I would pay for a semi-official DVD, plus international postage.

On a related note, I sort of bought an iMac - grabbed a MacBook Pro Retina for the wife. It has a pretty screen.

French and Saunders continue to be well loved in the Commonwealth, too. Ab Fab / Vicar of Dibley are frequent re-runs here.

How do you think Paul Verhoeven went with his treatment of women in Starship Troopers?

I'd like to watch the whole lot, back to back one of these days, just to see how it all ties together.

Your niece certainly likes anime, which is heartwarming.

The more I read this thread, the more my opinion evolves.

I don't think there's anything wrong with characters being sexy, be they male or female, as long as they're functional and developed people.

I think the avengers poster falls into a grey area; yes Black Widow is posed provocatively but having seen the film, and now understanding her character, that in itself doesn't bother me. In context to the rest of the scene however, it changes the interpretation of her status.

For a long time comics have been a juvenile pursuit, and perhaps that's fed into the stereotype of women as mothers, or strange sexual things. In general young men do not spend a huge amount of time in introspection (that comes later). However just because it's always been that way, doesn't mean it should stay as such. I think the media which caters to younger audiences, be they male or female, needs to take much greater responsibility for how it presents genders, race, creed, and orientation.

Small things matter, nothing changes through inaction.

I'll play when I get home. This could be nifty.