Well, like most depictions of space combat in space opera, the ships are all way too close to each other. Engagement distances would be long enough that enemy capital ships would not be visible to the naked eye, even ones as big as a Star Destroyer. It's too bad realism has to be so dang boring...

I can only imagine what the fundamentalist Christians must think of this sort of research. Another crazy conspiracy of liberal scientists to concoct another lie in the campaign to legitimize homosexuality as a "naturally occurring" phenomenon?

Okay, well there are two different conversations to be had here. One is about bad art, where the artist isn't merely trying to be titillating but simply has a weak grasp of basic anatomy and perspective. The other is about oversexualized female superheroes in the spandex-wearing, four-color comic book genre (and…

I don't think there's been an appreciable improvement on superhero RPG design since Champions 4th edition. As much as I love the Marvel universe, I think I'll pass on this latest attempt to put it on my tabletop.

And yet the artwork is still aimed at fueling the sexual engine of teenage boys. This either indicates that the comic industry has yet to recognize the increased age of their customer base, or that men 18-40 have largely the same sexual perspective they had as teenagers. Or both.

Yeah, if only every 8-year-old was raised on a healthy dose of this stuff, the world would be a much better place. It is disheartening to see how many adults lack a fundamental a grasp of critical thinking principles and can't apply them to their every day lives. And scary as hell. I mean, my government is of these…

News Flash: Women are little more than sex objects to teenage boys. It's been that way since the dawn of time. Anyone who thinks comics need to "grow up"—in terms of sexual sophistication—needs to remember who the target audience is (hint: if you snarkily smirk at such over-sexualized depictions of women then it isn't…

The spiffy presentation doesn't really change the nature of the gag though. It is still a tired, old, dramatic proxy for "this person is a skilled archer", one that is so over-used that it betrays a disappointing lack of creativity on the part of the writers. Can't they come up with some other way to get the idea…

No doubt. But in writing circles its called pulling a 'cliche out of a hat' and is not something to be proud of. I mean, if archers actually achieved that feat as often as we see it in movies, it wouldn't be much of a triumph anymore.

If I were a Cyclops I would be cursing Uranus and Gaia for denying me something so crucial as depth perception. Stupid Greek gods and their stupid ignorance of biology and basic optics. Gods indeed!

Science dictates that we assume the results are wrong/anomalous until proven otherwise. The burden of proof in science is always upon the extraordinary claims, expecially those which stand to unravel existing, working models of the universe. Occam's Razor offers numerous other explanations for these neutrino readings,…

I think Pixar has another winner here. I'm looking forward to it.

I believe the fire code capacity limit for the SD convention center is 125,000. The "reported" attendee size keeps growing every year, despite having reached the facility limits at least four years ago, as if the actual number (125,000) isn't impressive enough already. The fact that attendance figures keep growing,…

I, for one, don't ridicule the scientists who thought they possibly had unbelievable results. I ridicule the twits who believe the results with desperate yearning, so eager are they to find any shred of evidence, no matter how dubious, that the laws of physics as we understand them stand upon the brink of complete…

1) Peter did not just go "whatevs"...he could tell that his Olivia was there present as a distinct consciousness this time, not a fake or a duplicate. He saw it in her eyes, just as he should have seen missing when he was with Fauxlivia. My only problem with his choice to "just go for it" has more to do with the idea…

I'd like to think we all understand that reverse-sexism isn't the answer, even if the well-intentioned Mr. Cornell does not.

All I'll say is that I am so very happy to have Elijah back.

I loved the original Alien film and I really admired Cloverfield. But count me among those who have no need to have the Cloverfield monster "explained," any more than I need (or want) the derelict ship navigator from Alien explained in narrative detail. These things are better left to the imagination, IMO.

So very true.

Okay, I see three categories of "improbables" being presented here.