Even before the anime of Ghost in the Shell, I also want to speak up for the manga. My wife bought it for me, twenty years after I first read it as a teenager, when I was sitting in a bookstore in the early 1990's. Twenty years later? It holds up.

A while back, on an article about a wildly stupid idea the studio apparently was exploring to use digital effects to make the white actors look Asian, I made a comment along the lines, “geeze, wouldn’t it just be awful if it turned out that the Major actually had been Asian in her human body and was only white now as…

No. The soundtrack was literally impossible to pay attention to.

Touche’ destiny, I chuckled and considered buying your treadmill again.

I don’t think Sasha really wanted to just kill herself. She wanted a weapon to try to use on Negan, just like the “wives” did previously. She’s just better at convincing Eugene to get it for her. She also does not mind if she dies trying to kill Negan. To me she looked pleased when Eugene agreed, but there was…

I think Rosario Dawson’s face speaks for most of us regarding the Iron Fist.

Hey, io9...

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences.

I would like to remind everyone that this is not censorship and that Playtonic as a private business has the right to express itself as they see fit. If they do not wish to include voice work by a controversial figure in their video game that is well within their right. Jon’s free speech was not violated in any way…

I still have not heard a convincing answer as to why this movie needed to be made at all when the original still exists.

Omigod, I want that right now. If that happens, it would ALMOST make this ludicrous Civil War 2/’Secret’ Empire (they can’t be talking about Roger’s presidency, because that dude ain’t exactly being secretive about his new Hydra hard-on) trainwreck, worth it. ALMOST.

Sweet Christmas Fourth of July!

I’ll take “Things I Didn’t Know I Wanted Until Just Now” for $500, Alex.

Bashir was always torn between Garak and O’Brien.

The greatest love story ever kinda-sorta told.

I fixed it for you. His role in Game of Thrones was pretty forgettable.

Shhh! No one tell them he’s not white. I’m pretty sure they don’t know!

“They stole my life... so I will take my revenge?” What? Nothing in that relates to the world of Ghost In The Shell at all. It doesn’t matter whether this is ‘Kusinagi’ or ‘Mira’ or whatever - the fundamental premise of the very world, the very scenario of the story - is completely wrong. Having a machine body is no…

The audience does that.

I had a male friend at a place I used to work, we worked together for about 20 years. He was gay, so maybe that excuses what I’m about to say, but one day I mentioned that I was cranky and that maybe it was PMS. He asked me what PMS was. This was a 40-year-old guy. I explained it to him. He said, “Wait: you mean that…