Well, to be fair, Tim was only thirteen at the time, and he didn't actually blackmail Bats. And besides, Dick was in on the conspiracy.

Okay, so less with the aggressive-aggressive and more with the whimsical passive-aggressive meet cute? Somehow that doesn't fit into my mental Batman either. Then again, having a sidekick provided that said sidekick may die or be maimed melodramatically, so I suppose there is an up side to it all.

Jack Davenport. Love that name. He and Fred Toaster and Jeffrey Throw Pillow have a great comedy routine.

SCI FI Brings Back Farscape in mini-series form.

So, I've got about six months to catch up on the entire series. I can do that. Especially given that all I've got after Angel ends is ... Stargate and possibly Stargate Aquarium. And I love my SG, but I never expected it to be ... it. Ah well. God love Netflix.

Kinda cool to know that there'll be more when I'm done with the DVDs.

I never saw Tim as whimsical, or cute. I mean, he was basically a scary kid, when push comes to shove.

Okay, so less with the aggressive-aggressive and more with the whimsical passive-aggressive meet cute? Somehow that doesn't fit into my mental Batman either. Then again, having a sidekick provided that said sidekick may die or be maimed melodramatically, so I suppose there is an up side to it all.

Well, Tim (who had figured out their secrets early on, as a result of having seen Dick in the Flying Graysons the day his parents were killed) was mainly trying to get Batman and Dick-as-Robin back together so that Batman would stop being such a Jason-is-dead nutcase.

Tim's a messed up kid, in the most entertaining of ways.

Teppy -- Deadwood is a western -- don't you have the western-squick?

Not a squick as much as distaste. (Head 'em up, move 'em out, rawhide!)

Kinda cool to know that there'll be more when I'm done with the DVDs.

Yeah. I wonder if they'll finish releasing S4 on dvd before the mini airs? Smart marketing to do it.

By "meet cute" I meant the way that the pairing in a romantic comedy hate each other on sight, but you know they'll end up together. Not, you know, puppies-cute or Precious Moments cute. Perhaps "whimsical" is a strong word.

But still -- having a meaty sidekick takes away time from the main character, and runs the risk of Wesley Syndrome: the non-title character becomes more interesting than the title one. (Which, I suppose, would explain the existence of Nightwing having his own comic, huh?)

(Who's Jason?)

They first meet at the opera, I believe, and then you realize they're together, and then it all goes badly at the end.

Huh again. I liked him in that too. I think, oddly enough, that the excessive lobbying of the Norrington camp has damaged his appeal for me. Fear me, I am recalcitrant.

Suela, I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking, "Eat it, Sci-Fi! And you still suck! But please air the miniseries and treat it nice!"

They first meet at the opera, I believe, and then you realize they're together, and then it all goes badly at the end.

Huh again. I liked him in that too. I think, oddly enough, that the excessive lobbying of the Norrington camp has damaged his appeal for me. Fear me, I am recalcitrant.

He left absolutely no impression on me as Norrington. I can't even call up what he looked like. Too much competition with the elf and the drunk for space in my brain.

I remember *really* loving him in The Talented Mr. Ripley, now that I think about it. I think it was his voice, damn it.

By "meet cute" I meant the way that the pairing in a romantic comedy hate each other on sight, but you know they'll end up together. Not, you know, puppies-cute or Precious Moments cute. Perhaps "whimsical" is a strong word.

It's more meet creepy.

But still -- having a meaty sidekick takes away time from the main character, and runs the risk of Wesley Syndrome: the non-title character becomes more interesting than the title one. (Which, I suppose, would explain the existence of Nightwing having his own comic, huh?)

Robin also has his own comic. It's quite good, and one of my three must-reads.

Jason = Jason Todd, Robin II, killed by the fans with a telephone poll the Joker, an event that sent Bats into not-very-sane land for a time.