Even "okay" would defy expectations. I would be stoked for "okay". And at the very least… this does look okay.

Well, season one actually did pretty well with Matt in little more than black tights and a pantyhose mask, but I've definitely gotten attached to his wonderfully theatrical red-devil look.

This… this… (*gkk!*)… l-l-looks… (*hfff*)… f…f-f-f…

Raimi. It was actually a halfway decent thriller, but it kinda got overshadowed by Katie Holmes's topless scene… and not without good cause.

The one and only crossover I would accept in Legion would be if Patrick Stewart showed up for a few episodes as Charles Xavier. But that's it.

Oh, it was easy: they just pitched it to the same guy who green-lit Gotham.

They can be. Mostly they're just cheap, disposable entertainment— much like most television shows.

Oh, good! Daredevil's in costume. He wasn't wearing it for most of that first trailer. Now I can officially enjoy this.

It's funny: this is the first film in which Nolan employs the nesting story structure in which there ISN'T some explicit textual justification for it.

To my dying day, I will stand by the Nolan Batman movies as the perfect adaptations of that character. He's the Denny O'Neil Dark Knight come to life.

Jeez… At this rate, they might as well just rename the character "Bat-Manslaughter".

On one hand, it does kinda sadden me that Spider-Man: Homecoming tumbled so far in its second weekend, because I really LIKED that movie, and I am eager to get more John Hughes-esq Spidey films featuring all his other awesome villains that haven't hit the screen yet. (Someone suit up Michael Mando as the Scorpion— for…

Rise is kind of the Bourne Identity of the trilogy. It was directed by someone else, had a slightly more polished, Hollywood vibe than the films that came after, was relatively self-contained, and ended up being one of the lesser-regarded entries in the series… despite the fact that it effectively laid the groundwork…

Also, Logan, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, and Wonder Woman all faced little-to-no competition in their second weekends, while Spider-Man: Homecoming had to split focus with War for the Planet of the Apes— the conclusion to a critically-acclaimed trilogy aimed at that same "male, 18 to 34" demographic as most comic…

Morbid curiousity always wins for me. Because I'm just as fascinated— and sometimes even MORE fascinated— in how studios can screw up a perfectly good pre-existing story as I am in seeing them actually nail the landing.

Oof. An epic fantasy adventure based on a seven-novel series should NOT have the same runtime as a breezy comedy or a slasher film.

Norman Osborn really took this one to heart.

… So she could just be his great-great-great-great-great (times whatever) grandmother?

It kinda weirds me out now that I know Valerian and Laureline are supposed to be romantically involved, because I swear Dane Dehaan and Cara Delevingne look like siblings— TWINS, even. So the trailers for this had left me decidedly confused about what was going on between those two.

This looks like a hell of a lot of fun, admittedly… but I'm hoping the show hasn't lost the edge of genuine pathos and human stakes that were in the pilot. Honestly, I was shocked at how emotionally invested the show got me in just thirty minutes,,, You wouldn't think giving The Tick some actual weight and…