Yeah, that's the point. It ~appears~, going by limited information, that they're trying to mimic the success of what worked for Batman. That's SOP for the entertainment industry, but perhaps unwise.

The commentary is on the marketing, but the preview trailer with the desaturated colors and Jor-El talking about the messianic mission for his son doesn't exactly promise the "feel good movie of the summer". You'll believe a man can gloom.

Because what we all really want in a Superman movie is a dour, depowered hero in a dully colored suit that has trouble with the authorities.

This is why the ancient Trojan Warriors were so deadly when on the march...

As good as I remember Final Reflection to be, John M. Ford's Star Trek Novel "How Much for Just the Planet?" was one of the first books I put onto my Kindle. It's a Screwball Comedy version of Star Trek, written so that it can fit within the canon (mostly) but is so funny that it had me in tears the first time I…

You know, I have to wonder if he really cares very much. The Walk of Fame always struck me as more of a touristy kind of thing than anything else.

On Grimm, they need to get Monroe involved once again in the investigations. He adds a lot of zest and wit that Hank simply isn't written with...

Superman:The Movie has a GREAT commentary track by Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz. Great fun and lots of great production tidbits, and my favorite, Donner talking about how long the Title Sequence was. 40 Year Old Virgin is also very fun. Big Trouble in Little China has Kurt Russell and John Carpenter, but is…

Have you ever read what I presume is the only official (and intentional) Star Trek comedy novel "How much for Just the Planet" by John M. Ford? I kept thinking of that book - which literally had me in tears the first time I read it - as I read "RedShirts".

Argh. I meant "a-n-y era".

I am always amazed by how willingly blind so many were to the horrible, horrible conditions of the Stalinist era Soviet Union. Not that an era of Soviet rule was ever admirable, but any reading of Soviet history is just one appalling thing after another.

Oh.... Boy. How could you not include Quantum Leap?

I wish I was in the crowd when the "Superfriends" theme got the marching band treatment:

Either a teenager, or someone with the mind of one.

May I ask, what part of the country do you live in?

Yeah, except that the simile fails as, I don't think that most Gay people went out of their way to tell Straight people that they were misguided superstitious louts that needed to be constantly reminded that what they believed in was wrong Wrong WRONG!

If I remember correctly, D&D had only 3 alignments, but AD&D had more, including "Lawful Evil", which describes Stalin and most other cruel dictators. Just because one follows "laws" doesn't make them good, especially if you're in an society that devalues rights or life.

I have never "come out" as my religion, or my political party. I just don't talk about it. Yet at least some % of the atheists I know won't ~shut up~ about it. I presume there are some atheists who keep it to themselves, including friends of mine who have never shared what they thought with me. I don't dislike…

Mine?

Just to elaborate, I come from a small town, and most of my Facebook friends do so as well, and in Small towns you try to not talk about certain topics, religion being one of 'em. We were the only Catholic family in a Downstate Illinois community of ab0ut 1500 protestants (including nearby farms), and I never recall…