The article characterizes these reimaginings as "attempts at copyright renewal", but I don't think that's accurate. Generally, comics creators of the 70s and 80s were huge fans of comics from the 40s and 50s, so they loved to introduce callbacks. Sometimes that would come in an obvious form, like Flash discovering…

As a recovering TV news director, I can tell you exactly what was going on behind the scenes in all of these bloopers! Caveat: when I say "audio operator" or "technical director" or "floor director" or "camera operator", it's possible that all those roles are being filled by one person running an automation system, as…

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It's almost by design — I don't think anyone is used to movies that are that fun, being that layered. If you're just expecting space marines and giant bugs, that's all you tend to see.

It's not a real thing.

It's a joke.

It's a satire. There's not really an app.

Dear GJI,
This was a satire. It fooled a lot of media…last week. http://www.newsweek.com/how…

Yeah, but SHIELD isn't like that!

"In America, everyone is a gynecologist!"

But…I love terrible American TV from the 70s and 80s.

It's not ironic… The French love Showgirls because it's a Hollywood film that skewers American excess.

It causes an endorphine rush.

That might just be honesty about intent, though. Sad as it is to admit, most folks weren't really concerned about AIDS until the early 90s, and even then, talking about it openly in art was considered brave. Cronenberg seemed to be thinking more about STDs with eXistenZ, too.

I think there are a lot of great ways to depict tragedy around a physically invulnerable character. We've forgotten as a people, but there was a time when it was possible to craft an excellent Superman story, for example.

I'm not convinced a second season of Jessica Jones is a good idea. There's almost no way to follow up S1 without diminishing returns.

No, I don't remember anyone wishing that anybody would concentrate on anything more than an emsemble superhero movie to be directed by Joss Whedon

Got to believe in magic. It's magic when two people find each other in a world that's full of strangers.

"a young man by the name of Taylor Basinger recorded his calls to Freddy’s hotline when he was 14 using his Darth Vader speakerphone." That's adorable!

Did they come up with that between her death in 79 and resurfacing in 85? I don't remember.