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(Last of the Time Lords being his weakest, and even then, I seem to have enjoyed it far more than most).

I didn’t like the big reset button.

Guess reviews are saying filler because they know it was a replacement script. It should stay self contained or the ending is undermimed. (“He’s right it should!” “It should yeah!” “I agree!”)

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For me, the good bits were diluted by the constant repetition when I realised that’s all the episode was going to be.

It was padding.

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Marooned it wasn’t.

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“Just the Comics”

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And I don?t quite know why the universe feels as fragile as it does.

Because it’s also a sit-com?

Fuck me – has THAT become canon?! (It?s Kill Crazy?s real name, for those who missed the Toaster piece. I had to Google to find out!)

That would be the interesting continuity outside of Grant Naylor living on the website. ;)

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Well, I think the official site could benefit from short fiction or more webstrips as a means for providing new material rather than long story arcs. It’d be nice to have some insight on elements in the show, like an unseen Canaries mission or Lister being pregnant but I wouldn’t want an entire Oswald Blenkinsop novel. Even though I would buy it because it was Red Dwarf.

There’s interesting continuity outside of Grant Naylor living on the website. Shame there isn’t, as far as I know, a Red Dwarf equivalent of Star Wars’ Holocron.

Certain near-canon exceptions to this, I suppose

Not sure what you mean with “near-canon” in that regard Mr. Ellard. You seem to be suggesting Buffy Season 8 doesn’t count because it isn’t a TV series. Not that I’ve read it, I just know it’s intended to follow on and Whedon has a hand in it.

Does Naylor have an opinion on Prelude to Nanarchy? …that you can tell us.

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My copy came this morning. More VCP, please. :D

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Are people including her appearance in Torchwood aswell?

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Has he tried going to Helsinki?

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http://www.vc-reviews.com/ is a good site for finding out what’s out where.

(And everyone knows Nintendo hates Europe)

It’s Tension Sheet: The Game Why didn’t the Dwarf site do that?

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Your eyes can deceive you. Don’t trust them.

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Then he can tell us what he really thinks of series VIII.

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He won’t care.

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It all depends on a certain point of view ;)

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He’s better in anything that isn’t Doctor Who

Official anyway.

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Is she… as good as me?

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He’s the awesome one with the moustache/goatee combo

And another one that doesn’t have enough facial hair.

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Saw it yesterday. I rather enjoyed it and, aside from a few bits, it appeared like it could have been made 15 years ago which was a rather nice touch. Shame that Speilberg couldn?t have had an active role in the Star Wars prequels and taught Lucas how to recapture the good ol? days rather than reinventing the wheel.

Well he did film that bit in Episode III.

Don?t think that the presence of Aliens was such a stretch for this series (after the ghosties in the Ark and the immortal knights in Crusade) but, yes, as Monkey says Hurt?s line about the Alien?s true origins was awful. How the hell does he know anyway?

Presumably told him when he looked into the eyes of the skull and went maaaaaaad … for an hour.

Also: “You threw a monkey in the sea?”

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I think LaBeouf comes across as likable in this too. And I’m not being sarcastic.

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I liked it, despite being two hours I actually came away feeling it was, of all things, too short. Thought the main villain was an obvious one too. Not the character, the set up. I’d kinda hoped the terrorist thing would have went on till the end with an all out, knock down, drag out, robotsuit brawl. It did show how the less popular comic heroes should be done, like Blade did.

Has there been backlash from the hardcore regular universe/616 fans on things like Jarvis? I’ve read that the Thor movie is going to be, or at least implied, to take place mostly in Asgard but I only want to see the Ultimate hippy/Jesus version :(

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By how much? ;) The thing is, with the same ideas, I think they could have been done better.

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Seems to have gotten mostly positive reviews. I’d link but some of these things have spoilers.

Edit: So has anyone else seen this yet? While for the most part I liked it and have issues with some parts (namely the finale), I can see why some have and will be calling foul on Lucas/Spielberg. It isn’t much like the other three and there is some CGI that was completely unnecessary. Ooh if that green screen in the trailer annoyed you… ho boy.

