Fun fact: if you slingshot to speed up, the planet's rotation slows down a teeny bit. If you slow down, the planet's rotation speeds up.

Agree with your take on the physicsing. This show is great at using physics to correct or improve on the usual sci-fi tropes, but some of it ends up falling short. The slingshot club is definitely one of those; there was a brief "pouring water with Coriolis" scene that also doesn't work. Also they stick to the…

Hey, we're all @Cookie_Monster fans here, but let's not get crazy.

If you liked Moon, check out Ex Machina. Same kind of small-scale, idea- and identity-focused sci-fi.

A Mary Sue is the *author's* wish-fulfillment fantasy. Being the *audience's* wish-fulfillment fantasy is just good business sense.

Wait, Ricky Jay was an X-file? I might have to check that out.

History of the European Front of WWII, as known by the average American: French surrender without a fight, London gets bombed, US shows up and D-days the fuck out of Germany, Eisenhower personally shoots Hitler in the balls, the end.

Sure, but I think the Sig Sauer MPX has better accuracy and less recoil.

I hear it's only luke warm inside a tauntaun.

You're right, of course, but I think "faze" is fighting a losing battle at this point.

It's got the same tortured angsty female hero angle that Buffy had.

Agree that it's good that Tennant's out of the picture. Shows whose Big Bad lasts more than a season tend to get dull and repetitive. Disagree that they should have killed him off before the finale.

Claire needs her own show

Holy crap. Forbes refuses to let you view their site unless you turn off your ad-blocker? Yeah, no.

Shoot, it would have been nice to have actresses on this list, maybe it'd shut up the people who claim that actresses get paid less because they make less money for the studio.

The Iron Bank of Oakville.

I was thinking, rejected "Smooth Criminal" backup dancer.

A what?

It's so hard for me to resist watching the next episode

Yeah, though Dark Matter still had more than its fair share of scenes shot in abandoned factories. The Expanse shows what you can buy in Canada with an actual budget.