It would appear that someone had had the audacity of considering an African American actor for the role of the Human Torch in an upcoming Fantastic Four movie. Naturally some people have lost their collective shit. I posit that while this looks like blatant racism, some of the rage is from a different, and while equally irrational, less offensive source. I mean some of it definitely is racism. But... »
Please take a few moments to look at each color below, pausing for a few seconds on each of them individually, and think about how each one makes you feel. Concentrate on the color alone, ignoring context, shape, or relationships to the other colors on the screen. Now tell me, did the blue make you feel calm or productive? Did the red make you feel powerful or maybe just hungry? Was the gray unset... »
This year, for con season, I’m dressing as Slave Leia… sort of. If you’ve been following this blog, you know that, over a year ago, I wrote a post somewhat condemning the wearing of the Slave Leia costume. And though I’ve revised my stance, it would seem somewhat hypocritical of me to wear the costume without some justification, so I want to explain why I’ll be trotti... »
It’s been a couple years since I have watched Star Trek: The Next Gen and yesterday I was hit by a powerful force to re-watch all the episodes and films. Yes, even the bad ones. I also made a startling discovery when watching ST: Generations. One that shocked me to my very core. »
If there’s one thing that definitely hasn’t been developed yet in Westeros, it’s modern DNA profiling techniques. DNA profiling uses DNA like a fingerprint: we can tell which suspect was at a crime scene, find long lost relatives, and pretty conclusively determine parentage by comparing DNA. All of those things would be incredibly useful in Westeros, where several criminal investigations appear to... »
Westeros is clearly not the place to nitpick about scientific realism: the very turning of the seasons seems to answer to nothing so much as the whims of gods and monsters. But I can’t really help myself. There are two wonderful things about genetics in Westeros: first, compared to many other fictional universes, we have a lot of intricate family trees upon which to base genetic observations... »
On Sunday evening, Atheist Film Festival director/founder David Fitzgerald and I were interviewed by DJ Jessie G and Wild Bill on The Mutiny Rodeo, a show on Mutiny Radio here in San Francisco. We talk about the festival, David’s book Nailed: Ten Christian Myths that Show Jesus Never Existed, what atheism means to each of us, where this movement is headed, and some other stuff along similar ... »
Not every gift is socks. The latest from Death By Puppets. »
