I really need a fist-shaking gif. I could get a lot of mileage out of that over the next few weeks.

That is a good point, the robes could have already existed. Now I want to see, like, a deviantArt or Tumblr challenge to produce White/Black Guardian Bird Had designs that would be doable in the real world but would also look awesome.

I do generally embrace the ridiculous cheapness of OldWho. I think I STILL have a crush on the Fifth Doctor, and I hadn't watched "Enlightenment" since it was broadcast on US PBS in the mid-80s.

Oh, we knew what it was SUPPOSED to be. But it did not fare well in close-ups, is all I'm saying.

Oh dear lord, we were just watching that one this past weekend, and we could NOT get past the bird-heads. Because they are very BAD bird-heads. I don't mind Bird Head Hats, I suppose, but couldn't they at least attempt to be awesome-looking? The close-ups of the White Guardian's in particular were just... wow.

I think these days the joke works better if you keep it to Sean Bean's pseudo-medieval roles (in which I'd count this, although to be clear, I don't know if his char in this movie dies, though I'd tend to bet he does). It's really not even true of Hollywood productions any more (and that used to be the deciding…

... could not get on a bus.

Okay, good point, but while it will be delicious, baby octopus sushi is not going to crawl cutely all over my fingers. At least, I hope not.

Nah; I just really like any excuse to use those Greek plurals with the funky accentuation. (I wish I had more excuses in daily life to say "antipodes". Although I suppose it's good enough that I have regular occasion to want the plural of "octopus".)

I feel that I need a tiny octopus in my life. I wish I knew how to make that happen.

Sold me.

while "octopodes" is essentially correct but a bit pretentious

Well, this has been nothing but a headache for the past hour. Still not converted. Created a dummy Twitter account just for the purpose, but trying to convert this account to it appears to have created some NEW account, and now I can't link my REAL io9 account to that Twitter account, because I get an error message…

Lawrence and Hutcherson were both born in Kentucky, is the point, I think.

It would stand to reason.

The thing is, it's not PRETTY swordwork, and no, it's not technically brilliant swordwork. But that wasn't really the movie's goal. I've always loved it because it wasn't pretty, but it gave the impression of fights in which the people involved are seriously trying to win, not look good. And if that includes…

But that's part of what makes it so awesome. (My favorite is probably when he just reverses the sword and starts using the hilt and guard like a club.)

Kill Bill isn't fantasy? The deuce you say.

Come live in my world, man, because I don't know anyone who doesn't love Ladyhawke, or at least regard it fondly.

You're right, that's a serious oversight.