Right, but I always assumed it was years after its original 60s run that Star Trek gained critical mass in the wider culture, presumably through reruns and syndication. I mean, the first film didn't come out until 1979.

Late 80s, early 90s sitcom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Didn't it get canceled after three years? I realize the standard for high ratings was much higher at the time, but it couldn't have been too much of a phenomenon.

Nah, he's smart, Ivy League and all that. Just panders shamelessly. Bachmann, I'm pretty sure, is an actual idiot.

He's definitely strange; that's what I find entertaining about him. But, an old white guy really said Babe Ruth, not Hank Aaron, is the real home run king? Damn, I'm not making assumptions, but that's a little, um, problematic…

Not so fast, Mr. President. How can you not like a guy who seems drunk at 9 a.m.? The guy said "ah fuck it" on live national television; that's kinda cool, right?

People definitely overreacted because it's fun to trash Apple and U2, but it would have been more polite to ask people if they wanted it first.

It was very funny, for about a minute. It wasn't just that the jokes weren't good, they were exceptionally tame and G-rated, taking the piss out of the whole concept of a roast. But after one or two, I remember thinking "OK, I get it, let's move on."

I think it's hyperbole in general, but I also think some people see this kind of thing as a waste of a good cut of meat.

As someone mentions elsewhere here, Orbital did a mashup of the two songs in the late 90s. Haven't heard it in years, but there's video that you can probably find somewhere. The choruses are layered on top of each other, and they fit together seamlessly.

Which might be why so many people are reading this as a moral screed, when the writer makes a point to say that he's making an aesthetic judgment and not a moral one. As a non-gamer who's here specifically because he was intrigued by the premise of the article's title, I actually would have enjoyed hearing a bit more…

Did you actually read the review? He makes a point of saying that it's *not* a moral argument, but an aesthetic one. He thinks the game would be more interesting if the player had a better understanding of who he's killing, and why. You're free to disagree, of course, but your description of his piece is incorrect.

"…turned into anti-male attacking anyone with a penis."
You're entitled to like or not like her, of course. But I'm pretty sure this never happened, except possibly in your imagination.

"I don't want to say that you're wrong just because I've already made a mental commitment to being right." Sorry, that's not how you internet. I'm guessing you're new, so I'm letting you off with a warning.

It probably has much to do with retailers who can't wait to start the xmas shopping season, but yeah. Over here, you've got a "holiday season" that pretty much runs from thanksgiving to new year's.

But doesn't that just speak to why the prequels were so hated? I didn't watch them-going by reputation here-but it seems like people mostly like Star Wars when it sticks to its Buck Rodgers-esque popcorn-movie roots.

on this particular subject, he cannot lie. (am I close?)

This is a little harsh. There's a lot of legitimate disagreement about the extent to which an artist's intent should be taken into consideration by critics and audiences, as opposed to letting the work stand on its own. There was a conversation about this subject on this very site a week or so ago. I think you're…

"Why do you ignore the simple fact that, with Seeds, TV On The Radio deliberately set out to make a pop album?"
He didn't:
"Each song is singular, simply composed but well finished, harboring few surprises. Any one of them could be the single…but it could very well fare better than others have on the charts, something…

Exactly. It's not like TBBT (or is it BBT?) is popular here. Or Homeland, for that matter, as far as I can tell.