Randolph Scott.  Also, there's no such thing as "too much…BJ."

It's happened in the comics.  Back in the late 80s there was a crossover storyline in the Green Arrow, Batman, and Question annuals.  Of course, this was the mulletted, pre-Rorshach-influenced Question.

Yes, excellent tribute, Mr. Handlin.  I especially like that last sentence.
In the next to last paragraph, I think you mean  "it's hard to [overstate] the importance…"

@avclub-02c1dd6ad234773aeffd7f7067784d58:disqus Was it necessary for Gaiman to "admit" that The Graveyard Book is the Jungle Book set in a graveyard?  I mean, doesn't the title pretty clearly indicate this?

But if you spell it with an x, is the s really necessary?  Is the kid from Krypton?

@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus : All of the moments you cite actually come from the same sequence, when Superman makes his first appearance in Metropolis.

@avclub-62ae6d9e1a24836a391716549223464f:disqus :  In fact, I did notice, and I'm sure many others did too, but I  just figured everyone would recognize the mistake and let it slide.  However, I did enjoy your Lex-Elvis follow up. 

Someone worked up a hilarious comic strip on this theme recently.  I'm too lazy to link to it, but you can find under the "morning roundup" post on Tor.com from yesterday (6/12).

I don't see it so much as a direct attack on The Authority as a disgusted response to the lame imitations they spawned, which mimicked the "attitude" but didn't engage with any of the interesting questions they provoked, similar to the comics of the late 80s-early 90s that wanted readers to believe that every dark and…

I'd say that's lack of imagination on your part, rather than something lacking in the character.

@avclub-d6926150316e4cc3b60c5882b2630b40:disqus : That's the conclusion I eventually came to.

Are you out of your mind?  Aside from the physics defying reversal of time (but then, what about Superman isn't physics-defying?) and the ill-conceived "can you read my mind?" sequence, Superman: the Movie is magnificent (unfortunately, it was all down hill from there).

I love Josie Wales, but it adds an extra layer of fascination when you realize the novel it's based on was written by Forest Carter—aka Asa Earl Carter—high-ranking ku klux klansman and author of Gov. Wallace's infamous "Segregation Forever"  speech.  It certainly explains the romanticized Confederate guerillas and…

What Jungle Amick said.

Yea, Willingham has commented on this a few times.  His feeling is that this stuff is "in the air" and has just happened to grab the public's imagination in the last few years, so he doesn't get worked up about it.

Good grief! You had to remind me of that song.  What gets me is, aside from the idiocy of the song itself, every time it's brought up on some VH1-type retrospective, people talk about how deep, insightful, and thought-provoking it is.

@avclub-b15c09f68d56c3bd35de82aefd6702bd:disqus No, Bigby would be more like a black ops commando going deep into enemy territory.  HobbesMkii is referring to Bigby's expression of admiration for Israel's methods in dealing with its neighbors.

Close has already voiced a talking ape in "Tarzan," and, before that, a talking Andie Macdowell(sp?) in "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan."  Coincidence?

Her Tiny Tim is a triumph!

He starred in an excellent episode of Gunsmoke as a killer gunning for Matt Dillon.  The hook is that he's the one guy tougher, faster, and deadlier than Dillon—and Dillon knows it.  So does everyone in Dodge, including Miss Kitty, who has to use her feminine wiles to rattle Forrest and give Dillon an edge.  Great…