The terminal velocity part is the part I'm sure of. Now you say the object was a foot across. It looked closer to baseball size to me. In any case, an object in that size range would be traveling around 100 to 200 miles per hour upon impact (it also would no longer be ablating and in fact would likely be cool enough…

A rock that small would be traveling at terminal velocity by the time it reached the ground. I'm no expert but I think you would probably end up with a very bad bruise, maybe a spine injury depending on the mass of the thing, nothing more. It might kill you if it hit you in the head, again, depending on just how heavy…

Believe it or not, that's actually much better than it used to be. There are large stretches where the captions are more or less correct. I was starting to think they had it almost perfected and then things started going wrong. "On behalf of her body..." Lol.

It suddenly occurs to me that McDonald's would be a much more inviting place to eat if they employed some dabo girls.

Dark Star is one weird ass movie. I'm totally not surprised that you haven't seen it. It's not really a rare film but you do kind of have to go out of your way to see it. I can't really say whether it's worth it or not. I found it amusing but I happen to like weird movies.

Honorable mention: The beach ball alien from Dark Star.

I've essentially boycotted anything with Orson Scott Card's name on it but I haven't decided if that extends to film adaptations of his works. After all, I'm sure it was long ago that he sold the rights to Ender's Game. He's made what money he will from that. And I doubt that most of the people involved in the…

Oh, don't get me wrong. I love science fiction (obviously, or I wouldn't be here), the questions it raises and all the thought-provoking ideas and so forth. There is very little I love more, in fact. And Spielberg is better at that than most Hollywood directors. I just don't think it fits into some people's definition…

He's talking about the difference between art and entertainment and the (very) fuzzy line that separates them. People didn't go see Jurassic Park to experience art and contemplate the human condition. They went to see dinosaurs eat lawyers. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes you want a bottle of…

"Me have a wooden... face."

Like many others here, I have never seen Blade Runner in it's entirety. I have caught large chunks of it on TV though. Never the entire thing from start to finish.

This is not at all surprising. Never mind the shape, the chalky texture and the totally not potato flavor are dead giveaways. I always figured they were made out of those instant mashed potato flakes. And grease, of course.

I made the mistake of skimming the comments before I watched so I kept expecting the panel to break into heated arguing or something. All I saw was some good-natured ribbing. Sure, they don't agree on everything but I didn't see anything that remotely resembled genuine anger or animosity. Don't you people have any…

Anyone who thinks that Snooki is the scariest thing in New Jersey has obviously never passed through a little town called Camden. The most dangerous city in America vs. one portly orange gremlin? No contest.

It's funny because I'm actually in the middle of an Alien Quadrilogy marathon, extras and all, so I just watched this a couple of days ago. I don't know that she was pissed off but she was definitely horrified at what was happening. She was told that she would probably get "some blood" on her. In fact, she got a jet…

Most of this information was covered in the massive DVD extras in the Alien Quadrilogy set (which, after the LotR extended editions, are the most awesomest DVDs in my collection). I've never heard the bit about the hooker boots though. Very interesting. Still, this is definitely going on my wishlist. I'm a huge fan.…

Actually, I never said that I prefer original film. I do think Carpenter's version is the superior version, certainly in terms of scariness. But I saw the The Thing from Another World years before I saw the '82 remake and, without that point of comparison, it is quite a scary film in its own right. Oh, and I can tell…

You're right, of course. I suppose schlocky crap like Robot Monster could be considered sci-fi horror. But then, it's only science fiction in the loosest sense of the term and it's definitely not horrifying to any degree whatsoever. I guess I should have said The Thing was the only GOOD sci-fi horror movie until Alien.…

I don't think The Thing from Another World was a B-grade movie. I'm not sure what kind of budget it had but was certainly one of the few genuinely good science fiction movies from the '50s (Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still also come to mind). It's also probably the earliest entry in the sci-fi horror…

So country-sized swirling vortices of flaming death are NOT possible?! Boy, that's a load off my mind!