This is great.

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH THE TERRORISTS HAVE WON!!! Fox News was right!

WHATTHEFUCK

Never be ashamed of pedantic geekery. I had completely forgotten this. Though it's probably because I just remember comics involving the other members of his race but did not remember/know that they looked different. Maybe it got retconned? Cause I swear I remember a comic where there were several members of a race…

Well he belongs to a whole race of aliens with the same skeletal structure so there's no reason that skull would have to be of Beta Ray Bill. Just an easter egg referencing the existence of his race.

This team had both Tupac AND Biggie on it??!? How could they not know they were bound for disaster?

So, Mr. Iron Man, how much does this gig pay?

Well in this case, especially since they won't be unnecessarily retelling the origin again, I agree with the decision. Presumably this will be the last time that Spidey will be de-aged in cinema for the next couple of decades. Since this is (finally!) a Spider-Man who exists in a larger heroic universe, as he was…

Fuck you.

The last time she ran Hillary lost to Obama for a reason (okay, maybe a few reasons). And while the president didn't quite live up to his promises, it doesn't seem to me like enthusiasm for her candidacy has gone up significantly since then. I didn't vote for her in those primaries and won't vote for her in 2016.…

I had to lol at Territory 1 on the Battleworld map:

that was bad, admittedly, but did you watch that clip Timbales posted? It's unbelievable, has to be the worst ever.

Heh, have to confess I run red lights. I always stop first and only go if there are zero cars approaching but I do do it. The sidewalk riding really bothers me because so many buildings, both residential and commercial, have doors right up against the walk and people exiting have no way to watch out for some douche…

I watch for pedestrians and don't bike through them when they're crossing, keep off the crosswalk at the light, etc. But I do bike through stop signs and red lights. On stop signs, I only do it if there are no cars waiting or approaching the intersection and on red lights I stop and bike through if, again, there are…

Bikes should not be ridden on sidewalks. It's illegal here in Chicago and it's the one situation where I really wish the cops would give tickets more often.

So sorry to hear about your dad, Leslie. I now wish I had some saved voicemails from my dad, even if he was just berating me for wasting my life for minutes on end. Think I'm gonna stop hassling my mom for leaving me so many.

(well, hassle her less anyway, it's still really damn annoying in the moment)

Fantastic article Madeleine! I didn't think this would be something I would give a crap about reading but I love the way you took us through the con with you and I came away with a better appreciation for these people.

I liked this movie, despite going in expecting to hate it, because it did the one thing that I had completely given up on studios outside of Marvel being able to do. They got the essence of the character right. Despite all the stupid nonsense about Peter's parents, the lame villains and the numerous plot holes, Spidey…

Agree that the villains were pretty one-dimensional and this would have been a MUCH better movie if all the Richard Parker secrets stuff was cut out. This was a movie I was planning to skip and only watched because the trailer sold me on good Spidey action scenes but I'm really glad I watched it. My biggest concern…

I hope they steal an idea from DC and hold a fan phone vote to determine the fate of Skye.