And a million kinky Spider-Man/Spider-Woman fanfics are born . . ..

Exactly. Nicely put!

Don’t really get this. Marvel heroes have been pummeling each other for as long as there have been Marvel heroes. The Human Torch versus The Sub-Mariner. The Hulk versus the Thing. The Avengers versus the Defenders. The Inhumans versus pretty much everybody. :)

These are not the Super Friends. Marvel heroes have always…

And speaking of SUPERGIRL, I still want to see Melissa Benoist, Helen Slater, and Laura Vandervoort together in one scene.

Doesn’t sound like trolling to me. This sort of thing goes on all the time, especially in DC productions. Look at SMALLVILLE, which featured guest appearances and cameos by Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terrence Stamp, Helen Slater, Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, etc. And SUPERGIRL is already playing the same sort of…

Oh, I get the set-up, and understand that the movie is hardly supposed to be a realistic depiction of a publishing business. The editor in me just can’t help snickering a bit . . . and wishing that I could have sicced a private investigator on a few late authors. :)

Just as I’m sure actual lawyers roll their eyes at…

DAGON is good, too.

Just in case anyone is wondering, publishers do NOT routinely hire investigators to track down authors who are late with their manuscripts.

Although it would be nice to have that option sometimes . . .. :)

Exactly. If you’re an actor in one of these movies, you can read the original comics, but you have to take them with a grain of salt, too. I doubt that Mackie is losing sleep about how to play a brainwashed pimp with a telepathic link to a bird . . .

Or, as you say, that Mark Ruffalo expected the Hulk to disguise…

In the comics, the Falcon had a completely different origin, didn’t have wings at first, and didn’t become an Avenger until years later, and has come and gone from the team ever since. Reading the comics may give you some general insights into the character, but nothing specific, since the movies are creating their…

It should be “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.”

There is no old Universal movie titled “Dracula Meets the Wolf Man.”

I’m guessing somebody saw Bela’ Lugosi’s name in the credits and assumed he had to be playing Dracula. In fact, Lugosi plays the Frankenstein Monster in this classic film.

Crossing my fingers for Detective Chimp . . ..

Hell, nobody told Dave Prowse (the guy inside Darth Vader’s armor) that he was Luke’s father.

Exactly. It’s not like adapting a novel. It’s more like pulling bits and pieces from seventy-five years of comics to put together a brand-new story.

The movie wasn’t adapted any from any specific comic-book storyline. And in the comics, the Falcon has drifted in and out of the Avengers for decades now . . . along with pretty much every other Marvel character.

(There’s a comic-book story called “Age of Ultron” but it bears no resemblance to the movie of the same…

Does anyone else find it odd that the commercials for this show seem to be going out of their way to avoid the word “David” or mention the Bible connection—even though it’s very obvious what story they’re telling here?

(“Hmm. A handsome young man with a sling, going up against a huge brute named Goliath? Where have I…

“Dracula Meets the Wolf Man”?

Um, you mean “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” of course. Bela Lugosi plays the Monster in the movie in question, not Dracula, who doesn’t even appear in the movie.

I’d mention Perry Rhodan, but I’m not sure it was ever all that amazing. :)

Jimmy Aussapile, who is the hero of BROTHERHOOD, pops up briefly in NIGHTWISE, but you don’t need to read NIGHTWISE to read BROTHERHOOD . . . ..

Heck, millennials surely know Newhart from THE BIG BANG THEORY if nothing else. And maybe also THE LIBRARIAN movies?