Nat Parsons

I am calling my future cat Puddin’ Cup now. 🙂
In all seriousness, this is a great article with brilliant sensible advice. Why cheapen your favourite storylines and characters with something that only looks similar? All those series you listed as suggestions for branching all have strong characters with strong actors, a sense of humour and good writing in common. That’s surely what we love most. 🙂

The way we watch entertainment is changing due to YouTube and on-demand services. The very attraction lies in the fact you don’t have to sit in front of the box at a certain time a day to be entertained. YouTube completely missed the point, and you completely got it, Jon Lisi. x

This film was all about entertainment – and as such it was amazing. It was a treat to see more of Asgard.
Did anyone else completely fall in love with Frigga, Thor’s mum? Her character was developed so well in such a short space of time. I didn’t question Loki’s devotion to her once, and I’m sure it’s as a result of this. In that alone those overly critical reviewers should give this film credit. x

I thin you’ve convinced me that as a lover of the US Office my next thing to do is devour Parks and Recreation. Amy Poehler is divine, no?
Also, love your choices. Mad Men deserves top billing, in my opinion. x

Miley’s always been able to sing, and sing very well – see her cover of ‘Jolene’ with her band about a year ago. I have this theory that although a singer, she’s a performer first. She’s so plugged in to the music industry of now – add that to her knowledge of how to hold an audience and her relaxed personality, and she’s never going to play it safe. Why should she? Plus she’s played it safe already!
Great article, I loved it, and so glad someone else feels the same about Miley. I think she’s got an incredible sense of humour. That performance made me laugh. x

Being a rugrat myself when this film came out first I can remember it had a huge impact on the social consciousness at the time. I remember my dad playing around with soundbites from the film – he worked in radio – and to this day Richard Attenborough’s line ‘People are DYING!’ still gives me shivers!
I really hope this new film keeps in mind children LOVE dinosaurs and adventure, and in fact pay a whole load of attention to what’s going on socially around them. They’ll be affected by this film. They’ll want to love it. It’s those scenes with the flying pterodactyls at the end, the sneezing brachiosaurus and the field with the diplodocus that make Jurassic Park for everyone, because dinos are everyone’s. It’s part of our world history!
I’ll be well upset if scenes like that don’t make it. I’ll be hopping.

This is a great discussion! It’s true- it’s a love for the subject is what sets films like Shaun of the Dead etc and the Scary Movies apart. S of the D is a homage, never a parody for the sake of parody. Shaun of the Dead is so cleverly crafted it’s not even in the same universe as the Scary Movies. I also don’t get why they’re supposed to be funny.
Building on the self-aware comment from Amelia above – I love how S of the D gives the whole of the plot in the first scene in the plans for a night of drinking after Shaun gets dumped by his gf. I’m also looking forward to the same attention in the script for World’s End. They’re just so much fun to watch!