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[Another]

The Good:

Missy/ The Master Shooting Himself/ Herself in the back!

The Bad:

Another Cop-Out on "Killing" The Companion

The Ugly:

Going straight to the Nu-Who Cybermen. Shouldn't Mondasian Cybermen evolve into Classic-Who Cybermen

If you like Historic Military Fortifications, there are some mint-condition Martello Towers around Galway Bay.
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/fortifications/index.htm

Depending on how early?

How about all the talk show hosts who interviewed Walter the Robot in "The Day the Law Died"

Whenever there's a plot revolving around a planet wide invasion it always turns out to be a rubbish story.
Dr Who is much better when he's saving a small outpost or a space station or something.

Yes, planetary invasions require explosions. Insane monologues, someone going Ha!Ha!Ha!
(And preferably Daleks randomly gunning down bystanders ... that's what Daleks are for!)

"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!"

The Starship Troopers Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGHCoVzqtk
Although its best viewed whilst watching the Drop on Klendathu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ts1DB6hFcQ&t=237s

The Original Superman theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_g

The you so miss collection
The A-Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DEah4o
Airwolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dwmf-wx8VQ
Battlestar Galactica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHp9oZPqs8E
Firefox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZ-j4m0gMw

The classics
The Dambusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K32Adi8nmzA
633 Squadron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWXQUhBsUVM
The Great Escape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYLm5w5o10Q
Where Eagles Dare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKGhG0W0LQ

And then there's this
The Magnificent Seven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDB7GMnbUQ

Best line in the episode

"Look up The Doctor ... under Cause of Death!"

I liked The Dark Crystal but the twist was so obvious that it ruined things a bit.

The Goonies is horrible shouty rubbish but it's well made and I can see why people appreciate its feel of adventure.

Labyrinth is an imaginative, fun film and I know for a fact that many young girls (at the time) were quite affected by David Bowie's performance and tight trousers (my girlfriend is one of them - you don't want to know what gets talked about on the Facebook group )

As for dark kids films - the one that always sicks in my mind is The Secret of Nimh. I haven't seen it for years but it freaked me out a bit at the time.

Personally it was Jennifer Connelly's heaving for me!

I wonder how Dredd and Vimes would get along...

I would imagine that Blackboard Monitor Vimes would be the only person in the universe with the nerve to arrest Dredd for acting outside of his jurisdiction. Even with a fleet of justice department battlecruisers hovering over Ankh-Morpork.

(And Joe Dredd would probably actually surrender, to prove a point, and be in custody for about 30 seconds, before being released on his own recognizance!)

Female film stars were a bit more challenging for me but I settled on Jodie Foster. Silence of the Lambs, The Accussed, Taxi Driver, The Brave One, Contact. That's a pretty good days viewing. Oh, and Maverick too!

Sigourney Weaver would give you the Alien Movies?

[I am Groot]

I am Groot

I am Groot

I am Groot

Trudging through the latest David Weber.
"Shadow of Victory" ... it is by far the most disappointing thing he has ever written.

[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story International Trailer]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story International Trailer

Given how much of ANH they recycled in TFA does anyone want to guess how likely it is that Vader will be repeating the same dialogue ... The bit in the trailer where Orson Krennic starts going on about stupendous his new Invincible weapon is,
[spoiler]You know the line that begins "Do not be too proud ..."[/spoiler]
I'd suggest betting on it but seems inevitable.

Re imagining Bravestarr? Tough one since it's mostly superheroes now a days but a bad ass Lawman in a Sci Fi future there's a lot of mileage in that. Maybe he's the only honest Native American Sheriff in a Redneck town on some lousy backwater planet filled with scum, villainy and Corporate raiders keen to exploit the planets resources just to make a buck and dah, dah, dah. Trouble is Blazing Saddles got there first didn't it?

And not forgetting the love-hungry Red-Headed Judge?

[Moral Health Committee]

Cheers guys, glad you like the Rogue page.

This Ron Smith page I've had a little while now, but its on rigid art board, so tricky to get a nice scan of it, but finally managed to get something resembling halfway decent.

Joe and Otto from Prog 280

Moral Health Committee ... anyone else wondering how long before some idiot on tumblr comes up with that?

Its still hysterical!