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"… it is presumed the mainframe resumed its last-minute attempts to work an X-Wing piloted by Gonzo The Great into Guardians Of The Galaxy."

It doesn't really paint a particularly flattering one of Tweedy, either. It's one of the reasons I like it so much.

Don Cheadle played an African-American Muslim in Traitor, which is an underrated gem of a movie. But your larger point certainly stands.

When London's under attack by terrorists armed with drones, best thing to do is go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.

Wait, is Balloon-Ship one word or two?

Frank Miller? Is that you?

J'onn J'onzz tells Kent to stay out of his territory.

A better writer, too. Not that that's a particularly high bar to clear.

The Ultimen were worth it just to get this line (and subsequent bitchslap) from Aquaman:

I hate you all.

I'll be in my bunk.

I saw it as a subtle nod to the end of The Dark Knight Returns, when the army shows up after Superman "kills" Bruce, and Superman says, "don't you touch him."

Or when a perimeter is established.

And the Army dragged its feet even after Truman's executive order of 1948; it wasn't until the Korean War that they finally got serious about desegregation (basically, because segregation was no longer practical). Even then, the last all-black Army unit wasn't deactivated until 1954.

The University of New Jersey at Durham doesn't really count, though.

Which Kelly McDonald's character calls him out on, at the end:

"They can bill me!"

From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,