I understand that in shows intended for children, the kids are often imbued with a heightened sense of perspective and agency. This decision makes sense in that context. On the flip side, in a scenario like that, Hunter’s decision would’ve absolutely been the right decision: place the kid in the safe hands of a…

Thanks for this tip! It’s pretty cool how customizable it is. I’m also not sure if the “Trusted Companion” is supposed to be your LI or just...somebody else...

I think Bioware did an infographic a few years ago. Notwithstanding this comment section, they found that based on game data from ME3 (not data self-reported by players), Kaidan had the lowest survival and popularity rate of all the possible squadmates. He was at less than 2%, compared to Ashley’s 5-6%. Based on that,…

The guy who made this video, Mick West, seems like he does a good job at debunking things. However, I will take the word of several US Navy aviators who have seen these objects with their own eyes and are trained in aircraft detection over the opinion of some guy on YouTube watching the declassified versions of the rec…

Yea, that Caleb retcon really surprised me, especially considering Disney reset Star Wars canon in part to deal with all the conflicting canon. And it didn’t seem essential to the story to make the change, so it just felt sloppy.

I think the cowl ruins the Sam Wilson Captain America costume. It looks dumb in the comics, and it looks dumb in the show. I get that it’s inspired by the Falcon uniform - but it looks dumb there, too. They’d be better off just dropping it. Give him a pair of goggles if they absolutely need to give him eye protection.

I don’t know who these so-called Prequel Revisionists are, but I am certainly not one of them. Attack of the Clones is still objectively one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is still the only movie I’ve ever fallen asleep on in the theater - and ex-girlfriends forced me to see movies like Rent and that one…

Seemed pretty straightforward to me. They want to smash flags. Probably with hammers or something.

Kano wins, both against Reptile and as the best character in the movie. And I hated him growing up.

As soon as they made Pathfinder a military mission, I called out that there was no way they would’ve made that decision and left Sally Ride - as a non-military crew member - on the ship. Pulling a gun on Ed is exactly the reason why it wouldn’t have happened. Narratively it ended up working because it needed to, but…

This is kind of the fighting version of saying “just shoot him in the leg.” In the same way that selective shooting doesn’t really work well in real life, someone who is as skilled a fighter as Bucky could subdue his opponent both without killing them AND without getting his ass beaten. There’s a difference between…

Well there is one reason I’m happy this show is over. I’m tired of seeing Bucky, who almost killed Steve Rogers and Black Widow at the same time, get his ass handed to him by a bunch of super powered 20 year olds.

I’m not a physicist, and I don’t know if you are. Due to the lack of attention to detail in your post, I’m inclined to believe that you are not - in which case, you’re not in a position to say positively what the laws of physics will or will not allow. Specifically, the story said that the owner of the car - not the dr…

First, I feel honored.

Just noticed this. Here you go:

My kinja account was already logged in because I spend a lot of time over on io9.

Unlike many people in this comment thread, I’m willing to admit when I don’t know something. And I didn’t know much about how ad analytics work besides counting the number of clicks per page, so thank you for this information.

I don’t know too much about this side of Marvel, but I think I remember a few of the terms they throw around in the trailer being used in Iron Fist. If this is the same quality as that show, I’ll pass. It does look better right now though. We’ll see.

I think “Batman adjacent” is even a stretch. Nearly everything they put out is really just Batman as a main character, a supporting character, or a cameo .

And I know people who don’t step on cracks out of fear of seriously injuring their mothers. People avoid doing things for all sorts of stupid reasons.