How very callipygian.

I've always liked to think of myself more as Microsoft, actually.

"Dystopian film about a world in which corporate marketing is used to keep people submissive."

Wait, Wonder Man becomes the Vision now? What happened to the Human Torch/Vision?

X2 isn't really a very good movie. The original X-Men is better, with First Class being a close second.

Genuinely horrifying, but not necessarily in a fun way.

Useless trivia of the day: Pretty much all of the "operas" — space opera, soap opera, horse opera — are pejorative terms for different flavors of formulaic melodramas. They were originally assigned to radio programs in the '30s, but were quickly expanded to include similar stories in all sorts of media.

"Scientifiction" hasn't been used for a while.

I think never is a pretty strong word. You're right, of course, that cloud storage is dependent on connectivity and bandwidth. I don't see that doing anything but going up as we see technology such as "cell towers in a box" rolling out. In a short time, I imagine that we'll start seeing our connectivity devices…

Computer manufacturers have already started producing ultralight laptops without optical drives. It's only a matter of time before they start shipping larger laptops and, finally, desktops without them.

"Really what's the point of bringing in David Cronenberg and having him not play a brilliant but unhinged scientist?"

Could be worse. They could have lost an exploded nuclear bomb.

Another small step toward reestablishing feudalism.

"It smacks of sequelitis and rehashing old ideas." The sequel to a reboot of a nearly 50-year-old TV show that spawned a previous movie series and four sequel TV shows. I don't think new ideas are a priority here.

Intellectually, one knows that's true. That being said, I saw a photo the other day of a newly renovated apartment in Mexico with a bathroom built above an unused elevator shaft. The room has a glass floor. Now, of course it must be structurally safe. Intellectually, I know that. At the same time, though, there's…

These folks are mighty trusting of modern material science.

I didn't think it reached Middleman levels, personally.

But you didn't include this one.

And which of any of those elements required the actress to be naked on camera?

Oh, great. Another "family vacation." Oh, great. We're going to drive down to Arkansas. Again. Oh, great. Yeah, Dad. Real nice. We sure don't have trees like that in Missouri.