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I vote Pacific Rim. Because it was mind-numbingly dull. I have no idea how del Toro managed to make massive fucking robots fighting massive fucking monsters so boring.
The worst shit is assuming that a technological singularity would positively affect all of mankind, instead of uplifting just the most affluent, the most wealthy psychopaths to nigh immortal demigodhood. Just try to launch any kind of class mobility when the upper class is fucking SkyNet!
Sorry. Rapist doesn't get a do-over.
I think you'll need to explain this one a little.
I actually dig Skye... much to my surprise the internet screams for her death... because... she's exposition? the audience's way in? not Captain Marvel?.. heck if I know
Today's discussion of Sansa Stark raised some good questions about why certain characters are or aren't hated, and…
Glad to hear that Chiang is getting more exposure! He's the pure quill. Take a few minutes and read Understand , or Exhalation - it'll re-affirm your faith in SF. He writes infrequently, but brilliantly.
Over at The Economist, there's a great essay about one of our most essential writers, Ted Chiang. And it has a…
- All that stuff about death and "going to a better place" was super clichéd and obvious, but goddammit if Michael Ealy didn't still kind of make it work in the scene where the sexbot was decommissioned.
The interrogation with Dorian having to explain to John how the sexbot was programmed so that she could not understand the reality of her own servitude was shockingly well done and demonstrates how good this show might well be. I enjoy the fact that by the second episode, John is already striving to better understand…
After reading all suggestions I have realized that 95% of our readers watch only German, silent or French movies with deep subtext and infinite layers and take everything in life with the utmost sincerity while the rest of accept the unwashed masses and their many interpretations of humor, drama and love because hey,…
I don't think a lot of people realize that JJ is a huge Star Wars nerd. Star Trek was a business decision for him, Star Wars is literally his dream job. I personally think that the incessant nit picking of the two recent Trek films is stupid as hell. They are both solid Sci fi action tent pole flicks and overall work…
The first trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier dropped earlier today, and it was a concentrated blast of…
Well, that looks pretty kick-ass. Even if Cap's suit looks a bit like the foam-muscle kid's costume.
I've often heard my mother recount how much this one scared her as a young person.
How can this show possibly live up to people's expectations? I don't think it can, because I think people's expectations are way, way unrealistic. It's not going to be the thrill of seeing Iron Man for the first time every week. It's not going the awesome 360 pan around of the Avengers every week. Stop expecting that…
Got to kill the Fish Tank, best line ever.
Screw you all. I loved the ending of Lost.