Well, I'll just say I've seen various points of view on that - considering Slipper issued a statement that acknowledged the veracity of the demeaning texts. I don't think it would have been prejudicial to say that was not conduct becoming a Speaker of the House, or calculated to engender confidence or respect for the…

if you choose not to hear it that's your deal but don't go bullshitting and suggesting she didn't hold Slipper to account. That's ridiculous.

I did. IMO, it was mealy-mouthed and piss-weak and nothing Gillard should be congratulated on. I understand the political calculus of it; Gillard could hardly stand up and express a lack of confidence in the Speaker whose vote was propping up her already razor thin majority. But, IMO, it would have shown real…

Yes, I did. And if Slipper was still a Liberal MP, I suspect her response to the sexual harassment allegations and offensive misogynistic texts to a staffer would have been a little stronger.

Well, gypsydoe, because Gillard's government has an incredibly slim majority and I guess its easier to tolerate sexual harassment and offensively misogynistic text messages to staffers when you need someone's vote.

Shame Gillard couldn't have been as bad-ass in explicitly condemning the Speaker's misogynistic text messages to an aide. But I guess it's different when your government depends on keeping a sexist arsehole exactly where he is.

Aren't you dying to know what these two would say to each other when nobody else is listening?

The theme of last night's Revolution was "Charlie's Abandonment Issues."

If Stephenson's face is as dense as one of his novels, I wouldn't dare. :)

IIRC, the rights around K-9 are tied up in the legal equivalent of "timey-wimey, wibbly-wobbly stuff" that makes dealing with the Nation Estate over the Daleks look easy, so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting. :)

I don't see why - after all, he thinks she's dead. Personally, I'd like whatever they're doing for the anniversary to focus on a solid story looong before they get to the fan-service cameos.

Indeed - and the whole thing was a really interesting peek behind the curtain. It's funny how folks assume just because something isn't explicitly explained it must mean the writer didn't spend a lot of time thinking it out. And, honestly, I like folks who don't just assume their auidences are too lazy and/or stupid…

If Willis and Gordon-Levitt has laughed and thrown the script at your head, did you have other casting for the Two Joes in mind, or was it was a case of "this is my Plans A though Z"?

What changed this in the modified timeline, then? I mean, you can make a ton of guesses

I agree with that - and also think there's an element of Finch seeing way too much of himself in Root. And am I think only person who thinks Finch is more than a little afraid of his own creation — especially if Root had her way —, and with good reason.

Quite - and I love-hate that Reese is a total bastard to him. As soon as Fusco realises that he's one of the good guys and it's pretty fraking awesome, Reese is all "oh, get back in the good books of your dirty rat-bastard pals again - or else." And I'm loving the dynamic developing between him and Carter —…

At heart, I think AHS has the same fundamental problems as everything else Ryan Murphy is involved in — 1) every show he does has this hyperactive, scattershot approach to storytelling and characterization that drives me nuts (and, TBF, a LOT of other people don't care so much about); 2) and I honestly think the guy…

I was kind of joking. :) Hell, I know I'm in the minority here, but the blatant and extensive "homages" have the been the only thing mildly interesting thing about AHS so far, apart from Jessica Lange constantly channeling Grey Gardens AND Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Which is awesome. :)

Someone's probably going to beat me to death with a copy of Robert McKee's Story for saying this, but I'm always incredibly suspicious of prescriptions about how stories have to work. I like a solid three-act structure that would make Joseph Campbell & Aristotle all tingly in their nethers as much as the next man. …

Thankfully, dead men can't sue - because I'm pretty sure that if he was alive, Stanley Kubrick would have a 20 page single-spaced memo in the mail about the *cough* interesting similarities to a famous scene in an obscure wee film called Steampunk Banana, or something like that. :)