Okay, technically it didn't. I assumed (yes, yes, never assume...) but if it was caused by Starfleet that still sort of goes against the Prime Directive...

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So...the Prime Directive prohibits Starfleet from interfering with the development of local inhabitants...while they try to make a naturally occurring volcano inert to save the inhabitants from developing...???

I hope not. Even though it's been Abrams-ized, I'm sick of the BoP being overused. Bring back the D7!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you our Jaeger pilot training program.

Beat me to it.

I don't know...why does it?

This was actually addressed some in the Claremont '82 miniseries when he fights Mariko's father with wooden practice swords.

Since it was built on the ground near San Francisco in the first movie?

SHUT THE F*** UP, JOHNNY!

Stop thinking Kickstarter is an eStore. Seriously. It's not a guarantee.

John Goodman? I'd see "It's Clobberin' Time!" but I'd hear...

Even in Ultimate Alliance, they made Galactus pretty intimidating...so it can be done. Just don't chicken out at the last minute and make it a weather pattern.

I understand your argument, but if you have celiac (like my wife) you'd be surprised how many things you just assumed didn't have wheat/gluten actually does.

It's actually easier nowadays than even just a few years ago.

Never assume.

"There is zero gliding of any kind."

Probably not, but I immediately thought of this when talking about the speed of sound/hearing a gunshot miles away.

Cool video, but in a way also sad. Sad to know there's actually enough hysteria to warrant the making of a video like this in hopes of calming the populous so they don't do anything stupid on the 21st...

Fair enough. But after reading his OP, there's nothing in there that says "Hey, I know this isn't related to this article, but I have an idea for io9.com in general regarding spoilers..." It wasn't until after he re-explained the purpose of his OP I got what he was trying to say.