Eh, this is getting horrific Cinemascores, which means is simply doesn't have popular appeal and will vanish quickly in all likeliness. That doesn't measure quality, but any time articles head towards "you people are too stupid to understand how awesome this is" you aren't helping. Movies have two missions; tell a…

Eh, "hot girls kicking ass" is one of those that really only works when it's not blatant about it. A capable young female protagonist who solves her own problems without relying on boys is one thing (and of course, incredibly rare). When it's just cheesecake waifs it's just more leering sexist crap.

Come on Zack, what are ya, chicken? Three hours! Break the three-hour superhero barrier! Woo-woo!

Sure, just how "punk" no longer means, well, the same thing.

Sam Spade is a bad person. You follow him because he's the protagonist, but he's not a good guy at all.

We're post-racism and post-shovelware! It's a golden age we're living in! Cruz '16!!!

I remember an old, old X-Men where Juggernaut and I think Colossus get in a bar fight and there's a throwaway panel where someone asks the bartender if his insurance covers that kind of thing and the reply is of course; can't survive in NYC without it.

It's a little different because the wider industry players seemed to have been fooled as well, so it was Hammett pretty much fucking with people to sneak shit through. Whereas this article seems more 'wink-wink" stuff that Joe Blow in Peoria wouldn't get but everyone in the industry knew.

"I was young and needed money."

Bouncing Boy?
Lightning Lass?

Huh. That sounds more like "disputed" than "nixed". They could be right, certainly. But selling shit to kids has remained pretty stubbornly sexist.

Presumably that whole incest angle was anything but creepy and disturbing to someone, right?

A: My anecdotes are my life no matter how dodgy; step off!
B: What did they attribute the low sales to?

Your mother and I have been meaning to talk to you about the kinds of people you look up to. Aquaman? Are you angry at me about something?

You know what else would be cool? A Batman show without Batman! Or a show where Superman is constantly referenced but never actually shows his face! Shit, better write these ideas down…

It's like the Young Justice fiasco where too many girls and women were watching and they decided that would poison toy sales so they canceled it. Yay society!

It's a great way to score some sweet Adderall scrips though.

In theory they'll have a women-led movie out before Marvel. Well, unless no one likes the character as-is in Bats vs Supes.

A to Z? Way to fail upwards, baby!

I did love how in Maltese Falcon, they convinced the Code Office that "gunsel" was a nickname for a hired gun, when in context it's pretty clear it meant something else and yup, sure did.