You'd think a SF writer would know something about science (it ought to be a requirement) - race has no real meaning when applied to humans. We're all surprisingly genetically similar.

Even more depressing is the thought that within 10 years of our deaths they'll develop an immortality formula.

I'll probably get stoned for this, but I confess I watched Firefly and thought it was nothing special.

History nerd nitpick - the Boubons weren't in power until after Francis's family all died out. This family is the Valois.

Or Lincoln.

Exactly - and FL tries to be so clever. What he should have done was take Juliet to the Montagues, said, 'Here's your daughter-in-law, deal with it!'

In The Divine Comedy, Purgatory is more like the anteroom to Heaven, whereas Limbo is part of Hell - but it seems to be a place in Hell for people who don't really deserve to go to Hell.

Actually, that was for a school play.

It was the only ep of S4 that got both Britta and Abed right.

She'll always be that incredibly dull rich girl from Love and Money to me.

My main problem with Season 4 was all the stuff they put in then pretty much forgot about immediately - the Dean moving in next door to Jeff, City College's plot, Jeff's brother, etc.

Well, after Remington Steele and Moonlighting (yes, he produced both), he was last seen, AFAIK, producing Medium.

Um, no - if you built it in order for it to kill someone, YOU'RE the murderer.

Is there any rational reason to build a sentient, autonomous robot? Humans are plentiful and easily created. Even if we could, it would be a pointless exercise.

If a robot kills a human, it's not murder, it's a tort.

You forgot Moonlighting.

I was at a Center for Puppetry Arts festival where the guest was Elmo (this was back in the 90s) - my companion was three years old. None of the kids even noticed Kevin Clash even though he was RIGHT THERE with the puppet on his hand. The kids only saw Elmo and ran up and hugged the puppet.

Hey, Jim sold them first.

The scene in Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf bumps his head on Bilbo's chandelier and then on the roof beam was an accident, but Ian McKellen stayed in character so they used it in the film because it was such a perfect moment.

Exactly. Sinead, no matter how fragile her mental state at any given time, is one of my heroes.