It’s not paid content. It may be WB trying to market their film, but I doubt anyone is getting paid. Just get the actors to talk about all the crazy stuff that went on, sites like this see it and realize it’d be good clickbait, they do an article about it. The site gets more clicks and revenue, the studio gets extra…

The big difference from what’s described here is that that angle of Star Wars wasn’t played up all that much. Luke was never that much of a skeptic about the Force. Basically Obi-Wan would explain something to him, and he’d nod and look impressed. And then when someone asked him to do Force things he’d whine that they…

“A journey from fact to faith is at the heart of Doctor Strange.” Which is different from every other movie ever made... somehow.

I’m not really upset with Doctor Strange here, at least not much. I mean... it’s Doctor Strange. Of course there’s going to be magic, and it’s an origin story, so it makes it pretty unlikely…

I dunno... I mean the microphone bit is kinda ironic, but it’s not that funny. And it seems a little too simple. If the Joker has one of those lapel mikes, that could shoot acid at the interviewer? I admit, it’s not that funny outside of being a variant of the water shooting flower gag that I don’t think I’ve seen…

Well I’m not a vegan, but I always understood the idea wasn’t supporting practices you deem as animal cruelty. If someone offers you a cookie they happened to make, you didn’t buy or pay for any ingredients in that cookie. However many cookies they made is however many there are, so it’s not as if by eating that…

I wouldn’t be worried. What you describe is basically applicable to any new technology. Not everyone has access to good internet, or mobile phones, healthy food, or proper medical care. The advantages these would bring to the wealthy in terms of physical care and mental care? They already have them. The more wealth…

I love the idea of brain chips, I really do, but the sad reality is, the insane amounts of information we have are insane in that they aren’t nearly sufficient. The way anti-depressants are prescribed is basically a system of trial and error because individual brains differ so much, and we have no way of knowing what…

To quote Douglas Adams “I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and…

“Transhumanism is hundreds of years away at this point, we haven’t even tried to save our fellow humans yet, or ourselves.”

Well, yes, if you exclude... ... medicine in its entirety, an entire practice built around saving other people and ourselves, all humanitarian organizations, and every invention made with the…

To start with: Ray Kurzweil is absolutely full of shit. I had the singular misfortune of having to read one of his books for a class once. Naturally he sounded very much like someone who knew what he was talking about, right up until the subject left tech and he’d start talking about evolution or physics. He’s like…

“Speaking of intriguing characters, how are we going to write off prison doctor Clemens”

I dunno, the film seemed to write him off pretty easily after the first act...

I’m actually rather fond of the film myself. I’ll be the first to admit it’s not the best Hitchhiker material out there, but I never thought of it as bad. It’s not as good, but I’d still call it good.

And, unlike some truly belgiumed up text adventure games I could mention, it’s not actively trying to cause you pain.

The weird thing is that if it deviates wildly from the original, that makes it more like a Douglas Adams product, considering he never seemed content to adapt his own work faithfully.

That being said, a faithful adaptation is probably the best way to go. That’s how they did the last three radio series. Because the…

Naturally, though I had originally been under the impression that the internet rather liked Cumberbatch. ... I suppose Marvel probably thought the same.

I have but one reaction to the Flash’s new outfit:

They also, shockingly, didn’t recast Benedict Cumberbatch, the other thing people are bitching about. ... I’m not entirely sure why they’re bitching about that, but they do seem to be. I’m sure someone will come along and explain it to me repeatedly.

Because no one has ever canceled a Joss Whedon project.

Seriously though, Joss Whedon has pull, but he doesn’t have that much pull. He’s well loved among the core of the target audience, but given how large the target audience is, still probably a minority. He’s done two Marvel films, and only one of them is really…

Maybe DC is trying to catch up to Marvel in terms of creepy relationships. I know in the comics Nightcrawler’s girlfriend was his adopted sister. And the ship tease between Jean Grey and Wolverine in X-Men Apocalypse was pretty weird. ... Then there’s Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. I admit, my knowledge of comics lore…

I actually kinda like the shadowed head. I think it helps the character look a little more larger than life. Kinda like the way the old Justice League cartoon theme did it. ... Which is ironic, because Wonder Woman was the only person in that theme to actually have their face shown properly.

I’m not actually sure how practical this is as armor. I mean, it’s a better costume, and it looks less silly than having her run around with most of her skin showing, don’t get me wrong. But the bits that weren’t armored before appear to be largely not armored now. Her legs and arms are just covered by fabric, and the…