In Space No One Can Hear You Explode
On the physics of space battles looks at the balance between realism in space battles (at least what we can estimate that would be) and fun stories.
HIS SOUL’S STILL DANCING
In the course of making The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans, Werner Herzog seems to have discovered how to save Nicolas Cage: let him drown. Why am I writing about Nicolas Cage again, after effectively writing him off in a previous column? Maybe because, with his […]
Market Forces Unleashed in Iron Man 2
It’s the invisible hand of the market– Tony Stark privatizes world peace and runs into a little competition from Mickey Rourke’s Ivan Vanko / Whiplash in the trailer for Iron Man 2.
Holiday Link Round Up
2 holiday classics suitable for Xmas or the Solstice (here, here and wth here) and a couple of advent calendars sans the stale chocolate (here and here).
The Comics Journal, Online
The Comics Journal goes fully online, and give you a brief history of comics criticism
Kaiju vs Ultramen
Sometimes it seems like the world is an empty, awesomeless place. And then there is another clip from a Japanese variety/game show. This one involves kaiju and Ultramen.
The Cultural Gutter 