And by the time you realize that, well, let's face it—it's too late for the pebbles to vote.

@scifantasy:disqus The NBS! At last! Well, it is springtime…

The best analysis/explanation I ever read of the Boomers and their seemingly contradictory path through adolescence and adulthood relies on a purely demographic explanation—essentially, that their sheer numbers are the key to understanding their behavior. They overwhelmed every social system and authority structure…

Well, the portrayal of Psi Corps at this point in its history is lopsided, sure, but there are lots of times over the course of the series where the issues you raise are wrestled with by various people, especially in S4-S5. Even this early on, we get to see examples of how many rogue telepaths are in need of serious…

I think GKar is the universe trying to give everyone its willy… :)

Well, they did—at least once. Just not on camera. JMS confirmed it when asked.

So much heartbreak (figurative and literal) next week. We barely get to know the emperor, and he was a decent, tragic man on the cusp of doing something which could have forever altered the destinies of two peoples for the better. Instead they'll just replace him with a foppish, delusional bubblehead named Cartagia…

She's just the universe trying to give itself the willies!

The reference to Shakespeare is apt. Soul Mates is essentially King Lear with wives instead of daughters, and comedy in place of tragedy. I would also say that there's a difference between archetypes and stereotypes, and the presence in comedy of the former shouldn't bother us as much as the presence of the latter in…

Imagine the neck-snap I suffered when I realized why the elderly nanny who seduced Barney on HIMYM seemed so strangely familiar….

Not that this hasn't been said (by him, repeatedly) but his point was never about the value or quality of games. He was making a philosophical distinction, that as difficult as it may be to define art, one of the lowest common denominators is the agency of the artist. If that agency is taken away from the artist and…

There is a certain "waiting for Godot" angle to it, certainly.

I have a shamefully shameless love for kitschy romanticism if it's done well (You've Got Mail, for example) and the video for "Eternal Flame," which transforms Hoffs from a brassy pop slut into a soulful, yearning, soft-hearted girl in love is the sexiest thing she ever did, not to mention a great showcase for the…

I didn't like how Lino and his gang seemed to have superpowers to better play up the bodycount and keep her situation hopeless. She tips off the General, and men in body armor with assault rifles hide in the wardrobe, the bathroom, and in the bed next to her. Five seconds of chaotic gunfire later, which appears to…

SPOILERS in zombie resurrection thread:

I heil this wholeheartedly.

I totally picture this being said by college-era Ted Moseby.

Saw both (at home) because I have a child. Alice was not an instant classic, but was charmingly odd and actually had some back-story and emotional scope in its war between the two queens. Johnny Depp was once again able to fully inhabit a very strange character and make him fascinating to watch. I'd give it points for…

My reaction would depend on two things: First, who's telling the story? Environmental activists have shown many times that they don't have to be secretly on Big Oil's payroll to exaggerate or outright lie. Second, does the area have a history of natural petrochemical seepage that causes such phenomena from time to…

My reaction would depend on two things: First, who's telling the story? Environmental activists have shown many times that they don't have to be secretly on Big Oil's payroll to exaggerate or outright lie. Second, does the area have a history of natural petrochemical seepage that causes such phenomena from time to…