[Into Darkness]

In the quietly awkward corner of my mind I do find it interesting that we don't have the cultural fortitude to cast anything but white guys for villains, and I do mean either of them. I was happy, perhaps even eager, to see Cumberbatch in Trek after his performance as Sherlock. But, I really think I would have liked it better if hoary old Admiral Asshole had been Carrol's mom. I think that ferocious instinct towards preserving the Federation would have played way better coming from the XX chromosome half of the species. It would make you want to believe it, that the Admiral really does want to be the concerned parent we wish would make the bad things go away, whereas this guy gives... just kind of a power-mad-dick-vibe.

This.

Given the earlier back-and-forth with Khan, Kirk really should have capped it off with, "Because we're family."

This too.

The one thing I hated about the movie is how Kahn goes out.  Vulcan super uppercut?  Seriously?  The dude just survived pancaking the USS Terrible Name into the planet earth at a speed as fast as his engines could take.  Let the bad guy have that win.  Show Kirk and the Enterprise as fallible.  Yes, you saved the ship, but you lost half of San Fransico.

I mean.. hell.. it was perfect to give a nod to the original and use the line "…to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." just before he dies, slamming full force into the planet.

Also this.

However, the fact that the Vengence went smash! instead of kaboom! means that it stands a very good chance of being salvaged in some fashion, if only for its advanced tech.

Because J.J. Abrams saw the Helicarrier scene from Avengers and got jealous, I guess: io9 mocks many of the poor plotting decisions of Into Darkness -- and fandom's reaction

I disagree with them about that scene.  Remember the reboot and the Enterprise rising out of the clinging mists of Titan while the music swells triumphantly?  Coolest scene in the movie pretty much.  Now in the sequel we get the Enterprise rising out of an ocean while the music swells triumphantly.  I predict the Enterprise will do this in just about every upcoming movie.

They do it fine after the ship falls through the cloud layer just prior to the final chase and fight sequence. The submerged Enterprise scene was beyond dumb regardless of how you look at it, but especially in the context of not wanting the primatives to spot them because yeah, dropping a ship the size of a city block out of orbit into the ocean isn't going to attract any attention at all. Unlike, you know, keeping the damn thing parked in orbit and sending a shuttle in behind the volcano.

Still, someone did have the sense to cast Aisha Hinds as Navigator Darwin, who occupies Chekov’s seat on the bridge for most of the film, and even gets lines of dialogue.

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Seriously,doesn’t she look awesome? Wouldn’t it be great if she was intended to be a Deltan, as a nod to Ilia the navigator from The Motion Picture? That’s my head canon and I’m sticking to it.

Sil walks over to the supply jeeps and grabs something out of the back like she always knew it was there. At first glance it looks like some sort of advanced SMG, but that's become it turns out to be a rather large pistol -- transmech large -- to which a buttstock has been attached. Sighting along the barrel, a smile crosses her inhuman face. "What do you know, it even comes in my favourite colour: fully charged. That whole built-in shooty deal you two have? You know, for the moment I think I'm good the old fashioned way. But yes, clothing. That's definitely going to have to be a thing because my systems don't seem to have templates for anything... except a truly staggering variety of underwear. "

Cargo -- A zombie-bitten father tries to save his infant daughter in this bittersweet short film

Well, it's more that they're rather all largely interchangable white men.

Any chance of a map update?

[Doctor Who]

Will Doctor Who have a very special surprise for us in November?

A commentary on the majority of games announced at E3:

Welcome to the Game, Sydney Bloom.

It's just a game

Raging Heroes - The Toughest Girls of the Galaxy



Goal was to raise $12,000. Fully funded in 30 seconds. Current total pledged, $369,152.

25 days to go.

Ah, yes, a very guilty pleasure.

Movement forward good, destination irrelevant 

Famous People Painting - Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante
An image with Wikipedia Links & Mouse Over Tagging by Chinese artists Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An

[Iron Man 3]

Damn Iron Man 3 was awesome. Love love loved the universe building and the huge raceface the ending put in Whedon and how the fuck do people leave a Marvel movie while the credits are rolling??

I preferred Iron Man 2, and those people are idiots.

Might be because Marvel's the only one that does after-credits stingers anymore, so people just don't know about it.

It's the very fact that Marvel have done it for every movie that has people walking out seem so odd.

I was so happy to see Dummy driving away with Tony at the end of the film.

If I'm parsing everything correctly, this is how everything looks atm.

Move the oil down a square, but essentially yes