On the subject of losing the ability to get things done: [www.theonion.com] (rude words may not be safe for work).

Don't let a failure to read the Baroque Cycle prevent you from reading Anathem. Admittedly Anathem is about as slow, but it's not set in the 18th C (or on Earth at all, for that matter). I found it a comfortable book; about 2 weeks after finishing it, I went back and read it again.

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That Avatar sex-scene was shown in the UK's first theatrical release. It wasn't a cut scene for us. I only realised it was cut for you from figuring out what previous io9 articles were missing.

For me the first film is much improved by the extended editions. All the added stuff is good and deepens the characters or explains stuff that is worth knowing. The second two films, not so much. It was as if he started putting in things he thought would please the fans, without using his own judgement. In the…

The equinox is also when position of sunrise and sunset moves most quickly around the horizon. The solstice is when it moves most slowly - because then as reaches its most extreme position, it slows down, stops and reverses. Near the equinox the sun rises at a more different place every day.

Kaylee, in the pilot. But yes, Joss is one of the writers who is prepared to kill his darlings.

What interested me most about the article was the claim that the people who got the maths answer right weren't more intelligent. It seems to me they were using their brains more, and that's a big part of what makes intelligence. But I agree with the other posters who said it didn't need to be innate. You can be taught…

It's a spoiler to say whether a character is still alive at a future point.

For me it was Mal returning to find the Alliance guy had escaped and was holding a gun to a girl's head, saying "I'm warning you I'm not fooling a.....". That was a jaw-dropping hero "fuck yeah" moment. Especially as they then just dump the body overboard, effectively negating all the previous dialogue about whether…

When Amy was saying how much she hated the Doctor now, I did wonder if it would be she who eventually murders him.

I think you're under-valuing what Jilly did with Danes. She managed him into being a star. Most of that happened off-screen. The couple of times that Danes went off-script were on-screen, so that gives a misleading impression. Danes wouldn't have achieved it on his own.

Put the camera on a rail, mounted to a stepper-motor controlled by a computer. Computer moves the camera and takes the photos according to a planned schedule. They happened to show some relatively cheap apparatus for this on The Gadget Show in the UK the other week. They used kit from [tlpro.co.uk] .

I'm glad someone else sees that. I had an argument in another forum with people who couldn't see it. For me it coloured Alex's proclamations of love at the end. He was being manipulated by the cuckoo.

It was broadcast out of sequence, so the arc references were to a different arc. Specifically, when Amy stops being a wooden doll, the Doctor says it's nice to have her back "in the flesh". The next episodes were supposed to be the Flesh two-parter.

I don't see how its any different to the 45-club. There have always been people who want to stop existing. Looking at how they deal with Miracle Day is logical, but not awesome or chilling for me.

Also add Survivors (1975) [www.youtube.com] Admittedly the visuals add a lot.

Firefly would have been my 5th vote, for the second reason you give. It wasn't higher because it is theme which only works after you are familiar with the series. For me it has a nihilistic aesthetic. It reflects Mal's rejection of worlds. He doesn't care if you "Burn the land and boil the sea", which is a bit scary,…

Futurama is a cartoon, and so not eligible for this round.

I'm guessing The Animates Series was a cartoon, and so not eligible for this round.