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My favorite thing about Serenity? We finally got to see how Mal could be genuinely scary; how he could be a guy the Alliance would actually worry about. In Firefly, we got to see a lot of his likeable, funny side — and I know, there's a whole school of thought that says that's because Inara was with them — but in

I only skimmed that comic, but it was a great disappointment that Book was not, in fact, an Operative himself.

I only skimmed that comic, but it was a great disappointment that Book was not, in fact, an Operative himself.

Thank you. As much as I'd love to think my aging brain could come up with something that cool, I truly do love that moment.

Thank you. As much as I'd love to think my aging brain could come up with something that cool, I truly do love that moment.

My favorite part of this episode: the joy on River's face as she floats back down to Serenity, and the sort-of hug Mal delivers as he catches her.

My favorite part of this episode: the joy on River's face as she floats back down to Serenity, and the sort-of hug Mal delivers as he catches her.

Joker twists his own, badly broken neck until it snaps completely. "And with a devil's strength he twists…"

Joker twists his own, badly broken neck until it snaps completely. "And with a devil's strength he twists…"

Yeah, I might be seeing that from a much darker perspective.

Yeah, I might be seeing that from a much darker perspective.

Joker kills himself, yes, Catwoman sexual assault by Batman no.

Joker kills himself, yes, Catwoman sexual assault by Batman no.

It's interesting that Miller confirmed that; cool to know. Thank you.

It's interesting that Miller confirmed that; cool to know. Thank you.

They don't show Batman killing a mutant by shooting her in the head with a combat machine gun. Or killing the general and making it look like a suicide.

They don't show Batman killing a mutant by shooting her in the head with a combat machine gun. Or killing the general and making it look like a suicide.

What bothered me even more than losing the good lines was the pacing of the dialogue that remained. It seemed like the director was terrified of any silence, so all of the pauses and nuance that make dialogue meaningful were just edited right out. I understand they wanted to get the movie done in a certain amount of

What bothered me even more than losing the good lines was the pacing of the dialogue that remained. It seemed like the director was terrified of any silence, so all of the pauses and nuance that make dialogue meaningful were just edited right out. I understand they wanted to get the movie done in a certain amount of

I loved "Happy!" because it's such a mad-genius concept: "A scumbag ex-cop/hitman is recruited by a little girl's imaginary friend to save her from a child-molesting Santa."