I bet even by today's standards the Caligula episode is still a bit shocking. Great by the standards of its time. Even Christopher Biggins as Nero couldn't spoil it.

Just been and seen the new Transformers movie and I can't decide what to think.
As a fan its always nice to see Optimus kick the snot out of Megatron again but the odds against him which he has to overcome are getting more and more far fetched.
Also the way they are wiping out the origional chars kinda means they dont fully understand the concept IMHO.

I feel your pain. I am usually very cynical about seeing at the pictures anything that has been written in a book. I guess the same concept could be stretched (at a push) to the raping of a cartoon.

The fine nuances that make the written story are lost within the time constraints of a film, the derivative interpretation, and the director's egotistical and irrelevant stamp.

The exceptions to this are "The Darling Buds of May" (I KNOW! ITV!!) which although was TV - not film - was excellent, and Harry Potter, whilst not a complete interpretation, did reflect my own imagination to an acceptable level.

A film about transforming robots went and got far-fetched?

No way, you're kiddin'

Surely?

Did you go for OOC or was it just a lucky shot?

TBH I dont think a push is needed.
My point is that give a Hollywood Director an origional idea and they can't help themselves they automatically think 'I can do better' even if there isnt an awful wrong with the orgional idea.
As an example the orgional idea was that a trasformer looked like a lorry, car, plane that has just transformed and stood up.
as an example this is the old Starscream He looks like a plane that has stood up (Very 80's colours but still).
The director decided that that made to much sense so he did this to him.

Is it "titbit" or "tidbit"?

You say "Tom-ato..." Aren't they just the same thing, like Mum, Mam and Mom?

I think Sci-fi killed the forum.

No that's a ghastly American incorrect pronunciation, same as Mom is an unacceptable assault on the English language as is faucet, trash can and trunk (when they mean "boot" instead of the thing supporting the branches).

Not sure if "tidbit" is an Americanism?

dum-dum, have you ever had a bullet as your avatar?

Random question, No I haven't - why?

'Cos that's what a dum-dum is, dum-dum.