When I saw him a year ago in Atlanta, his assistant said he had recently suffered a stroke, and he had clear struggles with communicating. He (perfectly) read passages from a diary he kept during the filming of Life of Brian, but he was virtually unable to answer any questions, although it was clear that he…

Well, of course The Body is brilliant. Wait until characters start getting rapey, Whedon moves on to other projects, and Marti Noxon starts getting way too much influence.

Buffy. It started becoming a chore in the Riley years, but the Dawn years were flat-out painful. Every once in a while you'd get a brilliant episode to keep you watching, though (Hush, Once More With Feeling).

The shift happened because Bev Purdue sucked and McCrory was a previously moderate Republican who was well-liked in Charlotte. Charlotte gave us our awful Republican governor, unfortunately, and gave the GOP the ability to pass all these crazy laws. You touched on the problem in an earlier post - the Triangle hoards…

I'm just going to have to come out and admit that I really like this show.  There's still way too much strained dialogue that's just there to remind viewers of things that have happened, and I think that's what keeps this show from being great.  But I understand why it's there, and I think I can forgive it.

I like the cute British girl who looks like a cross between Lena Headey and Keira Knightley.  The hacker is insufferable, though.

Your comment reminds me of the bit in a Douglas Adams book (Dirk Gently?) about pet doors.  Something like it takes a true genius to invent something that's existence seems so obvious after the fact.

All this N.C. talk and no mention of Sonic Youth's excellent "Chapel Hill"?  It hits all the N.C. highlights, with angst-aplenty.

Why not actually go to DragonCon instead of just people-watch?  They had an outstanding line-up this year, and it's rather affordable.  I saw two TNG panels, saw Cutty on a Walking Dead panel (along with various other non-Cutty WD actors), met Peter Davison, saw George Takei, David Warner and Eve Myles at breakfast,…

I wish I could give this a thousand likes.

The guitar player is totally flipping the bird.

Can't wait for "Part 4: 1993: Propagandhi, "How to Clean Everything"

And she has a ponytail!  And paint on her overalls!

I just got back from seeing it, and I think B- is pretty spot-on.  Lots of bro comedy and dick jokes, lots of painfully obvious improv that goes way too long, but the L.A. in-jokes are hilarious and the cameos are brilliant.  I did have a pretty consistent smile on my face the whole way through, but after all is said…

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I much prefer Oliver to Stewart.  The "voices and established impressions" that the reviewer praises wore old with me long ago.  When Stewart is "on" he's untouchable.  Lately, though, his show has been one long dick joke, coupled with awkward mugging for the camera and overdone…

Heh, he's actually a great guy in real life.

My first thought on hearing them play it was that the song is probably dirt-cheap to license, since it seems to be in every music game out there.

But the best stories that describe what you loved about the RTD era were all written by Moffat: Empty Child/Doctor Dances, Blink, and Girl in the Fireplace.  My other favorite episode from that time, School Reunion, was penned by the Being Human guy.  The actual RTD episodes were garbage, culminating with his…

I love the commentary on Caves of Androzani by Peter Davison.  He discusses how he's acting his butt off in the death sequence, but all anyone can see and take away from the scene is Nicola Bryant leaning over his body with her gigantic bazooms.

I used to watch Doctor Who with my dad on PBS, so the original series will always have a special place in my heart.  That said, I think Eccleston and Tennant's doctors were outstanding. I also liked the first season of Smith, but lately he's become tiresome.  I also don't like the direction Moffat is taking the show,…