Comments on: ComiCon, Eternal

By: Seeking legendary bad astronomy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Seeking legendary bad astronomy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:26:18 +0000

[...] there’s a bigger mystery here: why does the fair damsel Kahlan look so much like Jessica Stover, who is also making a fantasy movie, and who also once asked me about phases of the Moon — [...]

By: Will

Will — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:29:58 +0000

Good thing she’s cute. Ugly people suck.

By: RL

RL — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:48:01 +0000

The Barack Obama of film making? What? If she was that, she would be rolling in dough. He’s backed by lots of cash and is a fundraising machine. Sheesh.

By: marko

marko — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:12:23 +0000

The cardboard image in the back — whazzat?!

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:58:04 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Cast/crew/Wingmen… We are all enjoying what you’ve added to the conversation.

By: Comic Con: Mahalo! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Comic Con: Mahalo! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:53:27 +0000

[...] the love, after we were done I sent them to JSto. Push it forward, [...]

By: Dave Hall

Dave Hall — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:03:45 +0000

Does _MRS_ BA know about this???

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:10:02 +0000

I can’t figure out how to send you a message.

I read an article that I think is in need of critical review, but I don’t have the knowledge to go through it. If Plait has been over claims like this before, can someone direct me to the post? (I tried the search, but didn’t find anything.)

http://www.thunderbolts.info/thunderblogs/goodspeed.htm
(Skip past the discussion of how the mind works, and you get to arguments that black holes don’t exist… it seems the entire website is devoted to this notion. I’m wondering if this is a well-known objection that is ignored because of its stupidity, in the vein of creationism, or if there is actually some kind of legitimacy behind it.)

Thanks for the info!

By: Didac

Didac — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:33:22 +0000

Artemis is a Moon goddess but She is also a Wild Virgin goddess of the anti-sex anti-civilization kind.

By: Petrucio

Petrucio — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:26:12 +0000

Yeah, you don’t need to believe in monsters to enjoy horror movies.

But we gotta be careful of the movies the portray the stupid in a way that seems like it’s not merely fiction.

For example: stupid in Doctor Who: totally ok, the show does not takes itself seriously and is obviously fantasy, no matter how stupid you are. But stupid as in the exorcist, makes people more stupid.

I mean I love the exorcist, and I love every kind of fiction in movies, but we have to agree that some kinds of stupid in movies make stupid people more stupid. I’m not sure where her movies falls on this. Let’s hope it’s good stupid.

By: glued

glued — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:29:24 +0000

Phil, you naughty, *naughty* BA…

By: Parker Thomas

Parker Thomas — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:51:36 +0000

Seriously people, supernatural is fun as fiction! It’s bad when posited as truth. Yeah, Phil, nice f’in shirt! Where can I get one?

By: Naomi

Naomi — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:21:31 +0000

I know it's a few days old, but have you heard about ex-Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell claiming NASA's covering up aliens? Who told him that, HOAGLAND? XD There's also an article here, including the fantastic summary line, 'Australian Skeptics are sceptical'. ...No, really? XD There's also a fun little UFO gallery attached to the second one - the second photo is almost definitely a meteor. (Picture four is a bit weird - any ideas?) And not sure how much you know about Australian geography, but MOST of these are in reasonably rural areas. I'm just saying.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:53:51 +0000

I love good fiction, so I will definitely be keeping my eyes on this. And chipping in a few bucks doesn’t hurt either.

And Ronn — You nearly made me spit out my coffee, which clearly would have been caffeine abuse.

By: DrFlimmer

DrFlimmer — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:06:21 +0000

I wonder what Mrs BA says to all what you do, Phil, when you’re not at home

Sorry, I couldn’t resist saying that!

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:05:14 +0000

I really think they should consider being backed by Bollywood. There’s nothing I would love to see more than a science fiction movie with song and dance routines interspersed at random, completely out of context with the plot. It would have made Armageddon a great movie.

By: Ronn! Blankenship

Ronn! Blankenship — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:36:58 +0000

# The Alpha Centaurian Says:
July 25th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

Two questions:

1) Is she single?
2) Does she like men with antennae?

– - –

Yours aren’t retractable?

By: The Alpha Centaurian

The Alpha Centaurian — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:43:35 +0000

Two questions:

1) Is she single?
2) Does she like men with antennae?

By: duffytvs

duffytvs — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:57:00 +0000

Phil,

I have to disagree with you. She’s not a cutie… She’s definitely a hottie.

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:13:08 +0000

Phil Plait you are a genius. WINGMEN, FTW!

By: The Science Pundit

The Science Pundit — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:00:35 +0000

Not fair Phil!!!!

You show us a picture of you with a pretty girl, then tell us to go to her website and show her some BABloggee love. You know what we’re going to do. You should be ashamed of yourself! (as I do what you command and enjoy it)

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:45:40 +0000

@The Chemist:

Even as a skeptic, I’ll take supernatural over something ridiculous like midi-chlorians every single day.

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:33:13 +0000

It’s fantasy! I watch X-Files, Doctor Who, and more. Sometimes it’s OK, if the themes are good. This sounds like it falls into that category.

By: Evil German

Evil German — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:12:36 +0000

Sunday live video chat

By: ExGeekDogTrainer

ExGeekDogTrainer — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:58:42 +0000

I’d read about this project a while back, and I, too, found it quite interesting from many perspectives. But what I really want to comment on are the anti-WOOists; Phil falls very clearly in that camp, but he seems to find the concept acceptable enough to call for the BABloggee love on her project’s behalf. I’m just sayin’. . .

I wish I could be there. But I’m really waiting to see if @BadAstronomer out-tweets @wilw – g^2