(brrrr) It would be fascinating. Have you noticed how few non-fluff books on the subject have been written since he died? Only two "legit" biographies I'm aware of, neither of which received great reviews. And even though both books discredit the accusations leveled against Jackson, his fanbase hates them anyway…

The good news is that ESPN's on-demand outlet is currently offering "June 17, 1994" — look up this new documentary, and you'll find it's already up as a bonus show.

ESPN is offering "June 17, 1994" via cable on-demand services as a tie-in to this new show — I'm watching it right now!

Thanks for the heads-up so I can set my DVR — it sounds even better than I'd already heard it was with that extra-wide, socio-political approach to the subject. This is the sort of documentary I would love to see made about Michael Jackson's life, but which we will probably never see in our lifetimes.

Oh, "Beast" was great — probably the best of the YA fairy tale novels I've read, back from before they were a genre to themselves. I'm also big on the Datlow-Windling short story anthologies that started with "Snow White, Blood Red", which are for adults, but they also edited some middle-grade/YA ones that are easily…

Actually, "Belle's Magical World" and "Cinderella II: Dreams Come True", two of the worst-regarded DTV films, were born from the ashes of TV series — the former "interquel" stories, the latter sequel stories. They got far enough into production to have finished episodes, but then were given up on and the finished…

An excellent retrospective, this (and yes, "Wish Upon a Starfish" was the standout episode). I was 11 when the movie came out, so I fit that demographic mentioned at the top.

"Dark Shadows" is a near-miss for me, but it's a fascinating near-miss. Much more interesting than "Alice in Wonderland".

An excellent video. I haven't seen "Big Eyes" yet and I never saw his "Planet of the Apes" remake, but I do think Burton's last great film was "Sweeney Todd", which seems to be really overlooked now. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" I loved at the time, but in hindsight it's one of those adaptations that, like…

Exactly!

I'm just resigned to it myself; I probably will not see it in a theater but maybe it will make good background noise on cable in a few years.

I still don't get the point of this one. I was a teen when the animated feature was released, and it's still my favorite Disney movie. What's really being added to the show except an extra half-hour and a few new songs that won't touch the originals since Howard Ashman is gone and can't provide lyrics? The stage…

Yeah, I was thinking it can't be that bad as everyone who saw the teaser before me said it was…nope, I actually laughed at it.

Ah, what a shame; the licensed books that actually put some effort into the art are the best ones. The "Doctor Who" one is quite pretty (not surprised they're doing a second one of those soon), and I found a really well-drawn/traced Cirque du Soleil one a while back that, alas, suffered for thin paper and images on…

It is interesting to ponder what makes some sci-fi/fantasy shows thrive better in the rerun market than others. The "Doctor Who" revival is continuity-heavy but doesn't tie down its episodes too tightly to the seasonal arcs most of the time, so it feels more like threat-of-the-week stuff. BBC America is pretty…

Don't forget the Michael Jackson tribute that's being done solely to push the latest reissue of "Off the Wall". Is Jackson's estate now demanding that any time some other musician is being paid tribute to, they have to do a mandatory Jackson tribute as well?

And when does The Twelfth Doctor show up? As a "Doctor Who" fan I'm getting a bit of a "Heaven Sent" vibe from all this, though you know and I know this can't be near so good as that, though it will probably move more merchandise at Hot Topic.

On the one hand, bummer that we only get a Christmas show this year because I am loving the Twelfth Doctor's tenure for all its ups and downs, but if Moffat and co. use the extra time wisely it could be well worth the wait, given how good Series 9 was.

Clara is definitely easier to take in Series 9. For me, a key flaw of Series 8 was often focusing too much on her side of the stories, which became especially problematic with regards to her relationships with the Doctor and Danny — trying to have her cake and eat it too, and treating both men pretty badly as a…

Yeah, about the Animated Feature category — three of the nominees didn't get wide releases and the "Shaun the Sheep" movie just came and went. "Inside Out" was the only major studio release of the five. It's admirable that this category is so open to foreign/small studio efforts, but this pretty much makes "Inside…