Thanks for the link to the 3-part analysis. Just saw it - it's okay, but most of us genre nerds knew it was playing on two levels. Mainstream American critics didn't get it that it was also a pisstake of America Fuck Yeah.
Great movie - probably my favourite PV flick.

I've heard it - it's okay. I laughed a few times. I think Mike is trying to raise funds for his movie, hence these commentary tracks. 2 hours of geek humour.

It's interesting that while the overall direction of prudishness has been improving over the last century, around the 1980s onwards, it split i.e. there was a reversal back into puritanism when it came to nudity, but graphic violence continued to get much more frequent & realistic. But recently, both have declined again in mainstream cinema (most tentpoles are PG-13). I was surprised how sanitized TDKR was.

well, the two year delay in the MSL program was worth it if it lead to this flawless landing. I had my doubts but JPL pulled it off again. Can't wait for the HD panorama!

America does Mars better than the Europeans and Russians and Japanese, all whose recent missions have failed.

Now that the landing system has been demonstrated to work, send another few MSL v2.0 rovers. for half the cost. Land one in the Valles Marineris. We're not getting any younger here.