@Barnable — Nope- still cant make it thru any of those tunes either
Its all too sing-song-sang-twang-a-lang and makes me cringe music and tempts
me to want to do goofy undignified inappropriate behaviors even in public places.
Oddly that reminds me of this tune somehow cause of maybe the title…[Read more]

@Barnable

Sorry you aren’t enjoying it as much. Nice to get an alternative view though which may at least warn people. I think it has really different intentions to what some were expecting. When you wrote:

I think they should be trying to put a Scooby Gang together with Cat, Bruce, and Ivy, which could be fun to watch.

Isn’t that like a jun…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

I hate to say it, but I’ve always kind of liked the Constantine movie.

You’re dead to me. Dead. 😉

I just can’t get on with Keanu, even in films I actually like (The Matrix for example). The exceptions are the Bill and Ted movies, in which I think he actually puts in a credible performance. Maybe as himself, but still a perfo…[Read more]

In some excellent reporting from the 72nd Sci-fi Convention in London, @bluesqueakpip conveyed the troubling news that DC may be rushing it in adaptations for the big and small screens. I personally found this concerning because I’ve always found the DC stable a bit more engaging than Marvel, who are currently everywhere. On the small screen I…[Read more]

@barnable—

I’d echo @phaseshift in imploring you to give Angel a go. As @phase says, it’s about the challenges of what you face when you’ve become an adult, and that in itself makes it a darker show. But its definitely great to see where they take Wesley’s character, as well as Angel’s. Not to mention Cordelia’s. I think in the end it is the…[Read more]

@Barnable

Just on Angel, I’d say it may be worth giving it a go in the future. I can understand the reservations about the Angel character, but it’s fascinating to see how the character changes when he’s removed from the parent show. His occasional guest spots on Buffy don’t do the transition justice.

I’d also say that as an adult watcher o…[Read more]

@ichabod  @Barnable  You have hit on something that I have wondered about as well. How much of the dream do any of the dreamers remember? They are all slightly disoriented upon first waking. “Sexy” seems startled to find herself in a wheelchair; Shona reaches for her to-do list and immediately checks off “Forgive Dave”. The Doctor awakens o…[Read more]

@spider     Regarding the trailer, I don’t remember seeing those visuals, but the spoken lines come from Into the Dalek.

@ichabod   Spending time on this forum will definitely change your day. Witness the following:

@Barnable   Mostly Santa dreams he is as cool as the Doctor.  and    I can understand not wanting to think about Santa being i…[Read more]

@Barnable, you are amazing.  Well played.  (in re Dark Santa, assisted suicide, etc.)

@nerys @Barnable

Also, Professor Albert said it was just an innocent gesture?

History is littered with men who think there gestures “innocent”. It is never innocent to place an uninvited hand on a knee (or any other party of the anatomy) especially when in a position of authority.

(There is nothing in the writing to suggest a relationship between…[Read more]

@Barnable — I certainly *hope* the D and Clara remember their dreams when we rejoin them next August; otherwise, they might not still be traveling together, since one of the things they will have forgotten is reversing the Cafe of Mutual Lies, so they’d still have to re-create their resolution of that and reconnection for joint travel.  This got…[Read more]

@barnable — @lisa and all — Santa giving a Christmas present of a sort if assisted suicide — My God, I *love* you guys!  I don’t know whether to laugh my self sick, or go jump off the roof.  In any case, I am finding the idea of Santa giving everybody what they want via dream crabs irresistible.  But the professor is a problem: if you were gi…[Read more]

I love the suggestion as made by @DrBen and @Nerys that Santa orchestrated the entire thing to get Clara back where she needs to be, in the Tardis. However I think it is important to remember that the interpretation of the significance of the Tangerine at the end is open. I am happy to choose the “Santa saves the day” option but those who prefer a…[Read more]

@barnable — oh, boy, *fantastic*!  The Obscuritones!  How’s *that* for a choir!

@barnable  #37054   Drat!  I meant “Los Oscuritantes”, lost a syllable.  But we can just go right ahead and have a schism right now, why wait?  The Oscuritantes will go one way, the Oscurantes another, and then they can have a war about how to spell themselves.

@janetteB and @Barnable – Well good grief I relent so ok jelly baby crumbs can be a thing!
Boy you guys can be tough-a-geddon! 🙂 [just worried that if they crumble into
baby crumbs that they might start screaming about it from their little bitty jelly
baby mouths?] 🙁

@barnable — Well, yeah, I have a time machine, but like everyone’s it only goes in one direction and skips forward and back only happen in dreams . . . so far, anyway.  I’m definitely a rogue *something*, but draw the line at the los Oscurantes — after all, what they are about is not hiding in “obscurity”, but making sure that everything is…[Read more]

Loving all the Buffy chat, boozy and otherwise! 😉

Haven’t watched it recently enough to join in, but I may be tempted. (@Barnable – agree with @JimtheFsh that Angel is well worth catching. I lost it after the first 2 series, mainly cos they kept messing around with its scheduling, but lots of good ideas developed in it)

And delighted that…[Read more]

@purofilion — yes, I found Imitation Game underwhelming too. Cabbagepatch great as usual (but once again just channelling Sherlock) but it really was just biopic by numbers. I am very much looking forward to seeing Birdman.

With regards to Buffy, yeah, I think they brought in Wes because Giles had just become too cool for the more Watcher-ey…[Read more]

@purofilion — Enemies is one of my favourite Buffy episodes and I think the Mayor/Faith double act is just one of the great villainous teams of all time. Harry Groener is just great in this and his homespun, gleeful evil is just a terrific performance. And Faith too is a great character — but spoilerage prevents me from waxing too lyrical about…[Read more]