And this should be the epitome of all of our interactions with other animals. Song and dance.

Who chooses the most flamboyant mate here? Who drives the evolution of these insane traits?

One good reason: Weta. No, not the insect, the Visual Effects company in New Zealand headed up by Peter Jackson.

It was also one of the first to tackle so many machine/human questions with style and panache. Also, it's awesome.

And what if people made their houses like this? I bet they'd last for a long time.

"...Heroines don't much more stubborn than Janet...."

Exactly. I usually like to have at least a full season ready for viewing before I invest in another series. Unless of course it's so gobsmackingly awesome I can't resist, but those are few and far between.

Well, you know, just shave it.

Is this a strange ode to Alan Ginsberg's poem Howl?

*SPOILERS*

It smells a little like "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". Not exactly the same, but related to.

Why no moving parts? I can see it working without electronics easily enough.

It's a wonderful start.

I laughed long and loud and free.

Read Greg Egan's 'Teranesia'.

Thems mah boys!

Slap a love story on there, sprinkle in some tragedy and you're good to go.

What I wanna know is the structure of the 150. Do we have 4-12 primary 20-40 secondary and 50-75 tertiary tribe members? What are the tiers of densities that they connect to us? Do they fall off exponentially?

All the sluts I know are pretty popular.

Ha, I gotcha beat. My first name is "Clear".