allium commented on Disney’s Tron Legacy Team Remakes The Black Hole

"@LarsThorwald: I'm sure Anthony Hopkins felt a twinge or two while he was working on The Elephant Man."

allium commented on Children Can Build Their Mechanical Parents, But Can't Put Them Back Together

"The cabbage patch, of course."

allium commented on Palin Populism Is Just Another Kind Of Elitism

"@ArtfulSlinger: I would draw a pentagram and sacrifice a moose on it to see that."

allium commented on Scifi-Themed Nativities Offer an Alternative Christmas Story

"@FakingThroughLife: "Don't look at it...turn your head and keep your eyes closed!"

allium commented on Pavane Is Alternate History's Lost Masterpiece

"Experimental "road locomotives" (i.e., steam cars) began showing up in England in the early 19th century, but public concern about boilers blowing up and a series of punitive laws (extra road tolls, speed limited to 10 miles an hour in open country and 5 in towns, etc.) helped railroads gain the upper hand. Then again they didn't really take off elsewhere until the later part of the century."

allium commented on What Thor Will We See In The Movie?

"@braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I know, rhyming is so Miklagard."

allium commented on Say Hello To Smallville's Veteran Superheroes

"@Pessimippopotamus: Time to unleash the Bore Worms!"

allium commented on Dubai Has No More Money

"@i'm a bottle: Screw the Large Hadron Collider - what you're describing is the true threat to the space-time fabric!"