Okay, but there really is a conspiracy taking likes and effusive praise from my AV Club comments. Who paid you all off? Was it Recognitions? Dr. Emilio Lizardo? The CIA?

I am an unembarrassed and unapologetic Swiftie, I love the music, the lore, and (mostly) the community. But the truth is Taylor isn’t an underdog, and she hasn’t been in a very very long time. there have been times in her life and career when she was unfairly maligned, but she is big enough, rich enough, and…

This is an excellent point. They absolutely are mercantilists, which explains the fact that all the major corporations in the Fallout universe (and real life) essential operate as extensions of government agencies. And mercantilism isn’t capitalism. In fact, capitalism developed as a rejection of mercantilism. This is…

I was going to say that, after this episode, there should always be an exclamation point.

“give it a moment”

THIS needs to be made clearer in this discussion. I totally forgot about that aspect. It’s not just their likenesses, they contributed their actual names so that their names became a part of the IP. (The original Star Wars actors signed away their likenesses for life but at least they could keep their names.)

The US President somehow escape to the oil rig before the nuke went down. And VaultTec had connection to the Enclave (the experiment were design to set up colony in other planet). I guess the US government just use VaultTec as an escape goat despite all the peace talk (it’s a ruse), the world resources weren’t enough…

Folks, in case you were worried that the studio heads and chief investors weren’t going to be properly represented in this discussion about why anyone except said powers should be shafted in terms of income from projects, rest easy.

It’s going to be 90 minutes of rumbling with a dark screen and occasional flashes of light. Then at the end, it will be really hard to get out of your theater seat if you are over 30.

Wing Commander was released in 1999, which is essential for people who want to see every film with both David Warner and Jürgen Prochnow.

His knowledge and level of thinking go beyond sex and drugs too. He’s asked a pointed question about Bene Gesserit grooming and what would’ve happened if Lady Jessica had, in fact, had a daughter with Leto Atreides as she was supposed to, and if that child would’ve ended up having a child with Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen.

I saw it and forgot most of it, but did they explain in the first movie why anyone gives a shit about this remote village on a remote planet (or moon, I guess) in the first place, other than that’s where what’s-her-name ended up living? That place could not possibly provide “much of the Imperium’s grain”— it’s one…

Your faith in a corporation to do the right thing in response to anything other than a threat is touching.

I want to see Lucy’s good Karma come into play. We saw a hint at it with that Ghoul she rescued recognizing her in town. I have a feeling she’s going to end up as some kind of folk hero.

If The Coffee Table isn’t looking for revenge against people who didn’t use coasters and left rings then someone should be fired.

I’m glad that a series about how a giant evil corporation with too much power ruins the world is going to get a second season thanks to a giant evil corporation with too much power that is ruining the world.

Star Trek articles????? On io9?????? Heavens to Betsy! Why can't we get more Rebel Moon coverage instead?

it’s almost like this is a website catered to nerdy things and Star Trek is a nerdy thing that just started its current season...

Nah. That would just make sense...

I understood that reference!

They recap it every week. Seems reasonable for a science fiction-focused website.