The Petra/Chuck stuff works for me, though I'm a true Petrafael (better not say that out loud in public), and most of the other stuff is just fine… I'm having a hard time pinning down why I'm losing my connection to it. Maybe because there HAVEN'T been the big brassy telenovela moments lately. Or maybe it's just…

Okay, wild theory time here, and a) it may have been covered before, and b) it might just me being overly hopeful, but… what if Michael is still alive? Possibly as part of a police op (although Dennis would surely not know about that and try to move forward with Jane), or possibly kidnapped by Rose. That kind of plot…

Damnit, as much as I love Forrest's misery, I want there to be a happy ending. Somehow. Anyhow. Like the season one finale, the kind of thing that frees Forrest and lets him be a person again. Please?

Oof, 'Super Friend' was pretty rubbish. Little musicality or lyricism to it, without any real build. 'Runnin' Home to You' was better in those regards, but just felt way out of place at that point of the episode.

In two years I say give her all the MCU roles she wants (maybe as an adult version of the vice President's daughter… anyone? Anyone?).

And let's not forget his role in Kingsman when he doesn't even have a real lisp.

They should have cast Tilda Swinton.

See, a lot of season 8 was just (as you describe it) 'inactive', rather than unbearably bad, which is what I found season 6 to be, with its weak villain, weak plot and weEEEEAAAAak twists. Season 8 was just a lack of good rather than an abundance of bad, so-

So, to clarify, you didn't like it?

Season six was terrible, season seven had a cracking first half but a poor second half, and season eight was underwhelming up until its finale, which was horrendous. These were the three seasons Scott Buck was showrunner for, even though he had been involved since almost the beginning. It was never out of the question…

I'm a bit of a completionist too and I was on course for the whole of the MCU, despite both seasons of Daredevil leaving me fairly underwhelmed and having a mixed response to Jessica Jones (in short, JJ, Kilgrave and Luke were awesome, everyone and everything else was horribly bad). I fell off Luke Cage around episode…

Hey, I'm not going to defend one by the other's flaws. Both are pretty terrible in places, even where both have some incredible episodes.

My reason for suggesting Angel was more of a main character on Buffy (for his duration) was because the story and Buffy's journey relied on him in a way that it never really did on Spike - it was even addressed in Marsters' interview that Joss just tried to move him where he was needed for other stories, without a…

Yeah, I get why they changed it too, but I think going for that kind of snappiness over something evocative and specific may mean they have a 'cooler' title in the short term but it will hurt the longevity of the brand. Ten years from now people will still know what 'Monsters, Inc' was about while they will struggle…

The Bear and the Bow. It was the working title, it's specific to the film, it sums up both the main images of the piece and the central conflict, using metaphors for the two main characters and their relationship. 'Brave' tells you fucking zilch - and, even worse, has absolutely nothing to do with the film, aside from…

Ah, I see. No, no-one's picked Angel as their favourite character yet - but in how many TV shows/franchises is the main character or main love interest anyone's favourite? In fact, when you start making the favourite character the centre of a franchise (eg. Joey, Jack Sparrow, Gene Hunt) that's when things get very…

James Marsters did - sort of. He did say he thought Spike could perhaps get there eventually, but based on the runtime of the two shows Angel was the one who she should have been with.

He seems like fun. But season six is, indeed, uneven to say the least. It has some great episodes, some great sequences and moments and some fantastically fun ideas (How do you top a god as the big bad? A trio of nerds!), but it has some dreadful episodes and some horrible subplots in there too. Buffy's storyline is…

Some great titles really do get depressingly squandered, or cast aside for blander titles *cough*Brave*cough*. You're right that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a great title, with the central conflict and irony laid out right there.

Yup, that's what I meant.