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    I just can't watch this. His voice is awful and nasally.

    I think Childhood's End works pretty well as a miniseries. I remember someone had movie rights to it, and at best, it could be done in two movies. If you just dropped the entire opening bits about Rikki being kidnapped and all that, and instead had the Overlords appear, then immediately timeskip. Or do kinda like…

    I went from excited to "...oh. On SyFy." when I heard about Childhood's End. Since the description clearly states that it focuses on the Overlords, it sounds like they'll generally be going the right direction. The 50 year timeskip should happen only an episode or two in.

    "Underground, windowless apartments may sound dystopian, but Kim's careful analysis reveals that they may actually be a reasonable solution to Beijing's housing crisis."

    The Fountains of Paradise is all about building a space elevator, and the material of choice was diamond nanothread. It's a good novel, but reads kinda like a textbook at times.

    If they stick to the comics at all, you're right. There's a specific plotline for him, and it sounds like they're still heading to DC for the cure he promises. In other words, seems likely they they'll follow that plotline.

    Oddly, Arthur C. Clark predicted that we'd have diamond nanothreads in back 1979. That idea was later deemed unlikely. Who's laughing now, huh?!

    If it follows the comic, the "scientist" will be around a good while longer. There's more to him than being annoying. Like being even more annoying, and then kinda useful.

    Arthur C. Clark was right! Fountains of Paradise, bitches!

    Arthur C. Clarke was right! Fountains of Paradise, baby!

    Arthur C. Clarke was right! Fountains of Paradise, baby!

    One day, we'll accidentally breed a dog so smart that it learns all of our weaknesses. And then, we will truly be sorry.

    The cameo that actually surprised and amused me was Hans Zimmer. He even came out in a Stonecutters costume!

    They actually did have other screens that showed the performers. To be fair though, watching the performers during that particular song on Sunday wasn't any more interesting than the cartoon clip.

    I was pretty disappointed that there was no "Dr. Zaeus" too, but that's not really an...orchestra song. I mean, they wheeled out drums and stuff for "We Put the Spring in Springfield," which was played by Vaud and the Villains.

    I went last night and got there just too late to miss "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?"

    You build it and I'll come. And then I'll declare independence from the Earthnoids whose souls are weighed down by gravity.

    I have no profound reason. I own no band shirts and would only recognize the ones that have the band's name on them (I don't…music very much). With that said, the ones that fall into "band shirts I recognize" are typically either handmedowns (the worst kind) or not great on the design aspect.

    I never understood that faux pas. I don't think you should wear a band's shirt in public, so I just assumed people wore them to the concerts as some sort of bragging rights. Like "I saw them in '98!"