I remember reading about houses like this back in the day — I mean, even apart from Tolkien aficionados, there is a subculture centered around building these earth-berm houses (I wish I remembered the technical term), or any type of cave-living. And one of the things that is always touted about living in "caves" like…

Same. If I ever come into a sufficiently large amount of money, that's what I'd do with it.

I have to say that the Contagion cast is amazing, and that's actually a striking poster design.

This is perhaps overly nitpicky, but... I'm not sure that's actually Blowjob Face. Because, er... Blowjob Face and TEETH don't really go together. What's disconcerting about that face when it shows up in comics is when the artist doesn't put any teeth in — that's what puts it directly into "blow-up doll"/porn-face…

She does have a good look — but isn't she also fairly tiny? Like in the 5'3" range? I feel like there's only so much a movie can do to maximize the height of a lead like that, and I keep getting stuck on the "Amazonian" thing.

Jaime Alexander's turn as Sif in "Thor" made me think she could do a decent Diana.

Yeah, mine have done that. Although it's less of a "twitch" and more a distinct feeling of movement (I think of a twitch as something that occurs quickly and bounces back into place). It always feels a bit freaky when it happens. I can voluntarily move my right ear up and down (not my left, for some reason), but I…

Fun article, but it would be better if it featured more sourcing, rather than doing so haphazardly. It's nice to know that the Huldufolk are Icelandic... but either the Cururipur are pan-South American, which would be interesting to know, or more likely they're specific to one culture down there, and it would be…

Yeah, something like that. "Joss, we'd like to be surprised — and at this point, NOBODY will be surprised if you kill off the character that everyone can do the math to figure out is the only one available for you to kill".

Maybe if we all make it clear that it's obvious, he won't do it?

There isn't really a source for exactly why Branagh isn't returning for Thor 2, only speculation. However, it's known that Branagh is directing a feature called "Boys in the Boat" (a period piece about Olympic rowing), and the speculation has been that his commitment to that feature and its production schedule…

Ah yes; I always forget about that weird Dalek situation.

I agree with you, but, cue the ensuring years and years of fanboys (and some critics) complaining that the presence of anything related to SHIELD in an IM movie just RUINS IT FOREVER. (See: continued bitching that IM2 was absolutely ruined by its 5 minutes' worth of SHIELD/Avengers nods, which turned it into "nothing…

Wait, confused: how is Capt. Jack a Torchwood Character when he was first introduced on Doctor Who? I mean, I get that he is on Torchwood NOW, but in terms of where he originated... how does DW not sort of "retain the rights" to him?

Thor handled his arc fairly differently, though. Once he's on Earth, he's a lot less of a jerk and a lot more charming, and even his jerk moments seem funny because they're also very out of place in the culture in which he finds himself, and the movie does play that for laughs (successfully, IMO). But he also comes…

... Which is to say, not at all, since Elba's Heimdall was an awesome highlight of Thor.

Yeah. To be fair, I think that is the first time I have had a bad experience due to a small child. (But I found it REALLY distracting, completely taking me out of the movie.) And yes, I've had bad experiences due to obnoxious teens (that was Green Lantern), although thankfully I actually seem to avoid MOST of those…

I believe it's PG-13, which just means that if a child is under 13, he must be accompanied by a parent. (I agree with you in principle about the idea that very small children do not belong in adult-themed movies; but I think most theaters only follow that rule.) From what we could tell, this was a mother who was…

Man, tell that to the todder we had in our showing of Captain America. I wasn't sure if the kid was just that good at picking the quieter, affecting scenes to be loud (some was crying, some was just being chatty), or if it was that during the louder scenes I just couldn't hear him. But, oh my god.

One of the theories behind why Branagh won't be directing Thor 2 is that he is already attached to another film, and Marvel Studios' timeframe for Thor 2 clashes with that prior commitment. (By "theory" I mean that I have read people saying it's true, but right now I don't have a link to something that confirms it.)