<![CDATA[Comments from Epaminondas]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[Comments from Epaminondas]]> http://io9.com/commenter/Epaminondas http://io9.com/commenter/Epaminondas Epaminondas commented on The Tastiest Food Moments in Science Fiction My Grandma could make a pecan pie that would put the Merovingian's desert to shame, but I still shudder when I think about that slinky black dress...

]]> http://io9.com/389720/the-tastiest-food-moments-in-science-fiction#c5655785 http://io9.com/389720/the-tastiest-food-moments-in-science-fiction#c5655785 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:33 PDT Epaminondas commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time @designguybrown: Go back to Kotaku.

No way was Batman & Robin as bad as Highlander 2, that movie takes this in a walk.

]]> http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655084 http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655084 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:10:14 PDT Epaminondas commented on Battlestar Galactica's Prequel Has A Sinister Star @Angrydad: I thought that too. A good if a little wierd flick.

]]> http://io9.com/389549/battlestar-galacticas-prequel-has-a-sinister-star#c5654514 http://io9.com/389549/battlestar-galacticas-prequel-has-a-sinister-star#c5654514 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:45:09 PDT Epaminondas commented on New Heroes Promo Aims To Keep Us Guessing Wow looks like Kring is really bringing the suck for season 3. Looks like I picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue.

]]> http://io9.com/389276/new-heroes-promo-aims-to-keep-us-guessing#c5651321 http://io9.com/389276/new-heroes-promo-aims-to-keep-us-guessing#c5651321 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:46:13 PDT Epaminondas commented on Pollution Levels Going Down in U.S. Coastal Waters It's simple, you see all of the ocean's polution is coming together off the coast of Texas so when Cheney is out of office he be reabsorbed into the collective.

]]> http://io9.com/389563/pollution-levels-going-down-in-us-coastal-waters#c5651233 http://io9.com/389563/pollution-levels-going-down-in-us-coastal-waters#c5651233 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:43:22 PDT Epaminondas commented on Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer Is The Black Cat! Those crystal skulls were exposed as fakes years ago, just like the crop circles, there's no mystery.

]]> http://io9.com/389333/battlestar-galacticas-tricia-helfer-is-the-black-cat#c5647631 http://io9.com/389333/battlestar-galacticas-tricia-helfer-is-the-black-cat#c5647631 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:26:44 PDT Epaminondas commented on Kong's Big Comeback It's a dumb story from a less civilized age.

]]> http://io9.com/389098/kongs-big-comeback#c5627381 http://io9.com/389098/kongs-big-comeback#c5627381 Fri, 09 May 2008 15:47:06 PDT Epaminondas commented on Whose Crotch Weapon is the Biggest, Hardest, and Strongest? Hmmm, this guy should have made the list.

[www.sfgate.com]

]]> http://io9.com/388311/whose-crotch-weapon-is-the-biggest-hardest-and-strongest#c5627271 http://io9.com/388311/whose-crotch-weapon-is-the-biggest-hardest-and-strongest#c5627271 Fri, 09 May 2008 15:40:31 PDT Epaminondas commented on A Buck Rogers Movie, Sin City Style @goldfarb: Were they really written for a younger audience? Or just a simpler audience?

]]> http://io9.com/388800/a-buck-rogers-movie-sin-city-style#c5619919 http://io9.com/388800/a-buck-rogers-movie-sin-city-style#c5619919 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:08 PDT Epaminondas commented on Dems Launch Net Neutrality Bill, GOP Says "Hands Off the Poor ISPs!" @mauser: I'm certainly a pro-business capitalist who hates regulation, but what we have here is a bill that forces ISP's to provide untampered access to the internet. That's a censorship issue, and private institutions HAVE NO BUSINESS making any decisions related to that. I personally think that not only does that need to be law, it belongs in the constitution.

Oh and to those of you complaining about being able to surf while I'm on Xbox Live or playing Battlefield on the PC, seriously, you can piss right off. If the ISP's have over promised bandwidth based on faulty formula's or wishful thinking our collective issues are with them, not each other.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/389016/dems-launch-net-neutrality-bill-gop-says-hands-off-the-poor-isps#c5619660 http://gizmodo.com/389016/dems-launch-net-neutrality-bill-gop-says-hands-off-the-poor-isps#c5619660 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:57:29 PDT Epaminondas commented on The Original Speed Racer @MilesFromNowhere: Yeah, damn those American production standards!

