It's not that much of a stretch if we assume the Kanamits weren't trying to trick humanity, just were very bad at communicating with them.  It's entirely possible that the book was in fact written in english, just that the Kanamits really weren't good at approximating human language and fonts. For me the issue with…

If we think about it logically, this probably isn't the first planet they've worked out this arrangement with.  And it's probably like eating any animal, you see it, you kill it, you eat it.  They all have differnt tastes, but as the french have taught us, you can eat just about anything with a good enough cream sauce.

I think the thing you miss about To Serve Man is that the Kanamits never make any pretention that they aren't going to eat us.  Essentially, the Kanamits are always honest and forthright about their plans, even producing a book of the various ways they intend to serve humanity.  There is the old (possibly apocryphal)…

It's interesting that you should suggest role playing as Sheldon's in for sex.  As I recall, In the lost original pilot it is revealed that Sheldon was not a virgin, expressly because of his cos play at a sci fi convention.  As I recall, he and a female character named Gilda (whom I maintain is very much the proto…

Yeah, but Penny's car is pretty dodgy…and they were leaving late, and possbly already had a few….so, you can make the argument why that wasn't a good idea.

finding someone who is as obsessed about all the thing you like and nothing you dislike is as unlikely as an ad man marrying a witch.  It can be done in a sitcom, but only very rarely will it be done well.  I think the fact that Amy and Sheldon are similar but often at odds is one of the true beauties of their…

That's maybe a fair criticism.  It's possible that since Shamy is the new relationship with the bigger hurdle it should get more attention, but that is no reason to neglect the Penard relationship, especially as it is the proto relationship that acts as first mover for the series.

I guess for me, I see more nobility in Sheldon.  I try to imagine what it would be like to be a person who is in love, but to some extent truly physically incapable of expressing that love.  Yes, Sheldon is selfish, but, then again, aren't we all?  In essence, you could argue that Amy's insistance on sexual intimacy…

I'm glad you liked it, thanks.

No, she just gets bored by many thing Leonard likes…I'm sure he has limited interest in clubbing and shoe shopping to, but no one ever complains that Leonard never wants to go shoe shoping, or knows nothing about shoes.  You know, I really wish they had followed up on Penny's idea for a shoe ap, that lets you take a…

I find it so interesting that not just you, but many others, see Sheldon's denial of Amy's desire for sex as cruel or selfish.  I do wonder if we were watching a show about a guy wanting sex from his girflfriend who wasn't emotionally ready for it, if we would use the words cruel and selfish.  Many likely would, but I…

I was quite the avid gamer in my youth, and I recall the hardest thing to ever try to do in a game was play a character who was less intelegent than you.  You either had the temptation to see things and connections that your character simply wouldn't, or you would degrade your characters intelect making bad choices…

I think the problem you're having (something we can call the Shamy Paradox) is the fact that you expect things to move faster than the reality of the situation would allow.  It's like this, Sheldon and Amy's first encounter, both are at point zero of sexual itnerest.  As they grow, Amy realizing her deep love and…

Well, I suppose this is one of those rare moments when the writers decide to show the other side the Sheldon.  The fun loving big kid, that his friends enjoy being around more than they dislike being around him the rest of the time.  Personally, that Sheldon isn't a gaming accountant is logical.  There are many strait…

Yeah, but the heart wants what it wants, and being someone else's spite lay wouldn't be what Amy would want her (no doubt) first sexual experience to be.

If it doesn't feature, a Ranger, a Cavalier, a Theif, a Barbarian, a Magician, and an Acrobat lost in the realm of Dungeons and Dragons than it will more than likely not be a very good movie based on a game, you know…unlike all the other movies based on games which are ususally so good.

Except nothing she said was specificly dumb.  We don't know what her prediciton was for the egg, merely that she didn't think it would be sucked in due to decreased air pressure.  She may well have (based on other pressure demonstrations she's seen from the boys, guessed that gases expanding from heat would cause the…

It was harsh, but it was clearly meant playfully, and was highlighting a reminder to her boyfriend, that just because he thought something was cool, doesn't make it cool to the larger world he might be speaking to (in that he was speakign to Penny).  Also please consider that it was intended as ironic forshadowing,…

Well, it is possible they were just going for cheap dumb blonde jokes, but I still stand that it was ignorance not dumbness.  Penny is scientifically aliterate, she didn't study it in highschool, and has only recently been introduced to the concepts of science at a level where she is expected to simply not understand…

Or perhaps you're just more annoying than you think.  I know from my own perspective, I often find myself realizing after the fact what an insufferable know it all I've been, and likly well deserved of a Sheldon linkage, even if only for a moment.  Much like sex and the city, we all want to Carrie, but more often were…