Ya, but there's a real special kinda stupid going on there right now...

How are the moderators on the Roman forum?

You're correct that I don't go into all the ways that urban planning can be used to mitigate ferality, but that's primarily because I was just trying to recap Kilcullen's talk at the World Policy Institute, using what is, in effect, a list of bullet points, rather than try to summarize his book (or the voluminous…

It could be a hominid descended from bats, like that x-files episode.

"Excellent..."

They wouldn't bite, huh?

I tried desperately to get the overlords to allow me to make terribly obvious sucking pun, but they wouldn't let me.

What is the point of making a 3D movie composed of static head shots?!

Argento has been in a rut for a while, everything since Opera, really, although I do like Mother of Tears because it is (1) so bad it's good and (2) like a giant F.U. from Argento to his critics in that it takes his every alleged excess and ramps it up to absurd levels of excess, wrapped up in a bow.

'they float, Georgie, and when you’re down here with me, you’ll float, too–'

Yes, there are problems with the film's physics. Yes, it's still a great space movie. The film earns its shortcuts by being really, really good - and if you care about delta-V, orbital inclination, and conservation of momentum (and I do!), well, forgive Gravity its occasional sleight of hand and celebrate the…

"La casa de vacas?"
"Si. Donde vivan. Las vacas."

Oh man, I always wanted someone to turn this into a real series. Animated or live action.

I'll agree to that. Books were made more famous by the author being dead.

Regarding "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", Fincher made the best out of the source material, which was overhyped pulp literature.

Oh two worlds don't move to the beat of just one drum...

Yes, this exactly. Apparently you can take a concept from a popular movie or 80's TV show, throw in an alien (or even just the possibility of an alien) and you get networks fighting over you.