Not sure Schwarzenegger is the best example for you to go with there. Science fiction as set dressing for action movies is spot on for a lot of sci-fi blockbusters, but Arnold is best known for sci-fi movies that actually delivered thrills AND brains.

Mass Effect isn’t just better than recent Star Trek, it’s better Star Trek than recent Star Trek. The story of the Krogans in particular is a classic Prime Directive fable.

The good folks at BioWare.

“Kill your darlings” isn’t talking about characters. It’s about editing out elements in your story that you think are cool, but are dragging down the overall story, such as side plots that have no bearing on the main story and twists that make for shocking moments, but end up derailing the plot. GRRM seems to be…

Oh, George. The phrase “kill your darlings” doesn’t mean a thing to you, does it?

Sorry, but I just don’t think the occasional line trying to paint him in a positive light comes even close to outweighing all the times he’s gotten others (especially women) killed through his reckless psychopathic behavior.

Can Groot actually carry a solo title? He seems like the type of character who only works if he’s part of a team.

I don’t hate the idea of Thor and Jane Foster, but between the two of them being rushed together after a conversation or two (and one shot of Thor shirtless) and the fact that Natalie Portman is such a non-entity in those movies, the MCU has mangled their relationship to the point that I just want Jane to die already…

She would fit in nicely with GRRM’s redhead obsession.

Led by the long lost member of the Stark clan, Tony.

I see Bond as more of a thrill-seeking sociopath who isn’t so much for or against murder as he is utterly indifferent to the death and destruction he causes.

A Clockwork Orange. If it isn’t obvious to you why this is a terrible date movie, then you probably shouldn’t be dating/interacting with people, period.

Then again, if you take someone to see The Thing on a first date and it goes well, you can pretty much skip the BS and ask them to marry you on the spot.

The difference is that it’s quite possible for a vampire to be a sympathetic character.

That is clearly a bobbletail, not a bobblehead.

Ahh, I only ever read the first! I must go raid the children’s section of my local library.

Yes. Yes you are.

One for younger readers: Dealing with Dragons, by Patricia Wrede

Aaand this post has convinced me to get off my arse and finally read John Scalzi.

I like to think Sir Terry would very much appreciate such an irreverent display of love, so no. Not too soon.