Your memory is right, Trey. They show that while bulletproof glass is great for stopping things from getting it, it also keeps you from getting out

Just for the fun of it, I looked at the wiki entry for the 1981 Lone Ranger movie. I never saw it in theaters, for the same reason nobody else did: the horrible PR regarding TV Lone Ranger Clayton Moore. Basically, the new owners of the rights forbid the old guy from wearing the mask at county fair appearances, and came out looking like evil bullies (not good in Reagan's new America!). I do remember catching it on TV much later, and thinking it wasn't horrible. I'm now amused to see a) Christopher Lloyd played the bad guy, and b) they re-dubbed the voice of the guy playing the Lone Ranger. That... well, that's a special kind of stupid.

I'll have to talk to my editor about the typos, although the one at the very end I know of and will be corrected the next time I update the site. As for the sex, yeah, the stories aren't for everyone. Those scenes keep me from even considering putting the stuff in online stores, but I usually only include them when they're needed. Given the site hosting my stories is a sex site, they're quite restrained

The Waifs has only one or two erotic scenes, so should pass everyone's prude test.

OK, can we just get rid of this whole "first series, 5th series" thing? The show started in 1963. Just name the Doctor. That's all the "series" information we need!

Not Holding My Breath is on First.

A warning to anyone now interested in going back and watching classic Trek: A couple years ago, Paramount paid a company to do new CGI effects for the original episodes, and that's the version now streaming on Netflix. They tried, but from what I remember at the time they had to crank them out on a fast schedule. The result is... lacking, although not horrible. The Phase II guys do better, but then they can barely do an episode a year.

Harlan Ellison's book is definitely worth reading. I had heard the bad things Roddenberry said about the original script, and, yeah, they're not true

Regarding the Prime Directive, it's the kind of thing that gets suspended in an emergency. You can have a rule about not interfering with native people, but if in WW II you really have to put an airfield on that island, you do it. I'm sure that's the experience Coon was drawing on.

It should be pointed out that the Japanese often couldn't do the "crap the Japanese did in the 70's with guys in suits that looked COMPLETELY ridiculous..... but actually done so it looks AWESOME" well. The 80's and 90's Godzilla movies LOOK great, really. They're just boring as hell. I like a few of the 2000-era films, particularly Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, but that's more for the human story than the monster action.

1800's Western Batman has been done. It's called Zorro, who was not just a direct inspiration for the creation of Batman, but in the lore has become the movie Bruce and his family was leaving when his parents were killed.

I have to admit, it sounds like they're trying to do a space elevator with balloons. Hell, if you can build the 140,000 foot tether this thing needs, I don't see where an actual space elevator wouldn't be a better option.

They keep trying air launches, but the plane part basically just replaces the disposable first stage, and in the end it's more complicated and expensive than just starting with rockets on the ground. The best you can hope for is a reusable rocket first stage, like Space X is trying to build.

If anyone DOES manage to do it, it will probably be the military, as the ability to put something small into orbit without a large, easy to detect ground launch might have uses worth the price. Hell, the small unmanned mini-shuttle they're playing with might be air launched at some point.

is there video footage of him saying he ripped off the guy, like there was of him saying he ripped off some old Outer Limits episodes for The Terminator?

OK, so is this a new feed we're talking about? If so, the old one should be updated to end with a pointer to the new one, for those who know nothing about this site and get all their news from the podcast.