The character challenges that Diana faced in the finale made the big action less repetitive than other superhero movies.

*Googles Ale Sergi* I can see it. I was unsure of Milady until I dated a woman who vaguely resembled her; then I "got it" (in one way, if not another, pun freaks). It makes sense; she's a dependable disruption who can be relied on for plot-generating mischief. In the last episode, that scene she had with Anne put me…

Really sorry to hear that, IU. Heartfelt condolences and best wishes.

We’ve got not only the suburbs, but the Southern California suburbs, where “the grass grows greener on every side.”

Wonder Woman: Pretty good! Gadot is awesome in the title role; strong, compelling, convincingly befuddled about the wider world and yet worldly wise about the deeper implications (and, of course, ridiculously beautiful; the posters and stills really don't do her expressions and animation justice). Her chemistry with…

Charles Martin Smith's one of those people I'd love to see show up in Random Roles.

Tentative upvote; I saw it in the theater with a friend and his mom when it first came out (I would have been 12) and thought it was the greatest movie I'd ever seen (it'd stay my "official" favorite for several years). That said, I haven't seen it since that era and, having so many more movies and experiences under…

Wonder Woman's one of the few superheroes to whom I pay attention. I think we've discussed this before, but I've no problem saying it again. Apart from a few tangential connections of interest (I'm a big fan of Jill Lepore and so of course I was going to read her book on WW and Marston, and that started to feel a…

This issue felt odd since it's written (also priced) like a jumping on point.

A little better than last week; new Fairy Locks posted ( http://fairylocksblog.wordp… ) and I think I'm ahead on the next one. Had some of my work worries put in context yesterday and went to the first leg of a local music fest; forgot how my ears can ring after an hour or two of live hard rock. Thinking about seeing…

Josie and the Pussycats #7: I think it's starting to lose me. Maybe this is due to the relatively low stakes of the conflict in this one—the ladies ditch a high-profile awards show to play a DIY charity gig—but it feels like the characters are becoming repetitious: Val's worries about career vs. artistry, even…

I'm originally from Louisiana, and it helps that my brother and dad are all on the left side of the spectrum (as is my SIL and the family members I follow on FB). It could so easily have gone much differently.

I've got a niece coming in late July; the idea's an unusual bright spot in my life right now (and I get to see her over Thanksgiving!).

TWS is my favorite Vowell; I went in prepared to hate it but that didn't last long.

My brother and SIL are pretty sure my mom voted for Trump, and I'm inclined to believe them. Based on that sample size, I'd say they're more bitter about not being able to live forever and subconsciously set on taking the world down with them. I hope I'm wrong, because that would suck. In my mom's case, I wonder if…

I've put on a good ten pounds since the beginning of the year; hopefully I can make a dent in that in the next month or so.

I've pretty much committed to visiting my mom in Wisconsin in early August (I've put it off forever but one of her kids ought to visit her there at some point and, out of me and my brother, I'm closer); she said she'd pay for plane tickets, but when I texted her to let her know I'd scheduled the days off at work, she…

If that's Meacham, it sounds like it'll come close to what the Covfefe in Chief really thinks!

Stay away from Mind Over Matters, then. I thought it was pretty entertaining in Mega-Cheese (and it makes a lot of sense if you treat it like, say, Kevin Murphy's unreconstructed film snob outlook) but as MOM goes on… I can't remember where I saw it put like this, but someone asked "doesn't he like anything?" I was…

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