forget_it_jake wrote:
"Er, how does one watch it in America?"

After seeing him in Galaxy Quest, he could do no wrong for me. I've pretty much always been a fan.

I'd say it's about as good as The 13th Warrior (of which I'm also a fan). Your mileage my vary.

Ah. That's helpful.

I'm a little confused by the phrase "knifed by her own placenta." So the genetic engineering has made placentas dangerous? Does it make them self-aware and murderous? How does one get a knife, anyway? Or have they just been engineered to be sharp?

@fish biscuit,
He was actually the artist who first drew The Ventriloquist/Scarface, so it makes sense that his version would be definitive. I'm telling you, his stuff with Grant (and sometimes John Wagner) was gold!

Breyfogle has always been one of my very favorite artists, especially on Batman. The very first issue of Detective Comics I bought was from his and Alan Grant's run, so it kind of helped to define for me what Batman should look like. I really wish they'd bring him back. I think he'd be a perfect fit for Grant…

I always preferred "…or candy," myself.

reminiscent of…
This movie felt like it should have been an episode of Supernatural. I mean, it has two conventionally attractive estranged brothers teaming up to fight an evil force. Plus, it takes place in a limited location that would be very friendly towards a TV budget. (Aside from that, the whole viking rune…

"like 24 with aliens"
Only if you're referring to Children of Earth, otherwise that comparison is very inaccurate. The first two seasons were far too self-consciously goofy, unlike 24, which is un-self-consciously goofy.

Agreed. The Big Finish stuff is exceptional. It made McGann my favorite pre-reboot Doctor. (I guess, technically, McGann's Doctor is a reboot of sorts, but since his movie included Sylvester McCoy, it feels as though it's tied to the original series in a much more substantial way than the current series.)

Nice to see McGann get props. I didn't listen to any of the audios until after having seen the second season of the new series, but I realized that they managed to do the thing that I love the TV revival for: it gave the series a soul. While I enjoy the original series, it's far more about the story than it is about…

alternative?
In case there wasn't already enough definitive proof that the term "alternative rock" lost its meaning a long time ago, the fact that Papa Roach has received that label should suffice. So has the term "indie rock" already gone that way?

@Homo insciens,
Or what about when people refer to, for example, the UK version of The Office.

tibber, if you haven't already, you should check out Alter Bridge's Blackbird. At the risk of being stoned to death, I will admit that it's one of my favorite albums of the last few years. (It surprised even me, since I thought their first album was fairly mediocre.) "White Knuckles" has one of the best riffs I've…

And why go through all that just to form some giant bomb that destroys the entire city? Couldn't they have just skipped to that part right from the get-go? It just seems like they made a lot of extra work for themselves. I could see this getting the guy a job at an effects house, sure, but to direct a $30 million…

It certainly doesn't seem like it's canon. Hobbes definitely looks the way Watterson drew him, but Calvin only bears a resemblance. I'd like to think that I've read enough Calvin and Hobbes to be able to spot a fake from a mile away.

No, HipsterDBag, you're confusing it with Children of the Corn.

Like I said above, I would totally recommend it to anyone even if they hadn't previously seen any episodes of Torchwood or Doctor Who.

Honestly, if anyone ever asked me whether or not they should watch Torchwood, I'd just tell them to watch Children of Earth. Everything they need to know about the characters and their situation gets explained well enough for newcomers. If they want to see more, I'd then suggest watching season two with the caveat…