Possibly the series "Project UFO," which I think aired from 1978-1979. Very much trying to cash in on the success of "Close Encounters."

If the people responsible for The Mighty Boosh were involved, it just might work.

Yup. This particular scene, and line, practically leaped off the screen. I remember being immediately struck by it too.

The film looks wonderful — but as with everything related to anime, the bad music soundtrack nearly stomps it flat.

I'm going to go with others here and say recent impact craters revealing icy subsurface. Doesn't seem terribly mysterious to me.

This reminds me of those wildly embarrassing reviews of Starship Troopers back in the day in which critics were actually saying things like, "How does Paul Verhoeven not realize that these human military types look and act like Nazi fascists??"

I remember reading these reviews and thinking, "This paid movie reviewer…

Actually, I think Star Wars is obviously superior to Empire, with story structure being one of its clear strengths.

The thing is, now I'm curious to know if there's more to that story as well.

Exactly. The book is pretty dry until the cross-planet journey. And then it absolutely takes off. I remember getting to that point in the book when I first read it and thinking, "Aha — so *this* is the core of the book."

Oh, religions will try any dumb old thing.

But there's a much simpler solution, and it's orbiting in the ISS right now: 3D printing. Getting *people* into space may require expensive rockets, but once you get 3D printers and self-replicating facilities on the moon or the asteroids, as far as space settlement infrastructure goes you're golden.

Exactly. It's actually a pretty neat example of how optical illusions work. Unfortunately it also demonstrates how conspiracy theorists are unwilling to scrutinize evidence more carefully once it seems to confirm what they want it to confirm.

Now here is a prime example of a text built entirely out of what Stephen Colbert dubbed "Truthiness."

Visions of a trauma-inducing "Horribly Terrified Lambert Likeness" doll standing on my bedside table.

This really changes my picture of what a stellar cataclysm would look like. If the sun went supernova (I know it wouldn't, but that's not the point), at most the explosion could only race outward at just under the speed shown here. When I think of those really humongous stars that are thousands of times the size of…

Yes, this video gets extra points for using Reich's Music for 18 Musicians. Such a great piece.

A real loss for the science fiction world. A wonderful store.

The minimum wage isn't the primary problem here — Amazon is. (And while we're at it, let's talk about the skyrocketing price of everything in San Francisco, like the rent.)

Kinda surprised he doesn't put on a mask when he opens the blender. "Don't breathe this!" he says, then just tries hard not to breathe in the closing seconds of the video. I would be pretty wary about letting Buckyball dust into my lungs.

Wondering if any lawyers have started considering whether anti-vaxxer behavior meets the legal definition of "depraved indifference."