Picked up Loki at the con... he's totally a DM.

That is... intense. Thanks for sharing!

Art Adams. The man is a legend, but he's never been given the kind of spotlight he deserves. Plus, I think his Godzilla should be the basis for any CGI King of Monsters.

That's what made him such a great villain... purely evil villains never have a line to cross, they're just evil. This guy knew right from wrong, and had his own views on which side he was on and what it would take for him to go further.

I was looking for them too...

Here, here!

If it hasn't already been said (I have trouble navigating the comments system here), Marc Alaimo's Gul Dukat made Deep Space Nine for me. As much as I loved the heroes of the show, his multifaceted villain brought it to Shakespearean levels.

I hear he and Madame de Pompadour got along fantastic.

Seems like my answer to nearly every topic, but: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Many of these questions have been addressed - repeatedly, if not consistently - over the years in comic books. That isn't to say these aren't good points to bring up (I'm glad you did!), but if you'd like some off-the-beaten-track examples of theological speculative fiction... try these:

Not having read the story, if (for sake of argument) she ends up becoming instrumental in the saving/solving/revelation of the town's mysteries, wouldn't she still become (in retrospect) the "chosen one"? A classic element of the hero's myth begins with the young hero at first being ostracized or otherwise looked down…

Too bad you were just sticking with movies, or you could've stuck Killraven in there.

I'd throw in Payback, who is a SHIELD analyst studying the super-powered paparazzi group True Believers, while secretly being the leader of the super-powered paparazzi group True Believers.

Speaking on the dangers of time travel, I'd think that answering your very first scientific question with time-traveling scientists is a good way to bring a very old plague back to the present... or future, or whatever. Unintended consequences.

Here's my thing... the Doctor has repeatedly invoked paradox when dealing with Amy or River... whether it was leaving old Amy to save young Amy, changing child Amy's experiences (in the museum and the fairy tale), not dying when River was always meant to kill him, and so on...

Loved this article - thanks for opening our eyes to new stories! If any of these stories are available online, please provide links!

There was a puppeteer? This.. this means David Bowie is a Muppet.

Was there meant to be more information on each of these items? It seems just saying "fail" is insufficient without some sort of reason behind it...

Frankenstein also fits this, as does (in a round about sort of way) the first Tarzan book. I agree with your premise though: this is the kind of thing science fiction was made for.

This... this... wow. This is why Jess Nevins is a great man.