Torchwood

question of the day: Why do the Hitler ‘Downfall’ parody rants strike such a nerve with us?

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BBC News Magazine this week ran a thoughtful, if mystified essay on the popularity of those YouTube Hitler rants (perhaps to coincide with this month’s 65th anniversary of Hitler’s death and the end of the Nazi regime). You know the ones: they borrow a scene from the amazing but serious-as-a-heart-attack German film Downfall, about Hitler’s … more…

we should send Captain Jack Harkness around to, ahem, straighten this idiot out

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(Sometimes related to entertainment. Sometimes not. Always stupid.) Michael O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution believes the military cannot repeal the atrocity that is the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy regarding gays who serve in the military because: There are a lot of 18-year-old, old-fashioned, testosterone-laden men in the military who are tough guys. What makes … more…

trailer break: ‘Sherlock Holmes’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… In case you got confused and thought this was the Guy Ritchie movie, it isn’t. This is the Sherlock Holmes movie with dinosaurs. And robots. And steampunk battle armor. And sea monsters. And girls with guns. Well, that other Sherlock Holmes had girls with guns, too. Gee, … more…

because Fox really, really hates ‘Torchwood’ fans

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The American television network Fox is developing an American version of Torchwood. The Hollywood Reporter has the gall to frame it: Huge news for sci-fi fans: Fox is developing a stateside version of the U.K. hit series “Torchwood.” Yeah, “huge news” like Hitler invading Poland is “huge news.” It gets worse: Unlike U.S. adaptations that … more…