EmperorofMongo commented on Kaiju Nostalgia Trip with Negadon

"The Music makes it! The dramatic music takes itself seriously and that makes me take it seriously. Where would Star Wars be without its symphonic theme."

EmperorofMongo commented on How to Talk Like a Space Pirate

"Oh! AdamL and ms-scarlett, unfortunately,屎 shi (shit, the stuff, not the action) is in the third, and trickiest tone(start high, dip low and slowly rise again -like "We..ll" in English if you're being reluctantly persuaded to agree) But the character is 'rice below a body'!"

EmperorofMongo commented on How to Talk Like a Space Pirate

"@AdamL: 糟糕 is transliterated as zao gao (or zow gow) and means "Damn!" AdamL, you're in luck because both words are first tone!"

EmperorofMongo commented on We Can Make Trees The Awesome Villain They Were Meant To Be

"In January of 1996, after both Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy were killed by slamming into trees, this message was received by my friend Bruce Duncan (now Ph."

EmperorofMongo commented on Is the Earth Quarantined???

"In the 1940's, C."

EmperorofMongo commented on The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake Is Pure Sucky Evil

"The original was a good movie."

EmperorofMongo commented on Deep Inside NORAD, with Only a Felt-Tip Pen and Twenty Science Fiction Writers

"Annalee, Think back. calmly. deeply. you are remembering now.... The synapse opening pill. The memory-edit helmet. The rotating spiral before your eyes. Now."

EmperorofMongo commented on The Best And Worst Fake American Accents From Scifi's Army Of Brits

"@Convair 990A: lvdogma and convair990, "army of brits'?"

EmperorofMongo commented on How Does Your Hero Measure Up On Our Wish-Fulfillment Checklist?

"WHAT A GREAT CHART---ANALYSIS---DISCUSSION!!!!!!! I know that I'm addicted to vicariously feeling competent and successful by reading about powerful heroes, but the categories of power are really insightful. I think that Kimball Kinnison, the Grey Lensman would do well on the chart. Having all of the resources of Galactic Civilization at his disposal in the war with Boskone is as good as rich. His sidekicks are the other Second Stage Lensmen of various species. By definition he is "unattached"- that's why he wears the grey leather uniform of an Unattached Lensman.)Also it shows off his pec's and six-pack!) He must have gotten laid or else where did the Children of the Lens come from?"

EmperorofMongo commented on How Does Your Hero Measure Up On Our Wish-Fulfillment Checklist?

"@russdanger: Lacking the advantages of late 19 th Century Psychoanalysis, Temuchin, the Chingis Khan loved his mother all his life. Doesn't THAT make him a sissy?"