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I saw it this weekend too and like you I did not care for it. It committed the cardinal sin of making a dinosaur film boring. The previous film, Dominion, wasn't very good, but at least it was fun and there was a lot of charisma from both the old and new cast. I didn't care about any of the...

There's a line in And Now For a Word that describes Hidoshi as "former senator". I agree with Looney, as good an actress as Carolyn Seymour is, it might have resonated more in Endgame if it had been Hidoshi rather than some random senator.

Dr Who has only just finished its latest season at the end of May and it is streamed internationally by Disney+, who bought the rights a couple of years ago. The current show runner is Russell Davies, who launched the reboot of the show about 20 years ago and recently came back.

I agree with much of this. I've never particularly liked Dr Who – I find the old stuff schlocky (except Terrance Dicks' novels, which kind of proves its not the concept but the execution on TV I don't like) and I find the new stuff is aiming itself at the middle-of-the-road, trendy, non-SF fan...

Kind of like Into the Fire then! (That's not a criticism, btw) After I graduated from Star Trek and Star Wars tie-ins as a teen, I progressed into the triumvirate of Asimov, Clarke and Heinlein. I enjoyed Asimov at the time, but I find his work a bit dated now, whereas I think Clarke and to...

I've yet to read Imzadi or its sequels, but they're on my list to read one day, and it sounds like I may need to pick up the CD of the audiobook too (physical media all the way, baby). I did enjoy Q In Law – somehow Peter David made a story featuring both Q and Lwaxana entertaining!

Wow, I never even knew those gold cards existed! Amazing to discover new things, even if those cards are forever out of my reach! Previews is the monthly magazine from Diamond Comics, who have the monopoly on distributing comics to comic shops and collectors (and who are currently in financial...

Peter David has died at 68 https://www.ign.com/articles/peter-david-acclaimed-incredible-hulk-and-x-factor-writer-has-died I knew of him from his Star Trek novels before I saw B5. I also didn't realise how young he was when he was writing those and B5 in the 90s.

I don't think B5 has ever been a 'huge' hit. But Warners have done this before, stumping up money to do something a bit different – The Lost Tales – and saying it sold well but subsequently losing interest. But both The Lost Tales and The Road Home were 'straight to video', which these days is...

To be honest, I haven't kept up with the most recent specials and series. I think the first nine (?) seasons were made by the BBC, and then there was a long gap before they began making more, I've watched a few of them but felt something was lacking. It was never quite the same show to me after...

I have a big folder full of hundreds of the CCG cards, but they're in my parents' loft. I have no idea what's rare or not with those. I prefer the trading cards from Fleer Ultra/Skybox/whoever it was who did the final few sets. I'm just working off the checklists for each series, currently...

This is your first run-through of Red Dwarf? Enjoy! Personally I think seasons 4–6 are the best, you're in for a treat!

See, I have a different perspective on this, which is that if we let it rest, it becomes forgotten about. Whatever you thought of The Road Home, its release and that of the Blu-ray boxset in 2023 both gave B5 a real shot in the arm. More people started discovering, or rediscovering, the show...

I don't think this has any bearing on the future of B5 – half of Hollywood's output is made in the UK these days anyway (case in point, the new Mission: Impossible, part of which was filmed not too far from where I live), at least until the Orange Man gets his way and clamps down on that kind of...

I think what I meant is I have a perception that Born to the Purple isn't that great, but then when I watch it I enjoy it much more. Then gradually that perception comes back. It's probably something illogical to do with my first impression back when if first aired that I can't shake for some...