Yes, if it gets too far off sync it can get annoying. I once listened to a commentary not knowing they were watching the PAL version, and needless to say it got less relevant to the movie as time went on  Luckily you could hear their movie audio faintly, so I could pause as needed.

And maybe yellow moons and blue clovers if I can work a sponsorship deal with Lucky Charms.

Over on Rifftrax, they've started asking those who have made iRiffs to tag them so they can organize what's now a mess sorted by submission date into a mess that can be sorted by genre. At this point I agree DIF probably needs this kind of thing for newcomers downloading from the web site instead of just getting the RSS feed. Tag by riffer, genre... maybe by style of commentary if you really must, but I like the idea of keeping that hidden from us and just using it for recommendations. Maybe also a rotating front page section where each of you takes turns highlighting an episode you really enjoyed (or hated).

It's more of an issue in the original comic, true, and in the later TV series. Like a band, often creators are stuck with the name picked out before you really knew where things would end up.

I have to admit my ending of the scene would have a shot come out from the ship killing the thief, as the real narrator walked out of the hatch her decoy having proved necessary

It doesn't seem back story heavy, as it's a teaser's job to present the viewer with details there's no answer for with the promise that such answers will be coming if you plop down your money. For example, "They say war changes a person". I'd assume that means the robot once was fully human, and that's the story I'd expect to see.

The largest unedited collection of Aleister Crowley's writings on magick I can find. Not only is he funny and entertaining, maybe with nothing else to do I'll be able to get it to work

I think that comes down to the Elves thinking a) the forces of good are totally outnumbered/outclassed this time, what with many of the elves already overseas and the race of man not as badass as he use to be, and b) we're going to invent a strategy that sends the enemy away from the strong human fortifications and through our forests? No Elfin way! Besides, even if they did go with that you'd want the ring to already be in the south when the main armies started making noise and drawing Sauron north. Otherwise the ring would be trapped in Rivendale until Sauron was in fact defeated, in which case why destroy the ring?

Having leaders who make bad choices based on incomplete information is rather realistic

Unless the back story relates to the actual plot, I think the important thing is both the characters and the camera should ignore it. It is just there. In Firefly, the Chinese stuff is treated the same way as if the show was set near the US/Mexico border. It should influence you as a writer as you develop the story and characters, but stay mostly invisible.

Yeah, it was the perfect example of a creator being given total control and creating a well thought out world. He even included an ending that still allowed for more episodes, knowing full well there would never be a "real" ending and the show would run forever in syndication.

Don't know where it is at the moment, but I picked up at Worldcon a few years ago David Gerrold's proposal for a revival of the show. Some relatives of the Marshalls retrace their steps trying to find them and end up in the Land of the Lost, but things have gone to hell. The dad is missing. Will is living as a wild caveman. And Holly... appears to be a sky god. The studio went with the crappy 90's version instead.

If you haven't watched the original Rhino DVD releases, track them down. The commentaries by Gerrold, Larry Niven, Walter Koenig, D.C. Fontana, etc are well worth listening to.

It is the kind of thing new writers think they've discovered for the first time Next they'll have the two shipwrecked aliens be named Adam and Eve...

It is the animated DC universe that I know and love, not the comics. Hell, I avoid superhero comics for the most part, but give me an episode of Justice League and I'm a happy camper.

The TV series Paranoia Agent was the only thing of his that I can say I really enjoyed, and it was their commentary for the final episodes that taught me to assume most "meaning" in films isn't to be taken seriously. They admit having no ending when they started animating the first episodes, and intentionally cut any dialog that would tell the viewer what in fact was going on