I think this is a very good, even-handed summary. It's not that SGU was "bad". It's that it was really a new show with only the most tenuous relationship to the Stargate franchise. The attempts to exploit that relationship just pissed off the people who were fans of Stargate, and you're right, the title confused…

That would be a simple explanation, but it doesn't really take other evidence within the movie into account — such as Loki's capture and presence on the Helicarrier being part of his plan, and as revealed by Black Widow's interrogation of him, part of his plan also being to use the Hulk to cause havoc. Add those…

Right — in the TIH movie, Bruce controlled the Hulk up to a point. And the ending seemed to imply that he was gaining even more control.

AFAIK, the explanation was that on the Helicarrier, the Hulk's lack of control was due to one of two possibilities, or a combo of both:

You missed a real opportunity to Photoshop that group in front of the Sphinx...

Totally. Man, he was such a consistently entertaining part of watching "The Legend of the Seeker".

I'm shocked to find out that he actually survived the first film.

Thirded, or fourthed, or whatever. I was reading various other stories about this and thinking, "Am I the only one who remembers that before the movie even came out, the word was that the sequels would be Huntsman-focused?"

Yeah, those are the editions I have, too. Gorgeous. They were some of the first comics I ever bought, I got 'em as they were coming out. *clings* (Man, the late 80s had some really awesome independent stuff.)

Sean was awesome, no doubt, but in the cool sweepstakes, I would put Edsel and Mirth ahead of him.

MAGE is utterly incredible. At least, talking about the original story under that title; I think it continued at some point but I can't really speak to the "further adventures". I really hope that it's out there in some form, in print, that you can find (particularly the 3-volume graphic novel version, hand-colored…

Kevin? Or Mirth? I'm almost inclined to nominate Mirth for "coolest", although granted, Kevin is pretty cool. Just, at least in the original MAGE story, Mirth and Edsel were cooler.

I don't think Drew means the article header. Rather, the poster shown opposite the Avengers spot in the list is not one of the finest posters they produced. (But honestly, I felt that all of the non-painted posters for Avengers were pretty lacking.)

I am, you notice, not making a value judgement on Hair Metal. ;-) I was in college at the time, so the rise of the 80s flavor of metal in general is something I remember pretty well, and I knew of the split in outlook between the Judas Priest side, and the bands I thought of as, well, more fun. (In later years I…

I love Hemsworth, and I think he's done some good accent work in other things, but man... you aren't kidding. What was that?

Not disagreeing, but I'm also hoping that you aren't classifying Winger, Poison, Motley Crue, and Warrant as "Glam Rock". Glam Rock and Glam Metal aren't the same thing, and shouldn't be conflated. (I always preferred the term "Hair Metal" for that reason.)

SOLIDARITY.

*makes immediate note to fly Virgin in the future*

Well, I will be buying this guy's book at the next opportunity. I'm addicted to watching the landscape from plane windows. I keep bringing books along on long flights, but only read them if there's cloud cover or if it's night-time (and sometimes not even the latter). Otherwise I'm completely glued to the window.

Every time I fly, I am consumed with the thought that — if it's an airline with one of those in-seat-back little screens — that I wished they offered the option of a much more detailed flight map with topography, labels, and a little "you are here" arrow representation. Or something similar for my phone, based on…