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I think that's true of a lot of movies. There are plenty of classics that are really only classic because of a particular conjunction of the right cast with the right script at the right time. Change just one of those aspects and the classic loses its appeal. And too often movie producers fail...

Well that's an encouraging sign. On a list of 24 movies there are a grand total of 2 that I don't immediately recognise as sequels, reboots or part of a franchise. Those are Ready Player One and Rampage. Please tell me that these are indeed "new" movies.

You're right of course. There are probably some (shortish) stories that can be done well in a 2 hour movie format but certainly anything that is trying to do justice to a full novel (or series of novels) can't be done properly in such a short timeframe. I remember watching the Harry Potter...

It wasn't complete crap. The cast was excellent. But it's impossible to do justice to that much material in a 2 hour movie.

I remember making a comment a few years ago about how all of these police procedurals were effectively the same show with just one unique twist. They're so similar that you could write a basic script and then, without much effort, adapt it to whichever show you wanted. In fact, it would be...

Need to use the same technique they used to resurrect Peter Cushing for Rogue One and have Peter Sellers reprise his role.

Yeah. I was honestly waiting for the Ice Warriors to start breaking out of their tombs and surprised when it didn't happen. That annoyed me too. I'm not sure enough of history to know whether or not the British army of the time had black soldiers but even in the unlikely event they did I doubt...

That's absolutely brilliant. And the best bet is that Shatner was able to play Kirk exactly as he did in the movies and let the scenario turn the performance into a parody.

Interesting. My favourite appearance has always been in The Curse of Peladon when they turned out to not be the villains. It was an unexpected twist that was unfortunately reversed in their next appearance. Looks like the latest episode has set them on the path to galactic citizenship.

Probably the episode I've enjoyed the most so far this season. Not really sure why. Maybe because it was just a simple, uncomplicated story. And I'm quite proud of the fact that when the Doctor sent out the signal at the end, my first comment was "I bet its answered by Alpha Centauri". It's...

She'll be able to form a minority government. From a small majority to 8 seats less than needed to claim a win in their own right. The election couldn't be considered anything less than a disaster by the Conservative party. Jeremy, on the other hand, has gone from someone who was completely...

Looking at the election results I don't think it's going to matter one way or another whether shes a good or bad PM. The chance of her retaining leadership after throwing away a majority in an election that wasn't needed would seem to be fairly slim.

Most of the good sci-fi writers have been able to extropolate from existing technology but where they tend to miss out is things that aren't obvious. So you get things like space stations in Arthur C. Clarke's work but people still doing calculations using slide rules because computers were...

I think that statement is an insult to twats everywhere.

I don't know what it is but this season really isn't doing much for me. And my kids seem more confused by the three-parter than anything else.

Well by this point I think we've just about seen all of it. But given that they keep making announcements about other films in their "Dark Universe" I guess they really need this to be successful. Everyone wants to copy the Marvel Universe but no one wants to take their time and build it up...

There's only one Christmas movie that should be shown every year as a family tradition. And it should be shown exactly as is - no "clean" version.

I struggled a bit with A Casual Vacancy as takes a good while to really get the storylines intertwined. But I was hooked from the first chapter of The Cuckoo's Calling.

You really should give them a try. They're pretty good. Although they depend on your level of interest in the different genres. They are quite different from the Harry Potter fantasy world.

Sounds like DC have finally cracked a winning formula. Something that pleases both the fans and the critics.