I’ve been watching the second series of this on Channel 4 here in the UK and it does actually expand on Niska’s storyline a lot more than the other main Synths. What’s fascinating is that the one Synth who perpetrated violence against humans is still the most human-like of the group. If they killed off the others…

The idea is quite a simple one - that synths were created in a parallel timeline and that the world runs concurrently with ours, with notable exceptions. It’s what keeps the show grounded. Providing too much “future-tech” can weirdly date a programme, especially when viewed a few years later.

Yeah, your Dad and my Mum would get along great. My Mum decided, after listening to my sister and I bitch about the crappy aliens in War of the Worlds (the original, not the Tom-Cruise-running-from-the-gay-thoughts version) that she would let us watch Alien. Which we bloody *loved*. My primary school teacher didn’t…

Who is this precious prick? Come on - name and shame it so we can point at it and mock.

So, Beth. I take it you’re not going to see it then?

Well, if the top image isn’t inspiration for any wannabe gay porn parody “film makers”, I don’t know what is. Mind you, I wouldn’t say no to Tom Hardy having his way with me, mind you. Rawr. (Just prefer him as Eames, mind you. Golly!)

God, he’s pasty. Does he explode when exposed to sunlight?

God, you’re either a sexually frustrated teenager or a sexually frustrated old woman who lost the batteries to her Purring Thrusting Panther. Sit back, sweetheart.

I don’t suppose there’s a Kalidasa clause re: the mountain, eh? (Massive bonus-points if you get that. Double if you can name the man who enacted it).

You lost your argument as soon as you devolved into the “soooo”. Then you sealed your tomb with the condescending “my friends”. You think tiny. Tiny won’t suffice in the Future, well not as far as intellect would be concerned.

The thought of hipsters in nasty plaid shirts and chunky glasses running to the toilet to unleash their bowels whilst sobbing uncontrollably makes my tiny, acidic heart sing with fucking joy. The added bonus of these people vomiting like a wonky fountain? That just puts the cherry on top.

Shut up, little boy. The big people are talking. Here’s some cabling. Go chew on it.

Found the video of the comet impact I was looking for:

Well, Deep Impact was based on The Hammer Of God, whilst Armageddon was based on Michael Bay’s latest wet dream.

OMG TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED! I have that running through my head when I’m listening to one of the “right on” idiots or reading something by that Trendacosta person. So much *fun*!

It’s more Pink Floyd meets Sapphire and Steel with a hefty dose of LSD and a sprinkling of early Wings.

Oh, just shoot the fuckers. You Americans are trigger happy morons at the worst of times - put your bullets to good use and remove these idiots from the gene pool.

Well, if it’s pronounced the same way as Paul Dacre, aka the arse-servant of Satan, the whore of Babylon writ large, the sperm-sponge of the right wing and general cunt at large, it’s “Dah-kruh”. Hopefully not, mind you. It’s a stupid-arse name. Almost as bad as those fucking “Mackenzie” clones. Kill ‘em all!

You know that won’t happen. Not enough excuses to get the wimmen-folk naked or give the “hunks” enough time to get their shirt off.

It was nice seeing Katie McGrath without that rats-nest ‘do she had in Merlin. Good christ but yikes. Still hoping that she could play Merrial if they ever get around to making The Sky Road into a miniseries...