SavannahJack commented on Marvel's Baby Boom Just Latest In Long Line, at 12:09 PM on May 15 @braak: Sharp, sarcastic and supercilious in one sentence. more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Now You Can Have the Real Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, at 12:46 PM on May 13 Ahh, but is it writ in large, friendly yellow letters? more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time, at 4:49 PM on May 12 Oh great googley moogley! more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on The Original Speed Racer, at 1:51 PM on May 9 @Miranda Kali: Ah, the count. more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Finally, A Video Game Movie For Smart People, at 1:49 PM on May 9 @DeepFriar: Beat me to it ... more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on The Original Speed Racer, at 1:09 PM on May 9 @Miranda Kali:Wow, you're in DC? more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Igor Strikes Out On His Own As A Mad Scientist, at 4:16 PM on May 8 So now the CGIers are copying the claymationers for stylistic elements? more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Robot Surgeons to put Human Docs out of Work, at 2:24 PM on May 7 @Brock: Aren't thousands going blind now because of botched LASIK surgery? more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Robot Surgeons to put Human Docs out of Work, at 12:55 PM on May 7 Kind of gives new meaning to that old programming saw: "GIGO" more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on The Creature From The Black Lagoon Reemerges Gill By Gill, at 3:32 PM on May 6 @Belabras: Clint was in Tarantula (he was the hotshot jet pilot who zaps the bug at the end of the movie). more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Water-Cooled T-Shirt Makes Air Conditioning Obsolete, at 4:23 PM on May 5 @devilock138: Ditto the idea of using this with bikes ... more »

SavannahJack commented on The Cutest Science Fiction Sidekicks, And Why They Fail, at 9:37 AM on May 5 @jamescole: Spoon! more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Meet The New Characters In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, at 3:12 PM on May 1 Until they honor those who made their fortunes and produce a version for PC, I must chime in with a resounding, "meh." more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on 7 Totally AWESOME Theories Of Evolution From Scifi, at 12:50 PM on May 1 I may be a tad late, but #5 on Convergent takes some cheap and inaccurate shots, to wit: while divergence is more common than convergence, it is unfair to twit the Trek-verse, since there was a multiparter when Pickard, the Klingons, and the Romulans discovered that humanoid species had been seeded across the galaxy by a parent species that looked kind of Gumbyoid, so it's not convergence at all that makes Humans and Romulans look alike, but rather limited divergence that makes them look different!Also, the Sandworms in Dune were a special case, unique in the Universe (so far as anyone knew) and a result of a particular mutation (the sand trout's affinity for water) that created the world-desert Dune. more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Discover The Musical Secret of Korea's New Hero, at 11:49 AM on May 1 "an hero"?Dat is an ridiculous use'a dee ellided haitch, doncha tink, boyo? more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Give BSG's Ron Moore Some Career Advice, at 12:47 PM on Apr 30 @Xenocidal Maniac: I bleeve you is confoosin The Dark Tower and His Dark Materia (the Golden Compass was out last year, nicht?)I found it hard to choose from the list provided, since a large percentage is "WTF?" - I mean, "an unnamed scinece fiction trilogy" ... more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on Robot Planes Target Smithsonian, at 12:16 PM on Apr 30 @Miranda Kali: Gotta love the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy -- best collection of life-sized airplane models ever! more » [io9]

SavannahJack commented on East Germany's Buried Cyborg Army, at 9:35 AM on Apr 29 @dumanue: Guys, guys, guys ...The gas masks are a tribute to Bakshi's "Wizards" remember the Scorchian Storm Troopers? more » [io9]