The worst way to add "chemistry" to Weekend Update would be Jost and Che breaking and laughing at each other's mistakes. We already know they think they are funny. They need to come across as more capable, not screw ups who have graduated to screwing around.

"Come with me if you want your daylight to be saved."

Petrov's ability to spring the vodka gift on the Prez as a surprise (with the help of the White House wait staff, no less) was also a bit suspect.

They cited a precedent, but they had to go back to Taft to do it. And he had a cabinet post and Teddy Roosevelt's endorsement too.

I'm not sure I have this correct, but apparently in the bizarre world of HoC foreign relations, the Palestinians are asking for American assurances that the Russians can be trusted? And Israel is an influential vote in the General Assembly?

Bourbon seems like such a poor choice for that.

My impression is that Colbert is antagonistic to no one. What he is, is sharp, so people who do a poor job making their case can get skewered no matter how Colbert feels about them and their cause, with a few exceptions for humanitarians or artists.

I would say that GoT does have a reasonable take on policy issues too. Debt and depletion of the treasury, balance of power between the central government and the ranking nobility, and succession crises were the core of a lot of feudal politics.

The review does state that

There's definitely weirdness to it, but I think the thrust of the review is that they had aspirations and a definite model (Star Trek) but lacked the combination of budget and technical skill to achieve what they set out to do.

The reviewer certainly raises issues with how the films presents the story, which is fine.

Why bother reviewing political documentaries at all then?

Once again, the quest to find an obvious mistake that a Trekkie still won't fanwank ends in failure. :-)

I always find the "W" verdict on this column problematic.

I haven't seen it, but I think the reviewer completely missed the point of this film.

Lotz does a great job, but at the end of the day it's a movie and has to hit certain plot points within a certain amount of time.

Let's face it, the ocean itself is pretty boring, from an episodic sci fi adventure perspective.

Well, several dictionaries, and according to the wikipedia, the U.S legal system, disagree. Then again, the use of orphan for someone who has only lost one parent, as I did, is also somewhat of a stretch, apparently.

To be more precise, is one still an orphan if one reaches adulthood before one's parents shuffle off this mortal coil?

Is there an age limit on orphan status?