I expect this film to be the best of the three Hobbit films (it's the best part of the book, for me). Still, all of the epic-ing never ceases to frustrate me. I just want a Hobbit film or two that is a self-contained, unpretentious adventure, slyly linked only by the finding of the ring. I know that in the book…

Fellowship is also my high point, but beyond that, I felt like An Unexpected Journey was a far, far step down from any of the LotR films.

I love Tom Bombadil (not romantically).

If that is the one from the animated film, he (BooneSmaug) actually had fur.

The Hobbit: Age of Erebor

In spite of how much paranormal overload there is, this sounds kind of appealing.

That's true. But I feel like the Nazir stuff was more direct and known, and for me as an audience member, the level of tension and paranoia was less, somehow. Maybe just because we knew more.

Well, I was only saying that I was hopefully thinking, and that I'm aware that people watch lowest-c-d stuff. But I am not convinced that the "good" networks would all die in an a la carte marketplace.

I thought that the Dune miniseries (c. 2000 I believe) was pretty good, better IMO than the 1980s film. If they could tackle that, they could conceivably adapt lots of classic sci-fi. But I wonder if there are still high licensing costs for stuff like Asimov, etc…

I found Season 2 harder to accept as realistic than Season 1, but Season 2 was more watchable and endearing for me. Maybe because it had more "character content/playoffs" and less Abu Nazir tension.

I agree about the romance. Carrie and Brody are great characters individually and they have an interesting dynamic "professionally" (with regard to her suspicions of him, etc) but I have never bought the alleged romantic chemistry between them. I enjoyed Season 2, but the focus on the romance was a stretch for me.

As someone who loves science fiction and music videos, this discussion always makes me sad.

Yeah, AMC is probably the ultimate inversion of this whole issue.

To clarify, I am no anagram (would've thought my name gave that away) for or apologist for Goyer. He should have written a better screenplay. But I generally approve of the story, thus I feel compelled to defend it.

@Arex The costume and cape are a Kryptonian uniform/suit, so there's that. I agree about the secret identity; that has always been the winking stretch of it all. (Man of Steel avoided the issue mostly, but the sequel will have to deal with it.)

Actually, it is an alias for among other things, Angry Kangaroo.

The idea is that Superman is inserted into reality, not that he is reality. It's the "what would happen if…" sci-fi game.

That sounds like a Simple enough Plan.

Wolverine?

Maybe Clark is hitchhiking (just go with me) and gets picked up by Paul Dano's character from Little Miss Sunshine. Clark notices that [Paul] has a Nietzsche tattoo and asks about it. And so it begins..