That may be one of the most terrifying posts I've read on here.

I think people tend to forget the really terrible shows and instead vote for things that should have been good but weren't. At least, that's my explanation for why Helix isn't on this list.

Telegraph Avenue was—jesus, it was terrible.

I am really very angry about this, and also utterly "WTF?", and then there's the part of my brain that insists on wasting precious energy trying to work out how such a thing would even be physically possible. Because I'm pretty sure it isn't.

Well, that shit certainly needs fucking. A lot.

You all seem united in your dislike of Mysteries - what did I miss? I mean, it wasn't earth-shattering, but I found it a pleasant enough read.

I liked The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, but totally agree with @CommunistDotter:disqus that Kavalier and Clay is his best (of the ones I've read). Wonder Boys is also great, as is Gentlemen of the Road. The Yiddish Policemen's Union went right over my head, and I've had his latest sitting on the pile staring at me…

Hannibal in 'actually nominated for something' shock! I may have to go for a little lie-down.

But doesn't a lot of early sci-fi feel naive? It was written in the early 1950s, after all.

Well, spoilerphobe that I am, I'd seen the trailer and heard that it was great, but beyond that knew nothing about the movie, and that scene really stayed with me as one of its great moments. Maybe it's been talked to death in certain circles, but coming to it cold, it's brilliant.

I should be past caring about this, but GODDAMNIT, people.

Exactly. I spent the entire back half of the season waiting for the "actually, it's all just a psychological experiment" twist, because there was simply no way the scenario as presented could possibly work, and I couldn't imagine we were supposed to believe it would.

I've read The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, which are very different both from The Book of Strange New Things and from each other - The Crimson Petal and the White is a fairly gritty historic novel, while Under the Skin is maybe even stranger in concept than TBOSNS. They're both great though.

Build it! You know you want to!

You really should. It's excellent.

A $25 minimum is utterly nuts, and really very rude towards any employees who maybe aren't rolling in dosh.

I finished The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber. It's a tiny bit unsatisfying in that it leaves one or two things unresolved, but other than that I loved it. It's essentially, I think, a book about empathy, how we understand others and how far that's really just based on our own ideas about them. It's also…

Sorry to hear that, dude.

Eh? How did David Cameron get a pass? Even if he weren't evil, having a smug shiny bumface like that is reason enough. Plus, he is evil.

Going by the photos, I can't see the issue with most of these either. Even Stephen Amell's wig in Arrow doesn't look so terrible in that picture. But when you actually see the thing in action, it's unmistakably a lifeless hank of polyester that reeks of wet carpet and glue.