There have been alternate history stories written since at least medieval times. Nathaniel Hawthorne and H.G. Wells both wrote short stories about access to parallel universes with different histories than our reality. The first English language novel-length work was Aristopia by Costello Holford - and that was in…

Han was not the one that told Finn he had a weapon (the lightsaber), that was Maz Kanata.

I thought J.J. Abrams would be a better director for Star Wars than Star Trek because he wouldn't have to be bothered by pesky things like the laws of physics or engineering principles (Enterprise underwater anyone?) But he still managed to do some shit in this movie that just makes no fucking sense.

Sorry if this is a repeated observation but I'm too lazy to scroll through all the comments:
When Earth-2 Harrison Wells tells Barry to move so fast as to create multiple images of himself, there seemed to be a significant glance from Cisco toward Wells. Reverse Flash/Eobard Thawne/Earth-1 Wells specifically showed…

I really hate this show. I watch it because my wife likes it but I just can't relate to a main character whose whole schtick is "You mean the whole world doesn't think like America!?" I imagine this show is much more popular in Sweden as it gives them an opportunity to laugh at our incredibly backwards country. I'd…

What, you expect the writers at A.V. Club to actually check their facts? It's much easier to just assume that the two leads are married in real life instead of doing 30 seconds of research on IMDB.

She's a medical doctor, not a physicist. Being a physicist and an engineer myself, I have never been that impressed with the intelligence of MDs. Being able to do their job is related to memorizing facts and an empirical sort of experience that helps them diagnose patients. The continuing education requirements of…

I'm too lazy to review the 1300+ comments below so my apologies if I'm repeating this: does anybody else think John Teti is the best reviewer on this sight? I have so enjoyed his weekly essays on this show (to call them mere "reviews" would be doing them a disservice). They are extremely well reasoned and articulate…

"It's not that I'm not rooting for him…" I don't care if it's the twenty-first century, double negatives are not acceptable.

Jon Stewart's departure from the Daily Show has given me a chance to learn about the A.V.Club staff's teaching credentials.

Yeah! Just like the management at Morton Thiokol was held accountable when they over-rode their own engineers and said it was okay to launch the Space Shuttle Challenger in low temperature conditions with solid rocket booster o-ring erosion. Oh wait, that never happened.
And most of the engineers in question were…

For me this show is like Bizarro -world Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (yeah, I know, wrong comic company). The quality of the pilot was great and has just gone downhill. What they've lacked in these follow on episodes is a good balance between action and intrigue. The number of plot threads has grown so much that I'm…

As someone who was forced into Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings as part of my "treatment" for alcohol addiction I want to throw a brick at my TV whenever Sherlock's addiction comes up.

I hate having to appear like that; really is the most tiresome thing, a noisy manifestation. Still, rather expected of one, I suppose…

I was having an okay evening until you mentioned the EU purge. God that pisses me off. Lucasbooks decided to take control of the novels to enforce continuity so all the authors weren't out there creating their own version of the Star Wars universe just to disregard it all for Episode VII. Twenty years of writing…

Of course, the problem with equating "George Lucas was involved" to "in canon" is that Lucas doesn't give a shit about continuity. He clearly is just making it up as he goes.

Kallus has never been identified as a "General" - he's an agent of the Imperial Security Bureau. That and phrases like "…the a sore spot…" and "..a certain group of people of out Germany." show the editorial staff is up to its usual high standards (i.e. none).

Anybody else think the pilot droid for the transport looked like the droid from the Star Tours ride?

At least the other guy knows when "it's" should have a contraction.

I say this as a proponent of evolution as fact and a staunch atheist: "We're right because we've been saying this for a long time" is a fallacy regardless who says it.