The train is probably a rebuilt steam engine from a railroad museum. There are still a ton of them around and enthusiasts to keep them maintained and run them. Here in Connecticut, one of our tourist attractions is a steam train/river boat trip along the Connecticut River in Essex. The river boat is likely powered by…

Arguably, 'A Storm of Swords' has been out almost 12 years. I think that it is easily starting to approach the statute of limitations on spoilers, if it hasn't already. Now talking about the events of 'A Dance with Dragons' on the other hand...

This the same feeling I have about The Fifth Element. I don't think Luc Besson should make a sequel, but the universe was so fascinating, I'd love to see another film set there. Maybe even a prequel showing what happens to Korbin Dallas' wife (they could even get JGL to play a younger Dallas!)

I found it really convenient that io9 talked about the sweating sickness this past weekend here: http://io9.com/5947517/six-mysteries-that-could-be-solved-with-time-travel Almost as if they knew what was going to be in the Warehouse 13 finale...

BSG humans couldn't have AIs - that's how they got into the situation they were in. Remember the early episode where Gaeta suggests networking several of the computers together and there was a lot of discussion about that. Remember - advanced computing systems are bad when your opponents are advanced computers.

I'm just still really bugged at the weird lack-of-technology angle they're going with. The United States has only been an electrically-driven country for about a 100 years. Prior to that, people lived lives without electricity. There is some hand waving by "Google Boy" that physics have gotten weird. Taking the leap…

Anyone see call outs to 'The Postman' with the brands noting militia membership, and the sheriff talking about his mundane job pre-Event? Or am I just lumping all the post-apocalypse stuff together.

Love seeing the Gattaca appreciation here. It has been my number one film since I happened to come across it on HBO one bored afternoon. After watching it, I was shocked that I completely missed hearing anything about it. It still is one of the movies where the ending will bring me to tears. Serenity is another one -…

Thank you for the Hamilton mention. He was the first thing I thought of when I read the entry about "Armor" with his "Fallen Dragon". And of course, the Night Fall and Void trilogies are full of delicious space opera warfare.

Yeah, they were dumb "pull it out of our asses" solutions (like so much that happened during RTD's tenure-remember the regeneration fake out that led to so much other crap?), but they shouldn't be introduced and forgotten. The different writers thing is the reason why programs have continuity editors today, to make…

I wondered aloud to my GF last night - if the TARDIS is powerful enough to tow planets around at the end of Season 4 - why couldn't it just tow the Silurian ship out of harm's way?

Also it's interesting to see fractal principles reflected in that the whole projection resembles the customary hurricane shape seen on radar maps.

Regarding #5, the reason that all the ships stayed close to the Galactica was to remain within Galactica's sphere of protection. It was the only ship with the armaments and capability to defend against a Cylon attack (anyone else wonder why they never built and installed heavy guns on any of the other ships throughout…

Remember when Sam turned into that seriously bitchin' bull? Yeah, that was a crappy season, but damn what an awesome death for the Maenad. Seriously Sam, you're surrounded by wolves, become a freakin' tiger. Or hell, a rhinoceros, I doubt the wolves could handle a rhino.

I need to finish watching that. I watched most of the first season on Netflix and really loved it. Thanks for reminding me!

Thanks for the 'Alphas' love! I seriously think this is Syfy's best programming since they preemptively cancelled Caprica.

Anyone else seeing the snarling dog face right on the northeastern edge of the blue sand? I think we figured out where Rickon Stark was taken, and he's decided to draw his sigil in the sand.

Hmm, I would have thought Rosamund Pike's turn as a Bond Girl (albeit in a pretty crappy but still entertaining Bond movie) would have trumped her credits in Wrath of the Titans.

I would lean more toward Jason. I think that over the seasons he has shown the greatest character development, and his scenes in the latest episode just show his unexpected depth of feelings.

I read it shortly after it's release, and yes, it was a pretty cool story. I found it particularly interesting because I read it about a week after a trip to Dallas where I went through the 6th Floor Museum at the old School Book Repository.