"In our lifetime, we will see Johnny Depp play Captain Crunch." - Alan Moore

"In our lifetime, we will see Johnny Depp play Captain Crunch." - Alan Moore

Rob Corddry isn't looking too great either - I think at first I mistook him for a skexie.

Rob Corddry isn't looking too great either - I think at first I mistook him for a skexie.

I don't think Miles said that no one ever thought Doctor Who was scary. What he said was that the whole "behind the sofa" thing, the idea that the show has this long and potent history of genuinely and routinely terrifying children, was not only wrong-headed, but clearly a bit of self-mythologizing on the part of the…

I don't think Miles said that no one ever thought Doctor Who was scary. What he said was that the whole "behind the sofa" thing, the idea that the show has this long and potent history of genuinely and routinely terrifying children, was not only wrong-headed, but clearly a bit of self-mythologizing on the part of the…

Agent Smith is such a neoclassical prick.

Agent Smith is such a neoclassical prick.

Not so much after she sings, but after she sings and throws herself into a funeral pyre which explodes and sets the nine worlds of the cosmos aflame.

Not so much after she sings, but after she sings and throws herself into a funeral pyre which explodes and sets the nine worlds of the cosmos aflame.

In Morrison's version, the dinosaurs represent Native Americans, and the aliens represent invading Europeans, complete with scenes in which the dinosaurs put on feathered headdresses and war-paint, in a sure-fire metaphor that is bound to not be stupid or offensive at all!

In Morrison's version, the dinosaurs represent Native Americans, and the aliens represent invading Europeans, complete with scenes in which the dinosaurs put on feathered headdresses and war-paint, in a sure-fire metaphor that is bound to not be stupid or offensive at all!

But the basic point I was making - which I didn't think would be exactly controversial here - was that technological change has always prompted, even forced, social change. Star Trek even acknowledges this on the one hand with the Federation and its techno-utopia - but on the other hand, it has all these other…

But the basic point I was making - which I didn't think would be exactly controversial here - was that technological change has always prompted, even forced, social change. Star Trek even acknowledges this on the one hand with the Federation and its techno-utopia - but on the other hand, it has all these other…

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus  - where do you get that I'm equating capitalism with democracy? The analysis of feudal versus capitalist production I cited comes mostly from Marx.

@LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus  - where do you get that I'm equating capitalism with democracy? The analysis of feudal versus capitalist production I cited comes mostly from Marx.

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus - company towns weren't feudal institutions, they were capitalist ones, and the transition between feudalism and capitalism was all about technological development and revolutions in modes of production. Feudalism is ultimately a system in which land is the most valuable…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus - company towns weren't feudal institutions, they were capitalist ones, and the transition between feudalism and capitalism was all about technological development and revolutions in modes of production. Feudalism is ultimately a system in which land is the most valuable…

Totally agree with Lurky and geoff - Nicole deBoer is a far, far better actor, and is one of the main reasons I prefer Ezri to Jadzia. Farrell never manages to show more than two or three emotions over the course of her six seasons, which themselves are less emotions than they are looks (slightly amused know-it-all…

Totally agree with Lurky and geoff - Nicole deBoer is a far, far better actor, and is one of the main reasons I prefer Ezri to Jadzia. Farrell never manages to show more than two or three emotions over the course of her six seasons, which themselves are less emotions than they are looks (slightly amused know-it-all…