clevermonkey commented on How Can We Revamp Democracy? 5 Answers From Science Fiction

"@t3chg1rl: ...Hyperion by Dan Brown... Uh, Dan Simmons wrote the Hyperion cantos."

clevermonkey commented on Science Bloopers (and Successes) from Battlestar Galactica

"I haven't seen "Water" in a long time."

clevermonkey commented on Original Star Wars Trilogy To Lunge Down Your Throat

"3D, 4D -- yawn."

clevermonkey commented on Soak Your Head With The Greatest Cocktails From Science Fiction

"No scumble?"

clevermonkey commented on Hancock Isn't The First Superhero Screw-Up

"Earthworm Jim somehow didn't make the list."

clevermonkey commented on Molly Ringwald Trapped In A Robolympics Of Death

"@Ron Hogan: I believe it is wrong to say the word Spacehunter without immediately adding "Adventures in the Forbidden Zone." You are correct."

clevermonkey commented on Murdered Galaxy Gets A Double-Halo Memorial

"@Log1c: Yes, everybody will collide with everyone else Assuming, of course, that there's enough mass in the Universe for a Big Crunch."

clevermonkey commented on Batman's Best Friend Reveals Villain Of Third Bat-Movie

"@Gawd: Tim Blake Nelson Oooh, that's a good one."

clevermonkey commented on Best LEGO Sets in History

"I've got Lego in my Lego box from sets old enough that the people had no faces, and their arms and legs didn't move."

clevermonkey commented on Hollywood Schemes To Destroy The Time Travel Genre

"I read and enjoyed John Varley's novel Millennium, but the movie was a huge disappointment."

clevermonkey commented on Soak Your Head With The Greatest Cocktails From Science Fiction

"IIRC, the Gligstith(click)optok were carnivores, and ate, among other things, meat cloned from humans."

clevermonkey commented on Is Battlestar Galactica Full Of Clues?

"I thought Halley's Comet was due back in 2061, per Arthur C."

clevermonkey commented on See The Nation As James T. Kirk Would Want You To

"Don't forget Vulcan, Alberta in your little trek."

clevermonkey commented on Watch a Cylon Interrogation and the Venture Bros. Preview

"Damn, Hulu's blocked for me here in Canadia."

clevermonkey commented on Forget Warp Speed, Try One Of These Alternative FTL Ideas

"I'd suggest that the FTL drive in Galactica isn't misnamed; the ships arrive at their destination faster than a beam of light would, therefore, they get there faster than light."

clevermonkey commented on Bill And Ted's Completely Unnecessary Remake

"@edosan: Sorry, no, it was "Wyld Stallyns"."

clevermonkey commented on Bill And Ted's Completely Unnecessary Remake

"@edosan: That's an excellent rule."

clevermonkey commented on What Novels Span The Most Aeons?

"Michael Swanwick's "Bones of the Earth" spans several geologic ages, from about 65 million years ago to 250 million years from now (with a paleontologist examining a layer of black roadbed in geologic strata). @brett_l: the timespan between "A Deepness in the Sky" and "A Fire Upon the Deep" is more like 30,000 or 40,000 years."