Ha! Nice—Subies tear up the snow like it's nothing. I can't imagine there are too many cars that are more fun to drive in an Alaskan winter.

My girlfriend actually drove one from Connecticut to Alaska (with stuff, so the storage space you speak of is actually pretty good—though the blindspots with no rear-view was crazy annoying), and I drove a decent portion of the Canada-to-Anchorage leg, so I can comment on the distance aspect—and it sucks. But to be…

Snyda, please.

I think one could make the argument that on a ship of that size, there would be diverse mission profiles. Because while mining is profitable, so are reality-based television programs that follow the lives of miners. So think that we might see some serious entertainment/extractive industries synergy. And when you start…

After having seen Man of Steel last weekend, I can now officially claim a side in this debate, and it is the side I predicted I would claim; that is to say, on balance, I enjoyed Man of Steel. There were certainly plot holes and problems, but I think that the majority of the criticism focuses on one aspect of the film…

At some point, I think there should be some kind of acknowledgment that critics might have a Marvel vs. DC bias, because I agree with you—I was way harder on Dark Knight Rises than I was on the Avengers. I think it's possible that some of the criticism has discussed that DC and Marvel trade in very different hero…

Yeah, I forgot about how they went easy on After Earth. Obviously, criticism is a subjective enterprise, and so you can never escape your biases, but I think that the advance bias on Man of Steel is definitely working very hard against it here on io9. I haven't seen MOS yet (I'm going tonight), but as I mentioned in…

Interestingly enough, after catching Battleship on HBO one night, I returned to read the io9 review, and it was ridiculously positive. For Battleship. So I think that what's a work here is the "I want to see X, because X is the only possible thing to see, and you showed me Y, and therefore I hate you" fallacy.

I have yet to see Man of Steel (I'm seeing it tonight, though), but I must say that all of this nerd rage is turning me into a reactionary. Now I'm virtually guaranteed to love the damn movie just because I'm so annoyed with the critical response. Personally, I think you make an excellent point regarding Superman…

I have tried to think of a polite way to respond to your post, and I just can't. I've read through this thread, and you continually double-down with your melodramatic "poor maligned Christian" fiction (while decrying "fantasy" I might add), and alas I find my irritation with your ilk got the better of me.

Agreed—it should only be re-watched. Repeatedly. And have the effects studied.

Christ, I shudder to think of what band they'd use to develop his female accomplice's character; Twisted Sister is a choice that may never be improved upon!

First of all, who gives a shit about some dead sugar gliders? Those things are fucking disgusting. And if there are giant mammals that are willing to deal with the crazy spiders that exist in Australia, well, I say give the damn place to them. But really, I hope that the sum total of the wildlife management strategy…

I feel as though I've been channeling a lot of animosity against J.J. Abrams lately, but I have to say that if they don't give a reboot of fucking TIMECOP to that guy, they are out of their minds.

You are on the right track, my friend! I think the weirdest thing about an impending apocalypse would be that the people who just stored canned food would eventually starve, while the city-dwellers who take DIY craft classes would rebuild the agricultural base. If you had a renewable supply of barley and hops you'd…

Ha! Good call. If nothing else, a "what would you hoard for the apocalypse" kind of game is a useful for uncovering people's true priorities!

In before Abrams:

Cigarettes and booze. And maybe porn and toilet paper. I have never been able to figure out why people would want gold after some sort of societal collapse. First thing I'd want is a couple of Marlboros and a few swigs of bourbon. Or perhaps I'd race through my beers before they lost their chill. But gold? Who the…

And I'll see you again in io9 Comment 2: The Search for More Recommendations!

I suppose you address this point in your articles (since I'm at work and I'm ostensibly supposed to be working, I haven't had time to read them yet), but I'm curious to know if on some level the Jetsons wasn't a parody of upward mobility and newly forming class normativity. And if it was, could it not be considered…