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Moderation by Elaine Castillo is a lovely book; I didn't think I would really like it, but I do, and not just because it's the book that...

I don’t think the latest Marvel films have been bad, I think it’s the audience has become jaded. My partner really liked F4, but I was...

Solo is a better movie than most of the post-Endgame MCU.

The problem is regime changes in your own government, then. If you’d signed up as Captain Britain in 2005, you might have serious...

Remember we’re talking about you, not Superman. I’m not sure I could go on a murderous rampage even despite extreme provocation like...

Realistically against a modern surveillance state (US, China, UK, either Korea, much of Europe, Russia, etc.) I don't believe you could...

Dude, you don't have to justify wanting to wear a sweet mask, latex suit and whatnot. We support your choices! With a Superman power...

In practical terms, you first need to limit your recognisability in public as much as possible. So a full body suit with a mask covering...

And that's the thing, NZ is probably a bit more like Canada than the UK. I'm not saying that the UK got nothing, of course you received...

NZ is different due to the amount of foreign content, since there are no domestic quotas and too small a market to support a broad...

If I remember correctly "Due South" was cancelled, by the US network that carried it, and later seasons were a joint Canadian/UK...

Nah, we got absolutely tons of US content and still do. Probably not as much as Canada, however, who had to formulate the CanCon...

I’m drawing on the older version who was a peasant and a rebel; the bit about him liking King Richard (and being a noble himself) is...

I enjoyed the show for what it was, and it gave me some chuckles. I thought this throwawy bit was one of the funniest (be aware: NSFW...

I watched the whole series, and was pretty impressed with it all in all (though I agree the final season felt quite rushed). I loved the...