Oh yeah, I can totally see Bane as a Health Nazi.

Well, I try not to discriminate, but I just so happens that my top sci-fi and fantasy works of all time are almost all by men. However, in terms of the non-genre stuff I have read and loved, I believe more women have taken the top spots than men. It is just how things have worked out.

That's exactly what I was going to say.

I've read a little bit about her life, as I am quite interested in her as well. This book is a must for me; thanks for recommending it. I know that she hated school, found it very stifling, and that the adults in her life had fairly low expectations of her and thought her dull-witted. She showed them up by writing…

I didn't really get bullied much in junior high and high school, but six grade was a bastard (this was back when 6th grade was still part of elementary school)—I just never really fit in anywhere. And having a highly visible disability, I was mostly just shunned in elementary school rather than bullied. My abuse,…

Yes! I'm in.

Yeah, I get the same impression. I hate to be the guy from the last generation who complains about this generation, but it seems like young people are way too cynical about everything and quick to jump on anything with the slightest hint of a possibility of a smidgeon of (perceived) imperfection. I thought it was us…

I just wish they'd hire a damn copy editor. Every single article I've read here in the last month has had at least one glaring grammatical issue or typo in it. Every single one. Hey, io9, I'm available for copy editing . . . :-)

I loved the fact that Bane ultimately is motivated by his love for Talia, whom he took care of when she was a child in The Pit. That gave him an extra dimension you don't generally see with supervillains.

Yes, and as Alan Moore made clear in The Watchmen, vigilantes tend to be either off their rockers or d-bags. Or both. Anyone who would actually put on a funny costume, especially one that obscures their identity, and then go out and beat up on people they presume to be worthy of such a beating . . . is probably not…

As I have no children, and no plans of ever producing any, of course I love my nieces and nephew over my own (nonexistent) children. But, while I can see the genetic aspect of this, surely we are not driven to love the children (or anyone else) in our family only by how many genes they share with us. I would think…

In the immortal words of Jim Morrison, people are strange . . .

Are you kidding? I felt weird eating the large chocolate bunnies we always got in our Easter baskets as kids. Those are just waaaaaay too realistic for me to take a bite out of, and I love white chocolate more than I do the regular kind!

Bill Joy rhymes with killjoy. I'm just sayin'.

You know, if I had this condition I would go full-on Na'vi—have the ears modified into points, pad out the bridge of the nose, and get the cat's eye contact lenses. Then I would dump a bucket of glitter on myself before I left the house. Hmm, now how to make myself 10 feet tall . . .

As someone who has been a member of an atheist forum for several years now, I gotta agree. I have arrived at the conclusion that far too many atheists really only care about science because it is, to their thinking, the polar opposite of mysticism, which they live to look down on. I fully confess that I have been…

And that, ladies and gents, is what we call a Pyrrhic victory.

Hmm, not bad, but I would've included Forbidden Planet at least, and maybe Children of Men and Gattaca. But these lists are always more about the author than they are about the quality of the films anyway. Still, I agree with most of your choices. :)

I'm a big fan of Virgil Finlay as well. I am aspiring to duplicate his drawing style, but he is simply too good.

Oh, wow, yes! Thanks!