Are these rechargeable? If not, it’s yet another INCREDIBLY WASTEFUL piece of crap. Make that many tiny pieces of crap. Cool for one minute, harmful and toxic for thousands of years.

....said a clueless white guy?

Uh, you may want to look up the Meiji Restoration when Japan threw itself full tilt into Westernizing itself. Pretty stunning episode in which Japan decided to create its own empire to stave off becoming colonized.

I imagine some of this was firebombed by the Allies during World War II.

I wonder how much of this was firebombed by the American forces during World War II.

Didn’t it appear in that gawdawful “volcano erupts in Los Angeles” movie a few years back. Don’t recall the name. They decide to “channel” the lava to the ocean through the basin and under the bridges. I hope someone can back me up because I’m not watching that sh#tfest again to confirm it.

And here’s where they blew the whole cosmetic contact lens budget.

Wow. They’ve really improved on the Doctor Who Alpha Centauri figure.

I have to say I love how they paired the gunfire to the Queen score in this spot. Brilliant.

Uhh... way to bury the lead. Michael Jackson could’ve played Jar Jar Binks?!?! Where’s THAT test footage?

Ugh. Amen. I SO miss those days. Nowadays every single companion is some maximum super-important character that was pre-ordained for SUPER importance. I really hate this turn in Doctor Who, it’s total soap opera-BS. It’s not Timey Wimey, but Timey Whiney.

I feel the same way. With the exception of a few new creatures I think the Moffett era has been an abomination. The Doctor as an emo-whiny character who morphs into mega-menacing baddy superhero type. Just over it.

Wow. A bit of self-revealing confession on Shultz’s part?

This is the hotel that inspired King to write the novel the movie is based on. Back when King was a cub reporter for the nearby Boulder newspaper. Story goes he drove up to Estes Park and visited the huge resort hotel toward the end of the season and wondered what Winter would be like when most of the town is…

Agree with that. That pairing has *never* rung true to me. I don’t mind the Felicity actress as a tech geek — but it’s stretching the limits of reason to believe any real chemistry between the two of ‘em. Just ridiculous.

Don't forget the cool Spanish Cultural Institute. The interior courtyard was used in Pedro Almodovar's Skin I live In.

I was thinking this too. Seems logical.

I'm getting a Hillary Clinton vibe here.

So glad you posted that. Was gonna drive me crazy trying to remember.

Thanks! Good to hear!