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Month: August 2010

question of the day: What will the legacy be of anime director Satoshi Kon?

Fri, Aug 27, 2010
9 comments

Today’s question comes from reader Left_Wing_Fox, who wants to talk about Japanese anime director Satoshi Kon, who died this week from pancreatic cancer at the too-young age of 46.

| 9 Comments

watch it: 1960’s Hai Karate commercial

Thu, Aug 26, 2010
4 comments

Ah. I always knew Hai Karate was kind of a joke, but now I understand why: It was the Axe body spray of my father’s generation.

| 4 Comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: TARDIS prank at MIT

Thu, Aug 26, 2010
5 comments

The Doctor lands at MIT?

| 5 Comments

‘Avatar: Special Edition’: two new images! so exciting!

Thu, Aug 26, 2010
14 comments

Or not.

| 14 Comments

trailer break: ‘The Virginity Hit’ redband trailer

Thu, Aug 26, 2010
2 comments

I’m gonna hope this is going to be more than teenage guys humiliating one another for fun and — perhaps — profit.

| 2 Comments

question of the day: What is the most inappropriate setting and/or story for a romantic comedy you can think of?

Thu, Aug 26, 2010
40 comments

You can use existing source material or invent your own scenario. And don’t forget to tell us who’ll be starring!

| 40 Comments

watch it: “Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury”

Wed, Aug 25, 2010
20 comments

The whole Internet is talking about this, it seems, so in case you missed it, better catch up…

| 20 Comments

wtf: would you wear an item of clothing in “Chewbacca pink”?

Wed, Aug 25, 2010
5 comments

I want a party blouse in Coruscant Sparkle!

| 5 Comments

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: excerpts from Neil Gaiman’s script

Wed, Aug 25, 2010
8 comments

You know that Neil Gaiman has written a script for next year’s *Doctor Who*-age, don’t you? By Rassilon’s fungal foot, I cannot wait.

| 8 Comments

deep thought (re ‘Ghost Hunters’ on Syfy)

Wed, Aug 25, 2010
8 comments

I’m so old that I can remember when the Sci Fi Channel actually cablecast science fiction, not gorram “reality” paranormal gosa.

| 8 Comments
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