THERE'S ONE! LET'S GET 'IM!

But didn't 50 Shades of Grey literally begin as just Twilight fanfic with names later changed? So it doesn't even germinate from its own seed.

That's one way of putting it.

Can someone explain to me the impetus behind this much fan obsession? So much mania that it results in crusading ship wars and insanely ridiculous slash fiction (Topless Robot has a weekly takedown of this stuff and it is a laugh riot every time)?

It's good to know that Italian courts have been predictably stupid since the late 60s.

Someone doesn't know their way around the bedroom OR the kitchen.

It's a crime io9 doesn't have a Comment of the Day award. This would absolutely win it.

When I'm a glutton for high octane speedlines and nose-bleed velocity, I like to play a double feature of Speed Racer and Takeshi Koike's Redline.

Those are pretty cool. They certainly hit the 80s mountain-o-hair requirements.

Whoever put that "Okay two sodas, a number 3, and a frostie. Did you want fries with that?" tag at the end.... you have won the day. I'm laughing so hard I'm nearly crying. :)

Man, that character never gets half the attention and focus he deserves.

I remain firmly convinced that every time an elderly person dies, it's like watching a massive library burn down. We do not treasure the wisdom and stories from our elders in this country as much as we should.

I am moderately entertained and mostly amused by this show. The dialogue is as wooden as a lumber yard and some of the characterization even more rife with splinters.

Tell 'em about the Twinkie.

*makes mocking faces at serenada*

That would be me. I'm absolutely with you in not understanding the religious zealotry of the fandom. But I do think the show was very strong in its ideas and the world it constructed. Especially for a show that had only its actors and cheaper-than-chips 'western' sets to bolster it. Very few sci-fi shows are quite so…

yeah. The writer's passing fancy with the pressures of what I call the 'the juggle' is part of the reason that show bugs the hell out of me. They're not really sincere about Dexter being spread extremely thin in his Dad role vs. his darker tendencies.

Yes, it's still being talked about in niche fan environments (cons etc) but it never expanded much of its audience outside of those, either via the show, the DVD sales or the movie (which as I recall had pretty strong advertising in the run-up to its premiere). Geek discourse is great and all. But it doesn't…

*backs up very slowly*

Yeah, the kids have certainly fallen all but completely off that show's planet, haven't they?