Would have been better, sure. But Shatner and Nimoy had clauses in their contracts that said if one got to direct a movie, the other did too. Nimoy directed III and IV, so Shatner decided it was his turn. Presumably after V didn't do too well, he didn't try again.

I enjoyed HMFJTP immensely as well. Quality control on Trek books has always been pretty loose, as you say. I've read some pretty terrible ones, but it's been worth it to find the gems like this one.

I'm a longtime Peter David fan. it's too bad they didn't give him a pass at the actual script...

Every new technology starts to thrive once someone figures out how to make porn with it. From the internet, back to VHS tapes, back to photography, all the way back to drawing.

Wow. I hate to be negative, but I'm pretty unimpressed by any of these.

I like the new Justice League on its own merits, but I've got to admit, it doesn't feel like the Justice League. Which makes me kinda sad.

I assume it's not stock Android. How much has Sprint messed with it, and can it be rooted?

I live just outside Chicago. For about the last 10 years, I worked downtown, which meant walking a couple of blocks to the train, then a couple blocks to the office after the train, and also walking to and from lunch.

No, it wouldn't be called a Retina Display unless it actually fits Apple's definition of "Retina Display." And since it doesn't make sense to produce a TV with a higher resolution or pixel density than the current standard, it won't.

Well, yeah. Early on, we see Tony working on an underwater cable to take Stark Tower off the grid and connect it to its own arc reactor. Presumably, if he'd just flown back and cut that cable, the portal would have closed before anyone could get through.

Like Firefly, but set on current-day Earth?

And I love the fact that Thor eats EXACTLY like you'd expect Thor to eat.

"It's like he's taken a big stack of those Marvel Essential phone-books, crushed them up, and turned them into a fine powder you can snort like cocaine."

When I was a kid, it was exactly this kind of thing that drove me away from Marvel to DC. It seemed all Marvel really cared about was coming up with reasons to make the heroes fight with each other.

Get Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis on the phone, quick!

There's been speculation among io9 commenters—with no basis whatsoever, except the knowledge that Whedon likes to kill off significant characters—that Agent Coulson seems like a ripe target.

Yeesh. Keep him away from anything pointy.

Thanks for this article. It comes along at just the right time.

Skipped the spoilers (seriously, can't you guys ever review a movie without giving spoilers?) but: