"character who wrecked his face trying to commit suicide like his idol, Kurt Cobain"

I think, and I say this as an atheist, pretty much all the major religions wouldn't have much trouble with dealing with the reality of ETI. Most of these folks aren't fanatics but even fanatics can go though some incredible mental contortions to internalize cognitive dissonance. Never underestimate the power of the…

Claremont does his best work when he works with an artist whose skeeviness cancels out his own. (Claremont: "So, uh... Jean Grey joins the Hellfire Club... and huhhuhuhuh... They dress her up in leather, like Diana Rigg in that old Avengers episode, and she's got like a whip and spiked collar and stuff?" John Byrne:…

I'm so fracking tired of these post-90s, Wil Wheaton-esque definitions of geekiness or nerdiness as an essentially positive expression of enthusiasm for eclectic knowledge and arcane activities. No. To any Gen-Xer, these terms refer to a socially awkward kid who got tortured and abused by his or her peers for being…

Me and my friends would watch the HELL out of Yellowbeard. I spent years trying to find it because it was out of print for a long, long time. I finally got a canadian bootleg off of e-bay and wore that out too. Now, it's avaialble again and I say GOOD!

I have to disagree. The book was never about the fight with the buggers - that was just set dressing for the real story. This book was about Ender, pure and simple. Everything around him was designed to turn him into a tool, into something that the military could use. He was intended to be a weapon, and he performed…