February 2012
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ON THE IMPLAUSIBILITY OF THE DEATH STAR’S TRASH COMPACTOR.
BY JOSHUA TYRE
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I maintain that the trash compactor onboard the Death Star inStar Wars is implausible, unworkable, and moreover, inefficient.
The Trash Compactor Debate turns on whether the Death Star ejects its trash into space. I, for one, believe it does. Though we never see the Death Star ejecting its trash, we do see...
RVA from above (looking east)
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RVA skyline looking east, taken yesterday by via Smiziley. Click below to view larger.
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Richmond circa 1996 preVCU →
Republicans have staked out a position that... →
It surprises me every day that Wesley Crusher would turn out to be somewhat of a badass. Sometimes I simply cant wrap my mind around it.
wilwheaton:
The lies go beyond instantly dismissible claims like President Obama being the “food stamp president” (why you have to go back one whole administration to discover that more people joined the food stamp ranks under Bush than Obama, but then the...
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Did George Lucas change cinema with ‘Star Wars’... →
George Lucas should have stopped after three original “Star Wars” films — that’s a common sentiment among Jedi fans of a certain age and disposition, and they passionately point to Jar Jar Binks, an over-reliance on CG effects and numbing dialogue as the unforgivable sins of the second live-action trilogy, which began with “The Phantom Menace” in 1999 and closed out with “Revenge of the Sith” in...
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Fuck George Lucas.
Star Wars Criticism of the Month:
Everyone I know hates the living shit out of the Star Wars prequels. In fact, the only joy that they seem to bring is the comradery of hatred towards everything they seem to represent (commercial excess, visual dazzle over coherent story, the laborious act of trying to explain what the fuck is going on in any of them). In preparation for the 3D release of Episode...
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The Top 25 Awkward Cat Sleeping Positions →
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Imagine if you were Heir Proctor
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Son of son of sky, and of...
– Pavement (who the hell else could write lyrics like this), Conduit for Sale
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