YoungWilliam commented on Bill Nye The Science Guy Tells Larry King He's All Alone

"I've always been fond of the (entirely fictional) idea that they've just been doing a horrible job of trying to cover up a perfectly mundane (albeit weird) thing. Like say, "We launched a test of a spy balloon and Private Bob got tangled up in the lines."

YoungWilliam commented on Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies Is The Gay Michael Bay

"Re: Muttery Rose I'd heard of some interview where Ms.Piper was claiming to have a hard time "finding Rose's voice" when they were first setting her up to return for these bits. I'd presumed at the time that she just meant it in the sense of character motivation, mannerisms, etc.."

YoungWilliam commented on The Measure of a Robot

"@Lizzie24601: Neither are the nWho Cybermen, if I recall (there's some talk of there being organic bits in the nWho Cybermen, although I think the old-school ones had moved past the point of keeping anything organic) But Daleks?"

YoungWilliam commented on How Battlestar Copied (And Improved On) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

"One bit I both liked and disliked about the Worf/Dax relationship in DS9 was when Jadzia bied, Worf set her up as an "honorary Klingon" and gave her the funeral rites, then she showed up a while later as Skippy Dax. Her re-arrival just threw Worf for a loop, since it violated every mental, physical, and theological standard he had. Unfortunately, things worked out in the end and he hooked up with Skippy Dax, but I think I would have preferred it if they hadn't and she was just an albatross around his neck, like the twin-sister (...sort of...) of his dead wife."

YoungWilliam commented on Doctor Who's New Girlfriend GIves Good Phone

"Although note about the "mummy" bit, the Doctor was quite thrilled at the end of that encounter, due to how (to quote) "everyone lives". At the time it was awfully traumatic, but it was a pretty good case of things just going -right- down the drain and him managing to pull it off and save the day. Unless poor Ross."

YoungWilliam commented on Forget Warp Speed, Try One Of These Alternative FTL Ideas

"Both the Buck Rogers TV series (with Gil Gerard) and Cowboy Beebop have an affair that's not quite hyperspace and not quite Stargate -- basically, one can set up a shortcut bolthole "Just hop me from Point A to Point B" thing between two gate-like structures. Unlike hyperspace or most FTL drives, anything can go through them, so it doesn't require a special kind of ship."

YoungWilliam commented on Laurie Anderson's Petrochemical Arms

"And she's married to Lou Reed now, if I recall correctly. Should they ever have kids, they'll probably be the luckiest kids in all eternity."

YoungWilliam commented on Keanu's Remake Ruins Our "Day"

"And it kind of defeats the whole story behind the original."

YoungWilliam commented on Endless Circus Of Pain, On Torchwood

"Basically, Clive Barker's "Son of Celluloid" meets Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Kind of. Sort of. If you squint."

YoungWilliam commented on Torchwood Has Finally Broken Our Brains

"@rocza: Really now?"

YoungWilliam commented on Torchwood Has Finally Broken Our Brains

"Oh yes!"

YoungWilliam commented on Torchwood Has Finally Broken Our Brains

"Although I have to admit, to side-step over to Doctor Who?"

YoungWilliam commented on Torchwood Has Finally Broken Our Brains

"My three biggest gripes about this one were the little persnickety nitpicky bits. 1) So they get this "Pulse" thing, take a wild guess at what it is, and then...let Owen just take it home for no good reason? 2) Xenotech fanboy old guy's life-support alarms are going off...and no in-house doctor shows up?"

YoungWilliam commented on Zontar! You're Slimy! Use Your Intellect on Me!

"Although I have to give her a bit of credit."

YoungWilliam commented on "Monster" Travels Through Time, Rips off Cloverfield Before Opening Day

"I'd heard hints before about the Cloverfield project taking some Lovecraftian notes, so I'm still holding out for it making good on that not-really-a-claim in more ways than "it came from the sea". For bonus points, it'll hopefully have folks turn into slushy bog-monsters that can maul folks and pass on slushy bog-monsteritis, or can lump together to form larger slushy bog-monsters (thus making good on incorporating the [Tagruato.jp] subsidiaries)."