That was a surprisingly "meh" paragraph about Margaret, about which I've heard nothing but gush. From people with taste, too. 

I'd be amazed if we DON'T get a Runaways movie, and relatively soon. I'm not sure why the writers of this article are convinced it's not going to happen—Marvel's expressed their interest repeatedly, and it's a great, obviously appealing premise with a great set of comics to back it up. The creator has even made the…

I'd be amazed if we DON'T get a Runaways movie, and relatively soon. I'm not sure why the writers of this article are convinced it's not going to happen—Marvel's expressed their interest repeatedly, and it's a great, obviously appealing premise with a great set of comics to back it up. The creator has even made the…

A dream project for me: a stop-motion animated Doom Patrol based on Morrison's run. Never happen, but that would be amazing.

A dream project for me: a stop-motion animated Doom Patrol based on Morrison's run. Never happen, but that would be amazing.

But Marvel already owns these properties. They want to turn them into movies in order to increase their visibility and thus make them more profitable. Even if a movie is a bomb it could help the comics, TV spinoffs, etc.—dollars to donuts DC doesn't regret Green Lantern, the movie, because it made enough money to be…

It wasn't 95% faithful to the comic, though. It was the equivalent of making a movie where Superman's costume and the Daily Planet building were meticulously recreated, but Superman kills people with a giant gun. Or an adaptation of Hamlet with the original text but played as an action movie. It was all surface with…

It wasn't 95% faithful to the comic, though. It was the equivalent of making a movie where Superman's costume and the Daily Planet building were meticulously recreated, but Superman kills people with a giant gun. Or an adaptation of Hamlet with the original text but played as an action movie. It was all surface with…

I agree that Gibbons deserves credit for Watchmen, though it's pretty clear, looking at their individual work, that Moore is the genius of the two. (As some have pointed out, Gibbons' reputation hangs almost entirely on his work with Moore, so he doesn't really have the option of ticking off DC. This is partly what I…

I agree that Gibbons deserves credit for Watchmen, though it's pretty clear, looking at their individual work, that Moore is the genius of the two. (As some have pointed out, Gibbons' reputation hangs almost entirely on his work with Moore, so he doesn't really have the option of ticking off DC. This is partly what I…

REPEAT WHAT I JUST SAID

REPEAT WHAT I JUST SAID

There ARE moments where JMS tweaks Sheridan's pompousness a little (I can't think of any for Sinclair, but he's a bit of a blur in my memory) and there are other times where he screws up pretty badly—but the latter never really seem like JMS is trying to make us see Sheridan as a flawed hero. It's more like, "Oh no,…

There ARE moments where JMS tweaks Sheridan's pompousness a little (I can't think of any for Sinclair, but he's a bit of a blur in my memory) and there are other times where he screws up pretty badly—but the latter never really seem like JMS is trying to make us see Sheridan as a flawed hero. It's more like, "Oh no,…

Right, Gibbons' gun-to-the-head, "This might be OK, I guess" endorsement of Before Watchmen (in which he, notably, didn't participate) clearly means that Before Watchmen was a splendid idea.

Right, Gibbons' gun-to-the-head, "This might be OK, I guess" endorsement of Before Watchmen (in which he, notably, didn't participate) clearly means that Before Watchmen was a splendid idea.

In a sense, DS9 does seem like it owes a major debt to Babylon 5; according to JMS, he pitched the concept to the Trek producers and was rejected, only to see them incorporate an awful lot of his ideas into DS9. Of course, this is his side of the story.

In a sense, DS9 does seem like it owes a major debt to Babylon 5; according to JMS, he pitched the concept to the Trek producers and was rejected, only to see them incorporate an awful lot of his ideas into DS9. Of course, this is his side of the story.

The points raised in the opening paragraphs are interesting, and may help explain why I was disappointed with long stretches of Babylon 5. It sets itself up as a show with the potential for a lot more ambiguity and complexity than Trek, and then repeatedly falls short of its promise. The "wisdom of the patriarch"…

The points raised in the opening paragraphs are interesting, and may help explain why I was disappointed with long stretches of Babylon 5. It sets itself up as a show with the potential for a lot more ambiguity and complexity than Trek, and then repeatedly falls short of its promise. The "wisdom of the patriarch"…