I just love that quote. "It's gonna have the exact same kind of soundtrack as 2001, except it's going to actually be the opposite kind of soundtrack!" Sounds great, man!

Like I said, not TOO many. The Wire did it right because it had the balls to deal appropriately and realistically with the kind of consequences that being a kid in the drug game might entail, and as a result it's really hard to rewatch season 1 knowing how it ends for some characters in particular. It just doesn't…

Oh you're absolutely right with that. I don't blame these kids (or Jake Lloyd) for doing what they're doing. Who wouldn't want to play young Batman/Catwoman/Darth Vader?

I don't disagree with the spirit of your comment, but at the same time I can't help but be disappointed when we're told we're going to have a gritty noir cop show based in Gotham before the Batman OH AND ALSO it's going to star adorable child actors. There's a conflict of interest there. Not too many great crime…

She's a punk! You can tell because she's wearing welding goggles (???) and her pants have zippers where zippers would normally not be required! Also, she's stolen either a bottle of milk (CATWOMAN) or a bottle of bleach from an abandoned warehouse, which is a well-known punk kid activity.

That first picture looks for all the world like a slightly older version of Walter Bishop, which may actually be appropriate, I suppose-

I actually think the Dunk and Egg stories, particularly the first one, would make EXCELLENT films. They're just about the exact right size and scope for a fun little adventure flick, in a A-Knight's-Tale-The-Heath-Ledger-One-Not-The-Chaucer-One kind of way.

I don't know if you've read the books or only watched the show, but Bronn ultimately proves to be quite a bit more clever than anyone really gives him credit for (avoiding spoilers for the above-mentioned reason). If they were both playing by the same rules (as in, Garak had a sword, not a phaser) it might be a little…

To be fair, I definitely think Mal WOULD have killed Nishka, but he took the opportunity to escape while Mal was tangling with the henchman. I definitely agree that they display a greater-than-normal-for-criminals regard for others.

I think they tend to be good/pragmatic. Probably the *worst* thing we see them do is rob that bank at the beginning of Serenity and then kicks off Dennis from It's Always Sunny when he tries to climb aboard their vehicle to escape the Reavers. It's established pretty firmly earlier that they're desperate at this…

This is maybe my favorite book series of all time. I can't count the number of times I've read them since I was a kid. Parker is quite probably my favorite fictional character, and yet he's so singular. There's nothing else quite like the Parker books.

Meh, forcefully wiping out all technology on Earth just because the President is a dickhead isn't the MOST heroic way to solve a disagreement.

Yeah, even after he became a "hero", he still approved of crime and his kid's exploits just on general principals. Not a man who appreciated square society.

Good-ISH. Certainly they're willing to murder unarmed prisoners, which isn't exactly the white-hattiest of positions to take. Also, they are straight up thieves. Granted they're more of your Robin Hood sorts (returning that medicine, for instance), but I'd count them as "good" guys only in the sense that we're…

This was just from a quick google search of "Superman", so unfortunately I'm not sure. The linework leads me to think it may be Leinil Francis Yu, but I'm afraid I can't be sure :/

AH- A little more research yields the surprising fact that this is apparently a Jim Lee drawing! Wow, I'm actually pretty impressed!

That same Air Force logic also applies to the Discworld Assassin's Guild. They're well aware that purples and blues are actually better for blending in to the dark, but they're not half so stylish as black.

I doubt it. Homeboy basically has a vacation home in the heart of the sun. What's a crappy old lightsaber gonna be compared to that?

He's basically Space Jesus!

I was going to laugh at how hairy Bilbo's legs seem but then I looked down at my own legs and realized he probably just shares my hirsute Eastern European background.

Wait, Seth Fisher the (amazing) comic book artist? For some reason I thought he just fell off a hotel balcony or something. Was he really clambering all over it like a crazy Russian? Wikipedia is decidedly vague on the matter.