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6/15/12

GIFs, then and now: a history.

6/15/12

Cotton candy, obvs.

6/15/12

It's the juice that cares about you!

6/15/12

But the colors! O, the colors!

6/15/12

Because you're 30 now, and you just don't give a shit anymore.

6/15/12

It's also as wide as a Zlorgon's blorp-pod! From which dimension are we getting two extra axis? And did the Axis win the war in that dimension?

6/15/12

Sorry, Sherman, just saw your reply. See above for mine.

6/15/12

I happened to catch something on the Science Channel yesterday on this topic. The human race shares about 99.95% DNA from person to person, while humans and chimps share about 97% DNA. Clearly there's a big difference. That a .05% intra-species differences accounts for all the variety you see in the human animal. So,…

6/14/12

Not to harp on this whole topic, but I'll just finish up by naming one thing I absolutely appreciated about this movie: very few CG elements and green screens. That was a nice throwback, and it lent itself to the grit and scope of the movie. Loved that.

6/14/12

They mostly come at night...mostly.

6/14/12

I hear ya. I just love all things serious SF, especially Aliens. If I complain, it's because I care.

6/14/12

Here's a great analysis of the film's shortcomings and how they could have been resolved: [dresdencodak.tumblr.com].

6/14/12

If you're interested, my ladyfriend found this post yesterday and I've been thinking about it ever since. It's everything I think about the film but was too smart for me to say. Incidentally, it also gives you an idea as to how one might go about making a two hour SF film out of Prometheus that works. I highly…

6/14/12

Point taken.

6/14/12

This is the best criticism of Prometheus I've read so far. [Spoiler alert!]

6/14/12

If Prometheus sold fewer tickets than another SF space horror-thriller on opening weekend, I would accept the word "lose". But to a children's animated movie?

6/13/12

Thanks. The Collider interview reads more definitively. However, I notice that in it Scott continues beyond your quotation to say the following:

6/13/12

Humaneer?

6/13/12

I don't think we read the same interview, because the Ridley Scott interview I read directly contradicts those sentiments.

6/12/12

Until I say, Go! Now, stop! Okay, now go! .....