Or a slight variation, "huge drama that occurs because characters refuse to share useful information with each other for some reason":
* Something big happens to a character
"Oh wow, this is big and bad. I'll keep it a secret because I love the other characters so much and if they found out about this they might get…

Given your feelings on badmouthing other people's stories, do you applaud Snyder for calling Gilliam's proposed story "completely insane"?

Alderman Blood on Arrow is a strong and inspiring leader, even if he doesn't always have the public's best interests at heart.

I did, yes. That scene triggered some deja vu - I could swear that the same implication was made in at least one of the other Holmes stories I've seen or read, but danged if I can remember which one.

Yeah, she is. Still, as much as the show focuses on the Moriarty/Holmes dynamic, I'm more interested to see where it goes with Moriarty/Joan. When Moriarty was prodding Joan with that stuff about "you crave approval from a superior mind", I got a sense Moriarty was projecting a little. I think Moriarty wants Joan to…

You might well be right about Elementary's Mycroft. In the horse episode where he tags along on Sherlock's investigation, he doesn't offer any insight or make any observations of his own, and at that point I kind of wrote off the possibility of him being on Sherlock's level. I didn't even consider that the show would…

Speaking of fanfiction, has anyone written any where Moriarty's fascination with Watson is expanded upon to the point where Moriarty employs her fabled seduction skills in order to really figure Joan out as intimately as possible? Because if they have, I would like to, uh, you know, read it and masturbate to it, if…

It's true of this incarnation, but I'm not sure about others, because in most others Mycroft is shown to have an intellect equal to, or even beyond, Sherlock's. Growing up together, I don't think either of them even realised they were exceptional until they got to school and met other kids.

Heck yes, perfect. And ideally, follow that up with Capaldi giving Clara that intense death stare and demanding "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm.. I'm Souffle Girl. The Impossible Girl. Run you clever boy and remember, remember? Basically I'm a collection of hollow sass and silly titles and catchphrases that aren't nearly…

I'm in the unenthusiastic camp too. The pacing was a big problem - too many ideas, not enough time for most of them to breathe - and there were the usual Moffaty bad habits (vacuously "witty" dialogue, yet another spunky, smug, flirty, hyperconfident River clone). And I could've done without Smith reverting back to…

I'm beginning to have that same reaction, though it's taken me a bit longer (I'm early in season 3). I really liked the frequency with which the show dropped crazy bombshells and twists, but after so many of them I'm getting calloused and the OMG's are becoming whatevers. "Oh, it turns out Olivia is actually Lisa…

How did it compare to all the other recent end-of-the-world comedies? Having not seen any of them, I'll try to rank them based on pure vibes:
1. The World's End
2. This Is the End
3. Rapture-Palooza
4. It's a Disaster

Emma Thompson!

Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they do for "opportunity"?

Emma's reaction to Henry figuring out the storybook thing was weird.
"Hey, it turns out our whole idea of reality is wrong and we could very well be sharing a town with Jay Gatsby, Dracula, Tony Soprano, and Ms. Pac-Man. This is an incredible and game-changing revelation and I'm explaining it clearly and concisely."
"Oh…

We got Warcraft the movie, it was Lord of the Rings.

We got Warcraft the movie, it was Lord of the Rings.

Yeah, I actually prefer the look of the first two series to most of the others. There's a nice, stark simplicity to them which makes them easy on the eyes and keeps the focus on the characters. The later series fell victim to the visual design mandate that seems to permeate all British sci-fi, which is basically…

Yeah, I actually prefer the look of the first two series to most of the others. There's a nice, stark simplicity to them which makes them easy on the eyes and keeps the focus on the characters. The later series fell victim to the visual design mandate that seems to permeate all British sci-fi, which is basically…

I agree. A lot of episodes deal with the characters encountering (or becoming) other versions of themselves, and Polymorph is among the best of them. The scene where the anger-free Rimmer leads the brainstorming session is quintessential, as well as one of the funniest in the show's history.