How could there possibly be 350 locations in the US that didn't already have McDonald's? Maybe some of them are kiosks or in-store locations?

A two-hour HBO event, Game of Thrones: Shire Walk With Me

I think that some of what Pixar has accomplished at times might be the closest modern approximation to what you talk about, and it's because of the strong visual hook that pulls people in so that a lot of heavy idea content doesn't scare them off.

I used to walk around video rental stores as a younger kid and just look at the cover art for films.

If by colorful you mean blue.

After listening to the Bechdel Cast podcast, I'm thinking that Alfred Molina could play Jafar and thus unite crushes for someone.

Obi-Wan's daughter?

Go ahead and contradict BvS all you want, Wonder Woman. In fact, I encourage it. Take the X-Men movies' disregard of Origins Wolverine as a precedent.

Lost in Translation struck me as being less about story than about feel.

Out of curiosity do U.K. McDonalds restaurants serve alcohol, or are these people arriving pre-drunk?

I'm not sure if this is what you're getting at, but I don't believe that the lack of humanitarian efforts or assistance to those in need on the ground here is something that is or should be seen as a symptom of space programs, or that the latter should automatically be looked at as a waste of resources better spent…

I wonder if we'll see a giant dock-like space station during our collective lifetime. Ever the optimist about these things, I'll choose to believe so.

The silver lining might be that the 007 franchise will finally reboot Moonraker.

I started wording-out a joke about the Demographic party, but was overwhelmed by a feeling of deja vu. This has all happened before, I think.

I tried watching the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated series, and found it to be maybe the most boring bit of pop-culture that I've ever taken in.

I'm really interested in the possibility that the brief mention of a space mission—I think that it was in Rise, on the news or on the radio?—was more than simply an Easter egg and pays off down the line.

…and left only the AV Club commentariat!

Has there ever been a miniseries inspired by the Seattle scene?

Smells Like Ground Coffee

The first two were far more interesting and watchable than Transformers, for my money.