Exactly. We know so little of how most of the higher functions actually work anyways.

Baxter's books are good, though any i read after Manifold:Time never quite measured up to it in my opinion.

And here's the original thread that reddit user stole it from: http://imgur.com/gallery/zChSf

You can't quantify any reaction by comments on the internet, sorry. That only tells you what the loudest people think. Was it universally liked? Definitely not. But neither was it universally disliked. It does have a pretty solid following and garnered some fairly positive reviews. Judging from people I know as…

Not enough random scribbly lines.

Velma's still the sensible one of course with boots and an ammoless melee weapon. Cue glasses falling off...

Heh, actually, of all his books, I think Market Forces would be the easiest to translate onto screen. In either case, I nominate Daniel Craig for Kovacs (in Ryker's body) or the lead for Market Forces.

I'm all for more sci-fi noir/cyberpunk movies, but I'd much rather Altered Carbon (by Richard K. Morgan) finally be made into a film than a truly unnecessary sequel.

That would be true if they were uniting to fight, but unlike the comic's alien invasion scenario, the established peace is built on a foundation of "We better stop fighting or else this literally unstoppable force will kill us all" The threats between the nations were the alleged direct cause of "Dr. Manhattan's…

Exactly my feelings. It's why I actually like what they are doing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Man of Steel, Iron Man 3's Mandarin, etc. I'd rather have new takes on things than a visual rehash of the same stories and characters beat for beat.

It definitely seems like they called him in on 5 minutes notice and told him "Here, read this teleprompter!"

That's not consistent though. If you're boycotting with the intent of denying funds to a bigoted organization, and he points out that it will similarly deny funds going to donations to other organizations that are more philanthropic, then it is relevant. Not to mention how many other hundreds if not thousands of…

I think, at this point, if Idris Elba was announced to be cast for literally any role, I'd be okay with it and excited.

I thought they were just shifting responsibility over to Tony?

Yeah, at first I thought it was a one person pod like last season, then... maybe 5 people fit... then it landed. Oh.

I'm relatively uncomfortable we're giving a blanket term that would include everything from pirates to activists to hospital ships to even fishermen.

The real reason most likely is that they needed a somewhat recognizable name to get a studio to back it. Sadly, most studios wont even risk money on something without an established property behind it, even something as remote as an old movie, or known historical tale. The exact thing happened with the Taking of…

That's a lot of assumptions. The fantasy to history ratio in domestic settings is high as well. Fantasy sells more.

Or like a movie where Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter... Or where Mel Gibson single-handedly saved the American Revolution. Movies take very loose inspiration from history all the time.

Because he is the one who decided to make the movie in the first place