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Gah, I forgot all about it. How long will back issues live in a box?

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Not the series, just that episode.

It’s the combination of these over the top performances (with the last five minutes played straight) and references to how similar this is to what went before (Dickens, spiders) that just made it seem like you should have been embarrassed for having went along with those stories in the first place.

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No, no, these are NEW appendixes.

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I thought that one was pretty dull overall actually. Not sure I can place what it was though, it just seemed a bit… samey.

Ah (edit), I could compare it to the back end of “Espionage Escapes” (the first half wasn’t particular pleasant either but that’s another story) of Young Indiana Jones:

Having a whole ‘comedic’ episode, that changes the usual tone of the series, intended in the style Franz Kafka doesn’t make the fact it’s an episode about someone installing a phone interesting or funny.

This week’s episode was ultimately about a wasp who just wanted to be loved. And while the elements of the series were there it was done in a way that didn’t come across as self-mocking but laughed at you for having watched it.

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Someone; please enlighten me!

Google lolcats.

Don’t you need pictures for this?

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I bet he’s a woman that bloke. No, you think it’s the future but it’s actually set in the past. It’s not Earth. It’s all a dream. They’re all clones. He’s his own brother. Everyone’s a ghost.

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Brought back by the terraforming? How does that work?

Harkness: “#I love a lady with a happy atmosphere”

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I agree it was good, I disagree that it lost the point. I just think it had different, but equally valid, things to say.

Just some. For example in regards to the stereo and Mark Wahlberg’s character being in the know so the ending is ‘clean’.

And no duet from Damon and DiCaprio over the credits? Boo-urns. ;) Sing along!

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Jump Leads for one! Can do!

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Not all adaptations are bad. The Departed was a fine version of Infernal Affairs, I thought (even if some of the point was lost in the transition).

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Regarding the Doom debate, the ?darkness? of hearts being ripped out, Indy going bad, kids enslaved etc. all feels out of place in the middle of the comedy rollercoaster style of the rest of the movie.

I believe it was actually made the other way round, with the comedy inserted balance the dark.

I’ve read that the banquet scene was supposed to be a joke whereby the Thuggee feed them what ignorant foreigners expect from an Indian. If it was, the execution on screen’s too subtle to the point of not being there, but it’s not that hard to assume they’re all supposed to be members of the cult.

The screenplay has Jones pointing out “Even if they were trying to scare us away, a devout Hindu would never touch meat.”

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Which one’s Nick Frost again?

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But?why me?

I heard you liked greenscreen so… yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my-mnBbCI7g (ToD) Fair use? Really?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od38l7Kvikg

Trailer 3. More the same for the most part though.

And just for the Ellard http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?t=14191 >:D

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I just rolled my eyes and said Atreyu did the scene better than that. If that counts.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsGaB52hfjc

Second trailer for those that don’t want to navigate Flash

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Marc Wootton got paid for that.

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Twah.

I wonder if he gets his powers from eating the brains of other magicians.

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Why aren’t They allowed to use United Nations anymore?

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Are we talking jape of the decade? :P

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I once sat There while someone said she’d vote for the BNP IF they changed their name and policies.

Actually this reminds me, I’ve also seen a link to a white supremacist forum telling people how they should pretend to agree with those against them. Was a while ago, wish I could find the post, if only to be more specific.

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I liked the episode, just didn’t really like the opening and cliffhanger for having stupid moments from people who should know better – to smash a window and the… journalist was she? who should have decided to walk home – and the acting from those two soldiers before they got hypnotised.

Don’t know how but I’d like to see that 18 year old genius as a recurring villain.

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There’s got to be a TARDIS in there somewhere.

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I prefer Extras to The Office…

Why do you find him not funny anymore, Mr. Ellard? Is it because he plays the same character in everything?

I’m never sure what I think of the man. I do wonder when his whole irony schtick with his celebrity or controversy will leave people wondering if that’s what he actually thinks.

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Father Eugene O?Hagan, 48, his brother Martin, 45, and their old school friend David Delargy, 4

Too obvious?

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