Despite being one of the classic monster types, mummies just plain aren't that scary.* They lack the romance of vampires, the inexorable overwhelming horde-ness of zombies, the confrontation with the monster within element that makes werewolves so interesting - and the conversion horror of any of these. They're slow, solitary, kinda racist, and ( Read more... )

Invisibility is one of those things that seem like it would be super useful, but in practice just...really not so much. Well, not quite. Invisibility is always narratively useful, even if practically it's not something you'd want all the time ( Read more... )

What I'm calling the Wally creature is the monster in the episode "Listen." Except that there is no monster in the episode "Listen." Or is there?Um, yeah. That's pretty much why I like it. What can I say ( Read more... )

Spoons are inherently a little ridiculous. Take the word itself. Spoon. Spooooooon. "Spoony" once meant something a bit like silly. The Tick's battle-cry is "Spoon!" Even the German word is silly - Lueffel. I have a deep love of spoons. I have a bad habit of collecting/acquiring small plastic spoons. I make a point of carrying several ( Read more... )

The Gigantosauress is what I'm calling the giant dinosaur from "Deep Breath" - literally 'gigantic lizard lady.' Because that's what she is. Seriously she's huge. Some unattested species of Theropod from the Silurian era - or rather, from the era of the Silurians, which, as has been discussed elsewhere, is very much a different thing. ( Read more... )