Aqua Troopers were first ever covered in an old West End Games Star Wars adventure "The Battle for the Golden Sun". So they've been around about as long as the Expanded Universe has.

Unfortunately Karen Traviss' work was so full of fanboyism that by the end of her run with them the Mandalorians were such total Gary Stus that they really needed to be reworked.

That's the best thing about the Clone Wars, they keep on going back to the well, and using old concept art and maquettes for new things in the show - so all those designs that never made it to the movie have life somewhere.

To be fair on the series, the characters who are sent into the killing fields are all professionally prettied up before they go in, to make better TV.

I felt the same way, but there had to be a bit of a lull after the storm of Changes. I feel that Changes - Ghost Story - NextbookIdon'tknowthetitleof will form a little trilogy in the middle of the series, then we'll get a new status quo (new car, new office, out from under Mab) and more of the old investigative story…

Not really true. She's not pretty from Katniss' point of view, which is all we get, but she's certainly pretty enough to be popular in the pre-games media circus - so is likely prettier than Katniss thinks.

District 12 are our heroes, so we get to know their full names. As the story is told from Katniss' point of view, and she never bothers learning a lot of the other names, she often only gets thier first or last names and only for those who survive long enough to matter. Some of the, like Foxface, she never knows their…

I was thinking Sinestro Corps, rather than the Sinestro Corps War in particular. Just lots of Yellow Lanterns vs lots of Green Lanterns in a galaxy wide fight.

It could have just been a trial thing. a "Does this work?" moment.

Yep, the BBC had full frontal nudity before US network television had even shown a breast.

Sprite and seven up are considered lemonade over here. Lemonade is a carbonated lemon flavoured drink in the UK and Australia, not a still lemon drink.

It's much more likely they're editing in the UK for product placement. The rules for that here are a lot more restrictive about that sort of thing, especially if the BBC has funded part of it. Sex and violence are both perfectly fine after 9pm.

You assume that someone has an ipod to play the music on or a computer to load itunes on to. So the comparison is valid. It's the release of a digital version of previously non-digital entertainment, which requires at least a computer but more likely a portable digital media device to enjoy.

I think it's more that the Hobbit is a fundamentally different kind of story to Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit is a children's fantasy so a more fantastical look fits more the Rings' mythical history.

The Postman was one of only two movies ever that the ticket seller at the cinema asked me "Are you really sure?" when I asked for a ticket.

I have to say, that Harry Potter finale trailer is pretty bloody good.

Isn't that Zombies?

Not sure if those are definitely the new looks, I would have expected Iron Man to have the triangular chest piece from IM2.

But as Robb well knows, it's not about being the biggest badass with a sword. Jaime lost to Robb because Robb was the superior tactition, who cares how good with a blade he is?

That's gonna keep me amused all day.