Tom would likely get a contract that guarantees an executive position and a huge payout if he’s let go. He’ll basically be a Frank or Geri, a suit who’s always around and no one really remembers why... Presumably there are a lot of those at the top level of every corporation and many of them may have had one smart…

When I think of Tom and Logan, I think of Baron Harkonnen saying, after he killed Dr. Yueh, that he never trusts a traitor, even one he made himself…

Yeah, that’s one of the dynamics the show doesn’t really make obvious or draw attention to, but it is pretty interesting how rarely Logan seems to do or say anything particularly brilliant or cunning. I mean, even at the time he said it I thought that “Hans Christian Anderfuck” was a line that more had the cadence of…

I think the deal with the second Flux event was that Mommy Issues was going to center it on Earth to be eeeeeeeevil to her adopted daughter, but after she got dusted by Mr. & Mrs Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, they asked the Ood to please aim it at Atropos because they had a different plan for being eeeeeevil to the…

Honestly at this point... I’d be okay with it if RTD even leans into it.  Gallifrey stories have a not-great track record; leave it dead for a while. If RTD thinks he can tell an interesting story around this plotline, he’s earned the right to try.  I’m just looking forward to someone who can actually write taking the…

God, thinking about The Vanquishers in comparison to World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls is just physically painful.  The “why can’t I be angry?” conversation between 12 and Bill was one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen on television and three years later we’re back to monologuing villains telling…

I also loved how personal and contained so much of 12's run was, particularly his last season.* The Ice Fair episode in particular was a great return to form after so long away. It was basically just: “lets have fun exploring the past, and do what we can to help the people in front of us.”

Whittaker’s performance while interrogating The Grand Serpent was edgy and fantastic. Her contempt for him was such a great contrast with her usual busy-and-breezy way of talking. That was one of my favorite scenes and had me wishing that he had somehow been the Big Bad instead of the Ravagers (although I liked their…

This week, that doesn’t even get a passing mention. As far as I can tell, by the end of the episode the Doctor has done absolutely nothing about the fact that the entire universe (except for Earth) was drastically decimated by the Flux.

Capaldi’s entire era is... kind of the exact opposite of what your impression seems to be? the threats he deals with are generally more small-scale (one ship or train or building even) or borderline abstract (if his tenure has a Big Bad it’s arguably grief and trauma than any tangible threat). even his series finales…

I felt this was a stronger finish than last season, since it revolved around the Doctor doing things instead of Shocking Revelations, but yeah- there wasn’t enough time to wrap everything up. This was supposed to be a longer series that was abbreviated by continuing pandemic issues, and I feel Chibnall failed to edit…

Yeah, what I love about RTD is that he’s able to keep your focus on other things, so that the lack of cohesive plotting only rarely becomes an issue.

That’s an actually good criticism of the Discovery series writing. There isn’t really anything behind the optimism or any strong convictions on ship it does seem like a lot of characters doing the right thing because that’s what you’re supposed to do rather than a conscious choice made through experiences. Which is…

The Undiscovered Country made the argument that all things must end eventually. Unthinkable in the modern media landscape.

They’ve each internalised a concept of power from their father that they’re trying to emulate. Connor is trying to be the aloof prince in his palace in the desert (patron of arts, judger of wines); Kendall is (or was) trying to be the corporate shark, ruthless, focused on the bottom-line; Siobhan is trying to be the…

“And he made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which is an electric piece of cinema that got teenagers in the 90s fixated on Johnny Depp and Hunter S Thompson and should be treated as a fucking war crime for that reason.”

when the characters, in convincing middle-aged makeup,

Let’s throw Time Bandits in there, and Munchausen.

It’s poetic, it contains irony, and it underscores the themes Rowling hammered on throughout the entire series —- love wins over fear. Voldemort loses because in his arrogance he can’t possibly imagine that caring about people matters.

I hated the last film. The biggest reason was that the last confrontation with Voldemort. It’s fucking stupid and it’s fucking laughable, not in good ways.