this is such a great analogy. When I read your first "Cyclops is Don Draper" comment, I thought you meant he was cool and sexy, and I was kind of confused. But there are definitely some thematic parallels.

" sex with someone that can read or project their thoughts has gotta be a serious buzzkill"

I could have sworn Tony did something to the Phoenix Force that made it hit the Phoenix Five (haha sounds like a pop band) instead of its initial target, Hope. But maybe I'm misremembering.

I may be an outlier in that I generally don't care much about plot— my reaction to the admittedly generic constant Sentinel attacks in Bendis's run was about on par to my reaction to the craziness of Morrison's "oh look they're battling Xavier's UNSTOPPABLE EVIL TWIN that he consumed in the womb (or whatever happened…

which stories are these? I need recs ;D

this article just makes me feel terrible for Braff. I just hope one of those overly-earnest Garden State lovers sent Braff a series of ebullient tweets about how great Wish I Was Here is.

PD James died last year :<

he was so amazing in I Heart Huckabees.

I saw both those movies in theaters. When I was ten I loved John Travolta.

I love all his movies. I know people tend to hate I Heart Huckabees, but that movie was just so funny and interesting and weird.
I think there's just a hipstery backlash reflex; when many people like a thing, SOME people just need to run in and shit all over it and then pat themselves on the back for having the…

not to get into semantics, but a fan is actually "an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation."

"somebody in charge thinks Justin is really, really hot in jogging pants and black suits."

"a down-to-Midgard private investigator…"

I saw on her IMDb that she worked on Dexter, and my heart dropped… but she worked on the good seasons. And clearly is amazing, based on this pilot.

as much as I love the MCU movies, I hope the movie-people are taking notes on JJ and Daredevil. The movies could use some of this streamlined approach, rather than the crossover-setup-mess of AoU.

yeah, but this show is particularly about like, women's issues. Sexual abuse, misogyny, among other items. At least from the first episode; haven't seen the rest (though I read Alias). It seems appropriate in this instance.

why do you want to spoil episode 2 in the episode 1 review? why not wait for the episode 2 review to come out?

you know, I think it's "down-to-earth", not "down-to-Earth". The latter just looks funny.

Iris and Barry have no natural chemistry. Maybe it's because he's basically her adopted brother. It all seems very weird to me. And it's not like any longing looks have been exchanged this season. They just seem like friends.

where'd the cheese go?