Rewatching the full show now that it's done and I know how it ends — the arc of John Locke's journey is JUST FUCKING BRUTAL to bear. Just fucking brutal.

It gives us mood, tone, and (presumably) style — though if Abrams is shooting black and white, that'll be interesting. It hints at genre (or two) but stays open enough to let people fill in their own details and build some anticipation. It gives a sense of mystery.

Is this really a big issue? In an age of watching every casting call and budget spike in every production (and reporting them all on here, AV Club, Slashfilm, etc, as news items), is it so terrible that one guy wants to keep an element of mystery or surprise in his projects?

I got that, thanks. It's just more birdlike than I thought.

I hope you're right! I just purchased Fiasco and Microscope based on this article and your recommendation!

I think that kid's book is full of shit. I don't think man really had that cat inside him.

Yeah, that's totally fair.

That's interesting. That's how I always read it. But I read The Killing Joke at a time when I was only picking up the trades and more often than not, the stand-alone stories, so I never even tried to put it into continuity anymore than I did Year One or Dark Knight Returns or Gotham by Gaslight. So, everybody just…

Interesting and fair point!

Is that an ornithopter? Not how I imagined them.

It's a noble attempt, but the guys (and ladies) who come on screaming OMG YOU RUINED MY LIFE — I'm pretty sure they're an unstoppable constant.

FRY: "Is there anything to eat here?"

Off the link you included in your wikipedia copy/paste:

Yeah, my first thought, and I imagine that of most people reading this as well. Okay — excellent, excellent point that Pluto and Earth are more alike than Jupiter and Earth. And I didn't know the Asimov quote — it's a good one. All very interesting.

I approve of the fact that I can't not hear the phrase "I likes me some Jon Polito" in Jon Polito's voice.

Stands to reason ...Did you not expect that?

Actually, Randall Munro (the guy who does xkcd) is one of those people — and I'm pretty sure he lays out in the comic above exactly why it's harder. I also am not a security expert, and I hate the whole password thing. But there it is.

That's absolutely what I meant. Obviously!

I have it on good authority from a network specialist that you are "completely wrong." With an added "argh."

I post this at work every time the system makes us change our passwords (once every year or 18 months or something). I google it, print it, tack it to the bored. And I'll happily rant at anybody who asks about it.