This is what I expect from Crowdfunding. I see it the same as gambling. You pay your stake and, if you "win", you get what you paid for. Jackpot ding-ding-ding. If the KS collapses, you lose your stake. Move on.

As has been repeatedly said inside the Blizzard offices, "if you're going to watch a virtual ass, you might as well make it a cute ass".

An illegal alien found in New Mexico; how is this news?

He was an unlovely combination of a son of a bitch and a rat's knackers, which is an unholy trinity of a muck racker, a gobshite and a whore's mount. In a word, he was a dick... and he'll be missed.

An activity which requires a lot of time, or effort, or even skill doesn't a job make. Think of the amount of hobbies out there which require a lot of time, effort, and, yes, skill. People who build Helm's deep out of matchsticks, for example. It's an achievement. Something to be remarked, maybe even celebrated. But,…

Godzilla vs.... Magneto's kids?

Address your complaints about the article to the author.

Should it be noted that the cosplayers herein discussed how they had body image issues and didn't give one thought to their potential negative influence on other women?

This is my opinion. How astute of you! I'm also aware of the original meaning of the term. That wasn't at all presumptive of you. But, my contention stands. In these days where manipulation passes for storytelling, where "ain't it cool" moments trump character/plot development, one must examine both the initiating…

Earth Angel, Earth Angel, please DON'T KILL ME!

It would also act as a test of paranoia. If you believe you're going to be caught at any minute, then the message would give reality to that fear. Also, it would depend on the scheme, the background and the goals of the plotter. In both Doyle's and Poe's time, there were revolutionaries of all stripes knocking about.…

This'll teach me not to find common ground. Take a class, read a book, do something to educate yourself on the difference between, you know, words and how they are used. The Sharpe movies were made for TELEVISION movies. They were not a series (not in the sense the article or you are talking about). Jesus, I get this…

There was fifteen years between the first Sharpe movie(-length) "episode" and the last. Either that's incredibly slow series, or we can call it a MOW series ("series" in the same sense that the Nightmare on Elm street movies were a series). In which case, this is a model which is a) different from current accepted…

Here's a theory for you; those who are likely to get movies on the DL, those who are tech/net savvy, are more likely to be from the geekdom and thus SF/fantasy movies are more likely to be torrented.

45 minute work-out routine. Wouldn't you have to pause the TiVo when Elena goes on one of her "oh Stefan" mopes while Stefan broods and Damon puns?

If it's just the nine minutes, it'll be like Scrooge at the start of a Christmas Carol. Hasn't the first 9 minutes been shown to the press and in IMAX screenings? "Well, we could show you the entire movie, but you'll have to wait like everyone else."

Let's see what we have here...

I spend my days on io9 expounding this point... they don't listen. They never listen! :)

My thoughts exactly. When a well constructed character does something apparently out-of-character, then you ask, why are they (the person) doing this? When the character is paper thin, you ask, what is the writer thinking? Or at least, I do. :)

I like, and appreciate, the gardener/architect analogy.