I had to double-read that they're making another Tommyknockers, because while it has some interestingish ideas here and there, the book is in general a mess that deserves the sort of terrible adaptation it got the first time. Maybe they picked it because, IIRC, there's eventually an invisible barrier restricting some…

I can't knock the blood feeding too hard just because it wound up being one of the few things in the book that (I think) was a unique event. Like, it's dumb as hell, but there's a streak of like three books where a different person is tragically injured and will never dance again. Even the arsenic donuts (which are…

But the kid didn't die of malnutrition, he died of arsenic donuts! Or arsenic cookies. Depending on which version you're going with.

This was my first full episode of True Blood since season 3. I didn't have HBO when 4 was airing, buzz was bad, so I have it a pass but skimmed short reviews and recaps. Since this season was getting positive reviews again, and somebody's supposed to die, I started watching this week.

Easiest way to handwave is probably to decide they altered Katralla in a way that specifically made her body hostile to Sebacean embryos—like something that prevents a pure Sebacean fertilization from ever implanting. Cross-species-breeding wouldn't be an option when it comes to protecting the royal line, so maybe she…

I do wish they'd referred to the kid again a  few times later in the series, or revisted the planet, or something, because it does really feel like something that should have caused angst for Crichton long-term. But I bought his decision because he's the member of the crew most likely to feel a connection/obligation…