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    Image of Pants McCracky Pants McCracky
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    Kat Dennings has extremely large breasts.

    Best Regards,
    Isaac Asimov
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    That "little red car" is an original Mini, on of yhe most iconic British cars of all time.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    I know how sad we all are that Tennant will be no longer with us, but I'm a little confused about the big deal that the death of the Doctor plays in the Doctor's mind. Am I missing something from the can0n where regeneration makes you a different person entirely, not just the exact same consciousness in a different body?

    Mebbe someone could point me towards the wiki item that would explain why those in the universe of the Doctor would find the death so horrible when it simply is just an admitted re-start in a better car?
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    Image of ShadRS ShadRS
    11/24/09

    @Lassus: As I see it, a lot of the portents point not to the Doctor regenerating, but outright dying.
    "Your Song is ending." As in you
    "the Doctor" are done for, not just this incarnation, but you as a whole. From that view point, its definatly dire news to be feared.
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    bluehinter promoted this comment ShadRS was starred ShadRS was unstarred
    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/24/09

    @ShadRS: Sadly, that point has never been made clear. I believe it's implied, but it's never made distinct whether the Doctor is afraid for his life, or that he'd grown particularly attached to this body and feels he has so much more to do before trading it in.

    Admittedly, he'll be on his 11th of 13 bodies, and with no Timelords around, the chances of him getting a new regeneration cycle are extremely slim. He's been blowing through them pretty quickly of late, and barely pushing 1000, while most Timelords his age are only on their 3rd or 4th (assuming the 1st Doctor regenerated of natural causes). That's the equivalent of one of us being told we're going to die at 30.
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    Edited by bluehinter at 11/24/09 8:48 AM bluehinter was starred bluehinter was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/24/09

    @bluehinter: Well, now THIS makes sense. I had a vague idea regarding a limit to the regenerations (Although, the cycle can be renewed? Heh. I can't wait for THAT episode.) but I didn't really remember it exactly. This was really all I needed. One less life is one less life.
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    Image of whormongr whormongr
    11/24/09

    @bluehinter: yes, but there are hints that the 13 bodies are surpassable (supposedly the master found some way to do it), I am sure that unless popularity wains that they will work with that concept
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    Image of modernboy modernboy
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    I think you'll find that while the Doctor Who set pics are from the first episode of the next series. It's not a two parter.

    I'll add that I want that tie.
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    11/24/09

    @modernboy: There is some speculation (based on the length of the script, as well as the shooting of additional material originally cut for time) that the first episode may now be 60 minutes rather than the usual 45.

    I certainly hope this is the case, since Tennant got 60 minutes for his first story, and they've got twice as much set up and explaining to do with Smith. (plus it leaves more time to balance post-regeneration wackiness with an actual plot)
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    Edited by bluehinter at 11/24/09 9:00 AM bluehinter was starred bluehinter was unstarred
    Image of shaunmcilroy shaunmcilroy
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal

    Why is the Doctors zip half down? Was he checking out the new features of his regeneration?
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    Chuck, Chuck, Chuck. So, we have Yvonne Strahovski and Angie Harmon? Together again, for the first time?!? OH, MY GAWD!!!
    (insert girly-man screech here)
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    Edited by Chip Skylark of Space at 11/24/09 6:39 AM Chip Skylark of Space was starred Chip Skylark of Space was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    I laugh ever time I see the clip of Chuck roundhouse kicking Lester.

    So excited for early Chuck (I was not happy about the wait)! Now if only the second season would hurry up and come out on DVD.
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    Edited by RandomFrequentFlierDent at 11/24/09 6:18 AM RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    now heroes brings in the T&A factor AND no perma death AGAIN! guess they're going out with a bang?
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/24/09

    In reply to Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal
    I think these actors should just throw caution to the wind and start making off-the-wall predictions.

    I'd like to see Nimoy next predict that Walter Koenig will be making a guest appearance in the next Star Trek as Charlie X.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Uh guys? I think it's pretty obvious what "meaty" role Bruce Cambell will play in the next Spiderfilm.
    Yup, Bruce is Black Cat.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Are they out of their minds? sure, she's sexy, but she's also supposed to look like she could kick ass. Not "not look like she could, but she actually can" like in Get Smart, but look kickass. And I'm sorry but this girl doesn't.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/19/09

    @Dirk Anger: I'm not sure I agree. I don't remember Black Cat looking anything but smallish and adorable and not particularly physically imposing. Honestly, there are few casting decisions for female characters who LOOKED like they could kick ass. It's going to cause massive Whedon rending of garments, but I NEVER believed Gellar as a fighter.
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    11/19/09

    @Lassus: Well, no, because that was the initial gag in Buffy: here's this little blond horror-movie-villain-bait cheerleader and then about when she should do the trip-fall-die instead its OMGWTFBBQ superninja. Practically the model of "not look like she could, but she actually can".

    And yeah, they did show her being ninja-in-training at times, but they had a lot of fun playing with the general disconnect between her appearance (and, often, personality) and her capabilities.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway? In a skintight catsuit? Nope not seein' it.
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    Edited by reddingofish at 11/19/09 8:18 AM reddingofish was starred reddingofish was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway in Black Cat costume? Someones been reading my dream journal.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    11/19/09

    @OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Yup. We appear to be in the minority who approve of Hathaway as Black Cat.

    Rawr.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/19/09

    @CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): I will happily join your club.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    If the Black Cat has a PVC costume, I'm totally going to cry foul. A cat is not shiny, and also not the same kind of sexy a vampire is, and THAT PVC worked crazy-awesome.

    But not for this character.

    As far as the comment below about the casting always being awful, I'd disagree. The casting has been pretty OK (with the exception of Harry Osborn), the writing has been abyssmal. (EDIT: In fact, I liked Maguire at first, but as the series went on, he really seemed like the biggest mistake of all - and I think this IS because of the writing more than him.)

    To be perfectly honest, I think that while Johansson does not really strike me as a good Black Widow at all, I really think she actually would have been quite excellent as the Black Cat.
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    Edited by Lassus at 11/19/09 8:06 AM Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of enderwiggin13 enderwiggin13
    11/19/09

    In reply to We're All The Black Cat, And So Is Anne Hathaway
    I could get behind Kristen Bell in the role. I've been waiting to get out of the Animus in AC2 to talk to her again.
    /nerdcrush
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    Image of icy_one icy_one
    11/19/09

    @enderwiggin13: I would get behind Kristen Bell, role or not.
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