codydog commented on Science Versus Magic -- Is There a Difference in the World of Fiction?

"I don't want to chop logic and definitions, but will just say that the stories i like are the ones, like the Elizabeth Bear ones mentioned above, and the Randall Garrett stories of the past, and some lesser known ones like say, "Unicorn Girl" and "The Butterfly Kid" where magic and technology are crossbred. Clarke's Law is quoted, and i think it was first in "The City And the Stars" or its other version. But it is more amusing to mix and match,to make the magic obey hard rules, or to have the science be so advanced that it is inexplicable. For the first category, i cite Niven's "The Magic Goes Away," "de Camp's "The Incomplete Enchanter" For the second, any story with "utility fog" is a good start, and Vance's "Dying Earth" series is as good an example as any."

codydog commented on New "Earth Stood Still" Isn't Just Eco-Horror

"Saw the trailer."

codydog commented on Is There A Giant Robot In Hancock?

"@HPCommando: I said "In the Movies" and i did forget "Catwoman" by Halle Berry."

codydog commented on Is There A Giant Robot In Hancock?

"Saw Hancock, last night, we thought it was very badly reviewed, and obsessing on barely glimpsed trivia is typical. I read about four reviews, and no one felt it worthy of notice that this was a Black Superhero movie."

codydog commented on Action Movie Sequels Nobody Asked For

"@JaiMak: Meet you at the mulitplex.."

codydog commented on Where Is My Silicon-Based Life?

"Cordwainer Smith, by the way, had his cyborg/police/robots made up with live brains (of mice, say) laminated with silicon."

codydog commented on Shrooms Change Your Life for the Better

"Very interesting topic."

codydog commented on Our Picks To Play Del Toro's Frankenstein

"Michael Jackson, he's already halfway there to monsterhood."

codydog commented on Whatever Happened To Rocky Jones, Space Ranger?

"@EmperorofMongo: I think you are right.."

codydog commented on Mark Millar Teases Next Wanted?

"Another thing i like about Timur Bekmambetov is his inspired eye for a location, i have no idea if the apartments in Night Watch or the textile factory in Wanted are real, but they sure look real."

codydog commented on Tuguska Explosion: 100 Years Later, Still Unsolved

"@KaburNaj: Mini black hole, possible, if such things actually exist, but they may be trying too hard.."

codydog commented on Whatever Happened To Rocky Jones, Space Ranger?

"There was another show, i don't think it was Rocky Jones, and when they launched the rocket, there was this weird orgasmatic electronic pulsing noise to build up the power, or something.."

codydog commented on Mark Millar Teases Next Wanted?

"That would have been the movie of the week, except for "Wall-E" which is in a class of its own."

codydog commented on This Summer the Northwest Passage Opens, When the North Pole Melts

"Oddly enough Franklin and much lesser known "Jeannette" Expedition were done in by state of the art technology."

codydog commented on Wanted Strips White-Collar Rage Bare

"Bekmambetov.."

codydog commented on Wouldn't You Prefer a Nice Game of Martian Chess?

"@Bob_of_Mars: As Seen in the book "The Chessmen of Mars" Duh..."

codydog commented on Hugo Gernsback’s RoboCops of 1924

"A bar owner in Atlanta, i think made a teleoperated robot to harass homeless people near his bar.."

codydog commented on Rotating, Wind-Controlled Skyscrapers Dominate the Skyline of Eco-Cities

"So how do you get from one floor to the other?"