It’s P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-Pancake Day!

Which a proper pearl necklace would not do, because they’re individually knotted on to stop them doing that. But gotta have the visual symbolism!

I recall him being trapped in a large pot and having pebbles dropped on his head by King Tut once, perhaps that’s what they mean.

And then there’s the butterflies.

All I can see with that Dune logo

One day io9 will publish an article about Riverdale that isn’t full of pointless potshots at the show. Today is not that day.
I’m still salty over the season 2 “urgh it’s stupid that this guy was the black hood” reaction, followed by “urgh it shows how dumb they are that they brought the black hood back” reaction to it…

You missed out Hanaryo (the Shogun World version of Armistice) as one of the hosts who could come back. 

Tony Todd totally should be a live-action Darkseid though.

I think that’s Angua and not Cheery.

Discworld Monthly dropped some stills from The Watch, looking a bit more rough and ready than the old Sky1 shows. I like it, but others are not so convinced.

This. See also: awful UI for systems based on 60s ideas of what looked “futuristic”, the incredibly American flavour of the Federation, and the fact that we’ve caught up on their timeline (only 90s kids will remember the Eugenics Wars). Star Trek comes with a lot of baggage that you just have to buy into.

Dream pick:

I’d say it’s the other way round - if you only have a single master & apprentice then the apprentice has no choice but to kill the master. Whereas if you have a bunch of masters each with a dozen apprentices then it’s obvious that you can become a master without having to kill for it. Or at least not having to kill you…

I found an 1812 citation for “the most choice of”, so “ok, Georgian” might be more appropriate...

From the Wookiepedia article I’d regard the Rule of Two as being put in place to keep the Sith secret (rather than being some major ideological constraint). Once Palpatine was thoroughly in charge, he may not have been that bothered by secrets any more.

Star Wars Rebels also has Maul coming to kill Obi Wan, though Owen doesn’t get involved.

This HD remake of The You Testament looks pretty good.

Nah I’m not saying that, just that he does have a bit more cred in what he was offering to do than a random internet person might have.

Replying to a tweet from a fan