The Red Skull? The CGI was impressive, I suppose, but he was literally a cartoon Nazi. The movie only works because there's so much else going on in Steve's life (like Iron Man 3, it's a movie in which the hero is fighting himself as much as anyone else) that there's no shortage of conflict. And Ultron was clearly…

It's simple: in twelve movies, Marvel has only once managed to come up with a villain who doesn't blend into the scenery, and that's Loki. So if you put him in a movie, the audience will naturally assume he's behind it all. Which is a bit unfortunate, because as he's actually been written, Loki is kind of a loser…

The title for this thing has been driving me nuts since I heard it. Are all other dinosaurs supposed to be evil?

The show's idea of addressing the black site issue was to raise all the obvious ethical implications of it, and then brush them aside with a bait-and-switch that focuses on what a good guy Barry is for recognizing that if you illegally and permanently imprison people, you're responsible for ensuring their survival. …

Which one do you suppose gets the axe first, Minority Report or The Player?

Yes, that's (one of) the reasons I couldn't bring myself to go back to the show in S2. Not only are there a million better superhero shows on TV, there are at least two better MCU shows (and I say this as someone who thought Daredevil was flawed at best, and Agent Carter coasted on the charm and charisma of its main…

To be honest, that makes more sense. The prison they constructed was completely unworkable, even if you assume that Cisco was spending most of his time playing warden. How did they feed the jailed metahumans? Where were the bathroom and shower facilities? What if one of them got sick, or went crazy from 24/7…

I think S5 is the last all-around good one, but there are plenty of good episodes in S6 that make it worth watching. I stopped after that point (I may have seen some of S7, but it hasn't lingered in my memory) and nothing I've read about it has made me regret that.

Unfortunately, it was more like "Jesse L. Martin, great dad to a boy, horrible dad to a girl." Which I don't think is that uncommon in real life.

Yeah, I can see all of that. As I said, I don't love the show as much as everyone else, and mainly the reason I enjoy it is that I like the characters, and I enjoy things like Barry's close father-son relationship with Joe and his father, or Wells's mentoring relationship with Barry, Catelyn, and Cisco (though you're…

Can I ask why? I'm not as in love with it as everyone else (definitely more excited for iZombie's return), but except for the Iris business (which I'm really hoping will be over and done with this season) there wasn't anything in S1 that felt like cause for a break-up.

The nondescript institutional greyness of all the sets on AoS drove me nuts in S1, and it doesn't seem to have gotten any better since. It's like, you've got all this money; you're clearly not using it on effects or fight choreography; don't you think something on your show should express personality, since none of…

I have to believe that the writers have heard the fans on the Iris issue (and if not the fans, then the actress, who has been pretty vocal about her displeasure with what she's been given to work with). If they reset Iris's memory again, and neither Barry nor Joe learn their lesson from how angry and hurt she was…

I think the argument is that since he doesn't remember who shot him, his belief in her innocence isn't exculpatory. But I don't see why that makes it necessary for him to lie and say she did it, which is surely a crime in itself.

I am Jewish and I live in Israel, so I'm totally the wrong person to ask this question.

I love that Terry is back to instructing the squad on how to behave like human beings. This week: appropriate demeanor at a funeral.

Mind you, the episode did make the point that attending fellow officers' funerals is something these people do (either as friends of the deceased or as an honor guard) so in that context it seems a bit strange.

Yes, Jake is Gina's childhood friend and Terry is a beautiful, beautiful man. There's really no other reason for her to remember anyone else at the precinct.

I appreciated the fact that the episode simultaneously showcased all of Cam's worst qualities, but also showed him at his best. He throws Alison under the bus because, as she says, he's selfish and thoughtless. But he also refuses to call Cassie and M-Chuck at a time when he really needs support because he doesn't…

You don't think it's part of an actress's job to be beautiful?