]]> http://io9.com/387996/the-original-speed-racer#c5617378 http://io9.com/387996/the-original-speed-racer#c5617378 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:40:46 PDT Epaminondas commented on A Buck Rogers Movie, Sin City Style Some fracking 50 something man-child thinks what a great idea it would be if we remade King Kong, or Flash Gordon, or now Buck Rogers. You know, because they thought it was so great when I was they were kids. No one wants to belly-up to the fact the target market these days couldn't care less about these dead franchises. At best you get something like King Kong, that at least had enough CGI to keep you from falling asleep, but you usually get a PC remake of what were horribly racist characters who wind up changed so much you have to ask yourself what was the point of using the source material in the first place.

Does no one remember all three of these were remade in the 70's 80's and they sucked (commercially at least)then too?

]]> http://io9.com/388800/a-buck-rogers-movie-sin-city-style#c5616662 http://io9.com/388800/a-buck-rogers-movie-sin-city-style#c5616662 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:17:59 PDT Epaminondas commented on Finally, A Video Game Movie For Smart People I remember thinking what great potential it had as a movie while playing, but I don't see anyone attached to the project so far who impresses me.

Color me cautiously optimistic.

]]> http://io9.com/388816/finally-a-video-game-movie-for-smart-people#c5616108 http://io9.com/388816/finally-a-video-game-movie-for-smart-people#c5616108 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:57:26 PDT Epaminondas commented on Nine Reasons Why I Hate E.T. Went and saw it as a kid and spent the 2nd half of the movie in the lobby playing video games. No regrets...

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]]> http://gizmodo.com/388227/uss-independence-a-triple-hulled-weapon+laden-monster-that-is-surprisingly-affordable#c5583498 http://gizmodo.com/388227/uss-independence-a-triple-hulled-weapon+laden-monster-that-is-surprisingly-affordable#c5583498 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:25:43 PDT Epaminondas commented on What Would Make Speed Racer Better Than The Matrix? Hang on, I don't think that those of us who thought 2 & 3 were tripe didn't understand it, the same story has been told before, and told better.

Sorry, you can polish this turd as long as you want, but it's just not that complex!

]]> http://io9.com/388224/what-would-make-speed-racer-better-than-the-matrix#c5582335 http://io9.com/388224/what-would-make-speed-racer-better-than-the-matrix#c5582335 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:14:09 PDT Epaminondas commented on Star Wars Saga Has An End -- And An Ever-Expanding Middle @Plague: Ah Plague, I do so enjoy your cynicism!!

]]> http://io9.com/388254/star-wars-saga-has-an-end-++-and-an-ever+expanding-middle#c5582243 http://io9.com/388254/star-wars-saga-has-an-end-++-and-an-ever+expanding-middle#c5582243 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:08:41 PDT Epaminondas commented on What Would Make Speed Racer Better Than The Matrix? Speed Racer is hovering around 35% on the Tomatometer, and that's the word of God as far as I'm concerned.

...and some of you, whom I respect no less, talking like Matrix 2 & 3 were any good at all? Bad io9 posters! Bad, Bad, io9 posters!!

]]> http://io9.com/388224/what-would-make-speed-racer-better-than-the-matrix#c5581090 http://io9.com/388224/what-would-make-speed-racer-better-than-the-matrix#c5581090 Wed, 07 May 2008 15:06:01 PDT Epaminondas commented on SF Writers Use Islam To Explore The Familiar Alien I'm asking here, but to what extent did Frank Herbert actually say he was using Islam as a basis for Dune? I'm not saying he didn't, just wondering how much of this was added after the fact, ala George Lucas and Joseph Campbell?

]]> http://io9.com/388181/sf-writers-use-islam-to-explore-the-familiar-alien#c5578001 http://io9.com/388181/sf-writers-use-islam-to-explore-the-familiar-alien#c5578001 Wed, 07 May 2008 13:13:48 PDT Epaminondas commented on DIY R2-D2 Is Even Better than the Real Thing My shields cannot possibly deflect a nerdgasim of this magnitude! I WANT!!

]]> http://gizmodo.com/387947/diy-r2+d2-is-even-better-than-the-real-thing#c5576807 http://gizmodo.com/387947/diy-r2+d2-is-even-better-than-the-real-thing#c5576807 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:35:46 PDT Epaminondas commented on Pioneer Kuro 2008 First Impressions: New Thin Plasma and Projector Beat All @Aloof: Agreed, the 5080 is the best TV I've ever owned...

