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Mecharine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:56:32 PST

@vulcanized: was that a real tattoo? #halloween

Mecharine

Sinister Forces Will Torment You With "Gray's Anatomy" on "Supernatural"

phatnacky — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:54:13 PST

Iv never heard of the show (I avoid the CW like the plague with super herpies) But i'm gonna add it to my dvr after that. #supernatural

phatnacky

Elliuotatar — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:54:08 PST

@drdoombot: "He even killed a Watcher to protect his secret."

Widget, nooooo! #supervillains

Elliuotatar

Sinister Forces Will Torment You With "Gray's Anatomy" on "Supernatural"

NumbersGuy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:51:45 PST

While I agree that the Trickster as an angel is a bit of a retcon, I wonder how long it had been in the works. In last season's Mystery Spot episode, the Trickster displayed some pretty awesome powers and seemed to be trying to help Sam , perhaps to prevent the apocalypse.

Dean keeps getting killed in that episode to teach Sam a lesson. Maybe there was also some pent up aggression on the Trickster's part that Dean started this mess by breaking the 1st seal.

I really thought this was a very funny episode. I do kinda feel like the last few have been "formulaic" in that they start off wacky, but then get pretty serious about apocalypse, but I guess if the apocalypse is upon you and you helped to bring it on, it would be an ever-present part of your life.

Since Dean starting the breaking of the seals and Sam finished with the last seal, I wonder if there will be some sort of symmetric alpha-omega thing at the end to finish it...

And of course, I get the feeling we will see the Trickster again. #supernatural

NumbersGuy

ilmarine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:43:08 PST

@frederic: i have always had a feeling that he was somehow forced to end it by the publisher or maybe forced to change the ending. i haven't read it in a while, but i do seem to remember that the last 30-50 pages felt like they didn't belong in the book. the pace was off compared to the rest and the conclusion was waaay "meh?!".

ilmarine

There Is An American Idol 2012 Music Video. No, Seriously

Darkweave — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:31:33 PST

Man we are screwed in 2012! It looks like the year the warranty on EVERYTHING expires, buildings, roads and bridges just start fallling apart! Who the hell built these things!? Maybe some insurance company should grab this vid for an ad. #2012

Darkweave

Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

boz_manga — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:27:59 PST

" I have trouble with fantasy stories. And famous books ? I write my own stuff, a famous book is really not an option for me. "
Yeah, good thing he is not set to make "Foundation"! #2012

boz_manga

Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

radiochief — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:24:24 PST

I love Roland's movies. They remind me of being 10 and watching When The Worlds Collide or Godzilla movies.

What I also like is his little touches of focusing in on the average guy or gal witnessing right before or as the destruction is happening. Because most of us, would be that guy or gal, if it was to really happen. #2012

radiochief

spikespeigel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:18:19 PST

@creat0r: Yep. Season three was when I started to pay attention to Supernatural. The earlier seasons just seemed to lack any specific direction. Except for the season two finale. #supernatural

spikespeigel

"The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro

Bill-Lee — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:59:37 PST

When the Twilight Zone adapted this same story in 1986 they kept it simple. Their version was about poor people facing the moral dilemma of killing a random stranger for 200,000 dollars.

The original short story went further and ended with the death of the husband...his wife didn't truly know him. #thebox

Bill-Lee

A Fly-By-Night Operation Is Even Harder If Your Plane Is Solar Powered

matthewabel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:57:38 PST

Is it possible for a solar craft to stay up indefinitely? Not at an orbital height, but just high enough to maintain solar contact (above clouds) so it is always being powered? That'd be interesting. #ecology

matthewabel

RandomFrequentFlierDent — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:53:54 PST

@HMWSGX: I instantly wished I had thought of it first. Next Halloween I'm going as an Epsilon! (Not tall enough to be anything else, now if only I had a twin . . . ) #halloween

RandomFrequentFlierDent

phiphax — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:50:16 PST

@vulcanized: the tattoo is great!! #halloween

phiphax

matthewabel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:25 PST

@Sunshineyness: I think your point is well-made, but I also agree it would come across far better if they were on hard times. Without that, I find the "apple" metaphor more obvious. Of course, I have yet to see the picture - we'll wait and see. #thebox

matthewabel

Ewan McGregor Finally Made A Decent Star Wars Movie

RandomFrequentFlierDent — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:45:40 PST

I'm really, truly hoping that when one character mentions "dying of a broken heart" it's a shout-out to Padme's wuss out in the third prequel.

