Nah, the Thanos moment after Avengers — in the context of extreme early foreshadowing — was absolutely brilliant. Avengers truly trumpeted the arrival of the MCU and having Thanos pop up showed the universe was serious about being a true universe and was playing the long, long game with fans.

Everything about this movie looks tired.

I’m on board for a Kickstarter toward that end.

CAN’T WAIT FOR THOSE 47 AVATAR SEQUELS ABOUT THE WHITE MAN SAVING THE NATIVES.

It’s older, but Fruits Basket is pretty cool.

So you haven’t read Comics at all, or just not in a long while? .... Part of the answer is going to depend upon your tastes, too. For great comics & storytelling, I’d recommend starting from the beginning on Ms. Marvel (it goes back a few years). This year’s Vision series was tremendous (only 12 issues total). Look…

So you haven’t read Comics at all, or just not in a long while? .... Part of the answer is going to depend upon your…

Wow, if I wasn’t devoted to Print, that sale would make me want to take a year off from comics and just wait for the next blowout sale off all the “old” stuff.

Wow, if I wasn’t devoted to Print, that sale would make me want to take a year off from comics and just wait for the…

“mythopoetic stew so half-baked and overcooked” describes every mythology, folk tale, fairy tale and religion history ever produced by human civilization, so in that sense, Star Wars is doing just fine.

My two cents: And an idea that was a refreshing novelty a couple seasons ago — episodes focused on just one or a few of the characters, leaving the rest of the plot/cast behinds — is now that standard operating procedure for this show, and it’s really wrecked the continuity and momentum. Why watch a Daryl-free…

Oh man, you’re reaching back into the vault there.

I hate you.

Welp, gonna date myself here, but I still remember every room and move of Planetfall, and I’m still not OK with what happened to Floyd. ... There are other Infocom games that remain very vivid in my memories, but that one is #1.

The *worst* actor portraying a major Marvel superhero can do thespian laps around Cavill, which is no small problem for DC as it seeks to launch its universe. You need a Superman with some on-screen talent and charisma.

Well, there’s always the F4's numbers station and its eerie predictions.

Except for the part where Peyton has a title and Kershaw has zilch.

Ramada was promising this, too, in 1969: http://www.papergreat.com/2015/07/1969-r…