Interesting to contrast this (and several other very warm reviews) to the Complete Review's take:

Interesting to contrast this (and several other very warm reviews) to the Complete Review's take:

Wait, so this DOESN'T star Peter MacNicol? Disappointing.

Wait, so this DOESN'T star Peter MacNicol? Disappointing.

From the planet Zeist.

From the planet Zeist.

But why has Until the End of the World never gotten a Region 1 dvd release? I'd be all over that.

But why has Until the End of the World never gotten a Region 1 dvd release? I'd be all over that.

Look, the original cut of Highlander 2 came up with the only fathomable explanation for a group of immortals trying to chop each other's heads off: they're alien renegades exiled from the planet Zeist. You mess with that, you obviously deny the fundamentals of good story logic.

Look, the original cut of Highlander 2 came up with the only fathomable explanation for a group of immortals trying to chop each other's heads off: they're alien renegades exiled from the planet Zeist. You mess with that, you obviously deny the fundamentals of good story logic.

Finally got around to Ship Breaker a couple of months ago. Good book, though the conclusion strained a little too much to wrap things up neatly and give the main characters a happy ending. I'm glad the reviews so far for this one make it sound like a stronger novel. Did anyone read Bacigalupi's collection Pump Six? It…

Finally got around to Ship Breaker a couple of months ago. Good book, though the conclusion strained a little too much to wrap things up neatly and give the main characters a happy ending. I'm glad the reviews so far for this one make it sound like a stronger novel. Did anyone read Bacigalupi's collection Pump Six? It…

God bless him for having that memory, though.

God bless him for having that memory, though.

My favorite part was turning on the subtitles to find out that he was saying, "Oor-aar!" That might be slightly off since it's been a few days since I watched it, but seeing inarticulate British hobo noise rendered as words—those words—pretty much made my day.

My favorite part was turning on the subtitles to find out that he was saying, "Oor-aar!" That might be slightly off since it's been a few days since I watched it, but seeing inarticulate British hobo noise rendered as words—those words—pretty much made my day.

"I'm trying to remember the last time they didn't have attractive people on this show"

"I'm trying to remember the last time they didn't have attractive people on this show"

I was really expecting to see Carrie Bradshaw's columns from Sex and the City get listed. Talk about some seriously shitty writing (Carrie's, that is, not the AV Club's).

I was really expecting to see Carrie Bradshaw's columns from Sex and the City get listed. Talk about some seriously shitty writing (Carrie's, that is, not the AV Club's).