The James Brown song is pretty bad-ass as is … couldn't that have just been enough?

People like Bob Dylan? Easily one of the more bizarre moments of television from this past year …

People like Bob Dylan? Easily one of the more bizarre moments of television from this past year …

Superman vs. The Crow?

Superman vs. The Crow?

Hey, 12-year-old me immediately thought of that when I saw the beard … it's that, a dozen other goofy Superman shit, that should have been in this movie, rather than The Dark Kal-el Rises.

Hey, 12-year-old me immediately thought of that when I saw the beard … it's that, a dozen other goofy Superman shit, that should have been in this movie, rather than The Dark Kal-el Rises.

That opening page, where Morrison sums up Superman's origin in 8 words, is poetry. All-Star Superman should have been the basis for this script.

That opening page, where Morrison sums up Superman's origin in 8 words, is poetry. All-Star Superman should have been the basis for this script.

Well, to be fair, the bus was headed to Burning Man …

Well, to be fair, the bus was headed to Burning Man …

See, I thought All-Star Superman was the way to go - make a whiz-bang, Silver Age-like story. It would have made a nice counterpoint to the dark seriousness of Nolan's Batman movies.

See, I thought All-Star Superman was the way to go - make a whiz-bang, Silver Age-like story. It would have made a nice counterpoint to the dark seriousness of Nolan's Batman movies.

Yeah, I liked the last album a lot more than I thought I would.

Yeah, I liked the last album a lot more than I thought I would.

They were my favorite band 20 years ago, they're still my favorite band.

They were my favorite band 20 years ago, they're still my favorite band.

I can't imagine that they were moneymakers … this movie looks like it cost a fortune. Who is banking on this guy?

I can't imagine that they were moneymakers … this movie looks like it cost a fortune. Who is banking on this guy?

Man, he was terrific on Sons this season. I thought his sudden rush to rejoin the life after working so hard to get away was a bit clumsy, but I guess it fits the whole bleak arc that these guys (and women) are never going to escape that life. I think the end of Sons is going to be as dark as the end of The Shield.