I'll back delusional up in that its always good to have criticisms of substance (rather than what we see most of the time). That said, I'd highly encourage you to go and look for the rationale for those decisions, and whether it agrees with the accusations.
So we're all clear here:
According to fivethirtyeight.com McCain currently has a 7.5% chance of winning. Meaning Obama has a 92.5% chance. This area of the forum doesn't permit images, but if you visit the site you'll see on the right side the statistical breakdown of every likely scenario...
He was the choice that was supported by Bungie and Peter Jackson, reportedly. He's also one of the points that they refused to budge on, and why the Halo movie has been stopped for now.
To be clear though: NOT A FAN MADE MOVIE. These were made by Neil Blomkamp (who's other awesome work can be found on the net), and were part advertising campaign, part attempt to prove to the movie studios that he could make a damn good Halo movie. They were made for (relatively) very little...
A great example of why people keep paying attention to Shyamalan. He really can do some amazing things when everything comes together. He's just not consistent.
I just reread The Truth and Making Money (I reread Going Postal a while ago). I'm always more than a little amazed how I get as much out of his stuff as many of the highfalutin' books I read. His stuff is breezy, interesting, and fun, and then Pratchett sneaks up behind you and hits you on the...
I'm one of those people too, but I worked in a bookstore for a long time, so I have the excuse of having to interact with Randians all the time. (Hint: they're usually on the wrong side of crazy)