Definitely 2 of Hannibal, that's where every element of the show heightened and combined perfectly. And the same goes for PoI S3.

That first season really is excellent, though.

Even more than Show Me's and other totalitarian concessions, the lack of
coffee and Batman convinced me which universe was better.

The current age of the DCAU has managed the sterling accomplishment of turning the seminal artwork of the likes of David Mazzucchelli, Frank Quitely, Brian Bolland, and Young Frank Miller into smooth, creamy mush. (Darwyn Cooke's work is the only one that seems to have survived the transition with any distinction…

It does sound like the resultant child of some Asgardian/Gallifreyan slashfic.

The lack of creator representation is a problem that will take probably a whole generation to address. The diversity of viewpoint, style, and story is what will lead to a diversity of people growing up wanting to write and draw Marvel comics. They've got to start somewhere. And I think there's a far more…

You could always go with Thordis, the name Jane Foster adopted when she lifted Mjolnir in the 1978 issue of What If? that was the partial inspiration for this current incarnation.

Larson as Carol and Whitman as Doreen, then:
Anna Kendrick - Kate Bishop
MEW - Jessica Drew
Ellen Wong - Silk
Allison Pill - Gwenpool
Aubrey Plaza - Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

I think this whole comment thread proves you didn't go very far down the wormhole, Mike.

That's the OHOTMU Shulkie, right?

No one wants to talk about the assertion of the best scene in the picture? Thing is, I might agree with him: it's a jarring scene on every level, a quiet moment in a loud, quick film, the carefree smiles and laughs of young people, and the melting of same, suddenly make the viewer come up for air from the immersion…

Nope - for a long, long time, Thermopylae has been literary and journalistic shorthand for "hopeless stand against impossible odds", very near if not part of the vernacular (think newspapers, not literary journals). It's only since the movie came out that younger generations now know it as "the battle of the 300" or…

The Wiz, interestingly, accomplishes much the same thing.

What a perfect analogy. The conga line of dead girlfriends is exactly like the graveyard of first-round draft picks.

Charlie Psyduck Brown!

Culture novels also reference Spheres. That's about as big as SF works projects can plausibly get.

I'd much prefer another crack at The Shadow.

The first several paragraphs of the review actually had my genuine interest. But in the end, it's still Emmerich - there's no interesting idea he cannot fail to exploit.

Terror Bird below is not wrong, but make no mistake, it is the dumbest of the dumb. I hate to use the term "turn off your brain", but seriously, with Emmerich films you simply can't enjoy them without feeling a certain glee at immense, over-the-top stupidity. (And even then, there's a howlingly empty core around…

Oh, wow. That gives me a glow. I hope you've read other Zelazny, he's a brilliant writer.