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Little bit of both. While not as bad as some of his cohort, Smith's handling of women was--not ideal. And I'm not sure we ever saw a...

Yeah, there's a way to do that correctly. Think super-soldier in MCU. From the Red Skull's side it's couched as eugenics. From the...

Most realistic effects in a movie to date:

Ah, yes. There is that. I think it could be written off pretty easily as finding candidates who are at the edge of the next evolutionary...

That’s easy - you just make the “good guy” aliens questionable. That’s what JMS did with the element he stole for B5. It’s called Good...

There is the sexism element, but probably the bigger issue is the pre-WW2 "eugenics yay" stuff built into the basic premise - the...

It’s quite sexist, but I wouldn’t expect an adaptation to be slavishly faithful. I think geek culture often gets too hung up on that.

When you start to notice a poster for the first time because they seem to be taking a 💩 in every thread.

Or they could lean into the Buck Rogers esthetic. Unless you're talking about possible social issues which, as a white male, may have...

They'd have to decide what to do with the period-piece elements. Same problem Skylark has (though maybe even worse there).

According to the internet JMS wanted to make a movie, but couldn’t get it off the ground.

Interesting. The next story that comes up is about the castings of people from the Pompeii eruption. Coincidence? I've seen this movie...

A giant steel pipe’s mysterious overnight growth spurt baffles a Japanese city I swear, people in cities have become completely...

I've been hoping that Hollywood would discover the series ever since I first read it, back in the '70s. The Anime is nothing like it.

It’s not news, George Lucas is on record saying he was influenced by Lensmen. It’s remarkable how forgotten Doc Smith is now, given...