The best part about GI JOE is there's no need for DIF to do a commentary, as going by the trailer you can just watch the film using the Team America commentary
(if the fact the two trailers sync up perfectly is an accident, Matt and Trey are even more brilliant then we thought they were)

I was talking about the Ewoks. Never before had the heros actually cared about the native population of a planet

Are there movies though that are all about exploring some unknown, and not much else? Apart from 2001 and 2010, and each of those punched up the story with something else (the cold war stuff wasn't in the novel of 2010)

At least it's not a Heinlein story. Oh, to have someone take a serious stab at The Moon is a Harsh Mistress...

I'm going to give the audiobook a re-listen and see if I can pick out who would fit. Not the captain, obviously, as he's middle aged and banging the female first office iirc. I'm going to guess maybe the doctor or the like...

The comments on how well he worked the scenes so the dialog works both assuming Willis is alive and knowing he's dead brought to mind a fun anime series called 'Paranoia Agent'. In the commentaries the producers note that the characters never talk to each other- while they appear to be having a two way conversation, if you actually pay attention everyone is actually doing their own little monologue. The fact the dub was able to capture this as well is amazing, and it's worth a look. An episode from the middle of the show also has a debt to this film (naturally knowing that spoils the episode, but so be it ^_^)

It is a different skill set, and I'm having to invent theory and strategy on the fly. On the other hand, I've picked up a copy of an old chess book I loved as a kid to bone up for when we start her on that game

Still, you risk being written off as not that good early on and not having the later stuff published at all. Or actually writing new stuff and having the public think it's exactly like your inferior "old" work.

Yeah, it is a lean year, but these things go in cycles. You'll get 20 one year and 5 the next.

My Doctor Who watching is rather sporadic, for whatever reason I should try and watch all of the previous season if it's on DVD (watched the first one via torrent awhile ago).

If there's one thing I really wish the new Who would do, it's deal with his granddaughter Susan. Come on, give him family again!

I've probably seen the movie at some point, but read the book in school so know the fun scenes from there. The end trial is so fun they did a stage play just of that.

It all started with the strawberries...

The "quid pro quo" line was the genie imitating  William Buckley, conservative writer and late host of the TV show Firing Line. Can't believe you kids didn't know that...

So you're saying there was too much lamp rubbing?