Even as an 11 year old I remember appreciating that, while Lenny was canny enough to avoid the Movementarians, he still sort of worshipped Special K.

The 'Burns as god' scene is an incredible bit of animation and sound design - the camera angles, editing, the melancholic grandeur of the score just before Smithers introduces Burns, the shot of the stormtroopers marching on the crowd - it's a masterful, and very original, bit of cinematic storytelling. The fact it's…

It'll be human beings and time lords for maximum angst.

It boggles the mind that apparently no-one involved in the production of this has stood up and said, 'But no-one wants to see this!'

I had a Hannibal nightmare recently. I kept running into him in Prague while he kept making extremely half-assed attempts to convince me to eat some food he'd made. I think by the end I realised he was framing me, a la Chilton.

I don't agree with this. Moffat's run has included plenty of women in positions of authority.

My main problem with the Jabba scene is that it becomes the first scene in the movie where we see the Millennium Falcon. When Luke and Ben turn up in the very next scene the music swells up and the camera raises up to reveal it, despite the fact the audience has just had decent, minute-long view of the thing.

It wasn't luck of the draw - Star Wars has been out for nearly 40 years, and it's been widely loved by every set of kids born after. It's not something you can measure, but the concepts, music, characters, story, and visuals all obviously strike a chord with people far, far more than any other space opera, and really…

There's a lovely bit in the RedLetterMedia reviews where Plinkett references this claim and says, "You can actually injure your neck shaking your head at this".

The fight in Star Wars isn't poor though - it's simply based on another, less showy style of fighting. Kendo fights look much the way the Vader-Kenobi duel does - opponents floating round one another swords crossed, probing for weaknesses, making feints, and attacking quickly and efficiently when they think they've an…

Yes, but - in a general sense - not to the extent that people in the 70s did. Star Wars is like The Beatles, Queen, Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons, Jurassic Park and similar genre-defining pieces of art: it had its original moment, and while it will always be respected and well-loved, no iteration of it will ever…

I think David Prowse signed on not appreciating that he was hired solely for his stature - he didn't realise he was always gonna be dubbed. I sincerely doubt Vader was ever not intended to have a deep, intimidating voice - they didn't hire Prowse thinking 'We'll see', they hired Prowse thinking 'this character is…

Ehhhh…. while it is a bit lame that Vader built 3PO in terms of making the story feel a bit smaler, it doesn't make the world less realistic when viewed in chronological order. Anakin builds 3P0; gives him to Padme; Padme takes him with her to confront Anakin; Obi-Wan and 3PO rendezvous with Padme's friend who…

I love this bit, but Austin's problems are really with the only part of the time travel plot that did make any sort of sense.

The most revealing thing about this comparison is how washed out, colour corrected, and blurry Crystal Skull looks. The older films look ridiculously better, especially the lighting, which is amazing in the originals and god-fuckin'-awful in Skull.

Yeah that was a lovely feeling - realising other people liked what you liked or knew - that doesn't really exist anymore. Everything's being discussed in depth, and pop culture is a lot more prone to making references. Hell, I remember back in the 1990s being thrilled when Star Wars was referenced in The Simpsons…

Vol-duh-morr,as in 'Morte', 'Mordor', 'Morlock'… I think it works really well. Somehow sounds a little more serious.

I don't get why anyone wouldn't want to take that as canon though. It's an interesting tidbit about Dumbledore's character (not because he's gay, but because of his likely encountering of prejudice - considering how racist and Victorian the wizards are in the 1990s, it's likely they weren't keen on gays when…

Here's all she said. Despite it being reported, she didn't say anything about Harry and Hermione ending up together.

Since the first couple of books were out and people started asking.