I’ve seen most of these and agree with you: Every one of these was something special.

What about a list of movies that weren’t really good, but have turned into guilty pleasures? The ones reserved for rainy days and meals made from Hot Pockets?

Gotcha. I really only pay attention to Doctor Who news on here every now and again. Basically I just didn’t recall seeing comments about it or anything until a woman doctor was announced.

Well, I’ll miss you June Foray. Even if IO9 doesn’t...

Finn is so interesting! He is the only one who doesn’t think of himself as a hero, but he both desperately wants to be and is afraid to be. His growth is so much subtler, because he starts off still trying to run away, to save his life and Rey’s, and in the space of the movie he goes from that to “I will save everyone…

Forget Rey and Kylo or Poe and Holdo. Let’s talk Finn. I think he was really underutilized. which bums me out because John Boyega is amazing. His plot line was kind of weak. And I’m not sure how I feel about the love triangle.

Speaking of Rose... Where the hell did that love triangle come from at the end? Rose’s only 2 comments about Finn before that were about him being a coward, the 3rd one was that she loved him.

“There is nothing in that tree she does not already have” - Yoda...

The crystal foxes are way better than the Porgs, right?

Yeah, but I found it utterly charming just how big of WIMPS they both are. Just shrieking and losing their minds over not knowing what’s in the box. Or touching a snake.

Oh puh-lease, your talking down one of the biggest, longest running and most influential sci-fi shows in history. Let’s go though your list.

Taste is subjective, and when you factor in Doctor Who’s extensive history... well, it might not be your personal favorite, but it makes sense that it’d be what someone considers the best thing ever.

I see what you’re saying, I would compare it to the stuff Warner Bros sneaked into their cartoons, as a child I had no reference for it, but as an adult when I watched the cartoons again, I got the adult references. Like ovens called “Hoternel”, or refrigerators called “Coldernel” but kids don’t have a frame of…

Exactly. I worked at a theater the original played in. If you could see the box office receipts, I don’t think anyone would call that beloved.

Just pick a season and jump in... That’s the beauty if a time travel show. A lot of places have a list of quintessential episodes that newbies should sample - io9.gizmodo.com has a few excellent collections. Try those first.

Start with the start of the modern series, with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. That run, especially the first episode, is designed as a jumping-on point. As a bonus, it’s actually very good.

Of course...Amazon is Sauron in the second age, still able to seem fair and tempt the world of men and elves with gifts. “For a mighty kingdom is Netflix, and yet they will not share with me its content. Can it be that they do not desire to see other services become as blissful as their own?”

Man, I just don’t know. I absolutely adore the Lumet version as the big-let’s-all-put-on-a-show outsized grandiose scenery chewing party version of the book, and even the BBC’s Poirot series had a great, much darker take on the story that manages to cast things in a new light (aided by the completely wonderful David…

Kenneth Branagh keeps being given the chance to direct blockbusters and I don’t understand it. His early career doing Shakespeare and some small projects was solid (Dead Again is quite fun actually, and “In the Bleak Midwinter” was also well received), but starting with Thor, especially, he went on a run of helming…

Serious debate I’m having with my friends right now in response to the tepid reviews for this: what is Branagh’s appeal? How does he keep getting directing gigs? How does he keep getting away with casting himself? What films has he done where either his performance or directing is noteworthy?

I love detective stories,…

Too bad. I was hoping this would be good, but it’s entirely unnecessary. The 1974 film and the 1990s-ish PBS Mystery adaptation are both really good.