Is sword fighting really any more misrepresented by Hollywood than any other form of violence? Cinematic gunplay, fist fighting and other martial arts are all ridiculous, so why should sword fighting be any different? I might also deny that Hollywood even should be more realistic about these things, as the fight…

At least there would be time. All the time in the world.

The best reason? There isn't much science fiction on this summer, so this is, uh, something you can watch.

So, did "Attack the Block" get better after forty minutes, because that is when my girlfriend made me turn it off.

So, uh, any woman who likes womens' sports is some kind of feminist? I mean, by old-fashioned definitions most women are feminists anyway, but still.

I'm sorry about the insensitivity of some of your replies, really. I think that Caster specifically shows up anyone saying that there are no shades of gray between the genders. We are talking about people who blur those lines specifically here. Also, to address any comment that involves "the rare exceptions don't…

I also raise my glass of dandelion wine to the man.

In 4e, imps are evil, so I guess that settles that.

Montelban did not look, speak or act in any way like a person of Indian descent. His choice for the role smacks of the sort of racism that prompted Hollywood to cast so many Jewish, Italian and Hispanic actors as Native Americans in the old westerns.

I would like to know how much they generate story ideas and plot elements by adapting things from the original stories vs developing entirely new plot lines and story elements and inserting elements from the older works.

I never get this. The existence of cats in no way impinges upon the existence of dogs. Why some people who like one a lot have to then hate the other is beyond me.

I don't know. He brings the crazy to a movie like nobody else. I will watch even the stinkers on Netflix. Also, he still pops out something like The Weatherman now and again.

Or, you know, maybe they are kinder, more generous and/or nicer human beings than the others. I am a real people-displeaser but I think it likely that I would do both of those things.

By Jove, that's enormous!

We had corn, orange roughy, and cottage cheese last night. My eyes performed as you predict.

You know, if BE had starred Nic Cage instead of Travolta, it would have been the best movie ever made.

Don't even get me started on Kale and mashed potatoes together. Bubble and Squeak makes a great side dish: more delicious than potatoes alone and the healthy kale or cabbage bulks it up so you feel like you are eating more.

Seconded. I cut out added sugar entirely this year, with a special exception for really good treats when they come along. Away from the holidays, I am pretty safe. When I do get to have something like that it is a flavor explosion. It helps that my definition generally involves something from a fancy restaurant or…

Yeah, what a git. Cameron should totally just buy a mcmansion and collect cars like other rich people. that would be of far bigger benefit to science.

The massacre of Nishapur is a well-established historical event, not requiring footnotes in a simple discussion thread. To me, some of the specific details in the8thDrwarf's account do sound apocryphal, but the city was really scoured. The Mongols, like just about every other major power back then, were pretty bad…