I thought that the scientifically accurate ending to the Avengers involved them all getting food poisoning from improperly stored kebab.

This is, I think, the best bit: "A sizeable minority of The Economist's staff also speaks Russian and would like to claim Mr Putin's protection in advance of the next pay negotiations."

Looks like fun. The track's not exactly Spa, but then again, it doesn't look terrible, either. At least with three separate passing zones there'll be more passing than in your average F1 race...

Dunno, no-one seemed to mind so much when Karen Gillan did blueface for a movie...

"Still, the episode ended on a seriously suspenseful note, with Greer talking to his prisoner Finch. They are about to play a little strategy game with each other's minds that's going to be fucking awesome."

I'm not saying it's dilithium....

Airlines already do that. But it's not $5-$10; it's $50-$100.

Odds on Maria Hill telling Phil Coulson that she's just got to go to the mall?

You know, the PT Cruiser was actually a pretty decent car... when it came out. Then it was never updated or refreshed while the world moved on without it...

They actually said that.

Um, I'm not sure it's physically possible to have more Michael Fassbender than Shame had...

Pretty sure that out-of-suit bathroom breaks were impossible for Mercury and Gemini astronauts. I have no idea about Apollo, though I suspect that the limiting factor there would be whether or not the lunar module was attached to the command module.

Indeed. And there's also the matter of her scar, which used to be somewhat more prominent than it is now.

If you actually go back and look back at Sir Pat's career, it turns out that one of his great strengths as an actor is his ability to get out of the way and let other actors do their thing. This is not damning with faint praise mind you, but he has this natural gift of being able to get out of the when when necessary,…

Because "heroin" was the heroic, more powerful and non-addictive version of morphine.

...because it's true?

Yup. Knock 'em around for fun... and then eat them.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't polar bears one of the only predators in the world that are known to exhibit predation behaviors towards known humans? (e.g. Great Whites have been known to hunt humans, but usually on the grounds that they have the humans confused with lazy seals)

I thought this was going to be an article about Ishtar.

Many of the arguments being put forth in support of the proposition that stand-alone cameras are NOT going away are exactly the same arguments that were advanced in support of the idea that view cameras/medium format/film was NOT going to go away either.