events of the season as a whole, somewhat contained, but…

Ah, whatever affiliate I've got on DirecTV. Seems like they usually show an episode Tuesday at nine.

Yeah, that's the only time I've ever seen him. Just watched that episode when it aired on PBS a month or so ago.

You know, Batman & Robin gets criticized for the number of characters it has, but I think it's one of the rare cases of a movie where it actually works. There's a Swiss watch element to that script, in my opinion.

Yeah, I love the movie, but I definitely remember some wobbly ice.

You know, Keaton didn't have a voice problem as Batman. Of all the live action actors who've played Batman, he by far had the best voice.

Oh, yeah. He definitely plays the Jim Carrey character that he played in all those movies at the time.

In other words, your friend is the greatest co-worker ever.

Totally agreed. I'm not a big fan of Dark Knight, but I think Begins is really great. Glad somebody else thinks so.

Yeah, the first Batman's really great. Just a really, really solid film.

Saw a few minutes of Batman Forever awhile back on TV one day and it's shocking just how good Val Kilmer looks in that movie. I mean, you could not get any better looking. Then, you see him now and it's like, what happened.

There's a great moment in the Kingdom Come novelization where Bruce Wayne watches Citizen Kane and laughs.

When they were doing Begins I remember being a little disappointed they weren't using Elfman's theme, thinking it was as ubiquitous to Batman as John Williams was to Superman. That said, once I saw the movie, I thought the new score really worked.

Oh man, so true. I've said this before, but the fact Jim Carrey was in it, at the glorious height of his heyday, was one of the reasons, I think, it was so successful. Not only was it Batman, which everybody loved, but Jim Carrey, which everybody loved, probably even more so at the time. I've thought before that while…

Mentioned this in the comments for the novelization video with Brian Cox, but a couple of summers ago I tracked down a copy of the Batman Forever novelization after seeing some screenshots of it on the Two Face blog. Peter David wrote it and he really worked hard to put out a quality product. Batman Forever's not one…

I did not know that story, but you're right, that is awesome.