My father-in-law's best story from the Korean war (he was 8 years old at the time, and also Korean): he's playing in a park when a group of about 10 North Korean soldiers bursts out of the forest. The soldiers rush up to him … and very politely ask for directions back to North Korea. He points vaguely north-ward, the…

@avclub-b31df16a88ce00fed951f24b46e08649:disqus , I was just differentiating between the speechifying, idealistic TV-show continuity and Abrams' Michael-Bay-style reboot.
i.e. http://www.theonion.com/vid…

@avclub-b31df16a88ce00fed951f24b46e08649:disqus , I was just differentiating between the speechifying, idealistic TV-show continuity and Abrams' Michael-Bay-style reboot.
i.e. http://www.theonion.com/vid…

If you are a fictional person bound to canonical Star Trek continuity, then you have no choice but to say that the Lens Flare Star Treks happen in the same continuity as the ponderous, didactic ones and therefore are not a reboot.

If you are a fictional person bound to canonical Star Trek continuity, then you have no choice but to say that the Lens Flare Star Treks happen in the same continuity as the ponderous, didactic ones and therefore are not a reboot.

I know, judging a movie based on trailers is stupid, but there sure was a lot of stuff getting blowed up real good. I got more of a Transformers than a Star Trek vibe.

I know, judging a movie based on trailers is stupid, but there sure was a lot of stuff getting blowed up real good. I got more of a Transformers than a Star Trek vibe.

I think it's fair. That first letter is someone coming from a place of immense privilege who's inventing a reason to feel oppressed. Drawing parallels to ACTUAL fights for civil rights is tasteless at best.

I think it's fair. That first letter is someone coming from a place of immense privilege who's inventing a reason to feel oppressed. Drawing parallels to ACTUAL fights for civil rights is tasteless at best.

This here site is one of the few places on the internet where people both:
1) write in complete sentences, with punctuation and everything, and
2) have a sense of humor about most things.

This here site is one of the few places on the internet where people both:
1) write in complete sentences, with punctuation and everything, and
2) have a sense of humor about most things.

Yes, do a trilogy based solely on Han Solo's bounty hunter days.   Also, cast Nathan Fillion as young Han Solo*. And let Joss Whedon direct. Yeah, do this.

Yes, do a trilogy based solely on Han Solo's bounty hunter days.   Also, cast Nathan Fillion as young Han Solo*. And let Joss Whedon direct. Yeah, do this.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that George Lucas didn't bother to flesh out his characters beyond what they were required to do onscreen.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that George Lucas didn't bother to flesh out his characters beyond what they were required to do onscreen.

I've seen Irreversible 5 times, and it gets funnier every time I watch it.

I've seen Irreversible 5 times, and it gets funnier every time I watch it.

Everybody PANIC!

Everybody PANIC!

Heh - I LOVED Dave Barry as a kid. I still think it's kind of a weird thing for a kid to gravitate to, so I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one.