I usually have a hard time lending credence to “A ruined B” statements, and this is no exception. The Matrix followed a pretty rich tradition action-heavy SF movies in the US. If anything, the increasing reliance of the genre on CGI and action influenced (damaged?) The Matrix, not the other way around.

And figured they could hit two birds with one stone, apparently. Quick! Pair the gay away!

I’m keeping my hands off most of the Trek ship posts in this thread, but: THIS. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.

Yes, I’m aware that various novels, audios, and numerous works of fanfiction have already played with this POV. But there’s always room for more!

Physics research.

I figured it was partially due to her fear that the sniper brain was controlling her, and that her decisions weren’t entirely her own. Given Liv’s history with making bad choices under the influence of brains, it makes sense that she’d stop for a moment of introspection on the rooftop and think “wait a second, holy…

I’ve always figured that stakes are often about choices, and that the danger of raising the stakes too much is that you deprive your characters of choices. If the question is “will you take the only course of action available to you to prevent the destruction of the entire universe including yourself?”, the answer…

I came here intending to post this. I feel bad for everyone who worked hard on the original drafts, the visual effects, the gorgeous rendering of Gargantua... they were just making some very, very high quality wrapping paper for a giant turd. A turd composed of pseudo-spiritual BS, plot holes, terrible dialog, and a…

(“It was too long already!” you cry. “Shh, there is all the time in the world for endless shots of Sulu’s awestruck face,” I whisper.)

Just another comment in favor of iZombie reviews! This show is consistently golden, but it’s working against a poor title and even poorer marketing. Recaps could help generate a little much-needed buzz.

It’s really good, too. Have fun! :D

Oh shit, I’m really glad you brought that up. Because I remembered hearing that the Star Trek: Phase II fan series was planning an adaptation of that very story— which is, as you say, excellent— and when I googled to check the release date, I realized it’s already been released! Months ago, in fact! AND I SOMEHOW…

Abhorsen books, for goodness’ sake. Vast mythology, excellent characters, unique aesthetic. And it fits neatly in the fantasy/horror/YA niche that everybody in TV seems to be hungering after. Why has nobody done it yet?

So to summarize the debate:

To be fair, Trek shippers also had a lot of their fandom invested in zines prior to the internet age, so MSR was probably one of the earliest major ships that grew natively on the net, whereas Trekkies had to transition.

Second. Sure, a central theme of DS9 was “it’s easy to be a saint in paradise”, and much harder to be one in the real world. But the flip side of that was to show the characters trying their best to be good people— and generally succeeding— despite the difficult moral quandaries they faced and the places they…

Just to be contrary, I have to point out that “stumped” and “top math students” are both preeetty loose phrases with respect to this problem. The problem came from a test that sampled students who had “taken advanced mathematics.” That definition could include

Actually, the inference is done by by looking at the gravitational effects of dark matter on light. That’s gravitational lensing. The light being lensed originates far behind whatever blob of dark matter is being investigated, so the idea that local luminous matter = more lensing is just plain false. The places on the…

My reaction to most SW news at this point is "Oooh, nice! ... too bad JJ didn't give a eighth of this love and thoughtfulness to Trek." And then I descend into a pool of bitterness and have to be rescued by nostalgic Han Solo.

Surprise party: difficult concept for hiveminds.