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If you're on Marvel Unlimited, they have comic book adaptations of a ton of EU material, including the Heir to the Empire trilogy.

That was actually one of the cooler things about it. The fact that more of the allies got taken down than just the mentor gave the story a sense of weight it otherwise wouldn't have had.

If you claim that the audience picks the shows you'll pick up, that implies an obligation to air popular shit.

I'd bet the one guy they left guarding the house bought it in the Charge of the Milligan Brigade. (SPOILERS from the damn preview) Also, Otto.

I love how Mike's reading of Jabberwocky told us what he was going to do after the phone call. He totally went snicker-snack on the Gerhardts.

Well, when you've decided a teenage girl is the best person to govern your planet, you obviously have a great appreciation of the kinds of contributions young people can make. The real question is: why did they have adult-size helmets in the fighters? All the adult pilots couldn't figure out that all you needed to do

Arguments are easy when you can reduce the counters to generalities, and dismiss anything you don't agree with as "nerdsplaining."

If nothing else, Anakin's presence did give Yoda the godawful idea of attacking the Emperor solo, rather than taking Obi Wan with him to kill Palpatine, then going with Obi Wan to kill his apprentice.

That would've been a great point if Ani and Padme had ever gotten to marriage counseling:

He needed him to murder those younglings. That was totally the key to his plan.

Yeah, I always presumed that episodes of NCIS were aired in random order, like a Law & Order marathon on TNT.

I'm kinda hoping Patty finds out about Barry's secret identity the same way Iris did in the comics.

To be fair, the Reverse-Flash had already run rings around Barry a couple of times before he saw fit to call in help. With Zoom, he only had Jay's word that Zoom had him outclassed.

I'm hoping the wheelchair is a more lasting thing, played out over 2-3 episodes at least. You're probably right that it won't be—with Jay speedless, Wally West not even having shown up yet, much less gotten powers, there isn't a substitute Flash (or even a substitute hero, unless Hawkgirl comes along quickly or

Yeah, this is a little like when they did that nice one-shot action scene with Chloe Bennett at the end of last season on Agents of SHIELD, and people were comparing it to the hallway scene from Daredevil. This was a really nice action sequence, a cut above the show's usual (which is pretty dang good, in The Flash's

I was actually hoping for a double-cross, with Linda-2 replacing Linda-1 at some point before the fight.

Shipp's an inch shorter. Unless Zoom is Earth 2-Joe, they're going to need some big excuse for his true identity to be a smaller, slighter person.

As long as it's not Jumpin' Jack Flash I'll be happy.

Ellen had good absolute numbers, but (like the Single Guy) the show was never a good lineup anchor, and was often a soft spot in the lineup following or preceding hit shows like Roseanne and Grace Under Fire. King of Queens may seem puny by comparison, but CBS was in a very different place when KoQ started airing than

I know the story is that homophobia killed Ellen (the show), but I'd have to point out that the show was thoroughly mediocre throughout its run. It never stood out from all the other similar comedies out there like The Single Guy and Just Shoot Me, shows that, like Ellen, had relatively low stakes and small laughs.