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Basically, Moore was accused of plagiarism by some Hollywood scriptwriter, who claimed he'd written a very similar screenplay. Nothing really came of it in the long run, but Moore was furious. And I could have done with some quotes, I guess - I just didn't want to go overboard with quotes, because when I start quoting Alan Moore, it's very tempting to just continue doing so for three thousand words. Plus, one of the interviews where I got some of my Moore Facts (DOB etc), I didn't want to then quote, in case it seemed too much like plagiarism. Probably just me being over-cautious. And Yoda, yes, you actually did - nicely done. Not many people get it right first time.

Ha, thanks - I know you noticed, cause you were nice enough to pimp it in the show. Which was appreciated, incidentally.

Did anybody even notice it was there? I'm trying something new here, and I'm slowly trying to make E2 more of a priority for me. But that's going to be difficult if I don't feel anybody is even reading the pieces. So yeah, did people read this? Like it? Hate it? Notice huge amounts of errors in it? Come on, guys, feedback ain't just for the audio stuff.

We're thinking our next one will be all-Star Trek or all-zombie, but an all-ghost episode isn't out of the question. Suggestion for what we should cover in an all-ghost show? Well, I could do a review of Kuon for the PS2, or another retrospective on horror gaming. There are about a million animes and movies we could touch on. Comics are the only thing that I have a hard time thinking of something ghost-wise for. Boston Brand (aka Deadman). Or, in a slightly different, and better way - HellBlazer

You seem to be confusing 'strong female role' with 'flawless Goddess role'. They're different things. A strong female role would be a character that has depth, like Buffy, Willow, River, etc - which Whedon has proved, repeatedly, that he can do. A junkie can be a strong female role. A person tortured by glimpses of their own mortality can be a strong female role. A women becoming what they hate, and doing things that they regret can be a strong female role. You have distaste for what some of the characters did, but how you can deny that it was strongly written is beyond me. Especially when you prefer the weaker early seasons over the stronger later seasons. (Incidentally, my Buffy low-points are seasons 4-5. Great single episodes, crappy seasons.)

Coincidentally, I believe that 'Exercise in Filth' was one of their movies. Quite good too...

I'm fine with the music, and it was a good show - I've finally joined the 21st century, and gotten an MP3 player, so I can listen on the go at long last. DW - good segment, but the name of your segment could also be GGG, which is also the name of a German Porn company, which specialises in Bukakke, which means that I found it highly amusing. Erm....not that I've watched any....

Don't stress too much, guys - so far, they're all stand alone episodes, and you can still easily catch up. Third episode is one of the highlights of the season, based around Simon Callow as Charles Dickens. It was written by one of the 'League of Gentlemen', if that means anything to Americans.

So, did anybody watch this?

Saw it today. Loved it. Should be a column done about it by the end of play tomorrow.

Yes, because of all those shows he's written where there have been strong female leads, like Angel...oh. No, like Serenity...Oh. No, wait, like Firefl...oh. How the hell does that PROVE that he can't write strong female leads anymore? While you may not have liked season 6, a lot of people thought that it was their favourite season, primarily because of Willow...who was a strong female character. What Whedon generally excels at is writing groups, which is my main concern about the new Wonder Woman, but to suggest that all his female characters have been so bad is just asinine. And Max, I think that Joss' character is just to hype himself up to be funny half the time. I rarely take much of what he says in interviews seriously.

I hated 28 Coffees Later, and I really doubt that I'll like this. 'They're not zombies! They're rage! It's an allegory!' Oh, FUCK OFF.

Picked up (and watched) House Volume 1 last week. I've only started following it from Series 2, so that was fantastic.

Wow, I must have missed River being one of the best strong female characters in quite some time. Not to mention the rest of the female half of the 'Firefly' cast. Not to mention his work in X-Men. But yeah, people really didn't like that season six of Buffy, did they? Whereas others feel it's the high point of either vamp show.

Told you it was easy.

Keeping it with The Simpsons, let's go nice and easy. What is the significance of the stars who did cameos in 'The Itchy and Scratchy Movie'?

I just nearly got in trouble through laughing at work over these two paragraphs of Alan Moore taking the piss out of Eddie Campbell. I nicked this from The Engine. From here: http://www.geocities.com/magicofalanmoore/simmoore/one.html Well, I can’t in all honesty claim to be surprised by the incessant complaints of this embittered transportee. This kind of craven back-stabbing is, of course, only to be expected of a clan that sided with the English during the Highland clearances and slaughtered the McGregors in their beds. Do you know, there’s a hotel situated at the top of Glencoe where to this day they have a sign on the lounge door that reads "No dogs or Campbells"? And this isn’t just me saying bad things about Eddie: this is the deep and resonant bass voice of History itself saying bad things about Eddie. On the matter of what has been viewed in some quarters as an untoward wordiness in my panel descriptions, might I draw your attention to the final volume of From Hell, specifically to page two, panel five of our epilogue, The Old Men On The Shore. In the script description for this panel I unfortunately allowed myself a moment of laxity and omitted the words "INSPECTOR ABBERLINE’S HEAD IS STILL ON HIS SHOULDERS DURING THIS PANEL. IT HAS NOT RETREATED TORTOISE-LIKE INTO HIS NECK, NOR HAS IT IN SOME FASHION MANAGED TO REFRACT LIGHT AROUND IT LIKE A KLINGON SPACESHIP SO THAT THE INSPECTOR RESEMBLES SOMETHING OUT OF MAGRITTE WITH HIS BOWLER FLOATING THERE SUSPENDED ABOVE THE EMPTY COLLAR OF HIS COAT." Last time I’ll make that mistake, obviously.

And I just have. Threw me, because one's audience participation, the other isn't. 'Break on Through to the other side' I remembered because of the two awesome moments, one after the other. 'YEEEEEEAAAAHHHH' '.....what was I on?'

I know one of them - 'Mount Splashmore'. I'll remember the other.

If that's the case, Doctor Who is fine to be here - although it's not as obvious in the newest series one, space travel is a huge part of it. Although time travel is the most important part...so maybe it shouldn't be. I'd argue against Futurama being included, but I'd argue for Red Dwarf. From what you have there, if Doctor Who is excluded, I'd vote for Firefly, but I'd expect Babylon 5 to pick up the win.

If it wasn't for two things (A - the almost twenty year break, and B - the lack of acceptance in America, partially because of the almost twenty year break), it would be Doctor Who in a WALK. It's the oldest Sci-Fi series still going. The concept is astonishingly simple (wise space/time traveller rights wrongs), and incredibly elaborate, without ever losing the audience. Each storyline is self-contained, and almost always easy to follow. By seeing it all from the point of view of the companions (in the better stories), it never leaves the audience too far behind. Astonishing, historical, often brilliant series. Star Trek comes close.

So, have, like, any of you ex-colonials actually got round to watching this? EDIT: Okay, so Yoda meant THIS friday, not last Friday. Go watch it. Bad wolf. Bad Wolf. Bad Wolf.

This is exactly the right answer.

Don't be - his season was a thing of glory, and his successor is even better.

When you're watching, bear in mind that there are a couple of mis-steps in the first episode - the belching bin is cringeworthy. It's a reintroduction to the character, rather than a great story in its own right. The second episode is a big step up, and the third episode is spectacularly good. You know Chris Eccleston, the guy playing The Doctor, right? He's in one of your favourite films after all, Yoda...