Wasn't there a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode where O'Brien gets captured by Cardassians and kept in a nested series of holodeck illusions where he keeps "escaping" only to find the world going to hell for him again, and again, and again?

Wasn't there a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode where O'Brien gets captured by Cardassians and kept in a nested series of holodeck illusions where he keeps "escaping" only to find the world going to hell for him again, and again, and again?

Aluminum is just what we moderns call "mithril", and elves love that shit. They'll make a whole vest out of those soda can pull tabs and give it as a princely gift.

Aluminum is just what we moderns call "mithril", and elves love that shit. They'll make a whole vest out of those soda can pull tabs and give it as a princely gift.

Shivering Jemmy of the Shallow Brigade is downright adorable, thank you very much.

Shivering Jemmy of the Shallow Brigade is downright adorable, thank you very much.

Another wrinkle here is that the Element Girl powers work best when used to become, well, elements, or "pure" substances — a line in the story says she doesn't have the degree of control necessary to create true living flesh.

Another wrinkle here is that the Element Girl powers work best when used to become, well, elements, or "pure" substances — a line in the story says she doesn't have the degree of control necessary to create true living flesh.

I hope you're kidding about doing this because this kind of nonsense is how shows like the Jamie Kennedy Experiment got sued for accidentally giving healthy-seeming people heart attacks and PTSD.

I hope you're kidding about doing this because this kind of nonsense is how shows like the Jamie Kennedy Experiment got sued for accidentally giving healthy-seeming people heart attacks and PTSD.

Yeah, but the question isn't whether people do so, but whether this is people's first, instinctive, unconscious reaction.

Yeah, but the question isn't whether people do so, but whether this is people's first, instinctive, unconscious reaction.

I think the important question is in fact what is someone's "true character".

I think the important question is in fact what is someone's "true character".

Yes, but his cowardice puts you in danger for approximately three seconds before he resumes the protector role.

Yes, but his cowardice puts you in danger for approximately three seconds before he resumes the protector role.

All these descriptions make this movie sound a lot more like what one of my own actual dreams is actually like than either a standard high-energy Hollywood movie or artsy movies that get intentionally sold as "dreamlike".

All these descriptions make this movie sound a lot more like what one of my own actual dreams is actually like than either a standard high-energy Hollywood movie or artsy movies that get intentionally sold as "dreamlike".

The Interrodroid was my favorite running gag on The Middleman and one of my favorite recurring "characters" in any show.

The Interrodroid was my favorite running gag on The Middleman and one of my favorite recurring "characters" in any show.