It was pretty bloody close, so if that was him throwing it, he clearly doesn't know how to throw an election.

It was pretty bloody close, so if that was him throwing it, he clearly doesn't know how to throw an election.

Dan Miller is a thinly disguised David Milliband, who later went on to become Foreign Secretary and within a gnat's dick of becoming leader of the Labour Party.  Prime Minister Dan Miller, imagine that!

Dan Miller is a thinly disguised David Milliband, who later went on to become Foreign Secretary and within a gnat's dick of becoming leader of the Labour Party.  Prime Minister Dan Miller, imagine that!

The Thick Of It is actually a pretty subtle tribute/rejoinder/update to Yes Minister.

The Thick Of It is actually a pretty subtle tribute/rejoinder/update to Yes Minister.

It's not the Britishness, it's just very densely written.

It's not the Britishness, it's just very densely written.

It's funny coz it's true

It's funny coz it's true

@avclub-ce6c92303f38d297e263c7180f03d402:disqus You know, no offense, but the only people who see Shaun of the Dead as a commentary on Britishness are Americans.  It's not a movie about Britain, it's a generic movie that was made in Britain because, if you're British, that's the cheapest way to do it.

@avclub-ce6c92303f38d297e263c7180f03d402:disqus You know, no offense, but the only people who see Shaun of the Dead as a commentary on Britishness are Americans.  It's not a movie about Britain, it's a generic movie that was made in Britain because, if you're British, that's the cheapest way to do it.

@avclub-e576423831e043f7928d9ac113abbe6f:disqus I agree, but usually the conflict they're used to deliver isn't very interesting, it's just the bulk standard "We're all barbarians in neckties who start raping and killing the moment somebody breaks a window".  That thesis is at worst disturbingly prot-fascist and at…

@avclub-e576423831e043f7928d9ac113abbe6f:disqus I agree, but usually the conflict they're used to deliver isn't very interesting, it's just the bulk standard "We're all barbarians in neckties who start raping and killing the moment somebody breaks a window".  That thesis is at worst disturbingly prot-fascist and at…

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus : Here's my logic for the Good Guys/Bad Guys thing.  The only people who worship the Old Gods are the Starks, who are pretty much designated good guys.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus : Here's my logic for the Good Guys/Bad Guys thing.  The only people who worship the Old Gods are the Starks, who are pretty much designated good guys.

So your argument is that zombie movies are good and your evidence is Syfy originals?  That's an interesting tactic.

So your argument is that zombie movies are good and your evidence is Syfy originals?  That's an interesting tactic.

Shaun didn't aspire to social commentary… except perhaps social commentary on the popularity of zombie movies, which I'm down with.

Shaun didn't aspire to social commentary… except perhaps social commentary on the popularity of zombie movies, which I'm down with.