There is no such thing as an objectively best work of art. Sure, the Mona Lisa is beautiful. Is it objectively better than Starry Night? No - because Starry Night isn’t supposed to be photorealistic. As an accurate depiction of a human on a landscape, it’s on a par with what an elementary schooler can produce. But art…

Modern storytelling tends to be more character-driven (which the MCU understands). DC has struggled with this because they’ve always been more about the adventures and hijinks and wow factor of a universe with these powerful beings.

THANK YOU. I was scrolling down here increasingly incensed that nobody had mentioned Britannia, which is pretty close to being the first world in computer gaming. Ultima was the first RPG with an overworld map (and one of the first RPGs on a personal computer, ever), and Ultima III was the first RPG to really make a…

There was an attack on Gawker back in the day where images of horrifying violence, rape and sexual assault were mass posted in the comments. Thus the grays.

Graying out non-approved commenters across all Gawker media was a response to the issues raised by this Jezebel article, because photos/videos from people in the grays are hidden unless you click on them. It was obviously a problem that needed to be addressed, but the implementation left a lot of formerly approved…

the grey exists because there was a rash of trolls posting really terrible scary gifs in the comments. So, they made everyone grey and ungrey comments/accounts that are posting legitimate comments.

The greys were created to keep people from spamming posts with inapporpriate comments and images. I often hang out in the greys b/c all it takes is like pushing two buttons to get there...

Yeah I can tell you being a woman in academia is a real sexist mindfuck thrill. I like to log in to Jezebel, be in my echo chamber a little bit, have my voice heard and interact in a silly way with a witty and wonderful commentariat. It’s been a little haven from my toxic, mansplainy world.

Calling Bruce Timm, Andrea Romano...

Not to be the “You kids get off my lawn!” Guy, but you could also just read Flash, Vol. II, issues 72-80.

Well that’s debatable from my view. Is there a statement from King that some of his books or stories aren’t part of the Dark Tower system of reality? Because absent that, it is heavily implied that they all take place on some level of the Tower or another

Not so much of a reach actually. John Cullum who is a fairly significant character in the later books makes references to once having worked as a guard at Maine State Prison. This is certainly intended to imply a connection to Shawshank Redemption as Shawshank is based on the real world Maine State Prison. Cullum…

Hmm, where have I seen such a character design before?

I think the radar might actually be bugged at the moment. There’s been too many times where I’m getting shot point blank from behind and there is absolutely nothing on my radar. Beta problems, I hope.

I really, really want to agree with you. But I can’t.

The version I liked best (the one with the voice-over ... I know I know) had a specific reference to Rachel’s “incept date” that implied her lifespan was open-ended. Olmo’s “Gaff” character even shouts about it, that Deckard can’t know how long she’ll live “but then again, who does?”

Oh come on, that’s disingenuous.

Is there any chance that this will give pause to Trump’s working class supporters?

WELL THEN THAT SUCKS DONKEY DICKS