If you watch the window lines, it looks like only the top and bottom surfaces of the saucer spin, so the actual structure is as solid as it seemed before.

My favorite part was that the moon-Inhumans were apparently totally ignorant of Afterlife, which would’ve solved literally all of their problems decades ago, at least.

The best part is that in the original novel, it was a straight-up robbery. They changed for the movie because of how impractical stealing all that gold would be, and then put in a scene explaining it was a dumb idea.

Oh, yeah, the shoe thing. There are two things that impressed me about George W. Bush’s presidency- his commitment to AIDS relief in Africa, and his frankly incredible reflexes when that guy chucked his shoes at him out of nowhere. I would’ve taken a loafer straight in my face if I’d been behind that podium.

Smarter people than I have discussed it. As I recall, one of the ideas was that their language also had a tonal component, like Chinese, so they’d sing their words, and the tune would carry additional information like numbers, directions, what have you, as well as a gestural or sign-language aspect. Presumably, the…

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I normally wouldn't comment when I read reviews of things I finished ages after everyone else, so thanks for paving the way.

I've been thinking a lot the last few days about discussion with (okay, dunking upon) a relation who posted a quote paraphrasing Henry Ford about the shifty machinations of "international bankers," which would surely cause an uprising if people were aware of them.

My understanding is that there was an increasing amount of ghostwriting later in the series. There was a chart or article somewhere.

The TV Guide clipping with the TV show on the pray-away-the-gay camp convinced me that running away from home was a defensible choice. The parents seemed like the kind of people who might look for "expert" help, and with their personalities and the time-period, they'd probably be naive enough to try a place like that.…

That's completely off-base. It was a feint, it was always going to be a feint, and I have no idea how it couldn't be a feint. A soap opera couldn't undo firing an actor and killing off a character in less than three episodes, never mind pinning their season-ending cliffhanger on it.

Are you kidding? That's the high-quality content I come here for. I had no idea they finally made Oreos with an equal amount of delicious filling to terrible cookie.

Her narration was unreliable (though she only seems to lie in a few spots), but what we actually saw on screen in flashback seemed to be reality.

I'm far more confused by the reviews saying the plot was confusing than I was by the actual plot of the film.

… yes?

According to David Mack, one of the other writers involved with the show (and one who comes from the same corner of Trek as Beyer), there was some additional context to the exchange that the EW reporter wasn't privy to, and the note was grounded in some specific details about the backstory of Discovery. I mean,…

That actually makes a lot of sense, and now I want to read and/or write that fanfic.

Does that include John Hurt?

There's a bit that didn't age well. And then it got worse!