Saw it yesterday. It's very good… but as with the first one, a lot of the 'funny' dialogue just feels awkward to me. The visual gags are great, but the banter… I dunno, it just doesn't work for me (or goes on too long). But lots of people loved all the dialogue in the first film, so I'm guessing I'll be in the…

The gags were pretty consistently solid. That's good enough for me.

The companion usually acts as the audience surrogate, but in Nardole they've found a perfect second speed audience surrogate - Bill is getting all this experience for the first time, but Nardole is more of an old hand; he's the long-term fan of the show enjoying the newbie experiencing it for the first time. Nicely…

My favourite moment might be May saying 'Just because she's a child doesn't mean she's innocent'. She is absolutely wearing that pain, the way the real world May wore Bahrain for so long.

That would make for a terrific arc if we saw Radcliffe turn to the good side (again). Plus we could keep him around longer! (More John Hannah is ALWAYS better)

Exactly. Women [or non-males] are already sorely underrepresented in Hollywood and TV - such a move would likely make the awards ceremonies match those disastrous demographics, actually decreasing the representation and recognition of all but the males. Not that I'm suggesting breaking it down even further -…

Gentle reminder to all who gave up on it (or never gave it a try) that Agents of SHIELD is frickin' awesome this season (and has been pretty damn good since the last chunk of s1). This season especially hasn't had the pacing problems of other superhero(ish) shows; they've found a sweet spot by having it broken into…

But there's no real reason why they couldn't - LoT is an incredibly secure position in the CW staple of programming, they don't have to rush through plots the way they do (it's not like they WON'T get a third or fourth season, did they have to cram in both Lucas and Tolkien into this one?). It's a 17 episode season,…

Also, did anyone else want Simmons and the rebel cyber-teen to team up for an adventure?

I did not expect to have my point on LoT last week shown so effectively so quickly - THIS is how you do pacing for an alternate reality. A whole episode pretty much just getting to grips with the main characters and their place in the world - not even all of them, since there was no sign of Mack, Mace or Radcliffe -…

Grouty!

Tru dat.

Right?! I get it, iZombie is great, but AoS should be up there too, or at least mentioned!

Ugh. That was perfect, and I wish it wasn't. I wanted Forrest to have a happier ending, or at least a potentially happy one (the season one finale was great for that). I don't think I'll ever be able to watch the show again, because of that ending. And that sucks.

Yeah, I think I have seen enough Whedon that I can see the movie he was trying to make through what was actually finished (I still dream of seeing his original hour-longer version). The scene itself is a prime example, because I got what it was supposed to be, but I don't think it was the best put across, particularly…

It's a different kind of dark though; Whedon's dark isn't (usually) the cheesy grimdark that we've seen in the DCEU so far. Snyder might ask if Superman is prepared to kill, but Whedon would find a way to ask if Superman WANTS to kill. It's how in Age of Ultron he got to Vision saying that humanity is basically…

I also think it's a misreading of the scene, but (much as I do love Whedon) I don't think the scene was well written[/edited] enough to make that clear - it was way too easy to see it as 'I'm infertile, therefore I'm a monster', even when the intent was probably 'They took away part of my humanity, just as you lost…

Legends of Tomorrow has great 90 minute stories that it insanely tries to cram into a single episode. There could have been a whole episode exploring the alternate reality, then another episode getting the band back together, and instead the potential for both has been squandered. Just do two-parters, guys! You're a…

Yeah, but they've still had mighty big events in both season finales, so it's not like big events are limited to mid-season episodes.

Yeah, it's pretty unlikely, even for JTV. The only thing I'm holding onto is that they did it mid-season rather than waiting for a finale - which might be when they spring a surprise return on us. Please?