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Fred Bals
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Great and underappreciated. I have the complete series on DVD and re-binge it regularly. Fun fact: Day Break was a replacement for Lost while that series was on a planned hiatus. The show did so dismally in the time slot that ABC yanked it after only 6 of its 13 episodes had aired. The unaired episodes eventually were

Mortal fools, we wish to sip the unholy liquid because it will hasten the day that Gozer the Traveler will walk again on this earth and tread the bones of unbelievers under his hooves!

I originally misread the headline as “Star Trek: Cloverfield” and then thought, “why not?”

Legion is quickly closing in on Man in the High Castle as my favorite TV series ever. A question for readers if this comment ever gets published: What Legion graphic novel would you recommend for a fan of the series?

The PG-13 version, “The Drizzle”

Nice, but not $75 nice, at least for me.

Oh, I dunno.

I haven’t seen as ugly a group of White House cronies since the Nixon era

Having the misfortune to have met Larry Niven in person, I can confirm that he is — or at least was — an asshole. He spent a good 5 minutes berating the then-17-year-old me in the foulest language because I made the mistake of approaching him for an autograph at the instigation of A Change of Hobbit’s Sherry Gottlieb.

As much as I like Dick’s original book, the series deviates so much in plot I really hope that a novelization is in the works.

Inspired by the then red-hot “Mashed Potato” dance craze, Pickett and Somerville buddy Leonard Capizzi wrote “Monster Mash” in a half-hour one Saturday afternoon. Pickett was also the one behind the song’s sound effects. The creaky door at the beginning was a nail pulled from a piece of wood and the boiling cauldron

Speaking of annoyances, one of the things that annoys me every time I see an article about Idiocracy (including this one) is that the writer seldom mentions that the premise of the movie is very obviously based on C.M. Kornbluth’s 1951 short story, “The Marching Morons,” which I commend to anyone who hasn’t read it

I think you’re in the large majority

This from someone calling himself Howard the Duck?

Best answer evah! (even though it should be “passed.”

I have to say I puzzled over the title, trying to figure out what a comic “strip magician” was. The mind boggles

I think “glowing” is a stretch, as the reviewer calls the first third of the book “stilted” and “labored,” although the overall review is positive. I’m not being paid to review, and if I can’t get through the opening of a book, the chances are I won’t finish it.

Tell me that HRG is standing in front of the Time Tunnel