Indeed. And FDR - who's now a villain in many libertarians' eyes - was the President at the time. Your point?

I agree with you for the most part but Fox has dropped the act at this point. Damon Lindelof even said as much in an interview, saying that, yes, it's a prequel but they're trying to distance it from Alien narratively.

If I may join in...

Saw that this morning. Too awesome for words.

"What intrigues me the most about this particular scene is Captain America, a symbol of American ideals, conveying his dismay over the direction that this country is heading. I like to see how the so called "patriots" of this country try to spin this."

I doubt that. Directors who make money tend to get hired more often than directors who don't.

It does sound like a bit of weaseling out of the "are they Skrulls?" question that was being bounced back and forth a few months ago, doesn't it?

It essentially comes down to how much you trust authority (particularly the kind that runs states) and whether you value liberty or equality more.

Too true.

I was just about to come on the observation deck and ask if anyone had seen the NYT full page ad for David. I thought that was a rather nifty bit of viral advertising. I didn't have a chance to check out the website earlier though.

In theory.

I honestly don't really notice all that much product placement in movies these days. I'm sure it's there, but it's hardly brazen.

Bah! I may be stuck with the Weasley twins but I've still got Toshiro Mifune and Otto von Bismark to keep me company as well.

Fair enough. I'm not a big fan (only saw the first one) so I'm not trying to defend their reputation. I'm just pointing out that in general they don't seem to me to be held up as a standard of bad movies; they're rather a standard of mediocre, overhyped blockbusters.

That's one of the aforementioned problems.

Yes, but it's a part of the backstory for Vulcans that they used to be a violently emotional (or emotionally violent, if you prefer) species before Surak came along and taught them how to suppress the Id through meditation and the like. The Romulans were a group who didn't agree, left, and later seemingly found their…

IIRC, Miyamoto's input on OoT is often exaggerated. Eiji Aonuma was actually the director for that game and the lead writers were Toru Osawa and Kensuke Tanabe.

Well, yeah that's more or less what I was saying. I guess I was just looking at it from a motivational point of view rather than a results point of view.

SFX didn't like it though.

Question: What's the difference between a Zelda "spiritual sequel" and a regular Zelda sequel? It's not like continuity's going to matter anyway.