It’s a square, what difference would a sideways insertion make?

I would be really excited for this if it wasn’t so cheesy. Didn’t think any of the corny dialogue felt natural and it certainly didn’t endear me to any of the characters.

I hate to be “that guy”, especially after having encountered various forms of it on message boards of unpopular shows that I loved (Stargate Universe!) but I really am kinda glad. Constantine was *such* a disappointment, the writing was so unbelievably shitty that I feel like it was doing a disservice to the comic and…

Plus DeKnight directed the final episode which was in my opinion the weakest in the series. I just hope the show doesn’t sacrifice its pacing or commitment to character-focused storytelling.

I pretty much agree with this criticism. I found the book enjoyable but wouldn’t consider it a classic, the concepts felt too lightly developed and, as you say, there was virtually no characterisation. It had some arresting imagery and flew along at a very readable pace but I didn’t feel particularly moved by the…

I have two versions of Year One and the recoloured version is far superior in my opinion, so I guess it depends on the particular instance.

This is entirely my view as well. I think TDK does have some of the best moments of the batman trilogy and Ledger's performance is mesmerising, but for tone and consistency Batman Begins is superior.

Nope. Nope. Indefensibly terrible on every level, even the first one.

Regarding Ian McKellen the scene he was referring to was at Bilbo's home with all the dwarves. Say what you will about The Hobbit, but one thing Peter Jackson got right is the blending of the different characters. One of the biggest taken-out-of-the-scene moments in the original LOTR is, for me, at the very end of…

A good response to the Batgirl situation. The problem is primarily context and flippancy, these issues can be dealt with in comics but they have to be handled appropriately. As you said, selling comics to little girls with rape imagery on the cover is very rarely a good idea by any standard. However I would disagre…

Calm down, you've misunderstood what the man is saying and then become outraged by it. He is comparing the DC product, which has mostly yet to be adapted, to the well-established Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is pointing out a well known difference between the two. By chance I've spent the last few days reading some…

I had pretty much given up on Blomkamp after Elysium for all the reasons he lists here (issues which were present in District 9 but really took over the next movie entirely). Seeing him aknowledge these problems gives me a lot of hope, I'll definitely check out Chappie on DVD.

Gotham has been consistently awful all the way through. I watched the clip of the kid playing young Joker and he was pretty good but the writing on the show is just terrible. Watch Agent Carter instead, now there's a smart series!

Ang Lee's Hulk is really good. The action is really fun, the comic book style is unique and the forefronted psychological drama makes for an interesting story. Plus Jennifer Connelly and Sam Elliot! Sure lots of people found it boring but screwem, if they want a short brainless Hulk film let them watch Edward Norton's…

Camus' The Stranger. Short and engrossing, can't imagine putting it down at any point.

I've never heard of it before but I was a kid I would have loved Loonatics Unleashed.

This was really well made. They eschewed a false sense of realism for balls out fun and managed to give pretty much every character a coherent moment to shine.

This is why there's no Austin Powers 4. Great opportunity but so unfunny.

Guardians of the Galaxy is great but personally the draw of Star Trek has been its more serious take on galaxy hopping. Sure the original series was a pretty campy affair, but look at the films which formed the real template of this franchise. The Motion Picture (perhaps my favourite in the series) was based on 2001:…

Campbell is overcited, he provided a useful descriptive account of how folktales evolved and their psychological impact on us, but he is not the end-word and fiction can build on his ideas or subvert them entirely. The monomyth is an interesting hypothesis but reducing all fiction to such a basic structure is way too…