The way I see it, Watchmen is a foundational text for post-Bronze Age DC the way the Lee-Kirby era Fantastic Four and their other collaborations were for Marvel in the 1980s. For years, major creators like John Byrne and Walt Simonson obsessed over Kirby’s work, imitating it, playing off of it, always trying to come…

Posted this on Odeck the other day, copy pasting here.

Two Starks in the same room... TWO STARKS IN THE SAME ROOM!

I bet you’re fun at parties...

Alright, I’ll take the hate. Mad Max Fury Road is not that great of a movie. It’s smart for a blockbuster ‘splosion-fest, but it’s not actually all that smart. It HAS an ecological gimmick, but it doesn’t say anything about it. It HAS a sexist main hero and strong women, but it doesn’t really say anything about…

I was thinking about it and when they made Scooby-Doo originally it was like a bunch of hippies and their dog, right? So now it is a bunch of hipsters and their dog. Makes sense actually.

This was my favorite bit from this episode! “Finally... It’s my go.” and then all the ways he describes his mind being blown. I loved it!

I feel like this is the opposite side of the pendulum swing, plot/story-wise. Not too many years ago everything was all about the central mystery, often with characterization and continuity of character taking a backseat to driving that mystery forward.

So, was Wright’s original script... Hope less?

Well, good luck casting that...

If you did the episodic version, I think it could very well end up as a not-as-good-version of what is already brilliant in the comics. But by reworking the material into a big movie, Gaiman’s brilliant characters and ideas get to take shape in a way they never have before.

Hey, how about a desktop app for those of us that simply don’t want to use the cloud but would like some sorting.

Clint Eastwood as Old Bruce in an adaptation of Batman Beyond.