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The latest James Bond movie, “Skyfall” was widely liked by critics and audiences. I left the movie a bit unsatisfied. There were also three plot holes that bothered me. All three have easy fixes. [Warning: Spoilers ahead.] The plot holes: Plot hole: Q examines Silva’s laptop, plugs in a network cable and the software on the laptop is able to infect the MI6 network via that cable. Not taking precautions against such an attack is amateurish. Fix: Invent a different way in which the laptop compromises the network, e.g. wirelessly. Plot hole: Going to Skyfall already seemed under-explained. But why didn’t they come a little better prepared – they had ample time to do so. Yes, Kincaid sold the armory, but why not bring a few MI6 gadgets? Fix: Invent an incident that prevents them from going somewhere else and from preparing. Plot hole: Silva sees M and Kincaid because they are using flashlights in the darkness. That is a rookie mistak...

At New York Comic-Con, there was a panel for Joss Whedon’s space western Firefly . The show was canceled on TV in 2003 and followed up by a movie in 2005. Actor Nathan Fillion was asked the usual “Will there be more Firefly?” question. He answered: “If we’re dreaming, tell me what you think about this: ‘Firefly – the animated series’.” After the panel, Sean Maher provided more information. Quoting ” ‘Firefly’ cartoon in the works? “ (by Kate Storey for the New York Post): Sean Maher told The Post, “I know somebody who is actually trying to get that done, who has approached Joss [Whedon, the creator] about it. He used to work with Guillermo del Toro.” Earlier, Fillion mentioned that the logistics of doing an animated series are simpler, because voiceover is much less work for the stars and they can telecommute. At the panel, it was heartwarming to see how close the actors still were. For example, they see each other every few months.

Some swear-words and exclamations made up on TV and in the movies are really good. Favorites of mine: Odin’s beard! (Thor in The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes ) Whiskers! ( Thundercats ) Frak , fraking ___, etc. ( Battlestar Galactica ) Great Scott! (Doc Brown in Back to the Future )