I didn't feel it myself, but had several coworkers here and off site note that they had felt it.

I have to agree here. It doesn't mean it's a bad movie. I personally liked the Resident Evil movies...they may not have been a smashing success pulling in billions or dollars, but I don't think they were bad movies. Unfortunately all the studios see are dollar signs.

Off topic: I love the sig...nice Sneakers reference.

I hesitate to respond because I am sure you weren't meaning to flame my original post or anything and I am not looking to argue, but I do feel I need to point out that suspension of disbelief is not turning our brains off, it's simply acknowledging that something in the story is improbable or impossible yet is purposely overlooked for the enjoyment of the story. As you said though, maybe some will find disproving the science entertaining. I know people that purposely rip apart story plots. I guess it is what it is, and as stated it was just my opinion. I do tend to side with Zoolook though when he stated that the main article itself was probably intended as a flamebait.

So I haven't quite gotten through all of the posts yet, cause wow....there are a lot, but has anyone thought to tell this John Scalzi guy that it's a movie. Maybe introduce him to the concept of suspension of disbelief for the purpose of entertainment. I mean really most movies that aren't documentaries can be torn apart for being unrealistic or next to impossible, but the point of the movie was to entertain and tell a story, to rip it a part just takes away from the entertainment aspect of the movie...IMHO

But didn't Microsoft just cut their workforce? http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11561

  I am sure it wasn't all in the US, but still one hand saying hey lets help American workers get the skills they need to get a job, and then cutting thousands of workers seems to be a bit conflicting in their messaging...

IMHO - I don't think it's so much the lack of availability as it is the lack of speed. I forget the articles because it's been so long, but they pointed out we lag behind some of the other countries in speed of broad band offered. I'm not sure how true this is any more, but I am willing to bet it's still true.

On another note, just because broadband is availble, it doesn't mean you have to switch to it. So your parents could still use whatever suits their needs. I think just having the options available are what's important.