A lot of people fear the government having too much power, and rightly so. But any locus of power having too much dominance over society is a bad thing, whether it's the state, the wealthy, the military, the church, or any single ideology. This is the basis of liberal democratic society. Not just that different…

It's not so much the idiocy as the lack of empathy. Prometheus suffers from the Eight Deadly Words. We got to know most of the characters in the other Alien films as human beings. So when Lt. Gorman makes some stupid decisions in Aliens that get people killed, we already know he's some pudgy inexperienced…

It'll all boil down to the money, I'm sure. Maybe American audiences have been hungry for despair and destruction for the last decade or so. But as overseas film markets become more and more important to Hollywood, will American tastes matter as much as China's or other BRICS?

But After Earth isn't a Shyamalan vanity project—it's a Smith family project. M. Night is just a hired gun. He did rewrite Gary Whitta's screenplay, but then Stephen Gaghan polished it.

1. A librarian who focuses on adolescent library patrons.

Dammit, we've tried everything!

A: Yes. DROP DA BASS—IN SPACE!

Phew, I'm not the only nerd who remembers He-Man and She-Ra's mother was from Earth.

So all I really know about the Latino Review is they're one of the biggest sources of rumours about upcoming blockbusters. But how's their actual batting average?

"Dave, you haven't done the body horror stuff for over a decade now! Leave that stuff for your son, and you concentrate on those Oscar nominated pictures, 'kay?"

Apparently Cronenberg considers it a sequel in the same way Bryan Singer considered Superman 3 and 4.

This is the best thing I could find with a quick search.

I'm not a superstitious person by any means, but unless you're building a solar probe, having the name "Icarus" associated with your spacecraft in any way seems like tempting fate.

At this point, I'm thinking his actual identity reveal will probably be the mandatory plot "twist". Sigh.

The original article says they "pressed him for details" while he was doing press for "On the Road". I'll bet Hedlund was walking from point A to point B, firmly in the headspace for that movie, when these guys sideline him with questions about Tron.

There was even an episode where Garibaldi said the Pope was a woman in a bit of throwaway dialogue.

In my case, I'd already written off the franchise years ago. Several of my friends have said the same thing, as well as some of the media-critic-types I follow online. I think our collective attitude is basically, "well, Disney surely can't make things worse!"

"Rise" is one of those marketing words you put in a tentpole movie title. Like "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Hannibal Rising", "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans", "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", or "The Dark Knight Rises". It's…

"Fuck that, I want a better world."

For me, it's simple. If Cumberbatch is Khan, I'm not going to see the movie, because this is 2012, not 1966. If he's playing any of the Caucasian villains from the original series, or better yet, a completely new character, I will see this movie. Not telling me if it's Khan now just means when the film finally comes…