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    Roklimber: Roger Ebert's journal entry/personal blog about Avatar [blogs.suntimes.com] #tips #ebert more »
    Klebert L. Hall: I think the writer is mistaking cause and effect, sort of. People want to have something they can point to as wacky and futuristic. If they don't exa... more »
    SJ_Edwards: I can't get over the colossal level of fail exhibited at all levels in book marketing. Not just the day to day, yeuch-factor decisions, like these, bu... more »
    Bigdamnhero: Edited for the purpose of explication: "Why do so many love to gawk at this mysterious, foreign [Other?]... There are plenty of strange things going ... more »
    Cash907Censored: Not to contradict you here Annalee, but Bladerunner took it's influence from Beijing, not Japan. Listen to the various commentaries on the Bluray, the... more »
    Cory Gross: I do think that a plausible explanation for why we fetishize Japanese super-futurism is because they themselves nurture it both in their media and in ... more »
    Bootknife-Jackson: This is a really fascinating and enlightening bit. Thanks io9 more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: That's pretty crazy, how people notice strangeness in unfamiliar cultures, but overlook the strangeness of things familiar to them. I've never heard ... more »
    Chip Overclock: In 1995, I spent a month in China. In 2007, I spent three weeks in Japan. Traveling around in Europe, Australia, and French Polynesia were all amazing... more »
    MargaretMoony: To be fair, it is only 78%. Actually, to be REALLY fair I think all cultures are weird as hell. more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: I have a great deal of respect for Japanese culture and Eastern culture generally, but recognizing that quite a lot of what goes on in Japan I'm not g... more »
    Bill-Lee: The Japanese are not guiltless. They've fetishized their fair share of Western/American culture. I can think of literally dozens of anime/manga with w... more »
    Wookie1972: Actually, I had an interesting experience while reading Neuromancer for the first time a few years ago (yeah, I know, pathetic.) Around that time I wa... more »
    Wookie1972: There's a definite pattern in Cameron's movies - the guy just can't write believable villains. I realize I'm on thin ice comparing Cameron with Lucas,... more »
    Golem100: I have an album (as in vinyl) titled "Great Science Fiction Film Music". All of the selections are by Bernard Hermann. Contains "Fahrenheit 451", "J... more »
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