Akwat Kbrana

So. Was it he?

^This.

Should we start a pool? I'm not sure whether to put five bucks on Jedi Tray or Janskeet...

I'm totally excited that Jane's getting back in the game (no pun intended). In my book, Gabriel Knight was second only to Quest for Glory in Sierra's catalog, and Sins of the Fathers was probably the apex of the genre. Here's hoping that Moebius is a big success...

Remember that nineties band Dr. Soran and the Duras Sisters?

Yeah. Man, did they ever suck...

I meant that the greatest line of TPM is also the greatest line of TRM, not that the two movies are interchangeable.

They are, in fact, one in the same.

(*gasp* Now there are two of them!)

Geeze, when did the internet start to suck?

I've always considered myself a life-long Trek fan. I watched TOS and TNG religiously, though I never particularly cared for the other spinoffs (DS9, Voyager, Enterprise), or followed them beyond catching an episode here or there. As for the movies, I loved the even-numbered TOS-era films, and despised the odd-numbered installments. Couldn't stand a single one of the TNG-era films.

As for 2009's Star Trek, I really liked it, mainly for all the reasons that Jay articulated above, so I won't bother retreading old ground, except to say this: Any remake is going to run into problems pleasing the purists (though this particular self-styled purist was pleased). But I think the key is to avoid trampling on the spirit of the original, rather than trying to adhere rigidly to its every intricate detail (which would've been impossible in this case, anyway). As for whether or not Star Trek achieved that, obviously there will be disagreements. In my judgment, it certainly did; I did not receive the impression that it was a gimmicky cash-grab or executed in poor taste.

You can be knocked unconscious any number of times by blunt-force trauma to the head without ever suffering brain damage or memory loss.

If worst comes to worst, you can always call your cell provider and have your number changed. I had to do this awhile back when my wife and I were being harassed by a stalker, and it seemed to solve the problem quite nicely.

You must've seen the Special Editions. They replaced Mulder's and Scully's middle fingers with walkie-talkies.

I'd take Goldeneye over Casino Royale any day.

Burn!

I just don't get all the Brosnan hate that seems to be so prevalent in Bond-fan circles. Sure, the Brosnan-era films were a little weak at times, but personally I thought Brosnan did an excellent job with the material he was given. Vastly superior to Daniel Craig, and in my book he even tops Dalton's (admittedly excellent) performances.

Now Lazenby...there's another story. I felt On Her Majesty's Secret Service had a lot of potential to be one of the greatest Bond films, but Lazenby was horribly miscast.

^This. More updates just means less time devoted to actually working on the edit.

Actual LOL.

Depends on your definition of "community."

Are you kidding? That would require actual work.

Teaser excerpt from Zahn's forthcoming novel scoundrels:

One shot was all Falsta got. An instant later his blaster was pointed harmlessly at the ceiling, frozen in place by Chewbacca’s iron grip around both the weapon and the hand holding it.

That should have been the end of it. Falsta should have conceded defeat, surrendered his blaster, and walked out of the cantina, a little humiliated but still alive.

But Falsta had never been the type to concede anything. Even as he blinked furiously at the ale still running down into his eyes, his left hand jabbed like a knife inside his jacket and emerged with a small hold-out blaster.

He was in the process of lining up the weapon when Han shot him under the table. Falsta fell forward, his right arm still raised in Chewbacca’s grip, his hold-out blaster clattering across the tabletop before it came to a halt. Chewbacca held that pose another moment, then lowered Falsta’s arm to the table, deftly removing the blaster from the dead man’s hand as he did so.

For a half dozen seconds Han didn’t move, gripping his blaster under the table, his eyes darting around the cantina. The place had gone quiet, with practically every eye now focused on him. As far as he could tell no one had drawn a weapon, but most of the patrons at the nearest tables had their hands on or near their holsters.

Chewbacca rumbled a warning. “You all saw it,” Han called, though he doubted more than a few of them actually had. “He shot first.”

As Luke would say, "I'm with you, too." Assuming Zombie's ok with it, of course.

What? They killed Kenny??  DAGNABBIT, WHY DIDN'T YOU POST A SPOILER WARNING?!?!

Google maps for NES.

It was the end! But the moment had been prepared for...

If you're suggesting that Bender is a reliable source either for or against 005's trustworthiness, you're just fooling yourself.