Why? Having flesh cut off of your body for purely aesthetic or religious reasons is very much mutilation. I say this as someone who has had their genitals mutilated.

Check the show's ratings. It's one of the highest rated shows for Nickeloden, ever.

The problem with that logic is that there is never just one pronunciation for any word or name.

It's possible, but there's very little confirmation on the origin of any Pokémon.

They really should have continued the "Cas-as-god" arc all the way through season seven, then killed him off in epic fashion.

Those feelings were even unrequited in the films, yet come The Wolverine the writers decided it was worth bringing Famke Jannsen for dream/hallucination sequences.

Point being: Lucas ripped off Dune.

Standard tip percentage is actually 15%.

Sci-fi films as of late seem to implement racial diversity by casting most of their ethnic characters in alien makeup, which seems pretty "bad form" to me.

It actually is common knowledge. have you not read the many articles posted on Gawker about the early concepts that criticized them for their formulaic premises? Kotaku posted a review of the comic adaptation of Lucas' original script that lambasted it for being cliche and boring.

The cheese loop is definitely similar, but everything else is completely different.

Thanks, but they still look completely different.

They look completely different to me.

What are you talking about? The cheese/lettuce patterns are completely different in each taco, even ignoring that the tomato/sour cream placement is different as well.

It's common knowledge that Lucas' original concepts were terrible and his dialogue even worse. It was only his friends, the writers and the cast that made it as good as it was.

Not sure if I've fully watched/listened to said episode, but considering I'm involved in the interviews for the film's new Blu-Ray bonus content I thin I'm covered as far as how the production went down. ;)

I hate to say it, but Nintendo had very little interest or investment in the project. They sold the rights to an indie company just to see what they would do with it.

Goombas were based off of mushrooms, but named for chestnuts.

It should be pointed out that the film's creators didn't have a lot to work with. While there was certainly official artwork for the Goombas there was none that actually featured them alongside Mario.

It should be pointed out that the film's creators didn't have a lot to work with. While there was certainly official artwork for the Goombas there was none that actually featured them alongside Mario.