To be fair, Ayers is a mediocre writer that has played a large part in the poor direction the DCU has taken to date.

This must be the second-dumbest moment in the recent history of the X-Men. Grant Morrison updated the mutant metaphor and shook up the interpersonal dynamics, then Bendis clicked the reset button, preparing the way for a literal-minded retread of the classic “feared and hated” tropes.

Outright heresy.

“Man, f*** those comic book movies, they ain’t real movies anyway. Let’s remake a bit of Scorsese’s filmography, and we’ll slap the Joker title and a few references here and there for the nerds.”

I heard that’s good.

Now that is exactly what I mean.

This seems right to me. I wonder if the far-future timeline is the mysterious sixth life of Moira. So then the problem is not just avoiding Nimrod but preparing to contact a Dominion instead of a galactic protection racket like the Phalanx.

This is rapidly becoming the Three Body Problem.

I think there is a non-zero chance that X^3 is the sixth life. And we are going to see the future mutants become pawns of a universal “predator” so that they can aim higher in the present timeline, with uncertain results.

AA games are still going strong. The last few years, mid sized devs have been making ambitious unique games with generally okay results: The Sinking City, Greedfall, etc.

Are the graphics really bad? Looks great from all the clips and images I’ve seen.

So three swings and three misses for Deck13's Souls-alikes. I think the scientific method puts things to rest.

I’ve also wondered if they bought press. I’ve been suspicious about the amount of radio coverage they get... and if someone is that insistent, maybe the material isn’t speaking for itself.

he entire movie was building and foreshadowing to this great, inevitable conflict of emotions and ideologies, and the whole thing basically ended with a “...yep” and then a very simple conclusion.

Guy who went crazy did in fact just go crazy. And why? Dunno, he just did. Did he make it back, so it felt like there was a point? Nope. Killed himself for unclear reasons (crazy). Did we get any kind of mental or emotional download between Pitt and Liv Tyler when he got back (boringly)? Nope — we get yet another…

But all the talk of a smart scifi film was a rather boring and technically laughable snooze fest.

This is the most I’ve enjoyed Hickman since his audacious alternate history series Pax Romana, where a small group of solders goes back in time to ensure that Rome never falls.

I was on the fence about Mr. Sinister’s campiness. Sinister’s theatrics make for a nice change of pace after the angst-ridden life-and-death struggle of the past few issues. The tonal shift is welcome.

This is a good post. Those of us with rusty X-Continuity salute you. Or, in any case, I do.

So she’s cool with fucking kids if you pay them enough for it? Sorry, that’s not so much an equivocal response as a repulsive response. Screen the film if you want because he’s a great director, but let’s not minimize what he did by saying the victim is ok with it at this point.