It hasn't actually gotten better. The season 3 finale was the worst episode of the show, by far.

Just to be safe, we'd better be ready with a contingency plan.

I have not seen the movie, but I can't imagine it's more fun than reading this FAQ.

I know Disney's got the whole sunshine and rainbows and princesses reputation, but as a business, they've done a pretty damn good job of managing their various properties. Just look at how well their "Let Marvel be Marvel" approach has turned out, in terms of both profitability and providing quality entertainment. …

Well, yours is great too. But dadzilla's brought both the kaiju and the Freud.

Yes, but suspension of disbelief is all about making it easier to pretend something is real, not actually making it realistic.

Perhaps Rob thought this was too obvious?

Hear hear! I'm always up for blaming Frank Miller for something.

And you seem confused by the fact that io9's writers are not obligated to make the headline image a reference to the more famous work. They're fans writing mostly for fans, so why not choose a picture from the better work over the more famous one?

Just going by personal experience, but I'd say that even though the 89 movie was a bigger phenomenon at the time, the animated series has had a lot more staying power. I know plenty of people who still love Batman: TAS but I can't think of a single person who still gives a damn about the movie.

Well that's just depressing.

He's in the new one.

Also, maybe that's why Godzilla looks like it's going to be so unfathomably huge in this movie? Most kaiju look like something that could be destroyed with a few well-placed missiles, but this thing looks like it could be the type of monster that's truly immune to our defenses.

Personally, I'm a big fan of rabid kaiju.

Yeah, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief for the sake of watching a giant robot rocket-punch a kaiju in the face.

What a perfect username for this discussion!

You can take it at face value if you like, but doing so would be to miss the biggest part of what makes monsters so great. Pretty much every timeless monster (not just kaiju) has been symbolic of some real-world fear.

I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of this quote, but it strikes me as strange that an artist friend would say something like that. Because in my experience, the way that people who really care about art appreciate it is quite similar to how scientists engage with their subjects. They're not content to accept…

So I watched Primer for the fourth time recently (after watching it three times in three nights the first time I saw it) and I realized that once you unravel its Gordian Knot of a plot, Primer's actual story is actually pretty simple and straightforward.

Well, in the book, Frankenstein is a pretty young guy, so McAvoy's not that much of a stretch in terms of looks. And he certainly has the acting chops to pull off the role.