Game of Thrones. Season 3, Episode 5: "Kissed By Fire"

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This is possibly the only show I watch without skipping the opening credits. That's why I get to notice new stuff.

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Like this.

Doctor Who. Series 7, Episode 10: "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"

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Although the Doctor and his trusty TARDIS can move through both space and time, I personally prefer the Doctor Who stories which take place in space rather than time. Which means I'd prefer spacemen over Roman centurions any day.

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Even three black spacemen. Because I'm not racist.

Elementary. Episode 20: "Dead Man's Switch"

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Charles Augustus Milverton: a name that fans of the canon would recognize immediately.

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I don't remember if Sherlock's ambidexterity is also in the canon.

Iron Man 3, or How to Bleed a Franchise Dry

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*PISS OFF IF YOU HATE SPOILERS*

Through this movie, I shall be teaching you "How to Bleed a Franchise Dry".

1. First, let everyone know that the studio owns the brand, not the actors. Any actor is basically expendable. And yes, I still have hang-ups over Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard.

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Yeah, just stay in that armor, so I can imagine it's still Terrence Howard.

Game of Thrones. Season 3, Episode 4: "And Now His Watch Is Ended"

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Some viewers have observed that Season 3 of Game of Thrones seems to have started quite slow. That is not the show's weakness, really, but its strength – an entire season actually has one complete narrative arc.

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Yes, I am strangely attracted to Bran Stark. What.

Doctor Who. Series 7, Episode 9: "Hide"

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This is the second Doctor Who episode in a row where the story is grounded in the real world. In the previous episode, it was a Cold War submarine. In this episode, it's a decade earlier in 1974, in some haunted house.

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Yup, looks like a ghost to me.

The Little Matrix Corner Movie Called The Adjustment Bureau

I can remember when "love" sucked for Neo and Trinity...

Reloaded: Neo returning the favor in high, transcendental fashion.

...and when it didn't ─ and worked!

Being the man that I am, I tear up only when Keanu cries like a kid.

Hey, Joe! What Next?

By far the best Joe movie is an anime ─ G.I. Joe: Resolute. And that is not surprising. Anime versions tend to explore the more adult-bent, while live-action Hollywood is more on securing a larger, family-friendly fan base. That, and because cartoons are far easier produced and distributed.

Evidently, while The Rise of Cobra more than successfully stirred some old and dormant Yo Joe! energies, the sequel Retaliation managed to bring it all down by relying on bad-school sequel-for-the-trilogy-in-waiting tactics.

While all these were going on, the Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow story arc seemed to be keeping them all in place. (I remember my first of only two Joe action figures back in the day. Guess who? He had a companion white dog Timber here, and it was the best issue my mum's money and my constant prodding and crying could buy. It kinda broke easily in the end. *Sniff* The second toy doll was Salvo. He mostly resembled Roadblock in Retaliation. Except that Salvo was white.) My only guess as to why the ninjas prefigured in all these is the same as when I was a kid ─ they are wildly interesting.

But Snake Eyes was not in the same light as he is in now. In the animated series, he was mostly in the background. And him being mute added to his place among the other Joes. However, the franchise has grown, and capitalizing on its strengths is but a natural course of action. How this "capitalizing" was carried out is a mixed bag.

A mixed bag of nuts. Like these guys.

Game of Thrones. Season 3, Episode 3: "Walk of Punishment"

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Does anyone know why Tobias Menzies is suddenly making a comeback? He was also in the most recent Doctor Who episode. Good job, Tobias Menzies's agent!

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"I play bumbling idiots quite well."

Adventure Time with the E-Heads God*

*Updated and with slight revisions. First seen on Da Couch Tomato's Facebook homepage.



The E-heads God came to me via a dream just recently, and I am scurrying to remember and get on point and give justice. It's really not the Eraserheads "God" per se, but really more of its "spirit". I just thought it sounds better.

(Okay sleepyheads, let's get those steam punk rising!)

The words were clear, but the meaning, still swimming in the ether: "Gusto ko lang sanang 'ma-isabatas' ('Yung mga kanta? Ideya?)...", sabi ni Ely. Ito na yata 'yung pinakamagandang kalidad ng boses na narinig ko mula sa kanya, na nagsasalita, hindi kumakanta. This is probably the best quality of voice I heard from Ely. And rightly so, because this was the "dream" Ely – the best anyone can ever be. The E-heads God strictly reminded me also to smack the daylights out of the many pretentious fanatics they have incurred over the years. (I am quite sure it meant that literally – because it wouldn't be the "E-heads God" if it didn't.)

Why would The God tell me this? Right?

Doctor Who. Series 7, Episode 8: "Cold War"

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Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones, shows us his sea worth (See what I did there?) once more – in a submarine not unlike K-19. Tobias Menzies (Brutus from Rome) and David Warner (Lovejoy from Titanic) are here as well.

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JENNA: It'd be cool to be on Game of Thrones, wouldn't it, Matt?
MATT: You'd have to strip naked and kiss Peter Dinklage, Jenna.

Game of Thrones. Season 3, Episode 2: "Dark Wings, Dark Words"

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Bran Stark is growing up to be quite the handsome young man. And then we find out he’s a warg.

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His voice has also grown bigger.

Doctor Who. Series 7, Episode 7: "The Rings of Akhaten"

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Maybe it’s just me, but I get the feeling that the villains of Doctor Who are starting to feel the same. In this Neil Cross episode, it’s a god-slash-monster, a giant, alien fireball (okay, “star”) where the rings of Akhaten orbit. This alien-slash-parasite feeds on – drumroll – memories. Or stories. Or souls. They’re basically one and the same thing, says the Doctor.

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Those scars and Wolverine's claw marks are one and the same thing.

Elementary. Episode 19: "Snow Angels"

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There's a new character on the show, although isn't this a bit late, with five episodes left in the season?

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Even the snowplow driver Pam looks like she wants in as a regular cast member.

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere (BBC Radio 4)

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Not the actual BBC Radio 4 logo, but bloody brilliant design.

If you think radio plays are for the lower class, think again. The BBC has proven that radio plays are far from dead, and is possibly the only non-musical auditory art form. I think.

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Who's the guy at the back who looks like a wrestler/Guy Fawkes mask?

Game of Thrones. Season 3, Episode 1: "Valar Dohaeris"

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I missed Game of Thrones.

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Q: Why does Jon Snow look fat and healthy despite his ordeal?
A: Because Kit Harington had a great vacation, and he has no other projects. 

Doctor Who. Series 7, Episode 6: "The Bells of Saint John"

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In the last episode of Doctor Who, we saw the debut of the new opening credits, new TARDIS interior, and new companion.

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"Doctor who?"

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Literary Icons: Isagani A. Cruz

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Some of you might be thinking, "It looks like Sting Lacson has confused the late Isagani A. Cruz, Supreme Court Justice, with Isagani R. Cruz the writer. The deceased Justice isn't a literary icon."