I’ve never heard of the short story this was based on but apparently it has a long, controversial history within the sci-fi community. The author himself hated the ending, both for its meanness and lousy engineering, which was forced upon him by John W. Campbell (a truly terrible writer and buddy of L. Ron Hubbard.) 

It was on every week in our house. Being a Jack Webb production, it was essentially “Adam 12" with paramedics and doctors. I actually remember adults talking about it and how it was no longer just an ambulance that would show up. I even went to school with a couple of kids who were so fascinated by the whole thing…

This is honestly the most excited I’ve been by the space program since I watched the moon landings as a kid. The shuttle and the ISS were certainly impressive from an engineering standpoint but neither ever excited the imagination. Flying on Mars, however, is something else. God, I hope this leads to some big badass…

I have no doubt he’ll be by that dashboard light in paradise.

I have a bad feeling this is going to be like the end of the "Night Gallery" adaptation of "Pickman's Model."

Fuck this guy but also fuck EVERYONE who bought one of his plastic-filled snake oil pillows. Jesus fucking christ.  

This has nothing to do with the topic at hand but with so many people likely to read the comments here I thought I’d spread the good word:

Looks like another studio will be writing a check to the Richard Matheson estate.

Which was exactly why I skipped this in the theater. “This Island Earth” is a dumb movie, but like a lot of fifties sci-fi, it’s a dumb, loveable movie. It could have conceivably worked for Joel, who might have at least had some affection for the movie. Mike always came across as the smart ass who thought he was above…

“Plan 9" really would have been perfect because, in addition to being a hilariously awful movie, was a midnight movie cult favorite in the late seventies and early eighties, especially on college campuses. People went to see it just to laugh out loud at it and mock it with a group of other people. It was “Mystery…

And the award for utterly trivial bullshit presented as news goes to...

I have so very many memories of riding around with my mom in the car when I was a tyke. She always had the AM radio on and while it was typically great girl groups and Motown I somehow always hear this in my mind:

Well, at least Janos Prohashka (his resume will make your jaw drop) finally has some worthy company in the sweet hereafter.

Reading these comments, I am sooo glad I passed on this flick. Anything even remotely inspired by “Event Horizon” what a STUPID fucking excuse for a movie, even by nineties standards) is D.O.A.

Unlike punk, which was defined and over analyzed for DECADES, I still have no idea what the fuck emo is other than the worst possible homogenized rehashing of punk by Hot Topic. Somehow, I think I’m dead on. If it really is nothing but EMOTION-centric songwriting then it is nothing more than over-amped seventies pussy…

And people wonder why Bezos is turning the Conn over to Wesley while imploring him to be nice to the red shirts as he goes off to play with his toy rockets. God, what a literal dickhead. I really, really look forward to the agonizingly slow death of Amazon while all of the cunts piss and moan. It’s fallen from the…

When even Pauline Kael had the hots for you, you’re hot.

When I was a kid I had some Roger Dean posters on the walls of my bedroom. That's as close to seeing "Avatar" as I will ever get.

I actually invested a lot of time following Disney during this era, from ‘75 (“Island at the Top of the World”) through around ‘83 (“Something Wicked This Way Comes,” “Tron”) when Disney was desperately, disastrously trying to revitalize itself. I was especially geeked for “Black Hole” (which had been in…