Only “about” or “to”? Why not chatting up? Though I suppose they’d have to do better than saying “You’re a tall drink a’ water, ain’tcha?”.

Saga. Brian K. Vaughan. Read it. Read it now.

It’s odd. I love puns. A lot. Like...people around me know to brace themselves when they hear that tone creep into my voice.

Because a true liberal would be willing to vote for a conservative?

Yeah, but that’s like excusing the career of Keenan Ivory Wayans by saying that the movies were meant to be stupid because they’re parodies. It’s not just that the slitheen were stupid, the episodes themselves were badly done. You can make fun of something without being stupid as well; in fact, it works better if you…

So what we’re really dealing with here is a variation of the trolley track problem, but we’d be using the force to pull the lever or not?

Pedantic note: The first shot is of a saucer that had previously flown. :P

No. Changing or overthrowing a system of despair and oppression would be a savior-like behavior. He’s simply a hero.

I’m not forgetting anything. Fighting random low-level crime hardly is equivalent to a savior. I’m not saying “everything” has to line up, but hardly anything does except the basket in the river part. And just because Moses is an important figure, doesn’t mean he’s the only tool in their allegorical toolbox. It’s not…

Yes. I’m familiar. Except for being saved by being put in a basket, there isn’t a strong parallel. Superman isn’t raised among his people’s enemy, he isn’t an instrument of salvation or used by anyone. He isn’t really even a leader; he does his good works but lives largely anonymously. Superman doesn’t bring freedom…

Oh, I’d heard of the biblical elements you list, but just not the Moses part. Moses has a number of major themes he’s tied to (raised among his people’s oppressors, freed the slaves, brought the laws), but he and Superman only seem to have in common that they were dropped on their adoptive parent’s doorstep through…

I’d not heard the Moses comparison before. I’d previously heard their intent was more akin to a Samson equivalent, which made more sense to me what with his focus being on using his strength to defend his people.

There were times where it felt like the writers were doing an imitation of a cut-rate magician making the marbles disappear by throwing them over his shoulder and trying to distract the audience with jazz-hands.

Weeeeellllll...while you certainly aren’t, it’s not a trait you have in common with me. I’ve never actually watched it, but have heard enough people use the “You only have to watch 2-4 seasons before it gets good” line, for it to spring to mind here.

Well, some good news for you. You’ve got just a few over 100 actually, and they’re all (almost all) about 10 minutes apiece. You’re looking at ~18 hours of amazing, engaging, and emotionally intelligent watching ahead of you rather than...say, 160 with a show like Supernatural. But pace yourself as you can. Hell,…

I loved The Winter Soldier, but while it was an excellent movie, it didn’t deviate particularly far from Marvel’s well worn formula.

Safe? Certainly. But I’d argue it wasn’t a fault, but the whole point. I saw it for the first time with my father, and after it ended we sat quietly for a time before we could both feel comfortable saying “That was.........good? Yes! It was!” because we’d gone in feeling immensely guarded against something like the…

If weesa no remember history, weesa be forced to repeat it! That besa berry bad!

What you’re describing isn’t “character”. Backstory or lore, perhaps, but not character. She comes out of a hole in the ground / glassy wall and sends monsters after teens so she can rule the world. There isn’t really a dramatic arc here. It’s Power Rangers; character isn’t exactly a vital component.

There’ll be a hot take in the old comment thread tonight.