My theory is that TOS and TNG were always driven by the conflict between Roddenberry and the writers. I never really felt that Roddenberry fully got what SF was, and used the shows as more of a vehicle for allegory and utopian themes. On the other hand, many of the writers for the shows did understand SF tropes — or…

Aw, did a socialist piss in your morning corn flakes?

Psha like there was any other choice.

Seriously, that whole idea was pretty screwed up.

Nope. Best practices for suicide reporting recommend not using “committed,” which sounds like a crime or, to religious communities, like a sin, and “kill yourself” is just insensitive, crude, and poorly phrased. “Died by suicide” is the phrasing recommended by mental health professionals and the American Foundation…

They forgot “After Saiyan/Frieza Saga”:

i remember the look i got from Jack Black at a D signing when i told him i was there for Kyle.

i also remember the look i got from kyle when i told him that

And there are lines that rise unbidden into consciousness in everyday life.

IBM’s computer thinks in chocolate and vanilla. Sometimes what it knows is chocolate, sometimes it’s vanilla, sometimes it’s a swirl. Sometimes, though, the swirl melts; then you have to decide if there was more chocolate or more vanilla in that puddle. IBM just hired a fat kid that can tell the difference.

What about Chris Hardwick, the Nerdist himself? He’s my King of the Nerds <3

First think I saw Man then scroll Night, Night Man.

On the subject of the hatred of Superman, well, it's not really that surprising is it?

Today has to be one of, if not the most exciting days for fans of comics and scifi.

Talk about obscure: this Snaggletooth character is from the Holiday Special. He wasn't even in any of the movies.

Hear The Emperor sing 'All About That Base' and more!

the thing is most of the characters in Star Wars are never named in the movies. the only reason we know the names of those background characters is because they got action figures.

And every background character who appears even on a single frame has some connection with one of the main protagonists, so that Spacetrooper on the left was forced to sell his car to pay of his Sabbacc debts he owed Lando Calrissian and Spacetrooper on the right was a bunkmate of Han Solo at the cadet review for the…