I miss playing Starfarers of Catan (the actually complicated space-baced Catan game). It's hard to find these days.

Rose and Doctor#10?

Optimus Prime as a green lantern == SO MUCH WIN

Stargate tried that early on, and ditched it fast. With good reason.

Gandalf was only one of the Maiar so his power was limited in scope compared to the Valar or Morgoth, but he belonged to the same order of beings as the balrogs or Sauron (very formidable enemies) or Saruman. If he'd chosen to exercise the full extent of his power he would have been able to do a great deal more than…

That's because the "magic" in Tolkien's universe essentially either falls into one of a handful of categories (or hybrids of these), and only one of them is really derived from supernatural powers:

His magic is limited by choice based on the job that he's in the world to do.

oh, I just looked in the thread and it was you. Read the Bible quote in the context of this statement from your post:

I'm not disagreeing (though I think there are some interesting disagreements that could be raised),but I think you misunderstood what that particular quote was talking about. It was a response to the person above me talking about the difference between a mental assent to the existence of something, and believing in it…

" But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that —and shudder."

"steel"

"There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw"

Well color me surprised. I've never seen him wade into the fray before.

Are we talking about Sean M. Carroll or Sean B. Carroll? Sean B. Carroll is the geneticist, but Sean M. Carroll is famous science communicator (and astrophysicist).

So, unless my memory has totally failed me, Earth has a lot more than seven tectonic plates.

What technology are you looking at for propulsion? Traditional chemical rockets? And everyone be launched from Earth in the transit-to-Mars vessel, or would you construct that in orbit, and have everyone transfer between vessels in orbit?

I'm not sure they have much say in the matter. "Hey guys, let's all go on vacation to Baikonur." "Whatcha gonna do now? Come up here and get me?"

"Quality of cast and quality of movie"

Oh, I see. Now I appear to be quite the spammy nutcase.

I love this. And for some reason io9 won't let me comment on it.