Posts by Gary McCoy

There is nothing quite so individual as one's sense of humor. Some people have the innocent and tolerant humor of a child, and some people are dried up and humorless their entire lives. Some epic fantasy and SF stories such as LOTR and...

I can actually understand the mixed feelings about TFE film, even though I do not share them. The plot is laughably weak in some spots, and always played for laughs. The battle with the Mangalores is incredibly light-hearted,...

All of you are in fact wrong. The Fifth Element is based rather exactly on several disconnected comic stories (or graphic novel stories for the squeamish) that appeared over a number of years in the French magazine Métal Hurlant. All...

Quote:Originally Posted by lovinthehd Well we are talking sci-fi. Can you tell me where the waldo came from? That's easy, Robert A. Heinlein novella in the book Waldo and Magic Inc.. It refers to mechanical hands used to...

Back to work, you lackeys! It's tax day!

Although I appreciate the thoughts, please try to mention the movie in your message. Any comments about politics belong very much on the side. I don't happen to think Obama is going to cause our doom either. Nor will Global Warming...

Sometimes a good book becomes a movie. Note I didn't say a GOOD MOVIE, because most often, it's not, because the two media are so different. LOTR was one of the rare exceptions where a good book becomes a good movie. Even that was...

This show is so over, and it has nothing to do with the latest partner for Danny. I was a week behind and watched two episodes last night. I was utterly dismayed by last week's episode where the nice Catholic girl converts to Islam and...

Quote:Originally Posted by Young C Interesting episode last night, especially the human mushroom garden The female blogger storyline was confusing for me. I guess she's not a criminal, just blogs about crime. She is also in...

Ahem, back to the original topic. I just watched Battleship, which was even sillier than ID4. But it did have Brooklyn Decker: ....and Rihanna: ..who seem to be on-topic.