Jlawrence’s Comments (group member since Mar 08, 2010)

Jlawrence’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

Woot! The bridge from audio to video has been successfully crossed - awesome first episode! And I think whatever was in the bubbling goblets was what kept Veronica's head from exploding.

Tim wrote: "I think the dragon should get the chance to "review" (incinerate) a few books too... "

Could this lead to "dragoning" a book?

Oh jeeze, well that's kinda understandable. But nothing from the first movie carries over into the second (other than our beloved enterprise crew), and it's a much better film in every way (though brimming in cheeze, it's *good* cheeze).

aldenoneil wrote: "Never seen Star Trek II"

*loses monocle while fainting in amazement*

Yes, definitely use the opportunity to rectify this gap in your geek education. Sounds fun.

Reading in bed I conk out too fast.

I usually read during my train commute to and from work (+ the bus, if I'm doing a completely carless commute), but that reading time's recently been DECIMATED by an evil daemon called Draw Something.

The couch would be a good candidate, except there's the laptop and the TV in front of it, which act as reading short-circuit mechanisms. But sometimes I end up reading there anyway.

Someone should engineer a washing machine that responds to the voice command, "Shut up!"

Also, I used to work at Borders, and had to evict people like Veronica from those comfy chairs at closing time.

A *too* comfy reading chair leads to sleep just as quickly as reading in bed, though - for me, at least.

Wow, this is certainly a good reason for me to get back on Google+ for a day!

AndrewP wrote: "Us of the still older generation were lucky in that for many years we could add 'Internet Use' to our resume as a skill and get payed extra for it :)"

Jason wrote: "Jlawrence wrote: "This is a great idea. My next paycheck's in two days, and then I'll pledge."

You don't actually get charged until the end of the pledging period. So no matter what, you get charged for 10 days. "

Yeah, I had forgotten that delayed (and only if it gets full funding) aspect of kickstarter. But I have pledged now regardless! :)

Tamahome, no, physical and e-books.

Sean wrote: "I had the same reaction to Tsutsui's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time -- both the anime and the 2010 live action version are far superior to the original novel. (There are something like half a dozen movies based upon the book, but those are the only two I've seen.) "

Ah, I liked the anime version of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (though not as much as Paprika) and haven't read the original book, but that's interesting that it sounds like another case of an animated film improving on its source. Half a dozen film adaptations? So the original book was a big-seller in Japan, I'm guessing?

Jason wrote: "Along similar lines, Superdickery is an entire website devoted to this subject:

http://superdickery.com/"

Nice! Even more proof of Superman's dickery! I like his smugness in this one:



Micah, you're right - thanks.

Can comics go in this section too?

See Superman the jerk here

Spacey-awesome! You can threaten to push one another out the airlock when one of you starts to misbehave (assuming that's an airlock behind Veronica).

Nick wrote: "Drinking 2012 Agua or 2012 Coffee?"

I think those are clandestine mugs of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

This is a great idea. My next paycheck's in two days, and then I'll pledge.

Just finished Paprika which was disappointing. Watch the excellent animated film adaptation instead (yes, a film that's better than its source novel)!

Starting In the Night Garden (Orphan's Tale, book 1) by Catherynne M. Valente.

A Fire Upon the Deep is a tad on the long side, but otherwise is a very approachable space opera adventure with fascinating alien creatures, epic scenes, and even (thanks to one plot thread on a planet at a medieval stage of technology) a bit of sword-ness mixed in with its laser-ing. There is a sequel, but Fire Upon the Deep works as a standalone.

As suggested earlier, Vonnegut is very approachable (even when the subject matter is dark, dark, dark). Why not his most sci-fi-y and arguably goofiest book, The Sirens of Titan?

That said, I'm interested in many of the suggestions on this thread that I haven't read yet, especially Hyperion (a tad long, but well loved), The Player of Games, The Sparrow, and (to placate Nick) Old Geezer's War (Old Man's War).

I liked the 'future' TED talk on the Weyland Industries site. Didn't take the time sign up to see the 'restricted' sections of the site, anyone done that yet?

As for Aliens quotes, yes, Bill Paxton wins. As well as the "game over" one I also always liked:

"Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!"

Three cheers for Anne!

That is sad. I had the Empire of the Petal Throne box for awhile and never played it, but it was pretty fascinating to just read through the source book material. I still have a battered paperback of The Man of Gold, I'll try to read that this year.

Haha, yeah the "not-an-Alien-prequel" angle is hard to maintain at this point. But it does look awesome - eagerly awaiting its release.

Very exciting news! And great that the audio is being maintained, too.

I see myself watching several shows on this Feliciaous new network!