Somebody should be harsh on Liza. She's been a goddamned mess for a half century.

As long as we're putting this off for a few years, Richard K. Morgan's "Homecoming" arc would make a fine movie about an aging Black Widow. Just sayin'.

I saw a waffle with legs.

I think Vish missed the boat here.  You don't need Supes to be an identifiable multi-dimensional character if you put yourself in his place, which the film invites you to do.  I found it very affecting.  And the word "Superman" is uttered three times, not one.

I could see them doing it with seven seasons and maybe two or three feature length specials to finish out the big final battles.  They'll have all the events from AFFC and ADWD done by the end of season seven easily enough.  I think they'll actually be well into AFFC/ADWD (given that they're concurrent) by the end of…

I'll have a hunchback, please.

Paul F. Tompkins.  He's a great stand-up and an improviser and he can sing, he's already got a really good interview show… but then again that would be the end of him appearing on podcasts.  And probably the end of his comedy albums, too.  And it would be kind of sad to hear him speak the names of reality TV parasites.

I'm of two minds on this.  I don't pirate, and what little I stream is stuff that I end up buying on release day; I feel I'm in the minority on that score, but I have nothing to back that up.  In the end, I want more shows like Game of Thrones and The Wire and the upcoming American Gods and I don't want to screw that…