1. Honestly, I do believe the first episode was a bit slow. But I was thoroughly hooked by episode 3, and I was very happy the show gave itself time to breathe and get into the character relationships. The overarching evil guys plot was kind of secondary and I was totally happy with that. Stuff like Lito getting a…

Wooo!! Sense8 caught me by surprise. At first I wasn’t sure, but halfway through I was hooked, and by the end of the season I was convinced it was the best thing going. This is great news!

I’m just happy that we’re discussing two genuinely great comedy movies with fantastic female leads in the context of ‘which one was most hilarious’, without the tediously fallacious spectre of ‘women aren’t funny’.

In b4 outraged Puppies run in decrying the oppression of someone airing a critical view of them as oppression and/or censorship.

I wholeheartedly disagree with Jemisin’s take on epic fantasy. A majority of epic fantasy novels follow some permutation of the hero monomyth as presented in “The Hero of a Thousand Faces.” The clear conclusion of the hero’s journey is that he or she returns changed by their experience, which is innately progressive.

Sources say the new Xena would have to have the charisma and charm of Lawless and the smarts of The Hunger Games’ Katniss as producers are said to be looking for a sophisticated and smart superhero for a new generation.

It’s going to bomb unless they bring back the true reason for the original’s success: Joxer the mighty.

I have a somewhat complex relationship withe Star Trek movies, myself.

Beale decried Scalzi as a gamma male (or something of the sort - don’t have time to look it up right now) because Scalzi doesn’t believe that his own masulinity and wonderfulness is augmented by keeping women down. Scalzi, typically, took ownership of the expression right away and got t-shirts with the following on…

Ghostbusters vs. Mythbusters, hands down.

Let’s hear I09’s favorite Epic Rap Battles. For me in no particular order...

I need a second viewing before I come to any real conclusions, but in the meantime, some comparisons with the first season might be interesting:

Total rip off of Cannon Ball Run 2. I'm sick of these "dark and gritty" reboots!

Those are more stories of characters exercising agency within an oppressive society that tries to limit their agency.

I think it is a mistake when we talk about female characters "possessing agency", as if this is a property of character rather than plot.

It's like the sick love-child of Zardoz and Fifth Element.

Please remember, fellow nominators, that there are many scifi and fantasy shows out there whose best episodes are far better than Doctor Who's 4th best episode. I've got SHIELD, Person of Interest, Sleepy Hollow, and even Adventure Time on my nomination ballot.

I agree. It always seemed to me that a lot of people's dislike for Mockingjay seemed to boil down to them wanting a book where Girl Power Katniss leads the Plucky Rebels in overthrowing the Evil Empire, and instead they got something a lot more complicated and ambiguous. A big theme of the series is the importance of…