I'm with you on the ARNOLD! thing. Keeping his surname out of things is asinine, and gives ludicrous weight to simple, prosaic first name. I get why they didn't want to reveal his name was Arnold Weber (you can see his nameplate on the door to his office) because eagle eyes would figure out it's an anagram for Bernard…

More fictional corporations should call their creatives "fucking dorks." Like there's a boardroom scene where all the Delos people are discussing the practical uses for their robots, then Ford stands up and portentously drones on about consciousness, and the CEO just looks at him for a long moment, then slowly starts…

I'd like to think Ed Harris looked like his character in The Abyss when he was thirteen. I like the idea of an old, grizzled teen riding his Schwinn to the drug store for candy, his thinning hair flapping in the breeze

I don't think Bernard does respond to anyone but Ford's commands. I think Maeve doing it was a fluke because of Frick and Frack fucking with her brain. What I am curious about is how did she "die" in a fire but he clothing remained intact?

He does…and he doesn't. He said some pretty vicious shit to Billy, and out and out accused him of fucking his sister to curry favor with the family business. I'm still fairly confused as to what Logan feels he's gotten out of this little excursion, or why he'd bother, given how much he seems to fucking hate Billy.

Now I'm even more pissed off Whedon completely wasted his character in Serenity. RIP Ron.

And now, if only DC/WB could remember that about Superman…

I agree with you, but I'd also like to provide a counterpoint: Paul Giamatti as a ludicrously-accented heavy. That could have been gold

Agreed. DC's best bet is to just ape what Marvel did, if they want to follow that formula at all: Create stand alone movies, and make viewers care. Then, if you're successful and we do, branch out to the Justice League. Don't try to retrofit. Plus, c'mon! You've got all of DC at your disposal. Jack Knight Starman, the…

Agreed. Also, your avatar: Is that Ralph Finnes in 1999's "The Avengers?"

Wait, AIM created him? Oh, man, I need to read up on MODOK toute fucking suite

True, but I wonder if they would have sat on someone like Iron Man for a while if they had Spidey or Wolverine kicking around.

[Doom looms menacingly above the West Appalachia State administration building]

It seems to be a combination of things. Lesser characters (and, thus, lower expectations) and (perhaps as a byproduct of that) a grounded take that doesn't feel like its working overtime. Marvel movies don't seem interested in creating myths, they're creating stories. DC's movies carry all the weight their characters…

It's like going to a really great state school

Yesssssss. Man, I want MODOK to show up in a movie in the worst way

Please tell me they still have MODOK. He's not an FF villain, is he?

That same amiable goofiness is why Cap is probably my second favorite of the current Avengers. Strong and effectively immortal, but still a giant, upstanding doofus.

Agreed! I've been a giant fan of Thor since his MCU introduction (I kept that bit quiet in my rhetorical argument because it's hard to defend on out-and-out relatability grounds) exactly because of his positioning as an amiable goofball. I think this has to do with letting Hemsworth inject more of himself into the…

Why for god sakes is doom in quotes? Is this some sort of ironic doom? IS THE WINK IMPLIED?