I'm one of those comic book nerds who will pedantically argue the difference between a comic book character (i.e. Batman, Superman, et. all) and a comic strip character (Dick Tracy, the Phantom, etc.), and a big reason for that is because of the boom in comic strip superhero movies that cropped up after Batman hit it…

Well, I would have taken even a half-hearted Spider-Man 4 from Sam Raimi over the bland flatness of The Amazing Spider-Man. And while rights concerns may have pushed Sony to rush out that FIRST Amazing film, they had NO excuse for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which they rushed out in two years and which was, predictably,…

I actually would have liked to see Mxy TRANSFORM into a short bald man with an annoying voice as he was transporting back to the 5th dimension— like, Peter Gadiot was just a pretty disguise he was wearing to get Kara to like him.

Well, to be fair, Venom's origin is so convoluted and involved that I don't think you could hit any level of nuance with the character in a two-hour film.

Well, as far as the source, I'm afraid I don't have it handy— it's been a while since I read that particular bit of information. I just remember being really annoyed when I did.

Yeah, that's true… except a lot of the reason Raimi couldn't get a script together that he liked is because the studio was interfering with the scriptwriting process. It was just like when they forced him to work Venom (a character he wasn't familiar with and didn't seem to like) into Spider-Man 3, except this time it…

Well, so far it still sounds good! The only big alteration I've heard about is basically cosmetic, and may actually make the ending a little more satisfying to comic book fans.

I'm still sad that Bruce Campbell didn't get to play him in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4. Even for a quick gag appearance, it was perfect casting— PERFECT.

Yeah. I thought for sure the screening yesterday was gonna be Justice League, but some asshole has been shotgunning Wonder Woman spoilers from the screening all over Reddit this morning.

Missed a chance to watch another preview screening of Wonder Woman, but I got to see John Wick Chapter 2 instead! It was amazing— loved the hell out of it.

… For half a second there, I thought you were talking about Lionel, and wondered if I'd missed a particularly weird scene somewhere along the way in this episode.

I already made that reference to Baggy thePanther. Like I said to him, I was majorly sleep deprived when I wrote that.

No, no, when she took Lena's father's name she took everything that came with it, including DNA!

This is actually my biggest pet peeve on this, or ANY superhero show: inconsistent powers/abilities.

Here's a better question for you: why did Lillian need Lena to open the weapons vault Lex left behind? She makes it a point to say that only Luthor DNA could open the vault. Last time I checked, though, Lillian WAS A LUTHOR.

I was disappointed to see that this show's Lionel Luthor is just a generic-brand Lex knock-off: a bald, stocky guy in a suit (who barely gets any lines).

I would 100% argue that it was Fox's constant interference and meddling with Fant4stic that brought it low. It sounded like Trank actually had a really interesting, wonderful approach to the material, and the first two acts were GREAT… it's only the re-shot last act's insistence on turning it all into a big, dumb…

I actually find it reassuring that they were worried about this one. It tells me that Mangold did something right, if it made those creatively bankrupt bean-counters scratch their thick monkey craniums and question whether it would be too boring for the mainstream.

Make sure you watch the Producer's Cut, NOT the theatrical version. The movie that was released in theaters was pretty much unwatchable, due to some hatchet-job editing. The Producer's Cut is fairly solid.

"And for our mythology, we’re focusing mainly in the first two movies and what that sets up and then where the story can go from there."