A beef re:  Blue Valentine…

I still can't figure why DC didn't create an Ultimate line instead of wiping the whole company slate clean.

Did they lose that continuity connection at some point?  Swamp Thing had run-ins with the JLA characters at several points in the Moore run; that's also where Constantine was born.

The need to bring everything under the umbrella never made sense to me.  It's a symptom, I think, of losing sight of your characters' intrinsic appeal.  If Shazam does it for people, probably it's to do with Capt. Marvel's extreme separation between hero and alter ego.  So fans will read it, so long as you tell…

What's the payoff to investing in that huge continuity?  I'm really asking.  Is it in the hopes that, at some point, some really great, well-grounded, emotionally resonant stories will pop up?  Or is the whole massive nest of embedded plots and headlines and power shifts and juicy gossip kind've a draw unto…

Can someone more versed in DC nonsense explain to me why they insist on micromanaging continuity instead of either smoothly eliding changes or just throwing an Ultimates-style alternate line out?

I thought Vader lost most of his voter base the first time he pulled this corny shit, during the Iowa caucus. 

Black Woman Cell Phone, etc.
I'd like to open up a whole thread on whether or not we want Black Woman Talking On Her Cell Phone In A Movie Theatre back.

AAWToHCP!

Okay. What happened there? And how did he 'go off the deep end'? Not challenging you; just curious. I just got into Achewood recently and know little.

Sabishi ni narimas, Bastado-san.

Jesus, as a member of Your Holy and Apostolic Church, I would like to tell you that being gay and in Your flock has completely fucking sucked at times—

Baltimoron is right. The Court has pretty much indemnified the Arkansas prosecutorial apparatus.

Archmage, I think the fellows could use a primer on the hottest AD&D releases since their incarceration. It's the least you could do.

So, to clarify: John Mark Byers, former WMPD informant, ex-junkie, overall frightening fellow and favourite secret bad guy of the filmmakers, is not the new suspect per Jones' show? Who is, Branch?

Enough chatter. You people are not practising your imminent 'like' powers by pre-liking Raymond Luxury-Yacht's comment NEARLY hard enough.

Decline after Season One?
I came late to the party, gorged on the whole run to date in seven brutal days, and am still processing. When asked if I'd recommend it, I said 'YEAAASSSShhh uh wait…' and tripped up on whether or not the sensational moral compromises of the first season get somewhat undermined by the…

I think you've got more.

Do you not find the Fallout world (and similar sandbox RPGs) to be designed along the same lines?

I know it's not the place for this, but lately I wonder if Obama losing would be at all bad. Look past the appealing, reason-loving facade and I see an awwwwful lot of maintaining status quo from the previous regime. Especially the escalating drug war he promised he would throw the breaks on.