I'm sure the marketing will emphasize it more heavily closer to release. It'll get framed as an historical biopic in some trailers. This is obviously meant to provoke, which is as you observe, that shot of the little white girl with the rope around the black girl's neck definitely did. Looks like an intense…

… golly, what a day.

Kate Hudson is outraged she wasn't in the Top 15 worst rated actresses. To wit:
- Rock The Kasbah (2015)
- Good People (2014)
- A Little Bit of Heaven (2012)
- Something Borrowed (2012)
- Bride Wars (2009)
- Fool's Gold (2009)
- My Best Friend's Girl (2008)
- You, Me & Dupree (2006)
- How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003)
She…

It was a slow burn and it took me time to come around on, but in the end, I think I agree with you. Strong drama. It is a success for sure.
EDIT: I also love the intro theme "The Water Lets You In." Can't get it out of my head.

I've liked both Vision and Omega Men, but as I said, I've also really enjoyed Seeley's indie and limited DC work. It'll be interesting to see how King does on Batman and Seeley does on Nightwing solo. Like I say, either way, can't really complain. Maybe King is the Next Big Writer at DC (e.g., Scott Snyder), but I…

I agree with this view. In terms of her place in The Trinity, if Superman is the "Aw schucks, I gotta do the right thing!" Big Blue Boy Scout, and Batman is the dark, brooding bad-ass, Wonder Woman has always struck me (both in portrayal and in relation to those two) as the most pragmatic — balancing compassion with a…

Re: Grayson, I loved the "We All Die At Dawn" wandering the desert issue with Midnighter (I think it was like issue #5). One of the highlights of the series for me. I also loved the Future's End issue. Such a bummer that King and Seeley didn't get to wrap up the series. I know King is a fan favorite right now…

Greg Rucka's subsequent 2011-12 run on The Punisher is pretty underrated, in my opinion. In particular, Marco Checchetto's artwork is a highlight. I remember liking both the Remender and Rucka runs quite a lot. They are about as good as you can do The Punisher outside of a MAX series like Jason Aaron's. Might have to…

I have no idea what to believe. If Laurel is really supposed to be capital D, nail in the coffin, dead, then they fucked that final sequence up big time. If she's alive, then they telegraphed it in ridiculous fashion. Either way, it was ham-handedly handled.

Between The Dark Knight movie trilogy, the animated versions of DKR DC has released the past few years, the currently being published DKIII, and now Batman v Superman, I have a ton of DKR fatigue. It's probably going to be another decade before I crack that bad boy open again. And I'm sure when I do, it'll remind me…

"Dut guh's gahd uh fayz luk uh aus!"

Sicario 2: Citizens Way Too Scared To Go On Patrol

I'll agree with that. I think it's impossible for it not to be when you start adding the more fantastical elements of the Daredevil mythos.

Perhaps it makes me naive or stupid, but no. It really did not. Shoehorning a Death of Superman story into a Superman Meets Batman (and Wonder Woman), Justice League Zero did not cross my mind. Cuz, you know, there are Justice League movies coming up that require Superman's presence. So killing him at the end of BvS…

[Pokes head out of Journey's storefront]
"SWEET!"

An actor would have to resign himself to playing Bond for 15-18 years if he's going to do 5-6 movies. (They seem to take closer to three than two years to make them — and I think it does make them better.) As Craig seemed to have found, the production for these movies with the crazy fights and action set pieces can…

I'm torn between wanting to see Frank and Claire escape scot-free, versus seeing them get their comeuppance. The former would make a pretty cynical and nihilistic statement, the latter would obviously tie a bow on a story of hubris, narcissism and megalomania. Personally, I won't be surprised if it ends somewhere in…

Agreed, but then, this is House of Cards. Assumptions about real world cause and effect can't really be applied to the show. Which is what makes it so damn fun if one just accepts that.

I loved that final scene. I agree it was scary. I think it's supposed to be, mainly because it shows that Frank and Claire are finally totally and completely united and that's a scary proposition because that's never actually been the case in the show until now. Two brilliant, ruthless characters forming an…

I really did too. They've done a good job of establishing him as a foil/analog for Frank. So many pointed moments demonstrating there's no difference between them (other than the facade of their political affiliations, which I think is partly cynical commentary by the show's writers about America's two political…