Co-signed. But hell - the whole core cast is damn good. Yes, I expected Michael Emerson to be awesome as "enigmatic guy with a secret agenda", but for once Jim Caviezel (who I normally avoid like a valium overdose) is in a show where his *cough* limits as an actor actually work for the character. Even Taraji P.…

When Nick Frost throws the DVD into the bargin bin, freeze the trailer and you'll see that the DVD underneath is called "Zombies Party" with the exact same DVD cover as Shaun of the Dead, referencing the film that Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright made before.

Easily - which is what's so cool about it. It's not only a really nice joke (Yvonne's demented perkiness insulates herself from the world as much as Shaun's "whatever"-ness), but it kind of sets up the ending and those cameos! If Shaun had been an American film, they'd probably have made it so much less effective by…

Not quite. IIRC, this went into production before Star Trek was released, but was shut down in post-production when MGM went down the toilet. Hemsworth really got screwed on that front - because much the same happened to Cabin in the Woods.

Monroe goes undercover (is adorable as a Hobo Wolf), and we find out that the wolf is diddling the head sheep.

Is it bad that I'd totally watch the shit out of a show where Valium on Legs just beat unicorns to death with a mystical Polo mallet?

I liked it. But I know I am forgiving in a way others are not. I accept the rules even if the rules make no sense and contradict each other.

In a weird way, I'd have liked it more if The Doctor had tried to save them, shown up years later (as he always seems to do with Amy and Rory), and been told this time to go away and never come back... Kind of Martha Plus, so to speak. Because, in a weird way, The Doctor is like that ex-boyfriend who keeps coming…

The Doctor not being able to go rescue his own companions because of a gravimetric distortion in the time-space heisenberg compensator (to use Star Trek: Voyager terminology) is just boring. It's a story about jargon.

We're going to have to stop agreeing like this. :) It's also worth remembering in forums like this Doctor Who has a really interesting and paradoxical place in British television/pop culture — as well as a fairly tricky balancing act, in the range of audiences it has to serve. Because, yes, Doctor Who IS a "kid's…

I agree - and I think you're quite right to bring up context. Genesis of the Daleks is solidly one of my all time top-ten Doctor Who stories, but there's aspects of it that would certainly make me think twice about showing it to a youngling without a lot of discussion. There's certainly a hell of a lot of (unsubtle)…

Is it any more arbitrary than the whole Time War being "time locked", or The Doctor's habit of meddling with "fixed points" in time, but only so far.

I wanted a scene where he gets a package from Amy and Rory, that they arranged to have someone deliver in 2012, explaining what's happened. With photos and stuff.

They deserved a happy ending. They had friends, work, parents and everything in London, and now they're stuck in NY 1938.

Where on earth did you get the idea that it was a child's TV show?

I'm very uncomfortable about a suicide pact on a child's TV show.

What I love about this whole thing is how Reese never once feels stupid for or think that it is hopeless to yell at a camera.

One thing I love about this show is how, instead, he's soft-spoken — almost verging on apologetic — at all times, even right before he kicks your ass.

Ditto. Personally, I think she's a lot like Finch is that respect — yes, Michael Emerson is indecently awesome when he's this opaque figure with a secret agenda inside a triple cross wrapped up in a bald face lie (or is it?) But it's more interesting when there's a backstory and some hint for a purpose book-ending…