114 is in a lot of Kubrick films. The radio scrambler on the bomber in Dr. Strangelove was the CRM 114, the serum that was used in "curing" Alex's violent nature in A Clockwork Orange was 114. I don't remember it's other uses by Kubrick in particular, but it also appears in films by other directors. Anyone know…

Parallel consciousness crept into gray dust.

Lonely and aloof, the architecture watched.

I'm not trying to defend The Purge, but I've found it very interesting how strong the reactions are to it. The Purge is a mediocre story with a flimsy premise, i.e. it's a bad movie, but it's not the only bad movie to come out of Hollywood in the last few decades, and it may not even be the worst. Comments to io9…

Yes! More articles about art, please.

Gif PARTEEEE!!!

Alas, that's not Jeffrey Hunter but an actor who remarkably favors him playing a helmsman in The Arena. How bout that. Thought I knew everything Trek.

Well, there's Jeff Hunter who played Christopher Pike in the first pilot, AND William Shatner who wasn't in the first pilot, so Ms. Anders must be right about the promotional image. It would be interesting to know the story behind the time that Shatner and Hunter were both in uniform on the same day . . . Photoshop…

I agree. " . . . the general thrust of where society is heading - weak governments, general upheaval, confusion of sides, third-world level violence exported to industrialized countries, global problems too big to be 'solved' . . ." I wonder if it will occur during the 21st century that human society will reach a…

It's so defining because it evocatively captures the fringe of current social fears relating to overpopulation, pervasive governmental oppression, and the conduct of the human race in the face of gradually impending extinction.

Bless you, Rob Bricken. You're the best. (After reading this my boss seems more god-like than ever.)

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Every time I hear a burst of collider panic I'm reminded of the episode of The Big Bang Theory in which Zack feared that the boys were going to blow up the moon by shooting a laser onto it.

Actually, the Christian god establishes that other gods do exist by commanding his followers to " . . . have no other gods before me." If those others didn't exist, then what's the point of that commandment?

Yes, these "conventions" sound like they were drawn up by a sixth grade science club.

We had cloned the continuum itself.