Yeah. I can imagine this being a fun episode if you didn't know what was going to happen, but if you'd been following the publicity, it was pretty obvious how it was going to end from about 15 minutes in. Still well done though.

Between this one, the execrable 'Cyberwoman' and what happened to Clara's boyfriend (remember him?), there's a strange propensity for black characters on New Who to end up getting Cyber-converted. (Mind you, if Bill doesn't get magically restored somehow next week, I'll eat my hat.)

I liked Ant-Man. But I thought it might have worked better if Michael Pena and Paul Rudd had swapped roles.

I'm hoping for a kerfuffle.

I thought Haley seemed too old for Rorschach, although looking him up he's about the right age. It's more that Rorschach in the comic looks improbably youthful when we see him without his mask. He's got to be at least in his 40s, but isn't drawn like it.

Actually, Wendy of Peter Pan was not out of copyright, and in any case J.M. Barrie had in his will dedicated all royalties from Peter Pan to the Great Ormond Street children's hospital in perpetuity. This caused considerable controversy as they didn't want to receive the profits from an erotic comic book. That must…

I remember genuinely enjoying Godzilla in 1998. But then, I think I also liked Batman and Robin. I had poor (or just undiscriminating) taste in movies as a kid.

The same happened with the original Friday the 13th.

It might be to do with the 'cultural footprint' factor approximated by Google searches. It's not surprising that 'Congo' and 'Godzilla' get more hits than LXG, which was basically forgotten as soon as it was released (except by angry Alan Moore fans).

Starship Troopers isn't bad enough to be a Good Bad Movie. Parts of it are almost well-made.

The blatant racism of 'The Blind Banker' turned me off Sherlock from the start. I came back for the odd episode out of curiosity, but as far as I can tell it never really significantly improved, and certainly never made any sense.

Wild mass guessing: Missy in fact is the Valeyard, rather than the Master. :/

Although not for ever. Presumably the Doctor does put some plan in place to deal with the gate permanently, given that millennia later planet Earth and the universe are still around.

Knowing of Adams' famous allergy to deadlines, there's a fair chance that even if he had still been around to write a story for New Who, he wouldn't have finished it by now.

Remember it's all translated for our benefit anyway. Apparently speaking French in a Dutch accent translates to speaking English in a Scottish accent.

I've never seen it live, but thoroughly enjoyed the recent BBC version with Ben Whishaw.

I think of Shakespeare's kings, Richard II is the closest analogue, but not a lot of people know that play.

"Who's this?"
"John Connor."
"Who's in command there?"
"I am."
(Or words to that effect.)
Average film, but perfect ending.

I saw Vol 1 multiple times, but never got round to seeing the conclusion. Should probably address that one of these days.

I don't believe I've told anyone to 'shut up'; I'm not the one being hostile here. In reality, it seems to be the people opposed to so-called 'identity politics', and discussions of racism and sexism in general, who keep telling others to 'shut up'. The poor sensitive snowflakes.