Oh, and I just got to the Elon Musk quote.
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"To hardship, through the stars" does sound like a good motto for Chief O'Brien, though.

I think Erimem works best when she gets to be a leader, which she doesn't do often enough because it's hard to work into a story with the Doctor in it. They manage it best in Church & Crown and Council of Nicea, out of the ones I've listened to.

That would be my pick too! Partly because (along with Natural History, kind of) it's the only one that actually creates the level of weirdness implied by Zagreus. It's hard to sustain that for a whole arc; I'm shocked they thought they could keep it up for *8 seasons.*

Ooh, which one? I can think of a couple candidates...

I love the movie, but it does focus on the creature's gentleness more than the book does. And removes all of his more heinous actions (killing a child, burning down the farmhouse, etc.). It's also explicitly comparing him to Christ, so it's hard to blame the fan reaction in some ways.

I'll never understand the obsession with making Dracula a love story, either. The book isn't a romance, and it's awkward to try and make it one! Tell your own vampire love story!

Of course, if this turns out to be a lie, I won't mind too much, as long as the villain isn't secretly the Joker. I don't want to see the Joker in a movie again for at least 15 years (unless Lego Batman gets a sequel). But other villains have been adapted poorly and deserve a second chance.

Genuinely? I think it's the space communism. It's hard to make a fan-pleasing Star Trek movie that doesn't take place in an extremely diverse socialist utopia, and that scares executives--especially at Paramount.

The spinoffs I like (SJA, Children of Earth) hooked me with charismatic protagonists who'd already been introduced in the main show, and kept my interest with good writing. Modern UNIT doesn't have a single character I care about, and McTighe's track record as a writer doesn't inspire confidence.

Vampires: Father Paul is the best of the blood-sucking priests. So well-meaning, so weak and conflicted, so good at talking himself and others into horrifying things. The "Angel" is my favourite of the modern Nosferatu-style designs, especially in the Easter chasuble. Brrr!
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