Derek Jacobi as the washed-up Shakespearean actor who "kicked off our love affair with the Bard" whom Frasier and Niles rescue from washed-up-ness only to slowly realize to their horror that he isn't any good.

On the other hand you're already betraying your beliefs by giving ticket money and ad revenue to an industry that openly supports the gay agenda and multiculturalism and whatnot, so it's not like the actors' private beliefs could add that much cognitive dissonance.

On the other hand you're already betraying your beliefs by giving ticket money and ad revenue to an industry that openly supports the gay agenda and multiculturalism and whatnot, so it's not like the actors' private beliefs could add that much cognitive dissonance.

It's the part where he bragged about being a fan of Mark Steyn that bugged the living hell out of me. Mark Steyn might be "moderate" in other senses that concern white Americans but if you have Muslim friends in this country or are decent enough to give a crap about how Muslims are treated in this country, being a fan…

It's the part where he bragged about being a fan of Mark Steyn that bugged the living hell out of me. Mark Steyn might be "moderate" in other senses that concern white Americans but if you have Muslim friends in this country or are decent enough to give a crap about how Muslims are treated in this country, being a fan…

That would make him a natural Romney supporter, not a natural Bachmann supporter.

That would make him a natural Romney supporter, not a natural Bachmann supporter.

I guess rather than sticking around he decided to split.

I guess rather than sticking around he decided to split.

Hold up a sec, there is a significant way in which the film deviates from the comic (IIRC), and that's adding the whole subplot with Queen Gorgo, which is NOT just about "strong women back home" but about "corrupt politicians trying to undermine the war effort of our heroes by suing for peace with an implacable enemy".

Hold up a sec, there is a significant way in which the film deviates from the comic (IIRC), and that's adding the whole subplot with Queen Gorgo, which is NOT just about "strong women back home" but about "corrupt politicians trying to undermine the war effort of our heroes by suing for peace with an implacable enemy".

Alpha justifiably hates the Dollhouse. The point is repeatedly made that under all the trappings of ethics and propriety what the Dollhouse does to its Dolls is a form of repeated rape (both in the literal sense of making people have sex with other people for money without giving them any real choice in the matter,…

Alpha justifiably hates the Dollhouse. The point is repeatedly made that under all the trappings of ethics and propriety what the Dollhouse does to its Dolls is a form of repeated rape (both in the literal sense of making people have sex with other people for money without giving them any real choice in the matter,…

@avclub-0f8adb83a042059c41c46e2e93506d4b:disqus What's the suggestion in Objects in Space? Her reaction to the question "You ever been raped?"

@avclub-0f8adb83a042059c41c46e2e93506d4b:disqus What's the suggestion in Objects in Space? Her reaction to the question "You ever been raped?"

For what it's worth, I'm typing this to you on a machine that's literally hundreds of thousands of times more complex and powerful than the mainframe that required a whole team of engineers and programmers to work in order to send Apollo 11 to the Moon.

For what it's worth, I'm typing this to you on a machine that's literally hundreds of thousands of times more complex and powerful than the mainframe that required a whole team of engineers and programmers to work in order to send Apollo 11 to the Moon.

His name is more obviously a reference to science fiction luminary Alfred Bester, of Simpsons fame. ("Featuring an overview of the ABCs of the overlords of the genre — Asimov, Bester, Clarke!" "What about Ray Bradbury?" "I'm aware of his work.")

His name is more obviously a reference to science fiction luminary Alfred Bester, of Simpsons fame. ("Featuring an overview of the ABCs of the overlords of the genre — Asimov, Bester, Clarke!" "What about Ray Bradbury?" "I'm aware of his work.")

I saw the play this film was based on when it ran at Studio Theater in Washington DC.