Thanks. I might have to get that. The idea of populist=ignorance is very tied in with this I think. There's a ground-swell (especially in daytime TV) of anti-intellectualism, and it often seems to me to be presented as a pro-everyman movement. Almost "I don't understand it, therefore it stands in opposition to me".

It seems to have been creeping into mainstream culture for a long time. I think it comes from a combination of misunderstanding what Free Speech means, and the (admirable) idea of airing both sides of an argument. I think it has common roots with the rise of Big Brother-style reality TV, which has a similar notion at…

For me, the overwhelming emotion is frustration at the uselessness of the debunking. People like Akin simply don't give scientific arguments like this one any weight. They believe that "it's just your opinion" and, as every opinion is equally valid (a nonsensical and yet oft-perpetuated idea), it in no way invalidates…

Me too!

Oooh..... I didn't see that! I'm gonna have to go back and check.

So two things about W13.

Well... no one apart from Artie has seen him in the new timeline.....

I don't know if that's necessarily true. I mean, the Astrolabe's powers aren't well documented. There's no reason (that I can see) that it's "curse" is that whatever you change the timeline to has some terrible outcome. Kind of a version of the "be careful what you wish for"-type genie, where no matter what you wish,…

I don't know. It might be pretty cool. Especially if we have Pete & Myka, and Jinx & Claudia racing against the Brotherhood agents to retrieve artifacts around the world.

I wonder if the evil that he has unleashed will come in the form of an all-out war between the Warehouse and the Brotherhood.

Anyone remember Carbon 3.1?

So what does everyone think/hope the TV series will be? I could really get behind a Jessica Jones or Runaways show. Runaways is a little too obvious though, especially as Joss already worked on the property. I don't know if he'd want to go back to it. I think a SHIELD show would be interesting but it doesn't quite…

I'm looking forward to seeing the Supernatural boys have a little time alone. I really felt that in the first few seasons, it was their relationship driving the show, but since then it's lost a lot of it's conflict and momentum. Hopefully some time apart will allow the show to redefine the relationship a little, and…

Unfortunately I'm not well read enough to fully grok your analogy. I guess Ben Jonson is someone else to add to my reading list.

Hmm...that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. I think you're right, the whole idea of Dollhouse is deconstruction of how character works. I really really liked Dollhouse, but it did have some problems, and I think one of these is that the deconstruction aspect left the main character a little uncertain and…

I think it's that his first thought is never to be clever. It seems to me that his first thought is "what makes sense for this character" and then he happens to BE a very clever storyteller, so that what he comes up with is very smart.

So what do you think makes Joss' work resonate so much.

"If you had any more tawdry quirks, you could open up a tawdry quirk shop"

And if I wanted to READ I'd go on Facebook, not to a movie!!!

Exactly. When David played that part, he played it well, but in a very grand way. It was a side you didn't see of the Doctor unless something terrible had happened. With Matt though, every expression, every line, has some of that behind it.