Personally, the biggest nod I saw in the final battle was to the first Tim Burton Batman movie -- a large parade with balloon characters filled with gas.

There’s a big difference between this and Whitewashing. When you take a foreign show or film and completely change the setting and locate it in another country, it makes sense to recast it. For instance, the Magnificent Seven, which is a remake of the Seven Samurai, wouldn’t have made sense if it starred seven…

You’re not alone at all. While I think many things about this season have been brilliant, or beautifully filmed, or acted, I’ve been very disappointed as well. Some of the acting has been atrocious. Certain scenes have been overlong for no particular reason whatsoever. There’s been a lot of focus on new characters who…

Seems like America disagrees. 10 Cloverfield has a 91% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes as opposed to Cloverfield’s 77%. Audiences have liked it more too — 87% positive, vs only a 68% positive rating for Cloverfield in 2008.