That is very well put. And he examines what it might mean to be a man without the usual posturing and daddy-issues, but with the ironies and complexities.

That is very well put. And he examines what it might mean to be a man without the usual posturing and daddy-issues, but with the ironies and complexities.

This Island Earth?

This Island Earth?

…and he's right!

…and he's right!

Yeah, that was phrased weirdly- I was trying to leave work! Basically, I like the idea that someone like Mal would have strong notions about what an upstanding guy should be like and should do, and that this might not fully overlap with pure ethics but might also include stuff about his integrity as a soldier and as a…

Yeah, that was phrased weirdly- I was trying to leave work! Basically, I like the idea that someone like Mal would have strong notions about what an upstanding guy should be like and should do, and that this might not fully overlap with pure ethics but might also include stuff about his integrity as a soldier and as a…

SUGGESTION:
Honour is separate from virtue. Mal doesn't necessarily need his faith to regret stealing the medicine; 'A man has no choice' could mean 'A real man has no choice'.

SUGGESTION:
Honour is separate from virtue. Mal doesn't necessarily need his faith to regret stealing the medicine; 'A man has no choice' could mean 'A real man has no choice'.

Did everyone listen to the commentary? As well as fascinating technical stuff, they're very funny about the details they had to include to 're-introduce' everybody in this episode.

Did everyone listen to the commentary? As well as fascinating technical stuff, they're very funny about the details they had to include to 're-introduce' everybody in this episode.

Featuring creepy right-wing twins!

Featuring creepy right-wing twins!

Cookie Monster's right (as usual), Spoiler Space is a really good idea. 'Spoilers' usually seems to mean 'plot spoilers', but in cases like Prometheus it's partly about not sucking the fun out of someone else's life: keeping most of the angry comments in a separate space increases the chance that people with different…

Cookie Monster's right (as usual), Spoiler Space is a really good idea. 'Spoilers' usually seems to mean 'plot spoilers', but in cases like Prometheus it's partly about not sucking the fun out of someone else's life: keeping most of the angry comments in a separate space increases the chance that people with different…

I was helplessly delayed setting out for work this morning because a guest on a radio show had requested Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer.

I was helplessly delayed setting out for work this morning because a guest on a radio show had requested Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer.

Yeah, people making mistakes - even huge, disastrous mistakes - is fine, and (as you say) extremely human. Decent dramas are rightly full of that stuff. What bothered me was the sort of 'non-joined-up' quality of everyone's reactions to everything. In a real life fuck-up like the wreck of the Medusa,…

Yeah, people making mistakes - even huge, disastrous mistakes - is fine, and (as you say) extremely human. Decent dramas are rightly full of that stuff. What bothered me was the sort of 'non-joined-up' quality of everyone's reactions to everything. In a real life fuck-up like the wreck of the Medusa,…