You do realize that it is largely still our government “forking over the big bucks”, right? I mean, who do you think is the largest source of funding for SpaceX? 

Why the hate? Someone’s gotta fork over the big bucks if our governments won’t. Let the Bazillionare Space Race commence, and godspeed, I say. We’ll get some actual technological advancements that will further mankind’s journey into the cosmos, while also having a chance to witness some one-percenter explode on…

So, let’s say one person goes to the Sky Deck of the Willis Tower looks out then goes back down, is that person not allowed to say that they’ve been to the top of the Sears Tower?

That would have been a great idea. I didn’t really mind Kennedy, but a Faith/Willow relationship has so many dynamics to explore,  especially as they were both slowly rebuilding their lives and also because Faith had not ever had a stable relationship, while Willow had mostly just had relationships she idealized and…

Agreed re: Buffy and Faith. And Faith was coded as queer even beyond her relationship with Buffy; there’s that scene on Angel where Lilah lures her away from a bar under pretext of a hookup; there’s even a note in the episode script: “NOTE TO DIRECTOR AND ACTORS: Mind the lesbian subtext—keep it very ‘sub.’”

Whedon always insisted that the script for “The Girl in Question” called for Andrew to be greeted by a party of mixed-gender friends for his night on the town, but wires got crossed somehow in production and it ended up looking like Andy had a date with two hot Italian ladies.

I’m sure someone will tell you you’re wrong, but, as a queer viewer (admittedly I did not watch Angel faithfully as I got sick of it during season 3, so I may have missed something), I also did not ever get any great sense of a sexual desire or relationship between Spike and Angel. Yes, the implication was that…

I agree with some of this, but my biggest problem is how you seem to miss that bisexuality IS a spectrum. A bi woman may have fifty female partners and one male one, or vice versa, and both hypothetical-women are equally bi. “If [Angel and Spike] were truly bisexual, they would have been intimate a lot more than one…

I think Darla called them that once, and it wasn’t so much a title as a description? I don’t know, I feel like this article is stating so many things as fact that were just kind of implied or even half-implied.

It’s a fandom nickname. Darla and Dru didn’t have a threesome with Dracula either, it was with a comedic one-off character called “The immortal,” whose schtick is that he’s the coolest guy in the universe. And also immortal.

I am straight, so please take this comment with a grain of salt and let me know if I am missing something here.

My understanding is that simply having a sexual experience here and there with the same gender is not enough to make someone “queer.” Many men and many more women report having had isolated same-sex sexual…

And of course, easily the most uncomfortably dated part of the show where this subject is concerned is Andrew, at least half of whose scenes revolve around “He’s a guy, who never seems to be into ladies, but he does keep talking about how attractive other guys are. Isn’t that hilarious?” It’s like Whedon saw a couple…

“Indiana Jones isn’t an unimpeachable action hero who always does the right thing and always has a perfect plan in his back pocket (like a James Bond or an Ethan Hunt)”

Yeah, this is my feeling of what “should” be correct. As outlined in the article, the tattoos are an inextricable part of his likeness. Short of a contract he signed with the artist stating otherwise, then it’s probably safe to assume that fair use would apply for reproducing the person’s _likeness_. But extracting…

If you’re an artist who has inscribed your work onto another human, and that human gives rights to their likeness, that should include those tattoos as long as they are used within the scope of that likeness.

Small difference: you aren’t profiting from displaying the work. Take Two profits from those images being sold as part of the game.

Yeah, US copyright law is something else. The fact that this is also true for wedding photos is similarly nuts - the idea that a person might not legally have the rights to reproduce and distribute pictures (that they paid to have taken) from their own wedding is insane to me.

It depends on if you are making money off displaying that art.  If WWE 2k was a free game, it likely wouldn’t be an issue.  The NBA 2k ruling should set a precedent in this manner, I think.  Another question: how accurately are Randy’s tattoos portrayed on other merchandise (action figures, t shirts, posters, etc)? …

So here’s a question... If I buy artwork from an artist... Am I not allowed to display that art? To take pictures of the room with the art in question without the artist’s permission? If I am, then why should tattoos be any different? ... The alternative is that this dude cannot take any photographs of himself without…

Aha! I thought I had seen this somewhere before! *sigh* Typical Gizmodo. Are they getting worse or have they always been like this?