Completely agree , the other ending introduces several contradicctions.,will be a non recursive argument. the idea of only humanity , non aliens saviours, like 2001, is better to me.

No, I'll stand by the theatrical version. It completed the cinematic message. There are times where ambiguity is needed like in Inception. There are others where the arc needs to be completed. Time travel was wrapped into the film from the beginning. He wouldn't have gone, if he didn't tell himself to go. The…

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Did your relatives tell any stories about playing games of "catch the baby on the bayonet" and lining populations of entire towns up and shooting them in China and Manchuria, or marching 25,000 prisoners in the Philippines for 4 days without food, water, or rest, and making sport of killing them at random? How about…

At least Harris is included, i still remember the storys of some of my relatives telling me about the firebombings.

No more counter-factual than the "Japan would have surrendered anyway!" argument.

The Japanese not only wanted to keep the Emperor: they also wanted to keep parts of their Empire, including Korea, as a starting point in negotiations. Their demands reflected a complete lack of understanding that after beginning a brutal and expansionary war, losing it badly, and at all times conducting themselves…

Aside from the fact that this is a sub-blog of Jalopnik because any self-respecting car nerd also likes fighter jets, let's examine your comment.

How exactly is this cheerleading for the MiC? The F-16 is nearing the end of it's service life. The F-16 in this story is actually being retired. There's no money going to…

lets see now —-i give this fine story that I 100% agree with about ———now for every vegan/PETA nut to post

(SPOILER ALERT FOR A 55 YEAR OLD BOOK - GO READ IT, IT'S SHORT)

Starship Troopers. Just the other day I noted this as one of the more influential books I've read in my life - and my fascination has always been with the underlying culture. The interaction between liberty and responsibility has been a touchstone of my political POV for a long time. Having the right to vote tied…

Uber talking to me ?

Hmmm... that's probably one of the dumbest things I've read. Blaming the rich for all those things when the mass population is really to blame for their gas guzzling SUVs and big pickup trucks when they only live in an apartment and really don't do any farming or construction work that really need these big vehicles.…