"Great artist" my ass. He's a piece of ****, as a writer, artist and human being.

No mention of "Altered States"?

Not really, no. They are unappealing, ugly images. What's sad is that you fond the need to attack someone for expressing their opinion.

Sorry, but I find his work sickeningly horrifying.

Well, 2001, like all of Kubrick's films, was essentially an independent film. He raised his own funding with his brother in law (although, given the cost of this one at the time, MGM did kick in some $$, a different arrangement, from the deal he had at Warner).

"Better" than what?

No, it doesn't leave it to Jackson to add anything - the additional material was written by Tolkien and intended not only as appendices, but some for eventual inclusion in an expanded version of the novel which simply never transpired.

Apologies to Sir Ian, but FINALLY a wizard who looks as though he could kick your ass...

Well, that's completely useless.

To hell with Google.

I want to go to there.

Regarding Greg B.'s query... You won't have long to wait in one regard - SyFy is developing a "Waterworld" TV series.

Please, don't bring up Williams' 'iconic score' again...

Derp!

The covers of the Blish adaptations lured me in when I was nine, and I continued reading "Star Trek" books regularly until I was in my twenties. You seem to have made some good choices, and there are some new ones among them that I will check out soon (thanks to the ease and convenience of the Kindle).

Ugh. Horrific.

As a director, Shyamalan is one of the best working today. His visual sense, blocking, staging, work with actors and sense of pacing are all top notch - he's truly talented. In this regard, it's unfair for people to go on about how horrible he is.

Aww, thanks. The only difficult situations we encountered due to their relationship was because of others on the outside (including some of their family members), but I think it made us all stronger.

I had two moms since I was twelve in 1976, a time when the behavior of some in society was even more insane and stupid than now. I count myself very fortunate to have grown up in the household I did, and never saw anything 'odd' or 'wrong' about it and have certainly not turned into some kind of psychopath,…