"And would the new movie utterly destroy the ambiguity of the original?" This... I don't want to know what happens to Deckard. I have no problem with Scott revisiting the world, but please, don't try to tie up any loose ends from the original.

i kept re-reading it i was laughing so hard.

nothing, he was great. and although flawed, i thought superman returns was pretty good.

Mr. Lucas, the vast majority of us do not think you are a terrible person. We love your contribution to pop culture and the fact that you've enriched millions of childhoods. You have great ideas. You are, however, terrible at executing them on your own.

Conventional network television is really reluctant to get behind a fully serialized show like Breaking Bad. It won't happen for a while. J.J gets a pass from the executives because of Lost, I think.

well put.

I think Robert Downy Jr. always wears lifts, that's not really a spoiler... It's more like gossip... And now I've partaken (partook?) in it. Fuck.

I will read this because I love the Post-Apocalyptic genre, and I didn't read the entire review for fear of spoiling the story - but man... I'm getting tired of Zombies.

my first thought as well.

As someone who grew up on the classic series, I love this piece as unconditionally as I love the show. Well done.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn".

Murray wants to preserve the integrity of the original film(s), he's clearly shown he's not opposed to reprising the role of Venkman, as he did the game. So, maybe the script IS crap.

Yeah............. Me too.

io9 really needs to do a side-by-side comparison of the books or something. i've read both books, and seen Battle Royale, and although there are many similarities, i (personally) don't consider it plagiarism.

Without that, we wouldn't have this:

that thing still has my album.

Will this finally explain magnets and how do they work?

I've heard a rumor that Marvel has gotten really cheap when it comes to what they want to pay their directors. Again, it's a rumor, but it makes a bit of sense if you add things up and look at the properties and see who they've been able to get, who has left, which projects are in limbo.

Canadian named Sydney Newman, while working at the BBC was one of the original creators of Doctor Who.

science!