I read a bio of Hergé a while back that included an anecdote from his time living under Nazi occupation. Hergé was obsessive about detail, so he'd go out and sketch houses, vehicles etc, then reproduce them in his drawings. Looking for a model for a mansion in one of his stories, he chose a large house in a wealthy…

No love for Kaylee Frye? Granted, most of her McGyver-esque miracle-working was performed off-stage, but she still kept "Serenity" in the air for longer than Fox did.

Speaking of which, is there any Vader/Palpatine slash fiction? (A simple 'yes' or 'no' will suffice, don't make me sorry I asked by posting links or, Heaven forfend, text samples).

Logically, "Space ... In Space" would denote a concept so awesome that it could only be outdone by "Space in Space ... in Space", but it doesn't seem to work like that.

It's like "Transformers" meets "Battle Los Angeles" meets "Independence Day" meets "Tora! Tora! Tora!" meets "The Final Countdown" meets "Under Siege" meets a giant pile of suck.

Oh, by the way, if you're cataloguing modern versions of "Peter Pan", don't forget Edoardo Bennato's concept album "Sono solo canzonette" (lit. "They're only (little) songs"). In Bennato's vision, Captain Hook is a frustrated revolutionary, the crocodile is a cheerful subversive, and Peter Pan is an extended metaphor…

"Ambiguous and dark"? I read "Peter Pan" for the first time recently and concluded that pretty much every character in it is a total sociopath. Heading the list is Peter Pan himself, who is an evil little son of a bitch - superficially charming, deceitful, manipulative, controlling, violent - but the others are hardly…

But where in the Cambrian would you find the forty gallons of melted butter needed to enjoy your anomalocaris meal in proper style?

They are thought to have reached a size of up to two meters in length. So, who would have had who for dinner?

I thought I'd adjusted to living in a world without flying cars, and now they want to take my cloned mammoths away as well. Reality, you is a straight-up buzzkill.

Application of this lesson to our own situation is left as an exercise for the reader. Denying that there is any possible application is left as an exercise for 'independent' scholars and think tanks funded by major corporations.

That is ... logical, captain.

If there isn't already a bluegrass/deathmetal band called the Ozark Hellbenders, I might have to start one.

Looks like the Heaven's Gate guys jumped the gun a bit. Apparently Hale-Bopp was the wrong comet.

Having - belatedly - understood that Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers" was not as dumb as it appeared to be, but actually quite clever, I'm in no hurry to see it remade.

"Baby carrot. It's a baby carrot. That's all it is. Take deep breaths now ..."

"God ... damn ... producers ... I said ... I didn't want ... any ... part ... of this ... fiasco. Head-spinning ... feel sick ... Should have ... kept ... an eye ... on ... my ... drink ... Never knew ... roofies ... could make ... you feel ... so ... bad ... Must wear off ... eventually ... mustn't they?"

It's ironic that this is the one case where gratuitous female (and male) nudity would actually be faithful to the original text, and Hollywood has chosen to go in the opposite direction.

Depends. Did they have beer back then?

My experience of Snakebite is that it causes excruciating pain, but it only tends to kick in the morning after. More immediate effects include vomiting, nausea, more vomiting, slurred speech, mental impairment and going home with people you'd never have gone home with if you weren't completely trashed.