I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but this movie was utterly lifeless, unintentionally funny, and ultimately boring. This should have killed the franchise—how it survived I have no idea. It's a wonder Wrath of Khan was ever made.

No, see, you're missing the point: Plan 9 was good because it was bad and didn't know it was bad. Earth Girls was good because it was ironically bad. So, while both were bad, they were actually good. Now do you understand?

"Like science fiction, Westerns are always about the time they're written/filmed in." And, of course, this is especially true of TV. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman wouldn't have made it onto TV in the early 60s, even in a period dominated by the TV Western. Likewise, Bonanza would have to go significant changes to…

That's fascinating...especially since the TJG for the Howling Commandos was also named Cohen, right?

Thanks. I didn't read a lot of Sgt. Rock, but that kind of stuck with me somehow.

I could be wrong about this, but wasn't there a character in Sgt. Rock's Easy Company named Ice Cream Soldier?

I liked the original Storm look that Cockrum created and Byrne refined. Smith's Punk look, made even worse by Romita and those that followed, was a disaster. The current (?) one, the all-white with the big red Xs on the lapels, isn't an improvement. Storm was a goddess in Africa wearing next-to-nothing when…

You mean the other two are Jewish?

While she does have access to resources not shared by others, that fact alone does not prevent her story from being inspiring. Explorers often have access to such resources, but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate their achievements. What I'm curious about is whether she edited the film herself...if so, she might…

Should it be "unsecure" instead of "insecure?" Just curious.

Um, typically, in Judeo-Christian beliefs anyway, angels aren't dead things; that is, you don't become an angel upon death. I think the idea is more along the lines of a Christmas pageant—kids dressing up as characters from the Christmas story, which does include angels.

Excellent suggestions.

I teach high school English at a Christian school. Both Ender's Game and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are on the reading list for the freshman class. In my senior honors English class, we're finishing up Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey. I understand what you're saying—at another Christian school I wasn't…