if you look closely at what god says to adam and eve about animals and plants, he only gives the plants to them for food. the animals are conspicuously left out. cain sacrifices an animal, but isn't mentioned as eating it. after the flood is actually the first time god gives humans permission to eat meat, presumably…

My favorite part was when Ichabod claimed that references to the Golem could be found in both the Psalms (which, by the way, also exist in bibles that are NOT "Washington's Bible") and the "Judaic Talmud." As opposed to, you know, the Hindustani Talmud or the Mohammedan Talmud. And THEN Abbie follows up with "The…

Excuse me, is this the Tristram Shandy room? Well, either way I guess.

That song is "The Internationale" and this whale is a communist.

ugh, it DOES, it DOES make me want that tv show. dammit all.

Doesn't Batman have better things to do than wrangle graffiti artists? And did the show have to give them the "thug" accents and make them so idiotic as to try to fight Batman?

How would it have looked if the graffiti guys just stood there and dared Batman to kick their asses for spraypainting some shit?

The problem isn't a "realistic" take on Superman, the problem is how "realism" is conceived. It's the contrast between these two things:

Right, exactly. If, for example, Lex Luthor were to make the point about collateral damage during the super-fight for his own purposes, it should be the kind of thing where Superman takes it seriously and feels terrible, whereas Lex obviously does not take it seriously but just self-aggrandizes with it. It would be…

Yeah, I am a big fan of the Byrne-era/Lois & Clark/S:TAS "kents are alive and old" version of the story. The whole "superheroes have to have dead fathers" thing never seemed to be required for Superman, for me.

Superman shouldn't have allowed his father to commit suicide by tornado if he could have figured out some way to save him. I wasn't clear on why exactly just walking over there, grabbing him, and bringing him back, all while looking like he was struggling really hard to fight against the wind, wouldn't have worked…

Oh, and one more thing, going more directly to your point about camp and solemnity:

I largely agree with this review. I want to comment on a few other things.