Yeah, Valeria too—I missed not seeing her address that situation with her "father" (and/or Uncle Doom, depending on whatever she deduced/remembered). And fair point that there was also some good conflict inherent to Doom trying to do good and succumbing to his jealousy, and that's where it can easily boil down to…

I wasn't as enthralled with the main series—as I've said here before, I enjoyed the tie-ins far more and think the event succeeded mostly as 1) a soft-reboot (Miles in 616, Daredevil's ID secret once more, etc.) and 2) a wonderful excuse to throw story concepts around and see what sticks (A-Force, X-Men '92, Red Wolf,…

I was just reading your midpoint review, in fact. My compliments—it's a good critique of the series!

Tentative yes? I don't think it's gotten any less convoluted, exactly, but at least it feels like things are building toward a conclusion that will explain things. That is, I feel like the pieces are starting to fit into place and only wished I'd refreshed my knowledge more recently to be certain of that.

Perpetually playing catch up, so my reads so far are a mix of this week and last.

Listen, I heard there was an impressive codpiece to be seen, and that place did not disappoint.

Bloom interests me, just never enough to really read much of his criticism (not terribly in the spirit of this Q&A). I read Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human in high school at a teacher's recommendation, and all I remember thinking at the time is that he really wanted Rosalind to be his girlfriend.

When I visited London in college we did a Stonehenge-Salisbury Cathedral-Bath bus tour, having hit Windsor right from Heathrow on our first day. But I only felt mildly underwhelmed until I remembered Stonehenge was built before the invention of the wheel, and rather enjoyed the site aside from being on a windswept…

Fortunately, the couches there are fireproof!

Clark Kent accidentally reading the wrong eye chart through the wall is only the second best gag in the highly specific "military enlistment/physical/eye exam" category of gags, surpassed only by Bugs Bunny reading the entire chart, including the fine print, without effort in "Forward March Hare."

Better coordination between the main book & the tie-ins would definitely have helped Secret Wars, but that seems pretty par for the course for the line-wide Marvel events. (How they managed to squander the excitement and momentum of a moment like "What time is it, Ben Grimm?" in Siege with the Thing getting…

My sympathies, but also my gratitude for expressing the sentiment.

I can fully accept that Alan Rickman was sufficiently professional and dedicated to the art that telling him "The show must go on" would have worked in real life, too. (Only, you know, without the embittered desperation aspect of the Alexander Dane character.)

I was floored to learn, while watching one of those "In Memoriam" segments, that Roger Rees had passed away last year. This hits doubly hard, the loss of my other favorite Robin Hood adversary.

It's early January, Theo. It's the time of crushing, unexpected losses. So be of sullen resignation regarding the inevitability of death.

That's not what my doctor said!

Herr's or GTFO.

Wait, are you saying all those guys who read abridged versions of The Hero with a Thousand Faces at some screenwriting retreat weekend may have misinterpreted some things?

You should try the casserole!

Le-GO-LAAAAAAASSSSS!