What about the numerous metal bands that have appropriated Christian and Pagan symbology? I would argue it's still a bit different, as they are deliberately using it in a provocative way not throwing it on as a costume prop, but it's an example of using iconography that is not of one's own religion in an…

First of all, they shouldn't have tried to recast the same characters. Take the name and the universe and find a new story to tell. Otherwise these characters will just be constantly overshadowed by the movie versions, especially the poor guy trying to act in Woody Harellson's shadow. It will either be a weak…

What neither Mann, Diaz, nor Upton knows is that Coster-Waldau is cheating on all of them with his sister.

I mostly agree with both your points. I'm not gonna argue what is "secondary" versus what's "tertiary" tier, there's obviously a step down in both popularity and prestige from the 2-3 biggest bat books to the rest of the family (setting aside Batman Inc for a moment, since that has other things going for it such as…

I'll give you secondary character (although as far as new bat-verse characters for the New52 goes Alysia is fairly prominent), but in the last year Batgirl has been in the top 40 in book sales every month, generally in the top 30, and occasionally in the top 20. It's not a flagship title like Justice League, Batman,…

I actually think Charlie the action hero works a lot better than Charlie the bratty teenager. Some actors can sell annoying traits as part of a well-rounded character, others can't, and the writing is certainly not helping; if the show really wants to make Charlie a more sympathetic protagonist making her mope less…

Well for a while in the comics her "canary cry" was a mechanical device. I'm not quite certain what led to her not being able to use her natural cry, but it was a thing once upon a time (maybe in the 90's though so that probably shouldn't count).

I think it was a well-intentioned, if not particularly well-executed, idea. I mean, whether or not we see it on screen the warlord having sex with the 14 year old (a bit older in the show maybe but still) who was just forced into an arranged marriage with him is rape. By portraying it the way they did they did not…

There's a difference between bringing back elements of the less realistic version of the character and letting the primary character of multiple episodes of one of the most important arcs of his tenure be the god damn bat-mite. Seriously, I think Morrison has some clever ideas, but he's too much quick to press the big…

Anyone who's worried about being able to do a Wonder Woman movie well should check out the 2009 animated film version, which absolutely nails it. It's an origin story done right, and a live-action version could almost be done shot for shot and be a huge success. The could even keep the same main cast: Keri Russel as…

I dunno about you, but I don't want anything Game of Thrones related coming near my wedding...

I don't get the wrestling analogy at all, but that's true I guess about taking over for an existing and popular character. It's just disappointing because by that time her character had evolved much more than to be used as a plot device like that (for wither Tim or Batman). And I'm totally on board with you about War…

Then they should've killed her off as Robin. That whole plotline was a disaster, one of the most overrated batman arcs in my opinion. The only character who came out of it with any rewarding development was Leslie Thompkins.

I'm not sure I really buy either of those things. Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian all came into the Robin role in very different ways and successfully grew into the position (or died, but at least not right away). I think Steph's arc as Spoiler certainly seemed to be leading to her playing a bigger role somewhere, and…

And that ended really well for everyone, didnt it?

Well, Michonne is still around and badass and Maggie gets to do cool stuff on occasion so it's not all bad. But the point remains that the show definitely has a problem with both a lack of and lack of quality (cough Andrea cough Lori cough) female characters. And if you're in a super-generous mood it's true that the…

That was my first thought as well. If there's a woman who's going to make it in the NBA the odds are it'll be someone who's a phenomenal spot-up shooter, or maybe a point guard with tremendous vision and passing. Shot blocking is certainly a talent, but a large part of it is dependent on physical attributes; Griner…

As usual, Chuck has the answer.

Agreed as well, it's all a matter of tradeoffs and drawbacks. For the record though, bird mortality is not the huge issue it is sometimes made out to be. In the early days of wind power they didn't know much about mitigation or siting to avoid bird deaths. The result was wind farms like Altamont which sliced and…

I'm not going to dispute "safe" (although I think we have a long way to go in dealing with waste products), but I have a bone to pick with "cheap". For people that complain that wind power is too expensive, nuclear ought to be simply off the table. With the newest generation of wind turbines, power costs have fallen…