Or they give people the money and reputation to take a risk. You may hate Inception but didn't Nolan say that he had the idea but never would have gotten the financing if it hadn't been for the successes of the Batman films?

Yeah, but it was cool. Norman Osborn was the kid's father anyway.

Indeed it wasn't. In fact, we've caught the real culprit! Let's just pull off this mask…

Testify, Space Pope!
In addition, Pym's rehabilitation wasvery well dealt with in West Coast Avengers. He did not get off the hook in any way shape or form.
Pym was not a wife-beater. That one-panel slap is NOT acceptable behavior but, trust me, I grew up with a father who regularly beat my mother, a one-time incident…

I don't think it's the series that has problems with women but the character and O'Grady is supposed to be "irredeemable," right?

X-Statix was a lot darker. It's probably a little more of a superhero version of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Everybody is an idiot except for you…

There's talk that Congress may repeal the law that forces you to see these superhero movies you don't care for.

Also, music is too loud!

I don't know that there are Ant-Man tradeS. The collections of Irredeemable Ant-Man I have are in digest form but, yes, well, worth it. (Although I don't think they'll give you an idea of what the movie character will be like.) The Essential Ant-Man stories are fun if you like your superheroes red-blooded and fightin'…

I feel like there's no one who hates Sandler than me and I like watching the trailers only because of how painfully unfunny they are but to be fair, I don't think this movie (at least according to the trailer) is racist or xenophobic. The characters are very clearly going on a vacation to Africa and staying at a…

Yep. But SPOILER ALERT - I was being sarcastic and pointing out that if you had never seen a movie before, you might be surprised to find out that they're never about two people who fall in love and live happily ever after. There's always going to be some conflict in a movie about a couple in love or else it would be…

What about Frenching lesbians…?

Yeah but I wouldn't sell them my the rights to my life story.

John Wilkes Booth? (Too soon…?)

You guessed it.

The OS is in another castle.

I sincerely hope you're entirely right. But I admit, I find it hard to generate enthusiasm for this movie. I'll probably watch it when it comes to DVD/streaming so I can give it more of a fair chance.

Here's an even crazier idea: It seems to me that Jonze is kind of an outsize artist and provocateur. Maybe a year from now, he's going to be saying, "I couldn't believe it. I made a movie about a guy in love with his cell phone! Obviously, it was meant to be a straight-faced goof. Hell, I gave everyone the hint of…

My concern is that reducing a romantic partner to a voice on the phone is very problematic. It seems like this movie is being advertised as a story about a man who - Wheee! - learns to live and love and feel and …
But having him seem to "succeed" by leaving behind the complications involved with building a…