I thought it was hilarious. Plus I’ll see pretty much see anything with Ewan McGregor. Did anyone else notice he seemed to have a hard time keeping his accent under wraps? #menwhostareatgoats

RandomFrequentFlierDent

Sinister Forces Will Torment You With "Gray's Anatomy" on "Supernatural"

matthewabel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:43:27 PST

WHY am I not watching this show? I feel like I'm constantly missing out - but I'm worried about surrendering my time to the glorious back-catalog of seasons for weeks. #supernatural

matthewabel

Bill-Lee — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:41:40 PST

@BadUncle: "[T]hat safety comes at a large fiscal cost..." What's your point? All forms of energy generation have some related cost, fiscal or otherwise. Coal has been linked to asthma. Oil is increasingly difficult to acquire. People say they want wind power but few people actually want the wind mills in their "backyard". #v

Bill-Lee

PistachioWildebeest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:32:32 PST

@Jeremy Tapsell: A Colder War? It's fantastic.

Any story with weaponized Shoggoths has my vote. #2012

PistachioWildebeest

PistachioWildebeest — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:27:16 PST

@HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Yes, I really enjoyed it too.

The funny thing about Emmerich's comments is that a sequel would be so far into alternative history territory that real world events are pretty much irrelevant. ID4/2 would be 15 years after the equivalent of a major nuclear war. Given onscreen dialogue about how fast the ships are killing cities, a good fraction of the ~200 population centers over 2 million are smoldering craters and the world's changed beyond recognition. Even the first strike we see probably took out the Top 20 and nearly half a billion people. It's a good dose of Fridge Logic with a side order of Inferred Holocaust.

Fortunately, Canada escaped unscathed! #independenceday

PistachioWildebeest

matthewabel — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:16:30 PST

@MargaretMoony: Could they stretch that out to feature length, though? I agree - I think it'd be way better if the sole focus was on the decision to be made, but I don't know how well that would last. Unless it was a weird subplot in some other movie about a family continually getting hit with financial hardship.

(which is another thing I don't expect liking about the film - the upper middle class couple) #thebox

matthewabel

dkissam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:13:08 PST

@naugahydeinplainsight:
Exactly. Fighter pilot saved the world, launches brilliant political career, there you go. Probably "waiting for the right President" meant "this President triggered a really neat idea." #independenceday

dkissam

A Fly-By-Night Operation Is Even Harder If Your Plane Is Solar Powered

Taed — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:11:59 PST

In 1980, the Gossamer Penguin, the first solar-powered plane to carry a person, few 2 miles. ([en.wikipedia.org])

It's now 30 years later, and the goal is 20,000 miles (10,000 times farther). Pretty cool.

If we could do the same in space exploration, we could travel Uranus, which is about 10,000 times farther away than the moon. #ecology

Taed

theblazeuk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:11:50 PST

@Sunshineyness: A much longer and in-depth version of what I was about to post - I often think this is the clever idea that lies behind the often stupid way women are written in superhero comics.

Great post, all I'd add is to make it clear that I think that the 'prideful findings' that the husband is caught up in can be more than just pride - it can be morality, honour, the greater good, duty, faith, or just empathy for how their actions can hurt someone else even if it will stop his family from suffering.

Hey, Meatloaf put it best - "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that". #thebox

theblazeuk

Sinister Forces Will Torment You With "Gray's Anatomy" on "Supernatural"

phiphax — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:10:16 PST

it's actually grEy's anatomy (not that i am proud of catching the mistake) #supernatural

phiphax

dkissam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:48 PST

@Makidian:
Seriously. The short hair takes her to a whole 'nother level. #v

dkissam