Yeah, but they do it in the most incompetent way imaginable. They devise an elaborate trap to catch the monster which always backfires catching one or more of themselves. The bad guy basically just gets tangled up in the mess they make.

I thought it was Rimmer working alone while Lister was in stasis who caused the acident that killed the creew. That would seem to imply that Lister was the only thing standing between Rimmer and the destruction of the Universe.

As I remember it, he had to be pretty much commanded to take the job as Hand of the King because he already knew he would be out of his element at King's Landing.

These guys were always—ALWAYS surprised when the phantom demon ghost alien they had been chasing turned out to be Old Man Creeperson wearing a rubber mask.

I'll say it again. if Abrams harms one bolt on R2's dome, I shall be very cross indeed.

Who the Hell harvests parts from a crashed airliner to fix other airliners? I mean, this sounds like an exceptionally bad idea.

Way back when I was in junior high school there used to be a CBS radio play hour (or something— I forget the title) that played on an AM station I could only pick up in the late night hours.

I didn't catch the analog interface thing. Wonder if the machine Considers Root to be an avatar now.

I can't see how (show) hires (actor) to play (role) counts as spoiling anything.

Just almost anything by Heinlein.

Because Time Travel.

Ok what about the show House?

Good news everyone!

In ASOIAF, doesn't Mellisandre literally give birth to some sort of shadow demon that murders Stannis' enemies?

Hence the name is "Dear Mr. Watterston"

What rob presented today— the Dear Mr. Watterston video, is not as good as having Watterston drawing new strips.

I prefer my robots to be a plastic pal who's fun to be with!

I want my Commodore 64 back, dammit.

I want my Commodore 64 back, dammit.

I foresee a future manned mission which will include a "rover maintenance" exercise. The penny will be retrieved and will be auctioned off as the rarest collectible ever.