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Dredd, Stront, Kingdom, ABC Warriors, Brink.

Some all-time faves mixed with current faves. I could easily swap those with other strips though (and I could happily remove Dredd from the odd prog too).

I remember wanting the comic but could only get one a week and already had a standing order for Buster at the newsagents (or rather my nanny did). The ad certainly made an impression though.

The Toxic! cinema ad was similarly memorable.

I remember that Scream! TV ad but I didn't think it was a creepy old house but a contemporary house. Didn't Dracula creep up on the boy from behind the sofa?

^I hope the action scenes don't all look like this. I can barely make out what's happening.

Never heard of John Pain but it looks awesome!

Alien: Resurrection

I hadn't seen this since it first came out and I declared it one of the worst films I'd ever seen.

I've seen lots more films since then and it's not as bad as I'd remembered. It's still chock full of problems though, not least that the whole thing looks like it was shot as a straight to video rip-off. It looks incredibly cheap and tacky and the design is terrible - unforgivable for an Alien movie.
Ripley-morph isn't given any time to develop as a character. Weaver gives a reliable performance but the character is just 'monosyllabic badass' in a film which has about ten other monosyllabic badasses as Alien fodder. Ripley seems unnecessary even though the plot is all about what the company are doing with her DNA.
Winona Ryder is absolutely terrible - an annoying, petulant brat throughout.
The hybrid monster at the end is a fucking embarrassment. It looks like a monster off the cover of some dodgy 80s computer game that's basically Aliens without the licence. I don't know - considering the previous film already established that the Aliens take on characteristics (so presumably DNA?) of their hosts I think they just went too far with the human characteristics.
I think this could have been a half decent comic book mini-series (and with a primo artist letting loose on the hybrid designs it could have been quite special) but the story wasn't strong enough for the big screen treatment.

I am extremely excited about this because I loved the book. Trailer looks gorgeous but little worried it could signify a CGI fest like the Transformers movies where I haven't got a clue what's happening on the screen.

I'm not Spielberg's biggest fan but I don't think he makes those kinds of mistakes.

I thought the book was quite enjoyable even if it was a bit of an exercise in 'spot the reference'.
I'm happy to see Speilberg doing action/Sci Fi again. Looking forward to it.

I'm always excited to see a new actor take on the role of the Doctor and this is no exception. Let's all hope for some good stories.

Idris Elba or Ray Winstone for me.

60 year-old Ray 'one note' Winstone.

Gawd, yes, that'll bring the kids flocking back.

The slags!

I think there are plenty of youngish handsome blokes who could do a decent job if that's what the BBC are looking for.
Damien Molony would be good - he played the vampire Hal in later series of Being Human. I thought he did a good job of flipping between vulnerable and threatening.

Not sure about the piece of scrap metal though. It'd have to be something quirky - perhaps the near-side wing of a 2CV or something?

Actually, 2CVs are French and their word for car is feminine so maybe that's not such a good idea!

Actually, if it was well written and acted, I reckon a boy Doctor could work. A sort of 'accident with the regeneration' story might be quite good. The 'old mind in a young body' trope has been used plenty of times in Sci-Fi and horror (mainly vampire stories) so I'd certainly be willing to give it a chance on Doctor Who.
I'd worry about them pulling it off, particularly in the acting stakes, but there's potential that the idea could work.

Not sure about the piece of scrap metal though. It'd have to be something quirky - perhaps the near-side wing of a 2CV or something?

There's an online stock checker which will send you an alert when someone has stock. Argos had some at 0730 this morning.

I think an older Doctor is still fine. Agree it's likely the BBC blame the ratings decline on Capaldi's age, but I prefer to ascribe it to a combination of poor scripts, poor scheduling and top brass generally not giving the show enough love.

All those things were demonstrably true, arguably more so, during Smith's tenure which makes it hard to avoid the conclusion that Capaldi's Doctor specifically has failed to connect with a chunk of Nü Who's audience; the chunk that isn't fuelled by nostalgia for the 70s/80s incarnation of the series.

Matt Smith had a really strong introduction though, alongside Amy. The whole 'fish fingers and custard' thing endeared both characters to audiences immediately. Also, affectations like the 'bow ties are cool' and fez wearing have nothing to do with age but certainly contributed to that Doctors quirky appeal. I think they tried to do something similar with Capaldi (sunglasses and electric guitar) but it was miscalculated.
If Capaldi had the benefit of a stronger opening story/series (and a more charismatic companion with better chemistry) I suspect things could have gone very differently.