Man... I loved that hootbot. Probably still have it somewhere, though it's been in pieces for about 15 years...

Very well done! Strong plotting. Excellent structure. Good use of cliffhangers. Love the ending shot.

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I thought TS-19 was Test Subject 19, i.e., the doctor who willingly allowed her zombification to be recorded in the name of science. They never named the virus on Walking Dead.

On the topic of alien motivations... I love Skyline.

Warming trend... mysterious bloop... mid-90s... Where was SeaQuest when we needed them!?

I had no interest in watching a Crichton movie, but had they advertised it as a Beowulf movie, I'd have watched it in theaters.

@FrankN.Stein: Also check out a comic book called Skaggy the Lost... [www.slgpublishing.com]

@Thrubeingcool: Actually, there's circumstantial evidence that some STDs came to Europe during the Columbian exchange. Many were unheard of until after 1500.

This one is full of win:

@user_21938: Pretty sure that's the other way around. I remember watching the theatrical release and being pissed that he lived (ruining any build up of dramatic tension about his "legend" status that the movie had achieved)... but the alternate ending was on the Blu-Ray.

@Hedgeworth: but it is the same as observing it, which was the point of the article.

@Kevin Garcia: Hmmm... that came off sounding more hostile than I intended...

People keep saying Monsters takes place in "Central America" but take a look at the damn map. As someone who lives on the border of the "infected zone," I can tell you - this is not Central America.

I enjoyed the film tremendously, but some of the criticisms are valid. As much as I like Michael Sera as an actor, I have to agree with my wife when she says he doesn't "look" like Scott Pilgrim. He should be dorky, yeah, but not as much as Sera. Also, I agree that Ramona was trivialized. Sure, she was great as the…

@mdjab82001: Well sure, you got a point there... but it'd be nice if they at least referenced it as on-again-off-again.

@The Captain: No... Scruffy, Xanthor and Katrina save the day while everyone else is on vacation!

Overall I liked the episode, it wasn't as good as the last one but it wasn't as bad as Duh Vinci.