Well, Lewis was originally much more of an atheist skeptic than the Christian apologist he became. Tolkien persuaded him essentially into changing his beliefs.

Well, the article did say he was horrified by the association of his work with hippies.

It's subtle, which is why you can read it without knowing. But according to Tolkien, Gandalf and the other wizards were descended angels and the creator of the world, Eru Iluvutar, is literally Yahweh.

Fair enough. I think you can blame some of the individual details on Lindelof to be sure.

Eh, not really. All evidence points to Ridley Scott to having been behind most of the ideas in the film. As early as the commentary on the DVD re-release of Alien it's clear he really wanted to make a movie about space gods.

Faster yes, but their orbital period would still be longer. Hence why Mars has a longer year than Earth.

If you know your American history and what the game's themes are, most of these answers are pretty obvious. It's just that some of the wrong answers play off what the first two Bioshock titles were about, which seem to be largely separate from Infinite.

That's a good point actually. Still, the effective width of the band is the same right? So you could still only fit in about the same number of planets. It's just that their orbits would be longer and wider.

LOL. Yeah, I think that's probably the best way to think of Tron: Legacy. It was a musical and visual extravaganza, even if the writing was somewhat subpar.

I think an easy way to fix half the problems here is simply to pretend X3 and Wolverine never happened. That still leaves quite a few continuity problems hanging about, but they're mostly the less consequential ones.

Course, if the planets being warmer means the outer limits of the habitable zone are further out, doesn't basic logic dictate that the same is true for the inner limits of the habitable zone.

I wouldn't say they're normal (i.e., average looking) but they don't look Vulcan to me either.

They're a bit pointier than the human norm, but yes, I agree with you. I don't think they're Vulcan ears.

If it makes you feel any better, it's a pretty old tradition. Much of the exploration/colonization process by the British and the Dutch during the 18th and 19th centuries was conducted by privately owned companies given a charter by the government.

Hmm, it's possible those ears are Vulcan but comparing them directly with other shots of Cumberbatch's ears (from Sherlock for example) leaves me with the impression that his ears just look like that. Also, Spock's are a lot pointier and he's half-Vulcan (whether or not that has any relevance).

I figured it was Nurse Chapel, but maybe I'm wrong.

But isn't the Grey in Earl Grey a title / surname combination? What about Lord Hood?

I'll be honest: I don't think I've ever come across a lock-picking minigame I didn't enjoy. I mean, some are better than others, but I've always loved the verisimilitude of pretending to actually pick the lock open yourself rather than it happening automatically.

It's not entirely incorrect though. The actual % of people on the internet who are going to read their specific story is almost immeasurably small. It's just that, with the exception of a few sites, they have little control over what random strangers who wander in can partake.

I don't think the EU's going to be made into films. But I do think it has a lot of staying power, if only because for a lot of Star Wars fans it is Star Wars (particularly if you count The Clone Wars).