On its own, Gotham is not a bad show. It's got all the setup: corrupt police force, hardworking honest detective with questionable girlfriend, three cute young teens or preteens that we can root for; over the top campy villains, and one not at all over the top bad guy there to remind us of the thin line between good and evil and how many things end ( Read more... )

So. Some thoughts typed out over the past few days after I finally managed to see the entire film.

( Spoilery: cut for those of you that haven't seen it yet. Also, long. )

Rebooting Buffy is a bad, bad idea.

Yes, yes, I know, all kinds of remakes and reboots are crawling to the screen these days. Some of these are even good. Most are not.

This is a spectacularly bad idea.

Not just because Joss Whedon is not going to be involved -- and we all saw what happened to Buffy the last time he stepped back. (Season six. I ( Read more... )

(Note: I'm starting this with a spoiler-free discussion; possible spoilers for Inception, The Prestige and The Dark Knight may appear in the comments.)

Christopher Nolan is rapidly turning into one of those directors that I admire, but don't and can't love - primarily because I don't and seemingly can't get into his lead characters, and often find ( Read more... )

Various and sundry items of the day:

1. The latest Oz post, about The Gnome King of Oz, up here. Just a couple more weeks before we get to the really good, or really intriguing, or both, Thompson Oz books.

2. And Shadows on the Reef finally continues here.

3. And the in not-about-me and stuff-I-should-have noticed-years-ago categories: Batman ( Read more... )

We don't get ABC here (which, incidentally, is why you only get my Lost commentary on Thursdays or Fridays) and ABC failed to provide live streaming video of the Oscars, so I missed the live Oscar broadcast ( Read more... )

OK. I gave all of you a few days to see this film. (Translation: I actually waited myself so I could see it in IMAX, but I'm trying to pretend I'm being nice here.)

Now it's time to discuss. ( Major, major spoilers. If you haven't seen the film, I strongly suggest not clicking - one strength of this film is its twists. )

Scientific American says Batman could exist...for like, two years, tops.This is why, seriously, mutation is easier, even if Batman gets all the money. Though I still think his greatest flaw is not so much that he can only be on top for a couple years (if you believe Scientific American, and we probably should) but that he keeps freaking telling ( Read more... )

The Dark Knight.

Thanks to a number of you for this clip.