The Big Two are so dedicated to the heroism they exploit writers and artists to weave stories about that they hold a joint trade mark on the term Super Hero (which is why Moore used "Science Hero" in his ABC series (before DC came along and heroically bought the label that was publishing it. Moore's right: DC is like…

We're on the same wavelength today, man. I thought the same thing: they're at war. Things play out and the other side sends fauxlivia over, kidnaps olivia-1 and that's that.

I think @avclub-bc3e14e2ab565f7787d753233df681d1:disqus 's point is right on: the details don't matter. Like @avclub-dfaf0f333b6b70de28eaf291774d94db:disqus   said, the right approach is to enjoy the episodes and leave the questions for later. Besides, the very episode we just watched gestures toward a save: even…

Jones was working against them: preparing for The War against the Other Side, as every card carrying member of ZFT from our side is wont to do.

I believe the proper response is: "You can say that again!"

Thank you, @avclub-f89827bb9d3e10d3c0abbe32af4af1f2:disqus . You are correct, and it is sad that the commenters above, as reasonable as they were, failed to or seemed to fail to appreciate @avclub-37e5fa01ac8fcad77aabe4d859e0235d:disqus 's ernest hope to see, once again, Moore's pretty bush and a bush the filmmakers…

Help AVCLUB: Did you guys and gals see the Nickelback video on YouTube in which they are greeted with stoney silence, a silence broken when a marksman-like audience member hurls a stone and belts the lead singer in the head?

I misread the insult, perhaps because there's so much Jesus and Christ talk these days, as "The guy couldn't nail a dead prostitute TO his own bed," which struck me as a peculiar thing to mock.

What story is Alien Jesus referring to? I know the Final Problem. But not The Adventure of the Final Problem. Uh … spoilers… I guess?

That's right! Do your research! We've moved well beyond such investigations! Build on the previous work of your colleagues, don't reiterate it! (sorry: I'm grading graduate student essays this week).

I get it! Like pussy cats, right? It's a joke! Like one of those nolo entendres! Or double contendere! I pled the latter one time I was brought up on charges for mushroom possession! Vis a vis, ergo, concordantly …

Zack: so you're trying to tell us that your roommate's sister's husband is a vampire!?!??!one!!

It depresses me that so many of you stand up for a rapist murderer. Depresses me, but doesn't surprise me.

For those of you - like me - who didn't understand what @edwardsung:disqus is talking about, I turn you on to this concise, but still horrifying, bit of prose. And remember: once you've read it, you can't unread it:

Amen, @avclub-10f652b242318e0d97cf75ad07f053d3:disqus . I agree too heartily for a mere "like."

@avclub-42998cf32d552343bc8e460416382dca:disqus : re the 2nd paragraph of your comment below, ("The other thing is that if Shane wanted to be cold-eyed and rational, the time to do it was when they got there and saw the place was totally zombie-occupied. He could have said, "You know Otis. You and I as grown men with…

See below re: the inevitability of their deaths. It was only inevitable because Shane is a shitty tactician who had no plan, largely because he didn't think about Otis and what he was capable of. The motherfucker was wheezing and panting like a fat bitch of a dog. So, given that, Shane goes, "Come on Otis: keep up if…

Are you kidding? "It isn't any single thing that Shane did. You could see a good, or decent, or okay, or all right, person doing any of those things in a bad situation. But Shane keeps piling them up." You could see a good, decent person shooting someone unexpectedly in, what? the leg? and leaving him to be eaten…

You're right about that. Plus he sucks at tactical thinking. The whole trip to the high school or whatever that place was testifies to his horrible leadership skills. Not only did he botch the whole operation, his solution (as you suggest above) was to say Fuck you! to Otis and leave him to die horribly, distracting…

I never realized the choice was between Dickens (which novel?) & Lord of the Flies. I guess I made the choice without knowing it was a choice: I too have read several Dickens novels and stories in my time, but never Lord of the Flies. Too bad we have to choose. I always wanted to try out that old warhorse of book.