I found the air conditioning unit segue into the sentence "And so it's the same kind of concrete that was under Jeffrey's shoeless, calloused feet" to be a particularly painful one.

There were more than a couple cringes during the reading of this article.

Oh, that was dreadful! My God, if you're going to do a parody, then at least use a song that doesn't make you want to turn it off after a paltry five seconds. That was intolerable.

Meh. Left me feeling a bit cold, all told. Acting was a bit dodgy, the "hologram ruse" was over-used, and I still don't know why the detective just shot the guy at the beginning, and then read his chip. A bit ludicrous; I'd like to see an entire short film revolve around the cute robot.

And, much like the Great Pyramids of Giza, this will be built almost exclusively with slave labour.

What, no love for serious representations of Close Encounters?

Old pop stars never die; they just Feyd away.

He's shy about his nose, I reckon!

Particularly Ramsay Snow - but 'twas a nice touch they did with Theon.

No, those would be Slake Moths.

What part of

"won"

I wanted to see a fucking merman!

On their seminal album Vivisect VI, Canadian horror-industrialists Skinny Puppy used a sample from Plague Dogs as the opening from "Testure" (which has the most disturbing music video ever) - namely, the friendly little dog Snitter remarking to his buddy Rowf about how death is hopefully the end:

San Francisco Giants, for one. GO GIANTS AND GO PANDA!

Vive les Beards!

Gaga Gagactoria!

There were many, many parts of Perdido Street Station that freaked me the hell out. New Crobuzon (and the horror that descends on it from above) is one hell of a creation.

I don't think they're toning her down at all. I think she looks amazing in the above picture. If they're indeed "toning her down", it's probably not because it offends people. It's probably more to do with just doing something different. But seriously, you don't think she looks hot in the above picture?

At least with this syndrome, you'll have an extra edge playing Hungry Hungry Hippos.