Is it just me or does it seem ridiculous that people don't take into account the fact that we humans have evolved on a violent planet? Nature is brutally violent and some people seem to forget that, yup, we came from that brutal world too. Violence permiates life on this planet and there's not really any way around…

@Girls Are Geeks, People tend to want more than they need because we've evolved that way. Living in a state of excess is a relatively recent development of the human condition, and only applicable to a percentage of the population. Wanting more than you need is actually strategically advantageous on a survival level.

@Unknown2U I see your point but I disagree. The reason it's a "by the numbers" thing is because it works. There are a lot of people who grew up on this stuff who are now adults and want to consume adult entertainment. Seriously, have you ever gone back to watch the old stuff you liked when you were a kid? It's…

You bet! Let me power up the flux capacitor and hit 88 mph for you because you are about to be transported back to 1997. The Klingon Language Institute has been online for ages, hasn't changed a bit, and it's still got that old school look. I mean... I feel like the site really needs to be viewed in the Netscape…

@Raidenshred That's what I'm really waiting to see.

As long as you did this on your own property, there would be no problem with it.

When I was a kid, I used to catch the old Star Trek TOS reruns at night. Looking back, it's funny that they still ran that show well into the 90s on some channels. But this episode stands out as an early oh-my-god-whats-going-on-down-there moment.

For reals, and whatever happened to the Panzer 88 project? I haven't heard anything about that in a while too.

@Annalee Newitz, nice article. There happen to be a few books that go the exact opposite way too. It would be interesting to see what others you could dig up. My favorite is Ringo's Council War series. Set in the remote distant future, science has made things that were once fantasy reality.

You are right. This was murder for Battlestar Galactica and Caprica fans. They stretched out the seasons, sometimes putting damn near a whole year between new episodes. People forget, move on, lose interest. I haven't watched SyFy in a long time because of this.

Welcome to the general condition of the IO9 readership. It's a sad thing we must all experience and eventually learn to live with.

I totally agree with you here. The Joker and his henchmen pretty much ruined this movie as made obvious by this scene.

Yeah, this whole starred commenter process seems very obtuse and subjective to me. I get the intended idea, but it seems to be lacking consistency in execution. As mentioned above, someone received theirs for actively being a troll yet many of us who comment and honestly try to add some value to the various gawker…

Awww... man.

The Ghost Busters house.

I'm pretty sure this is where whatshisface was shot and disappeared on 4400.

The clip showed the Nazi space fighters headed toward the Eastern US coastline, so it looks like the US is the target. Makes sense, when invading the Earth, take care of the biggest threat first.

I too somewhat fell in love with Arkady... it doesn't help that I was probably about 13 when I first read this book.

This is why you are one of my favorite editors here. I would friend you... but it's b r o k t.

I've found the best way to deal with this awful layout is by opening each story I want read in a new tab. That way I never lose my place on the main page when going through the list.