I've always felt a little ripped off that I never had a pet dinosaur, so my Neopet (who is more or less an Allosaurus with a hot-rod paint job) would make the cut, easily.

The Honeycombs, "Have I the Right".

Nah, Colossus undoubtedly knew enough about human psychology that a buzzing, insectile, emotionless command of a voice was the way to go. People know that's not a voice that can be cajoled or negotiated with as soon as they hear it.

Awww, fuck. He directed COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT, one of the best SF/horror movies of ever.

I couldn't find a naval battle record on Ebay, but I did find one that has field recordings of dogfights: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOU…

Dang. It's an older storytelling device than I thought. I can't remember anything else specific to the "future NYC" setting from the Sheckley book off the top of my head, but I can remember thinking that it had to be one of the main influences on the Futurama creators when I read it a year or two ago.

If you haven't read "Immortality, Inc." by Robert Sheckley, you might want to—a lot of the future New York City setting used in Futurama comes from that; there's even coin-operated suicide booths IIRC.

Have an MP3 of a hootenanny song about a secretary falling in love with the office computer, then. I think you will like it.

If I'm remembering an interview with Michael Moriarty correctly, he improvised that "evil dream" song that he sings during his tryout at the piano bar. It's one of my favorite moments in the film.

Sheriff and the Revels, "Shombalor".

The Honeycombs, "Have I the Right?".

At a guess? The Three Investigators or possibly the Happy Hollisters.

Best scene in Gymkata: The training montage scene where Tadashi Yamashita puts on a blindfold and demonstrates his one-handed two-handed weapons technique.

There's NO loathing like SELF loathing like ANY loathing I know…

I couldn't make it more than 25 pages or so into AZTEC AUTUMN before giving up in rage-fuelled sadness. Never tried the others.

No love for Gary Jennings' AZTEC series? I think there are four sequels that appeared after his death in 1999 (including one that tied into the 2012 Mayan calendar freakout); that's pretty good for a deceased author.

"Telstar", by the Tornados. It's my absolute favorite song of ever, and the opportunity to make my friends and family listen to it one more time is irresistable.

Hey, I get to drop some Tonio K. related trivia! "Happy Birthday" off Yankovic's first album is a style parody of Tonio K.; the subject matter is similar to K.'s "The Funky Western Civilization" while the instrumentation and cadence are parodies of "Merzsuite:  Let Us Join Together in a Tune".

I think the most wondrous creature he animated was the Eohippus from "The Valley of Gwangi", because it looked and moved like a real horse. None of us has seen a real dinosaur or Kraken or flying saucer, but we've all at least seen a horse move on TV or in a movie if not in real life. And the tiny little horse from…

The review site 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting calls the third act of this movie "full-contact Magic:  The Gathering", and that joke's too good not to share.