No Wonder The Director's Known As An Asshole

"Pandora is,...inhabited by the Na'vi, a race of blue-skinned, forest-dwelling giants who don't take kindly to the invaders razing their planet and disrupting their age-old (yet distinctly New Agey) communion with nature."

-- Dana Stevens, explaining how the plot of Avatar - a Sci-Fi movie that utilizes the biggest assortment of technological advances in cinematic history - was rendered "hopelessly fruity", embarrassingly stupid, trite, cultish, and utterly useless, before anyone had even seen it, in Slate.

I saw it - gave it a "6". Sorry, James Cameron, but - when a film takes place in the year 2154 - it's not a good idea to have your main characters spouting cliché's from 2004's Iraq War and pretending we haven't evolved past "lite beer and blue jeans". That's just dumb - or assumes we are - and, if we're that dumb, then why are we paying to see your Sci-Fi movie again?

Taking our money - and insulting our intelligence? Man, NewAgers have got a lot of balls,...

The Feminist Dream Is Born

Captain Pike’s Wheelchair Becomes Reality

"NEW YORK — A solution to the world's urban transportation problems could lie in two wheels not four, according to executives for General Motors Corp. and Segway Inc.

The companies announced Tuesday that they are working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, safe, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks for cities across the world.

The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, or PUMA, project also would involve a vast communications network that would allow vehicles to interact with each other, regulate the flow of traffic and prevent crashes from happening.

'We're excited about doing more with less,' said Jim Norrod, chief executive of Segway, the Bedford, N.H.-based maker of electric scooters. 'Less emissions, less dependability on foreign oil and less space.'

The 300-pound prototype runs on a lithium-ion battery and uses Segway's characteristic two-wheel balancing technology, along with dual electric motors. It's designed to reach speeds of up to 35 miles-per-hour and can run 35 miles on a single charge."

-- Fox News

Oooooh: The Final Cylon Is A NewAge Nutcase

"Mercury is in retrograde right now, so machines won’t work right,…"

-- Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh on the Sci-Fi classic, Battlestar Galactica), who seems a little confused about her new role, and is ditzy enough to speak openly about astrology - which translates as "more soulful" - to The Los Angeles Times.

The Mother Of Star Trek Has Died

"It's been a hell of a ride."

-- Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry - as well as A) Nurse Christine Chapel in the original series, pictured above B) Lwaxana Troi on "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and C) the voice of the USS Enterprise's computer - reported by The Los Angeles Times.

Star Trek Vs. Star Wars