Roddenberry wanted the people in TNG to be more socially evolved than the people in TOS. He wanted to show that society had followed the ideals of Trek and we weren't the same quarrelsome, self obsessed people we are in real life or on every other TV show. It was a brilliant idea, and one of the few ways in which they…

They really are. It was amazing that they could follow the phenomenon of the original AT ALL, and they did it amazingly well, repeating what they had to but blazing their own trail as well, but it took them a couple of seasons to figure it out. Which is not a put-down- they really worked to make the show better.

Had to Google it. That does look wrong. Those white eyes. Godzilla is a dangerous giant monster, but his face has to be recognizable and oddly you sympathize with him.

Like I said, you usually can't improve a classic, and when they have, they worked hard to honor the original. He still looks like Godzilla in Japan, unlike the totally crappy American Godzilla. That's why I very intentionally used a pic of "Godzilla 2000".

God(zilla), I hope that's not how it really looks in the movie. That's just stupid.

"...So I damn sure doubt that a person stupid enough to end up working at a McDonalds has the brains to figure it out(as you so elegantly prove)

It's not an outrage, it's one guy getting mistreated in a McDonald's. If his research is actually valuable then I hope he gets to continue it, but that doesn't mean businesses have to change their policies for this one guy. It's not up to these poor restaurant owners, who are just trying to keep their lousy jobs (I…

If a group of people are going to chose to be something that goes against the rules of the place they're in, then yeah, they should expect problems. That goes for religions- you can believe whatever you want, but if your religion includes some sort of illegal or anti-social behavior, then the followers of that…

So the restaurant workers should just assume he probably wouldn't take pictures because they know that he knows they will be scouring the internet for his photos and will sue him later? Yeah, that sounds more practical than demanding he put down his camera or get out the restaurant.

It costs a butt-load to go see it, and if you have kids in NYC you've already been to the Intrepid one-too-many times. Definitely want to see the Enterprise, not sure when I'll get around to it though.

What is his "condition"? Yes, it's bolted to his head, but it's still a camera held up to his eye. How are the restaurant owners supposed to tell when he's violating their "no pictures" policy or not?

I feel so sorry for his kids.

I don't know the full story, and I don't know why this guy has to wear the thing (I think ONLY because it's bolted on his head?) but I think comparing his trials to the mistreatment of blacks and gays over the decades is ridiculous. When cyborgs become a people who are systematically discriminated against simply for…

No- he eventually was given his freedom back, in the original series.

That doesn't entitle him to do anything he wants, or cancel the owner's rights to protect themselves or their other customers. I think they were dicks about it, should not have touched his stupid eyepiece, and should have offered him a refund. But he should have left.

So far as they knew, the guy had a camera, recording not only them, but their customers. They didn't know it was bolted on his head. They were wrong for touching it, but you can't blame them for misunderstanding the guy's CYBORG nature.

I disagree. Owned by a corporation, or by a local businessperson (usually how a franchise restaurant works) it is privately owned. And are you saying they don't have the right to kick out anyone who engages in behavior they think is disruptive to themselves or their customers?

They should not have touched his stuff, but he should have left the restaurant. It's privately owned property. And it's a freaking McDonald's, not a hospital or public library or something publicly owned or vital. I'm sure it was embarrassing and frustrating and I sympathize- but he should have complained to the BBB…

"...here's wishing the Shinjuku Kabukicho Robot Restaurant the very best of luck as it awkward rolls the human race one step closer to a well-deserved Robopocalypse..."

Matt Smith doesn't have the ANYTHING to even attempt to evoke Samuel L. Jackson.