Yeah. I dig the idea, but not the execution.

My dad had me watch one that was made for PBS called Testament. It's not as epic as The Day After or Threads, but it's one of the most depressing things I've ever watched.

I think I'll be more impressed when they find something that can be conclusively linked to Amelia Earhart, not something that a woman who disliked her freckles "may well have used." Especially since the area was well trafficked and Nikumaroro was even colonized by the British from 1938 (the year after Earhart…

Pretty sure that has to be Ender, since he has his monitor removed prior to going to Battle School. Not quite what I imagined when I first read it twenty years ago, but It looks good, and Asa Butterfield has an interesting look that I think suits Ender. I really hope it turns out well.

I never want to see another Back to the Future movie, but there's something darkly funny about the idea of Doc Brown as some sort of serial killer. As for Robocop I'm sure we'll probably get some of that stuff in the remake. And if the Wachowski's wanted to make the Second Renaissance shorts into a full on movie, I'd…

I'm honestly surprised to find out there is such a thing as rejected Star Wars merchandise.

I don't think the Star Wars phenomenon could happen again. Not in the same way. CGI for all of the wonderful things it can do has, I think, inured us a bit to spectacle. It's one thing when Star Wars pops onto the screen into the middle of the grim and gritty 70's and it's like nothing anyone's seen before. Today…

The epic trilogy of Ruby Rod?

I read Robert Asprin's 'Myth' books when I was a teenager and enjoyed them, but I tired of them after about the fifth book. I don't remember why exactly just that something about the formula had changed and I didn't find it as interesting. I may have to take them out and have a look again. As far as Discworld, It's…