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That'd be nice. Kinda wish it had happened two years ago, though.

I'd argue that Batman Begins is a pretty pure "superhero" take on Batman. Sure, it's got the seeds of the super-realistic approach that would blossom with The Dark Knight, but Begins also has a secret clan of ninja vigilantes, a doomsday weapon, a Scarecrow with fear gas jets in his sleeves, and plenty of kick-ass

"Or children who like literally everything they watch because they don't realize that bad things exist, yet."

I'm honestly kinda surprised Lex didn't include a "San Luthor" in there— just for the audacity of Lex basically naming himself a saint.

It sucks that they didn't take advantage of the opportunity to bring back Ward as a hero. But then, as a comic fan, I've kind of gotten used to this show missing really big, obvious dramatic opportunities. To wit:

I love Chris Nolan, but the reputation the guy has for being some ingenious architect of labyrinthine brain-puzzles is honestly perplexing to me.

I disagree. Whatever qualms you may have had with Superman's actions in the previous movies, most of the most damaging elements were tonal, or between-the-lines stuff (honestly, I don't think of Snyder's Superman as a killer, and the only death that's REALLY on his head is General Zod's— which was justifiable, at least

I would honestly rather see Vaughn do that Man of Steel 2 movie that keeps getting rumored to be made. In fact, I'd rather see them make a good sequel to Man of Steel than literally anything else they have slated right now.

I kinda feel like, if Cat didn't know that Kara was Supergirl in season one (which, honestly, I don't think she was supposed to after that Martian Manhunter bluff), she really should just deduce it now that she's not a season regular. Keeping Cat in the dark seems kind of pointless now that she's not directly in

I'd be more down with it if Henshaw weren't such a two-dimensional, nothing character. But Harewood growls so well while he's chewing the scenery that I give him a pass.

Ya' know, it's funny: when I heard that Tyler Hoechlin was coming back for the season finale of Supergirl, I was really, really hoping that it would be as the final form of Hank Henshaw, who had finally made the actual transformation into Cyborg-Superman by, y'know, converting his biological bits into a clone of

Well, the show is called "Gotham," not "Gordon", who who's to say they couldn't write ol' Blandy off the series? Send him to Chicago, suggesting that he needs to get away from all the craziness of Gotham for a while, and either pair Bullock up with a retooled Rene Montoya, or refocus the show on Bruce. (Or hell, just

Am I the only one feeling that tiny little zest of schadenfreude upon hearing that King Arthur is going down like the Titanic?

Yeah… Universal in particular really has its head up its ass with this whole Universal Monster Cinematic Universe thing. I mean, I get that they're operating on the assumption that their classic monster properties aren't scary anymore— so why NOT make them Tom Cruise action vehicles, amirite?— but that's only because

I feel like a drive for "new, original horror" shouldn't necessarily preclude the exploration of old material through reboots, sequels, etc. The problem is that most of the crappier retreads are being produced by apathetic studios and directed by journeyman filmmakers to capitalize on brand recognizability and

I am definitely interested by this. McBride seems like literally the last person on Earth I would expect to revive the Halloween franchise, yet here he is, saying the right things and gearing up to do it under the auspices of John friggin' Carpenter himself. How could this be anything BUT interesting?

Fair enough! Different strokes, and all that.

"It was like an art movie made with a billion dollars."

The high point was the first TWO films, IMO. They are like apples and oranges to each other, but they both hit the same level of quality— just in completely different ways.

Whoa, whoa, whoa… that's a pretty high bar you're setting for poor Archie. Let's not get carried away here.