(cont) I will agree that Dushku is the weakest link, but for me, even she is getting better over time, especially with the latest ep. And even when she's not-so-much, I've found plenty to enjoy around her, especially with Topher & Adelle. They, especially Topher, are why I stuck with it when it wasn't all that great (well, them and the Ballard/Mellie thing, while it lasted), and they continue to enthrall me now. And Enver Gjokaj is a fantastic actor -- his impersonation of Topher was amazing! Dushku's actying aside, the overall story is getting fantastically dimesnional and mind-blowing; I think the plots are getting even better than the best of Angel! Dollhouse is one of those iinstances where the "important" character isn't really the lead, she's the plot device, the robot Marie, the focal point through which everyone else's character is developed by their reactions to her. She's just the eye of the storm; the hurricane itself is where the action and interest is.

Interesting. I can see why you feel as you do. For me, I thought the show did get significantly better mid-last season, with Man on the Street and Echoes,/ I think it's *awesome* now, this season is rocking my world! So many awesome twists, so many bits of seemingly throw-away dialogue turning out to be significant foreshadowing, some great scene and character parallelism. (to be cont because he box is telling me my message is too long)

Sorry for the delayed response -- I don't get notifications for replies, and stopped checking after a while. To answer your q, no, I don't have anything against interracial couples. It;s just that I am a long-time, die-hard fan of Scarlett/Snake-Eyes and had waited a very long time for a live-action movie, eager to see their love play out on the big screen, only to find one of my all-time fave pairings turned into a "sibling" relationship. :/ I thought I made it abundantly clear that I am a rabid Snake/Scarlett shipper in the article, though. And by the way? While Snake is white in the comics, here, he's Japanese -- just like Ripcord was white in the comics but black here. I still want Scarlett with Snake, regardless of his ethinicity in the film, so how could you think I have a problem with interracial couples if I still want the film version of Scarlett to be a guy who *also* happens to be a person of colour? *scratches head* Espeically since I also asked why they didn't pair Ripcord up with Cover Girl instead?

That's funny -- I was under the impression that it was much, much cooler to be a nerd today than it was when *I* was a kid. Plus I know a fair number of people in the scientific fields today. And it seems like we're launching a shuttle down here in Florida once every few weeks, as opposed to just a few times a year, like when I was growing up. It was the Challenger explosion that put back space exploration, near as I can tell, and we've gotten past it -- the more recent shuttle disaster barely phased Nasa, it seems. The arguements I'm hearing against space exploration are coming form adults who se it as a waste of their money, not kids and teens who grew up exposed to slash (unless they were among the quasi-underground who were writing Kirk/Spock, and I haven't heard any such friends of mine suggest we should stop exploring space -- quite the opposite!) . So where the heck is Spearhead getting the impression that science is even suffering in the first place? XD

Doh! I totally forgot about Zipacna! XD Yeah, he sure likes being bad, but my fave of his characters is the super-sweet Joshua ....

Tell me about it! Very upset at this loss, and of Mrs Slocumbe as well. ;_;

There will always be a soft spot in my heart for Ferris Bueller (I think I love it as much as Star Wars!) and the first Home Alone (he wrote & produced that). But of course I love other films he's had a hand in as well, particularly the Breakfast Club & the Vacation movies ....

Mmmmm, Paul Bettany ..... A Knight's Tale and Wimbeldon are two of my fave films .... Thanks for the headfs-up! :) And oh look, it's Joshua from Dark Angel/the psycho merc who killed Ben's daughter in Lost/The Blob from Wolverine! :D

Well, as a huge fan myself *and* an artist, I like them all. :D

"C3PO and R2-D2 are still the hosts" --?? You mean the Disneyland ride was already significantly different from the Disney World ride? Out here, Threepio and Artoo are out in the queue, quarrelling, but it's a novice robot pilot voiced by Paul Ruebens who is your "host" on the ride itself. If that's not the case in Disneyland, curse them for changing it before I could get a chance to see their version! XD And I'm with Mary: having it on Tatooine/prequel-like is dissappointing, as I prefer it in space/original trilogy-like. :(

Me too! XD

I've never cared much for Clark, but if we get lots of Oliver, I''ll be happy -- especially if Rosenbaum comes back, as he's why I started watching the series in the first place! I'm happy to see BAG again, too -- I loved him in Terminator: TSCC!