I don't personally agree with that (because I'm not an idiot), but it's a valid point: even without the joke (which is a bad joke, and shouldn't have been made, but a lot of academics aren't known for their understanding of "humor") people would have been complaining (and presumably the "joke" was inspired by that…

"minorities don't even get to have a voice"? As a resident of Hackney, I'd recommend that you look at the Council Members for this and other boroughs. If anything, there is better minority representation at the local levels than in the US. I'm not going to say that the UK is without fault, but you're overstating a…

Disclaimers: (1) I'm by no means an expert (2) I haven't read any of the books for years, with the exception of the hardboiled-detective-ish I, Jedi (3) I don't really care about this stuff.

I'm just saying, there's a world of difference between having issues with a few hundred or maybe thousand people in your community and have millions of people pointed at you by the internet. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying you didn't have a hard time too, but this should not have been an unexpected followup.

Yes, a child, who probably shouldn't have been held up by the internet to be a glorified "kick me" sign like everyone here should have known. I feel so damn sorry for the kid, respect her desire to be a role model, but there are so so so many reasons that the original story shouldn't have been splashed all about for…

Agreed. If you're going to wear a tie, don't go out of your way to look like a moron in a tie. People who buy novelty ties (as opposed to those who receive them as "gifts") are reserved a special place in hell.

Kind of a strange incident. On the one hand when it comes down to something as easily replicated as a rug pattern it would probably necessitate a higher standard of "due diligence" on the part of the manufacturer to not risk losing further incidents.

"but there's nothing that really upsets the reader"

Hmmm...

As a male player of console shooters, I have a quick response: I, too, love the mute button for the exact same reasons.

Mhmm, definately needs to be included. If you're going to take into consideratio "side characters" who eclipse the main role, Hit Girl definitely takes the cake. The entire story is basically about her and Big Daddy, Kick-Ass just happens to come around at the right time and place to get involved.

Good luck with that, when they can't even be bothered for new issues of the comic itself. There's veeeeeeery little chance of a movie being made about any comics canceled in the last 10 years.

I think for a lot of the stuff that isn't aired on TV now (and specifically the stuff that would need the most work in upscaleing) we're going to have to wait another 10 or so years for it to make a "generation jump" (when parents feel like getting nostalgic with their kids) and the process of re-mastering to some…

Another good example of this kind is Auger's AI companion from Earth Final Conflict.

I would be ok with this trio of actor/production/property.

One of my favorite movies ever. I kinda compare it to Ronin in a lot of matters of filmwork, pacing and tone.

Personally, I don't think that they could have gotten any more direct than the "No Reason" scene. You can read into the movie all you want, and SOME of it is valid (mostly the thought behind the final surviving viewer), but the vast majority of the movie is specifically daring the audience to try and come up with a…

To be honest, neither was I. I guess I'm too jaded by the tons of movies where female-trans are just played by male-male actors in exceptionally good drag.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I think Balzac is a good choice of authors and probably in my "Top 10 Authors (If not on your reading list already)". However a lot of his writing was crap, his contemporaries thought a lot was crap, he thought a lot of it was crap (and tried his damnedest to not be a professional writer). …

Yes, but we're not talking about the phrase in regards to themselves, we're talking about random people on the internet using the term in regards to people they don't know and situations they don't know. Even if it was in regards to themselves, people are still capable of recognizing when people are using a term…