]]> http://gizmodo.com/388080/pioneer-kuro-2008-first-impressions-new-thin-plasma-and-projector-beat-all#c5576653 http://gizmodo.com/388080/pioneer-kuro-2008-first-impressions-new-thin-plasma-and-projector-beat-all#c5576653 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:29:28 PDT Epaminondas commented on What's The Best Scifi Show To Get Your Kid Hooked On? @Velireon: Where are the peeps out there that want their kids to understand the depths of Minbari and Narn philosophies?

Thanks, but I'm worried about my daughter's ability to repel shitty dialog of that magnitude. B5's biggest weakness is the same as TNG, a complete inability by the writers to do anything other than stock dialog. I've no argument with the big picture (again same as TNG), which sounds like what your into but wow I shudder when watching some of those episodes now.

We are starting with the Dragonriders of Pern.

]]> http://io9.com/387789/whats-the-best-scifi-show-to-get-your-kid-hooked-on#c5557716 http://io9.com/387789/whats-the-best-scifi-show-to-get-your-kid-hooked-on#c5557716 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:16:30 PDT Epaminondas commented on Battlestar Galactica Prequel Gets Its Crafty Matriarch Confused? You won't be after the next episode of Caprica!

]]> http://io9.com/387745/battlestar-galactica-prequel-gets-its-crafty-matriarch#c5557213 http://io9.com/387745/battlestar-galactica-prequel-gets-its-crafty-matriarch#c5557213 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:47:55 PDT Epaminondas commented on Clubs of the Future with Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, and Crazy Outfits! @Priam: Demo man, if you thought Stallone couldn't act, wait til' you see Snipes!!

Ice Pirates FTW!!!

]]> http://io9.com/387416/clubs-of-the-future-with-mick-jagger-jerry-hall-and-crazy-outfits#c5546263 http://io9.com/387416/clubs-of-the-future-with-mick-jagger-jerry-hall-and-crazy-outfits#c5546263 Tue, 06 May 2008 09:27:06 PDT Epaminondas commented on Who Should Be The Next Marvel Movie Star? @Final: Can't say I ever understood the draw of the Avengers or the West Coast flavor. They always seemed to play the Soc's to the X-men's greasers, and I always identified with the greasers.

You want to read what a facist enterprise the Avengers would have actually been, read The Watchmen...

]]> http://io9.com/386989/who-should-be-the-next-marvel-movie-star#c5531717 http://io9.com/386989/who-should-be-the-next-marvel-movie-star#c5531717 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:26:30 PDT Epaminondas commented on Satellite Smackdown -- Which Moon is the Solar System's Awesomest? @Grey_Area: Well, those crab puffs were something wonderful!

]]> http://io9.com/386452/satellite-smackdown-++-which-moon-is-the-solar-systems-awesomest#c5503805 http://io9.com/386452/satellite-smackdown-++-which-moon-is-the-solar-systems-awesomest#c5503805 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:51:43 PDT Epaminondas commented on Training for the Automated Office of Tomorrow--Today! 1984 I'd pay to get my hands on some of those old keyboards though, those things were damn near indestructable.

]]> http://io9.com/386182/training-for-the-automated-office-of-tomorrow++today-1984#c5483850 http://io9.com/386182/training-for-the-automated-office-of-tomorrow++today-1984#c5483850 Thu, 01 May 2008 14:39:30 PDT Epaminondas commented on Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off? I never use to, but my current gaming rig has an 800 watt power supply which even in low consumption mode is a lot of drain. I"d rather not pay for the power when I'm not using it.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/385811/question-of-the-day-leave-your-computer-on-or-turn-it-off#c5464837 http://gizmodo.com/385811/question-of-the-day-leave-your-computer-on-or-turn-it-off#c5464837 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:52:46 PDT Epaminondas commented on Dolby Volume: Solving the Problem of Annoyingly Loud TV Content As great as the Smartsound might have been, you had to have a Magnavox to get it, not worth the trade off IMO.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/385566/dolby-volume-solving-the-problem-of-annoyingly-loud-tv-content#c5461911 http://gizmodo.com/385566/dolby-volume-solving-the-problem-of-annoyingly-loud-tv-content#c5461911 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:06:59 PDT Epaminondas commented on Do We Need Graphic Torture in Our Dystopias? I toured a Castle (Warwick) in Emgland and they let you go down in the dungeon. Small room, one window, you just knew some nasty $hit had gone down in there, but I still have no problem with torture if it furthers the story/seems plausable. I just don't get torture porn though, not bothered by it so much as I think it's kind of dumb...

