The "wire" as an addictive, pleasure-giving brain implant appeared in Larry Niven's Ringworld in the late 70s. (And that's even what it's called, though it's meant to be strictly recreational in Ringworld.) I wonder if that's the first use of that idea in fiction…

The "wire" as an addictive, pleasure-giving brain implant appeared in Larry Niven's Ringworld in the late 70s. (And that's even what it's called, though it's meant to be strictly recreational in Ringworld.) I wonder if that's the first use of that idea in fiction…

Ice Pirates. Yes!! The best of the worst of 80s sci-fi schlock. Much better than any of those made-for-SyFy movies of today. Or Prometheus.

Ice Pirates. Yes!! The best of the worst of 80s sci-fi schlock. Much better than any of those made-for-SyFy movies of today. Or Prometheus.

Pliny the Fatter

Pliny the Fatter

Dick Cheney. Oh, … that was only in my dreams…

Dick Cheney. Oh, … that was only in my dreams…

Oh, and don't forget when the recently dead guy (Fifi, or Fido ow whatever) comes a-knockin', Capt. Stringer Bell just opens right up for him. Best case: he's a ghost. Worst case: anything else!

Oh, and don't forget when the recently dead guy (Fifi, or Fido ow whatever) comes a-knockin', Capt. Stringer Bell just opens right up for him. Best case: he's a ghost. Worst case: anything else!

Yeah, I was just glad it didn't start talking!

Yeah, I was just glad it didn't start talking!

32 light years at 1% of the speed of light would take you 3200 years. Even if they could accelerate for half the journey and decelerate for the other half, getting up to a top speed of 90% of the speed of light, it would still take a fuck of a long time, and the relativistic time dilation wouldn't make it seem that…

32 light years at 1% of the speed of light would take you 3200 years. Even if they could accelerate for half the journey and decelerate for the other half, getting up to a top speed of 90% of the speed of light, it would still take a fuck of a long time, and the relativistic time dilation wouldn't make it seem that…

This movie tries to be "hard" sf (some of the time), but makes many sloppy science errors that could've been fixed with a quick trip to Google. (Let's pump 30 *amps* into a dead alien head? C'mon, 30 amps is more current than your average house draws most of the time. It would have just set it on fire. And that's just…

This movie tries to be "hard" sf (some of the time), but makes many sloppy science errors that could've been fixed with a quick trip to Google. (Let's pump 30 *amps* into a dead alien head? C'mon, 30 amps is more current than your average house draws most of the time. It would have just set it on fire. And that's just…

If one expects only positive comments about a show in its comment section, then one is perusing the wrong website. This is the AV Club. That's how we roll!

If one expects only positive comments about a show in its comment section, then one is perusing the wrong website. This is the AV Club. That's how we roll!

Y'all should watch The Outs. It's a web series that BuzzFeed says is "like Girls, except you won't hate them all." Basically, it's gay white male Brooklyn hipsters in their 20s, instead of straight white female Brooklyn hipsters in their 20s. See the difference? But seriously, it's funnier than this shit.

Y'all should watch The Outs. It's a web series that BuzzFeed says is "like Girls, except you won't hate them all." Basically, it's gay white male Brooklyn hipsters in their 20s, instead of straight white female Brooklyn hipsters in their 20s. See the difference? But seriously, it's funnier than this shit.