So...that much more of a chance that there's some planet out there to have a misunderstanding with. So long as no one says "Hey, how did our resources get under your planet's surface?" to some intelligent beings out there we may manage to hammer out some sort of truce. But honestly, if we can avoid meeting other…

Gigawatts? ;) But yes we need 1.21 of them as our output, bolts of lightning blasting through things, boom, baby, BOOM! :) Oh yeah.

Hey if we can get the power requirements right for the death ray, maybe it can help with powering the mecha suit. I mean we have the basics of the tech to make such a thing, we just cann't power the suits or make them fast. So hold on, the military need to power the doomsday weapons will lead to better ways to turn…

Super villains, that's what could go wrong. How soon until the Moon has CHA on it? Heehee.

Can it be deployed to cut Earth-bound asteroids into smaller chunks that will burn up on entry? That should be the real goal. Deploy it in orbit with solar panels and a nuclear reactor and hope no one ever programs it to turn around and fire on the planet instead. ;)

I agree with you, it's a cliched move, but sadly, a few people fall for the romance element, and this might be the attempt to keep a larger audience. We watch it for John Noble, for the weird scientific twists, for the Walter moments that make us laugh, but some people who just aren't into the science and quirkiness…

I was hoping it would be more of the Apollo 20 conspiracy, where apparently there was a mission to explore an alien spacecraft. That intrigues me much more.

My question is about the muscle deterioration. So if bears sleep for a few months, and only shuffle about once every day or few days, is that enough to prevent any type of atrophy? Just wondering.

I feel the way you do. I'm just an optimistic girl I suppose so I phrase it differently. You read that bit at the end of Feast and it seems like it's almost there, and it's still at the same point, almost there. But I'll have hope for some nice surprise, and that the years in between will diminish as pressure from HBO…

You know what they say, if you want a film made right, make it yourself. Who are they" Film students, I think. :) I am sure io9 members can get together enough props and skills to revive the genre :)

Games, HBO series, all looking back. I'm going to put all my hopes and desires into seeing a Dance with Dragons sometime soon, of course. I will enjoy peeking back, but I will delight in moving forward much much more. :)

It seems like a great, inspirational place to write some sci-fi horror. I'd bring the laptop and have a pint there. I'd get some great insane ramblings out of it, I'm sure! Love it.

That's very petty. We all know the human spirit is the X factor in any battle, and hey no one is perfect. Even the Americans are 10 and...1? 2? I'm not sure anymore. And there's no shame in being defeated by the descendants of the fiery Celts. :)

Tentacle bear would be easier to defeat than regular bear, well for a Viking, anyway. You just grab a tentacle and rip it out, then beat the mutant creature to death with it. Rawr! What's really happening in the picture, of course, is that the hungry Viking has shown up and is going to fight the bear to see who gets…

Lucy is great, but I am glad our signals aren't getting out there. I mean, if the aliens are hostile and can get here, we're in for a fight and we will probably lose. And if they're benevolent, we'll probably con them, take advantage of them, and end up in a fight we will probably lose.

Let's live every day like we're Dubai. I love that. And can we please add Lunar Amusement Park to the list? We don't need it to be Futurama with Whalers on the Moon, exactly, but I just want to visit the Moon before we're all wiped out by random chunks of space minerals. ;) Hey, just think of the rocket powered roller…

Netflix does have it, well it does in Canada, so I would assume that since our Netflix is so limited, and it's here, you are bound to have it wherever you are :) Well worth a watch just so you can run around saying "This is NOT Happening" and then make up some bad songs. :)

Yay! I rant about this all over, it's nice to know I'm not alone.

Oh now I have to as well! I love that the costumes are so authentic, despite it being a comedy and something that could have gone the silly route with horned helmets and the like. But it's just perfect all the same.

Well sometimes the Vikings did that happy merchant thing, especially the Rus from the Swedish side of things who were tired out by hauling their ships between the rivers. But if you try to cheat a viking or you don't offer a fair enough price, your village is wiped out. Morale - be nice, or be burned. :)