Christine Woods is flipping amazing, it's true. I'm very averse to cringe comedy these days, but I considered watching this just for her. Here's hoping the cancellation of this means she'll land a project that deserves her.

The title is also pretty damn amazing.

The altruistic, humanistic angle is key to doing a GF that works. One of the most appealing things about what Ellis did with the book was finding a way to do spectacular superhero style action without the iffy vigilante-condoning, vengeance-fuelled, might-makes-right under/overtones of that genre.

Wait, so one of the most prominent examples of creators using the strengths of the comics medium to make the kind of grand-scale action extravaganza that would cost millions to put on screen, could now be done on TV, and "easily"? Sorry, Manotaur, I'm going to have to ask you to show your work.

Haven't heard about Mena before; care to offer any track/album recommendations?

I caught the first couple of Atlantis episodes, but I found it to be nigh-on unwatchable, due to that overly earnest and tone-deaf acting style that seems to be a mandate for these BBC kids sci-fi/fantasy shows — at least in their early going; aside from NewWho (which did improve), I've never been able to stay with…

I was going to advocate against this, but then I realised that I'm quite comfortable in my sexuality, and as a point of fact, would not mind developing another crush on a male member of the A.V. Club.

I blame the Nuge.

I believe in you, Joey!

Forsyte Saga thread, please! I've only seen the 2002 version (plus sequel), and would really like to hear from people who've seen both, and would care to comment on their relative quality (and qualities).

I enjoyed a lot of things about that one too (Anderson! Winstone! Suchet! Lloyd!), but I couldn't get over my uneasiness with the casting of Douglas Booth as adult Pip. I know that insanely pretty people should be allowed to act too, but there was something about his presence that seemed deeply incongruous to me. Is…

I'll add a counterpoint to the people who'll inevitably tell you about the supposed significant downturn in quality Downton Abbey took as it went on. I'm not saying those people's views aren't valid, but I still disagree quite strongly. I guess it hinges on what you want and expect from the show; in my mind there's a…

If that's the scale, I'm about half a handlebar moustache.

Bill the cat, is that you?

Regrettably, CW is still just another item on my ever-growing list of music I'd like to get into, but I do love "Black Metallic" pretty intensely. I don't know that there are too many great seven-minute songs in pop music history, but this would figure near the top regardless of the competition. The solo/instrumental…

My shoegaze dreams go like this, typically: I look down, sigh wistfully, and murmur: "I wish I could afford more than the pair I wear". Yup, my dreams rhyme. Put that in your dist pedal and smoke it.

It's like Julliard… for fucking!

I don't know how far I want to go in defending Maslany's work (even if I think her accent is nowhere near as bad as some of the worst examples of (North) Americans doing Brits), but to continue the fanwank, it seems plausible given the circumstances that Siobhan would have kept their social circle tight in the first…

It's a bit of a fanwank, but still, Sarah is a transatlantic transplant who was raised by an irishwoman, so the character's accent being a bit wonky kinda makes sense. Moving a lot when you're growing up can do weird stuff to your dialect.

I don't know if Cross' presence would be a good thing, necessarily. Let me just find the bit where I sort-of slagged him off in a Crossbones comments section back when that… thing… debuted: