SFX

We also heard from

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Keith Tudor ( happy to have Under The Dome back, but wondering if budgets will ever allow it to be finished – we hope so, Keith); Ilona Kosmowsky ( wholeheart­edly agreeing with our one- star drubbing of Howard Jacobson’s otherwise- beloved J – “this will give me the strength to find something more interestin­g to read”); Peter Elliot ( wholeheart­edly disagreein­g with our two- and- ahalf star assessment of Luc Besson’s Lucy – “Scarlett Johansson certainly was not a ‘ blank slate automaton’ for the majority of the film”); Jessica Fynboh ( excitedly calling Colin Baker’s Doctor “sassy Sixie” and making us all feel a bit wrong in the process); Matt Bellamy ( cursing us for using the term showrunner – “Are cameramen soon to become ‘ actioncapt­urers?’” We might start using that one just for you, Matt); Llama God ( returning to WAHF to suggest that Groot’s touching gift of a self- grown flower was in fact him giving a little girl “a handful of his seed” – behave yourself!); Mary Bicknell ( faithfully indoctrina­ting her little one – the awesomely named Jack Flash Gordon – into the ways of sci- fi via the pages of SFX; start ’ em young!); Neil Hickman ( loving Rocket from Guardians, but not necessaril­y the man behind him; “If Bradley Cooper played a space raccoon in all his films, I might like him more…”); John P Dunkerley ( making a convincing case for Guardians in fact being a Farscape reunion movie, which it ’s not, but we can all dream);

Clive Seymour ( suggesting that we cover more radio and audiobook content, which certainly isn’t outside the realm of possibilit­y – Mr Berriman has been suitably harangued); Simon Brown ( who was sad to see Dave Bradley’s sign- off last issue, but rest assured Simon, we’re not actually rid of him yet. He doesn’t seem to want to leave the office); and many more…

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