Well, one of those things happens because it’s set up within the movie’s universe, and one of them happens because the director is lazy.

Ha! Fair point, let me refine what I was saying. It changes the dynamic of the discussion when we know a film has been changed from what its director intended, particularly when - as in this particular debate - so much of what’s being discussed relates to the director’s intentions.

When it’s been edited into something the director isn’t happy with. First cut of Blade Runner? Incomplete product. First cut of Touch of Evil? Incomplete product. That version of Margaret that lost over half an hour and a whole subplot? Incomplete product.

True. The bits with Julie Delpy as her trainer and the mouthless girls already struck me as being as grim as a PG-13 actioner can possibly get.

Can’t agree with that. The Tea Party are an organised national group with billionaire backers and major news channels going to stump for them. They’ve had enormous success getting elected representatives to advocate for their opinions.

“Who takes “that one actress” seriously?”

"<i>I've always found amusing how people complain about this scene, saying it takes too long, when it's almost taken verbatim from the book</i>"

Honestly, if the whole of season three was just Donnie and Allison becoming the incredibly middle-class suburban version of Bonnie and Clyde, I would not be at all disappointed.

"This is a genuine press statement from the Carphone Warhouse: 'Racism is entirely at odds with the values of the Carphone Warhouse'. Entirely at odds. I don't know about you, Glasgow, but I was was hugely relieved to read that press statement, because prior to reading that press statement , I had suspected that the…

Just to check, we're now complaining about Moffat killing off too many recurring characters? OK, I guess, but it's a bit of a U-turn.

Eh, I think that list backs up what Boseman is saying perfectly. He's not saying there's never been a black superhero before, but they've either been secondary characters, or in movies that are framed as horror or comedy more than a straight, mainstream superhero movie. The only exception is Catwoman, and I can see…

One little thing that amuses me about the Sontarans being clones is that they're not all identical. Which is, of course, how cloning works in real life, but so many science fiction shows and movies disregard that. I don't know what it says about us that we find it easier to accept non-identical clones when they're…

<i>The Deadly Assassin</i> is a remarkably upsetting thing to watch as a child. I can attest to that.

It's never spelled out, presumably because it's such a horrible idea, but the logic behind the Master looking like that seems to be that Time Lords have a guaranteed minimum life span and a guaranteed maximum number…

There were so many Thick of It callbacks in this episode. I just want the next episode to have a confrontation between the Doctor and Seb that looks like this: http://imgur.com/Y8xsx?tags

I really, really, really thought it was going to be River, and I'm surprised more people didn't make the same mistake. "He's my boyfriend"? "Two hearts, and they're both yours"? The Library-style afterlife? The kiss? Dark WATER? I thought that was some excellent misdirection that, er, apparently didn't work for…

But surely they need an intact body in order to convert him into a Cyberman? You can't just pour a vial of ashes into a metal suit.

Again, this attitude that games being criticised or games being created that don't appeal to everyone is somehow a provocation analogous to doxxing, death threats, rape threats, etc.

One thing that I liked in this episode was that it asked whether the Daleks are just programmed that way. I'm really not a fan of the old science-fiction trope that "this race is just evil, every single one of them's an arsehole, genetically!" which is a well this show's been back to too many times. It smacks a…

I think they're setting something up that they're going to examine down the line, particularly given that Danny's backstory is being teased but not explored yet. Both he and the Doctor have clearly done things Clara can't even imagine, and neither of them seem comfortable about that.

Depending on whether the Half-Face Man jumped or was pushed, she could be collecting people who sacrificed themselves for the Doctor. But why? Maybe she did that herself, and she's had time to regret it.