It's been sped up. Silence of the Lambs, should it happen, is happening next season. Red Dragon is happening in the second half of this coming one.

That scene didn't originally exist, from what I understand. It was added in later, at the behest of execs who wanted to give the show more of a DC Supervillians flavour.

("Gasp - maybe he attracts them!").

I thought one of the points of the Bat mythos was that Batman's appearance to thwart "regular" crime brought out the costumed crazies as a response to him, creating a never-ending cycle?

It becomes a more efficient show, but from where I'm standing it's just as fundamentally mediocre as ever. The show suffers from never being about very much more than its continually churning plot, and the characters are fairly shallow (not helped by the lack of range Stephen Amnell is displaying as the lead). If you…

Her name was changed as her inclusion was a late one to the pilot.

Um, so you're suggesting that the 14 year old character is prime fap material despite her clothes, or did you want to rephrase that?

They're about the same age in show, she might be two years older.

Clara's apartment's a standing set, and there have been standing set designs (with exchangable set dressing) for the past few years (though the sets only tend to get reused within the season).

Comparing this episode to its shooting script, there was a good minute scrapped from the immediately post-titles spiel by the 'Architect', cut mostly because of budget reasons (it was VFX heavy, and involved shooting Capaldi from behind a black hood*, which might have given the game away).

But, they have completely different accents?

I think it's pretty clear that the season was plotted with that third act twist in mind from the start, as part of that ridiculous Marvel Synergy thing that's going on. I honestly don't see the first two acts as a waste of time — the twist doesn't land without some degree of set-up — but I'd argue that said set-up…

And yet I said it? I guess I'll just have to go on having a different opinion to you, and you'll just have to claim me a sociological marvel.

Also, isn't a continuing theme of Batman that the zany villains exist largely in response to his costumed heroics.

I thought that the last third of Season 1 was really fucking good. I can't see any reason why the show can't manage to maintain that average again.

From what I understand, yes.

I thought this was pretty good. I liked it as a commentary on digital cultures, and the sexless, isolating qualities of the Internet. I think the comparisons it draws with Brazil are homage, rather than rip-off, and really, it's looking at the flipside of life in that film. Brazil's interest in bureaucracies and…

The idea that a theory that proves "everything doesn't matter" is stupid, as is the idea of waiting for a call about "meaning".

Did you hear? They merged the seasons — Season 3 is going to be the original plan for Season 3, combined with the original plan for Season 4. Possibly with a break in the middle.

I strongly disagree about needing Adama or Roslin to "take us home". They were great characters, but I don't think particularly essential to the show's home stretch.