@avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus - the only other version I saw was the Angela Lansbury one, in which Angela was fantastic (waaaaay better than HBC, obviously) and everyone else was atrocious.  Sweeney Todd and Anthony were particularly miscast, in my opinion.  I loved the idea for the musical from that…

@avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus - the only other version I saw was the Angela Lansbury one, in which Angela was fantastic (waaaaay better than HBC, obviously) and everyone else was atrocious.  Sweeney Todd and Anthony were particularly miscast, in my opinion.  I loved the idea for the musical from that…

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Lucas is a pretty apt comparison, though I'd argue it's easier to pinpoint precisely where/how Lucas started to go wrong - divorcing his wife, who famously basically edited the Star Wars films for him, and who had previously worked on films like Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Taxi Driver and alienating his more…

Lucas is a pretty apt comparison, though I'd argue it's easier to pinpoint precisely where/how Lucas started to go wrong - divorcing his wife, who famously basically edited the Star Wars films for him, and who had previously worked on films like Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Taxi Driver and alienating his more…

In a just world, Satoshi Kon and Charlie Kaufman would have collaborated on something at some point.

In a just world, Satoshi Kon and Charlie Kaufman would have collaborated on something at some point.

I'll generally defend Big Fish and Sweeney Todd. And, to a much lesser degree, Corpse Bride.

I'll generally defend Big Fish and Sweeney Todd. And, to a much lesser degree, Corpse Bride.

I'm not sure how just yet, but I'm pretty sure that's racist.

I'm not sure how just yet, but I'm pretty sure that's racist.

I'm about 100% certain mine isn't.

I'm about 100% certain mine isn't.

… how could it become realer?

… how could it become realer?

Little known fact: Fin Fang Foom has no genitals beneath those purple pants, but aches to mate with anything and everything(1). I don't know why that popped into my head while reading the AV Club comment threads about Misses Brie and Johansson, but it did.

Little known fact: Fin Fang Foom has no genitals beneath those purple pants, but aches to mate with anything and everything(1). I don't know why that popped into my head while reading the AV Club comment threads about Misses Brie and Johansson, but it did.

God, that Wildstorm reboot. Grant Morrison, Jim Lee, Gene Ha, Mike Carey, Brian Azzarello, Garth Ennis… and only TWO books that lasted more than a year.  Morrison and Lee got out a SINGLE issue of Wildcats.  Morrison and Ha managed two issues of The Authority.

God, that Wildstorm reboot. Grant Morrison, Jim Lee, Gene Ha, Mike Carey, Brian Azzarello, Garth Ennis… and only TWO books that lasted more than a year.  Morrison and Lee got out a SINGLE issue of Wildcats.  Morrison and Ha managed two issues of The Authority.