I'm not a big believer in the Great Man theory of history: once x-ray crystallography was invented in the '20s, it was inevitable that *someone* would figure out the DNA structure sooner or later.

"In a museum in Havana there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one from when he was a boy and one when he was an old man." — Mark Twain

First rule of Joe: Joe is a fricking moron.

Thing is, if they *weren't* planning on killing him, if he was wrong about who nuked the Cant, his broadcast escalates friendly rescue into an interplanetary political incident. So far Holden goes for the big bold solution regardless of whether it's actually a good idea or not. When that backfires once, sure it's…

Wait, he made four shitty movies this year? Jeez, maybe if he spent more time on each one, they'd come out better. Well no they won't, but it'd mean fewer Adam Sandler movies inflicted on the world so it's a win anyway.

More likely four times, since the rule these days is that all trilogies must have four parts.

More of an excuse to promote the Wynn resort than a real movie.

Yeah, y'know? I started reading this comments section and realized I'm asking for trouble. I think I'll bail out now, just half a page in.

… yeah. That sounds like a boycott that's totally going to bring the fat cats to their knees. You show 'em, dude.

It's nice to have a conflict over who should lead the group that's not just Our Hero vs The Evil Jerk. I do feel like there's got to be an org chart somewhere to resolve this though.

Julie's crew was recruited from Space Tinder.

low gravity is even harder to do in SFX than free fall

Yeah, I saw the title sequence somewhere a month or two ago (I think as a promo by the people who CGI'd it), and was instantly sold on the show. It was only later that I realized the show was based on one of my favorite book series. (Somehow I missed the series name while reading.)

Also, the fact that they don't shy away from zero g, even though it's expensive. I assume it's all CGI, I doubt they have the budget to rent a vomit comet. They do use the "mag boots" cop-out a bit, but overall they obey the sci-fi scripwriters' version of Newton's First Law: "everybody is floating all the time,…

You've got him all wrong, he's not religious and is very upset about persecution of Muslims in America. He's a first-and-tenth-amendment Republican. (And probably third, if it ever came up.)

Captain: "Someday you'll tell me that story."
Holden: "Right after you tell me the story about those." (eyes cat figurines)
Captain (quietly): "Well, those are, uh… mine … it's just … there's…" (defensively) "Look, I don't care about your past!"

As I mentioned elsewhere, I think this is on purpose. There's not much time to hook the audience in a pilot, so the writers spent it developing only the characters who were going to die, so you care about them when they get blown up. At this point we know nothing about the folks who survived with Holden, but…

I read the books, but I honestly can't remember much beyond what's in the pilot.

Hmm. I've got a Republican friend with high blood pressure and anger management issues who needs a Christmas present…

Apotolypse Now! "I love the smell of reefer in the morning!"