I call bullshit on the $1 billion. No way. For an obscure SF novel? No fucking way. Someone inflated a currency translation or something like that.
No one other than you is saying Watergate is a fluke, Mr. “I have experience in Washington.” (As what, a dishwasher in a cafe by the Mall?) What we ARE saying is that your complete lack of providing any supporting evidence — other than “I have Washington experience” — makes you seem (a) stupid and (b) crazy.
The boom of smart SF is happening on television. The production costs of current tentpole movies demands a lowest-common-denominator mentality in order to have any hope of making money. I’m not advocating for that, nor do I like it. I skip more SF movies than not because they’re just too goddamn dumb. But on…
I read “Red Tornado” as “Red Tomato” and was somewhat disappointed in my error.
No no god no. I’m so glad they didn’t do something cheesy and stupid like that. I think it’s great that the words “Wonder Woman” are never spoken.