Earth: Final Conflict FTW. :)

Jeeeezus, but you are hard on this show. One wonders if TNG would have even survived its early, pre-Riker’s beard seasons in the modern era.

You’re right - it doesn’t hold up to the amazing production design of previous eras of Trek.

I just looked it up, and Joe E. Tata is 83 years old. Ye gods, but time does fly. 

I can think of multiple people currently serving in the United States federal government who deserve cancer, and much more so than Shannen Doherty. I said this after Andy Gill died, but that seemingly good and interesting people keep being struck down while Mitch McFuckingConnell continues to draw breath is proof…

I’m-a guess that’s the G/O Media effect.

Wait, I thought this feature was called, “Great Job, Internet,” not, “Here’s something from the Internet that’ll make you want to kill yourself.”

I mean, either you’re singling Swift out, or you’re saying every pop song ever written about an ex is automatically trash by version of its subject matter. Both of those are fraught positions in their own way. 

Wow, she made a career writing songs about ex-dating partners? She should definitely be disliked for that, unlike the literally thousands of other songwriters who’ve done so since the dawn of pop music. 

Yeah, he’s definitely miming jerking off at the end, there. 

I was not emotionally prepared for Frances Quinlan’s promotional photo glow-up around this album release, and it’s 100% giving me the vapors. 

Having seen all of the first 3 episodes, as well, I wholeheartedly disagree. Yes, the pace is somewhat languid, but I, personally, had zero problem with that. Things felt, to me, like they had time to breathe and get fleshed out, relationships are well-established, etc.

Oh, easy: Q chooses to manifest in the form of a more aged human in order to better relate to (or, taunt, depending on how he’s feeling) Jean-Luc and his human experience of growing older. The dialogue practically writes itself. :)

We are all called to serve in our own unique way. :)

This is fantastic news. If there’s one thing I needed more than the return of Space Dad, it’s more interplay between him and Guinan. Now, someone get John de Lancie on the phone, and the trifecta will be complete. 

Hey, did you guys know Sting is into tantric sex? Great job getting those keywords into the headline and opening paragraph even though the article being referenced has zero mention of tantra or sex, AV Club. Your third-party SEO consultant will be thrilled. 

I mean, here’s the thing - I think there is a line between the depiction of something and the endorsement of it, and I do hope this book doesn’t tread over that line too far. I’m not looking, especially in this day and age, for stories that explain the roots of monstrous behavior as a way of justifying or somehow…

You’d think that anyone who’d read Mockingjay would realize that Susan Collins isn’t interested in easy answers and/or one-dimensionality of character.

No, it’s true: All monstrous humans emerge fully formed that way from the womb, and understanding how and why they turned out the way they did isn’t important, nor is acknowledging that they’re *humans* who do monstrous things, not some species that is inherently and intrinsically different from the rest of us…

Wow, “Star Trek: The Next Generation was occasionally really bad, especially in its early seasons.” What a spicy, never-before-elucidated take! I look forward to the next hard-hitting io9 think piece, “The Star Wars prequels were, generally speaking, not as good as the original trilogy.”