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I did not make it up. That said, in context of Arrow, for some reason it made sense.

@ChancellorPuddinghead:disqus "inherited" probably isn't the word — he did co-create this show — but this is the first show Whedon's done that concerns someone else's IP, if that's what you're going for.

Stop not liking The Shadow, Sean.

She reminds me of the super hot hacker girl in Arrow. Soon she'll be complaining about all the "teraflops of data" she has to get through.

I disagree on all three counts. Buffy S1 is often described as a necessary struggle when fans try to get their friends to watch the series.
Other than some quick flashes of brilliance, usually at the end of the episode, early Dollhouse was pretty terrible… Like when she was a backup dancer for a suicidal pop diva,

It depends on what you mean by "wholly conceived." Angel was a collaborative effort with David Greenwalt, but based on a Whedon-original character; "Dollhouse" was based on an idea that Whedon brainstormed with Eliza Dushku.

He wrote and directed the pilot…he might not have the time to be the sole show-runner in the traditional sense, but I don't believe that "very very little" is an accurate description of his level of involvement.

I don't understand why anyone is poo-pooing this show after only three episodes. Buffy and Angel both had shaky first seasons, and Dollhouse took several episodes to get revved up. As far as I'm concerned, Whedon-helmed shows are 4 for 4 for eventually becoming top-notch. Have a little faith, people.

Just two half-seasons.

My guess is that they won't want to introduce any characters who might be able to carry their own movie franchise; I'd guess Moon Knight is a decent bet.

Well…great contribution, then.

Lost me at "CBS fart-com," which I thought was supposed to indicate a website, but regained me early in the third paragraph.

I'd love to see Terry Crews as the Thing! This week I've been reading Dan Slott's cancelled-too-soon 8-issue Thing run, and I was thinking about how there's a temptation to make that character really mopey and over-serious in the movies, because that was his only speed in the Lee-Kirby days. These days he's a lot more

I feel like movie-Iron Fist doesn't have to be white. If any comic book superhero lends himself to a more racially diverse interpretation, it's him.

Miley, in a full-body fishnet ensemble, has just finished a stirring spoken-word rendition of the "Hanna Montana" theme song. Unexpectedly, she suddenly produces a photo of Sinead O'Connor and rips it in twain.
The camera cuts to the stunned audience. Slow zoom on a black-clad figure in the front row. It is Andrew Dice

Maybe when whats-his-name does "Round And Round," that was fun. But I'm not sure if that counts as a concert, or just "spontaneous choreographed street performance for some reason".

Yes.
If I absolutely had to choose, I'd probably go with the last one. The Time plays The Bird, and then Prince and the Revolution go out there and play Purple Rain, and the whole crowd is deeply emotionally invested for some reason. Then Prince storms off all pouty, but he comes right back and does I Would Die 4 U

Yeah, they lost me at the pilot. I don't know what everyone's going on about…it's sub-Supernatural, and even that show doesn't quite reach the threshold for me.

Well, it was the best scene in the movie, apparently.

Wow, that's pretty shocking. There's no good reason to do that on a big budget effects movie, when you can add them in post with more control.