Pacific Rim is going to flop. I'm not saying this happily, as Guillermo Del Toro is a great director with a ton of really cool ideas, but I just don't see this movie catching on. My girlfriend, who is not all that in to genre stuff but has been talked into seeing and thoroughly enjoyed things like new Star Trek ,…

If Connie Britton jumped off a bridge I would seriously consider it. I mean, she must've had a reason right?

Ooh, that's a good one. There were several problematic things about that show, but Olivia Williams absolutely rocked her part. Another Whedon-verse female anti-hero: Christina Hendrick's Saffron from Firefly.

Good point, but maybe they'll start trying to tie the Island plot into the main plot in a less metaphorical way? I mean, with Merlyn out of the picture and Count Vertigo wasted on the drug dealer plot it's not like the Green Arrow's got a deep bench of villains. I'd guess that if they want to keep bringing in…

I'm actually gonna argue the opposite position, that the TV show is more feminist than the books. You could honestly write an essay on this shit, but my key arguments are:

I don't mean to be that person that complains about science writing on Jezebel, but I'm going to have to be that person. The study does not claim that muscular men are more likely to support right-wing economic policies, it claims that among muscular men there is a correlation between personal wealth and affinity for…

Presumably the lady who Fryers was talking to on the phone last episode? But yeah, I thought Merlyn (Sr.)'s death was ambiguous, while poor Tommy is just dead.

"Every DC Character"*

*Except Stephanie Brown. Editorial put a stop to that.

To be fair, I think that the lack of Willingham' involvement wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing in a Fables TV show. Perhaps the female characters would be treated a little better and there wouldn't be whole plotlines revolving around making Bigby an UNSTOPPABLE SUPERHERO FETISHIZED BY THE WRITERS. Actually, it's…

I know that was a joke, but they actually did relocate a scoreboard from Seattle when they tore down the Kingdome. It was used at BC Place in Vancouver (home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) until they renovated that stadium in 2011.

I didn't see the whole episode, but I thought it fell back into some of it's worst tendencies from the past few seasons. "Hey, this sketch isn't funny in concept or in execution, let's throw Kristen in there and hope she can bail us out." Wiig is hilarious, but there's not much she can do with a lot of the writing.…

Now after you were so nice about apologizing I hope I'm remembering it right...

Many people with experience in the non-profit sector will tell you that the percentage of funds going to "the cause" is not necessarily the best metric to be using to evaluate charities. I mean, no one wants wasteful spending on things like staff salaries, building overhead, etc, but getting too tied up in not…

I also enjoyed Thor, and I believe it was pretty generally liked (for a movie about a superhero/god from another galaxy or dimension or something). I agree that it was bizarre to have Branagh involved but I think it worked.

Well to be fair he also kind of falls for her in the books just because she's hot and seems cool. Although we do see them develop a functioning relationship later on. The whole character-based plot works better when it plays out over months or years than it does in like a few days.

I was going to say the same thing regarding the books vs the movie. Knives' development over the course of the series is really great, and their ending is super sweet and well done and makes both narrative and "real life" sense. We don't get to see that in the movie, nor do we really get to see Scott and Ramona being…

One thing the article doesn't get at, which could be helpful for beginners to home improvements and handyman tasks, is a list of a few things that anyone with basic coordination, a desire to learn, and a willingness to spend some time at it can do. On this list I would put interior painting,…

In fastpitch softball, especially in youth ball but occasionally even in men's leagues, pitchers sometimes wear protective face masks. It makes sense because in fastball the pitching rubber is closer, the delivery often carries you even closer to the plate, and metal (well, composite I guess) bats are used instead of…

I think this is a really good point, everyone has their own best way to workout and it's important to find what's good for you, not be pushed into the latest fad. For me, even though I absolutely love team sports, when it comes to more fitness-y things I prefer to jog alone, lift weights at home, and do my own…

Yep, it's the same for anyone who's played music. Your muscle memory gets you through most of it, so if your attention wavers you can keep going. The problem is that as soon as you realize that this is the only thing keeping you playing, and that you don't consciously known what the next notes are, you're completely…