I also don't think the curb scene in AHX was torture, it was more of an execution, and not an undeserved one at that.

]]> http://io9.com/385532/do-we-need-graphic-torture-in-our-dystopias#c5460776 http://io9.com/385532/do-we-need-graphic-torture-in-our-dystopias#c5460776 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:24:08 PDT Epaminondas commented on 20 Science Books Every Scifi Fan (and Writer) Should Read Guns, Germs, and Steel is overhyped rubbish! It's an apology to the world for the success of Western Civ, a way of explaining the success we have enjoyed without hurting anyone elses feelings. Multiculturalism run amok I say!

]]> http://io9.com/384242/20-science-books-every-scifi-fan-and-writer-should-read#c5442378 http://io9.com/384242/20-science-books-every-scifi-fan-and-writer-should-read#c5442378 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:49:36 PDT Epaminondas commented on US Army Sargeant Volunteers Unit to be First Colonial Marines @ManchuCandidate:
Screw the Taurans, just pick the ending that eliminates the council and gives the humans control!

]]> http://io9.com/385007/us-army-sargeant-volunteers-unit-to-be-first-colonial-marines#c5436337 http://io9.com/385007/us-army-sargeant-volunteers-unit-to-be-first-colonial-marines#c5436337 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:48:01 PDT Epaminondas commented on Are Tron Guy and Xkcd the Future of Celebrity? @Belabras: Only if they brought the Fruit F--ker!!

]]> http://io9.com/385054/are-tron-guy-and-xkcd-the-future-of-celebrity#c5431320 http://io9.com/385054/are-tron-guy-and-xkcd-the-future-of-celebrity#c5431320 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:10:39 PDT Epaminondas commented on A.I.s Are The Only Witnesses To Murder Over A Toxic Abyss Sounds like it's worth a look, good write up.

]]> http://io9.com/384419/ais-are-the-only-witnesses-to-murder-over-a-toxic-abyss#c5414333 http://io9.com/384419/ais-are-the-only-witnesses-to-murder-over-a-toxic-abyss#c5414333 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:24:57 PDT Epaminondas commented on Only Natasha Henstridge Can Stop Gravity-Warping Moonquake Made for TV movie = no nekkid Natasha = no interest.

]]> http://io9.com/384858/only-natasha-henstridge-can-stop-gravity+warping-moonquake#c5412867 http://io9.com/384858/only-natasha-henstridge-can-stop-gravity+warping-moonquake#c5412867 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:36:34 PDT Epaminondas commented on Is Battlestar Galactica Full Of Clues? @TheRemedy: Yes, yes she was! :)

Sorry for the Friday afternoon spelling
!

]]> http://io9.com/384244/is-battlestar-galactica-full-of-clues#c5386810 http://io9.com/384244/is-battlestar-galactica-full-of-clues#c5386810 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:39:35 PDT Epaminondas commented on Is Battlestar Galactica Full Of Clues? @OW-Holmes: How about Tigh in Trica's leg warmers and Trica in nothing at all?

]]> http://io9.com/384244/is-battlestar-galactica-full-of-clues#c5386692 http://io9.com/384244/is-battlestar-galactica-full-of-clues#c5386692 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:27:47 PDT Epaminondas commented on Meet the Man Who Predicted Japan's Humanoid Robot Craze @flexiverse: How sad that Japanese culture is now defined by b-grade comic books. They have a lot more to offer than Manga and Hello Kitty if you would bother to take a look.

]]> http://io9.com/383872/meet-the-man-who-predicted-japans-humanoid-robot-craze#c5383081 http://io9.com/383872/meet-the-man-who-predicted-japans-humanoid-robot-craze#c5383081 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:43 PDT Epaminondas commented on Battlestar Galactica's Secret Cylons Tell All @Venusian:

Go away then!

]]> http://io9.com/381832/battlestar-galacticas-secret-cylons-tell-all#c5377003 http://io9.com/381832/battlestar-galacticas-secret-cylons-tell-all#c5377003 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:41:57 PDT Epaminondas commented on Jules Verne Wants You To Shoot The Moon @strider_mt2k: Codename Hardhat HARDHAT!!

Ahhhh, good times...

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