I don't know if it's just that I was attached to Dr. Vera, but I lost a bit of respect for RTD over the character of Colin Maloney. I'm convinced that the part was specifically written for Ned Ryerson (of Groundhog Day and Glee), and that that actor turned it down. I just thought it was a cheap way to dispose of Dr.…

Then how would we distinguish it from bacon? That would just mean that ethics and bacon are the same thing. Which, I guess, would solve that problem. Good idea!

A universe with sentient bacon would be accompanied by a host of ethical problems.

I agree.

Thanks! I guess that confirms it.

Thanks, I would be interested in something like that.

I guess it's all about interpretation. What I recall is thinking, why specifically edit in a shot of Thade hiding inside the ship control room? The fact that he later appears in the statue of the original the Lincoln Memorial attests to the idea that he has risen to some kind of prominence — it just wasn't clear to…

When he posted this earlier, I told him he deserved an award for figuring out this movie. He perfectly ties together all of the elements mentioned and explains why Thade looks so devious while he's sitting in the ship as Marky Mark leaves for Earth.

They might be looking at Doctor Who and Torchwood as a model for having characters cross over without changing the overall tone of the disparate series.

I'm just speculating here, but I presume it has to do with the initial investment of acquiring the rights to produce x number of Green Lantern movies. That's what I read into the statement, "We had a decent opening so we learned there is an audience." Maybe the WB president himself was the primary person advocating…

SGU had the added complexity of alienating the franchise's fanbase and having very elaborate CG effects. It was also competing against network TV. The short summer season is a good tactic for original material from cable TV networks. I guess that's why they're doing it so much these days.

Oh, I was just speaking generally, based on the idea that a self-destruct sequence would be initiated by the captain, who would then go down with the ship. It does seem like one should be able to initiate a self-destruct sequence from any console where you can get main system controls. But that scene in Alien is so…

I think your answer is the most obvious one for a self-destruct sequence: in case of the possibility of a collision with something valuable — if a vessel is damaged and out of control, for instance. Whereas, the distance between an escape shuttle and the self-destruct controls is mostly for drama — although the helm…

Both arguments (Dvorsky's and Raven's) are pretty compelling. When giving consideration to the position that classifying certain non-human primates as people, and the position that, if we can augment ourselves then we should, it does make sense to say that we should also augment certain species of non-human primates…

Just wait until her parents show up.

On the plus side, there was a lot of bondage in this episode.

Also, the episode previews have been hinting for weeks that the Skitters are people, or like people, or almost like people, or something. Plus, the pilot highlighted the biology teacher's question: why would a race like the Skitters make bipedal robots like the Mechs, instead of robots with six legs like themselves? …

(monsters)

It's where he spends his time getting inspiration for his lyrics.

What if you found out that ... the Skitters were genetically modified children? Dunh-dunh-DUNH!!