I'm no prude, by any means, but I did feel like I'd been exposed to an STD just by watching her. Miley is welcome to rebel all she likes. But she doesn't appeal to me sexually, at all. She's too young, and looks too much like Tweety Bird for me.

Enough about these news business stories. What about the love stuff?

As much as I enjoy seing Walt think (not punch, Hank) his way out of a tight spot, I love seeing Walt frantic, desperate, and dripping with flop sweat. Watching his exertions lying to Skyler as he attempts to recover his gun from the car wash are funny because, a) his lies are so pathetically obvious, and b) it's…

I keep looking for glimpses of Walt's humanity to return. And when he responded to Jesse, after finally being confronted by him, after months of manipulation, I thought Jesse had finally broke through. Guess not.

Hank has really learned restraint. I fully expected him to break all the furniture in that room after watching the confession tape.

I'm glad to see that Hank could not talk Jesse into rolling over. Their relationship is too fraught, and Hank has been fairly clumsy in trying to find an ally in his crusade. The question now becomes whether, after Jesse goes through his rampage, whether he will actually find one enemy more desirable than another.

Also on the block: Nightwing (I love the character, but, like you said, banal), Iron Man (Greg Land… I can't stands no more), Captain America (the Zola plot wore me out), Fantastic Four (Matt Fraction to Karl Kesel, I don't know), Young Avengers (I show my age, too cute by half).

I didn't care for his Ghost Rider issues with Jason Aaron, either. That's one thing that kept me from buying Legacy sooner. He's gotten a better handle on his style now, though.

Mike Del Mundo's feverishly creative covers are what drove me to this book. I bought the first six issues at once, but have been on the fence about continuing. I had some issues with David's self-pitying character, and was concerned about the book's direction, going forward. Maybe I'll give it another shot. I'm really…

I'll admit not to having seen the director's cut of Daredevil, but the theatrical version showed a immense misunderstanding of Matt Murdock as a character. The movie reimagines Matt as this neocon hero who gets criminals free, so that he can have the pleasure of beating them up and sending them back to jail.

Hey!

I think it's kind of unfair to Cavill to make him share his second movie as Superman, especially since his sequel had no choice but to be more fun, after getting all that plodding origin stuff out of the way. Now he's going to be in competition with Affleck, flexing their brooding muscles the whole film.

It was only recently, due to his directorial efforts, that I have stopped using a term I coined during his long string of douchebag roles a few years ago (including the infamous Daredevil), Affleck Poisoning. Here we go again.

Hell, it's not just the economics. These are two countries overwhelmingly populated with blond, nordic caucasians. The cultural differences must be extremely nuanced, as a more homogenic pairing of countries seems unlikely.

On the subject of compelling locations for crime shows, I'd say that Low Winter Sun filming in Detroit could be promising, if they brought anything like a unique eye to the city. Yes, yes, abandoned houses… They just need to let my man, Ernest Dickerson, run wild on that show.

Rarely has a show fit so much what-the-fuck in one hour. I mean to tell you:

A lot of these books (Nexus! Omega Men! Ronin! Grendel!) were some of the books that brought me back to comics after a weaning period. I had, after being swindled on a back issue sale by a shitty comic store, been confronted by the the general worthlessness of my collection, in resale terms. My youthful dreams dashed,…

Does anyone remember that issue of Apha Flight where Snowbird fought a snow monster in the middle of a snowstorm, and Byrne had the nerve to turn in blank white pages, accompanied by just dialog and sound effects?

That smacked of pure bullshit. She may have stashed her dirt on Big Jim. She knew she was coming to see him. But she had no reason to conceal anything she had on Barbie. What could she have on him anyway? Loan sharks don't usually keep detailed employment records.

I haven't read the book, but I'm now certain what the purpose of the Dome is: It has been set down on Chester's Mill for the observation and preservation of really, really stupid behavior.