You know what I don't see in their renderings? at least 90,000 cars.

"I wrote a sequel, but there was an old lady who swallowed it. I guess she died."

Even though it's not a mind-bogglinly awesome "How-did-they-do-that" problem, it's still the most impressive feat I've seen come out of Disney's imagineering in years. I hope there are more things like this in the pipes.

Odds are the chute is dyed black to minimize the glare and the spotlight work is topnotch. I'm wondering how they muffled the noise of the engine, because those things are *loud*.

Keith, open a window, go outside. io9's been keeping you cooped up too long.

I'll agree with all of them except Tron. It's not the lead, just a bass part within the music. Timing also wouldn't be with you: Inception and Tron were very close release dates, and I'm pretty sure the Tron trailer's release preceded Inception's. I think it got popular both because of the Inception's trailer's…

"Once I was younger.

Once again, it's important to point out that the argument is not that the Earth is f**ked, it's that people are. If you don't convince your audience to feel some humility, there's no way they would inconvenience themselves to attack such an abstract problem. The Earth will outlive us all.

Odds are Lucas pulled from Tolkien, and Tolkien pulled from the Bible: Tolkien's elvish languages (and his ancient mythos) borrowed more than a few roots from ancient Hebrew.

That would appear to be a six foot bunny rabbit.

Anne Parillaud, Innocent Blood. The handcuff scene.

Do it without the pioneers in tow and it's the plan I've been supporting for years. it's rational, inspirational and doesn't risk killing people (and their own goodwill) for political gain. Americans should pay attention instead of cranking up any knee-jerk posturing. I guarantee you Nasa was planning things like…

Nasa is and always has been a political football. Until their funding is put on a long-term basis rather than part of the annual budget, Congress will alter budget and their available options with every shift of the political winds. They need to plan small steps, and Curiosity was a good first one: a quasi-permanent…

Wow. So far, every choice sounds both ambitious and wise. How often does Zemeckis manage that?

Klin Zha, if I remember correctly. I always liked the conceit that what most people mistook for a hard "Kl" sound from Klingons was actually "Tl" spoken with great enthusiasm. (This was written before the Klingon Dictionary was released)

The Prinz Adalbert image of an iceberg taken the next day, which the steward reported had a slash of red paint embedded into its side. Widely believed to be The Iceberg.

Given what could be done by hacking a Kinect, it would have been so much more interesting having battlebots destroying each other with no pilots. This sounds too much like the "reality" shows built around MMA and wrestling. Two man teams and one NOT a roboticist? You've got to be kidding me.

The only image I've found was on wikipedia, a hillside full of what look like column foundations, similar to the propaganda photo where the Nazi officers are standing on a similar hillside in front of a scaffolded seating area in the background.

If you're looking for an amazing garden in the U.S., check out the Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina. I spent a half day there last spring, and it was pretty damned amazing.

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