Oh man, that kid was such a horrible actor. It's probably mean to single him out, since the whole show was riddled with horrible acting (I loved how Milo Ventimiglia's idea of serious intensity was to make his face go all sideways) but good lord, was he awful.

This is a great idea.

Because even the Polish know that the Wright Brothers will always be more closely tied with North Carolina than Ohio?

Well, it's not that he's changed, so much as people are now able to see an ugly side of him that wasn't obvious when reading his books. It perplexes me that a man who could write books like Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, that are full of themes of compassion and understanding, could be so consumed by hatred…

Nahhh, Bond was always a jerk. It's just that the new movies are self-aware about the fact that he's a jerk.

In any decently told story, Supes should get his sense of honor and duty from Pa AND Ma Kent. But of course, being a big Hollywood production, Man of Steel had to make it all about daddy issues, and gloss over the impact of the women in Clark's life.

Symbolic of Kevin Smith's entire career, sadly.

A bit of Nausicaa on one hand, some Speaker for the Dead in the other. Color me intrigued.

I can't stop laughing at this...

God I hope so. Those things were so badass. And adorable.

I get the impression that Brian K. Vaughan likes downer endings that don't explain anything, because he's read other works with downer/ambiguous endings that were great, and tries to do it himself, without really understanding that those other downer endings have some real significance that make them work. The…

Pretty much every nerdy reviewer whose opinion I actually care about has been giddy as balls since seeing this movie.

Well put.

Did you actually read Annalee's post? It's not just that he's an anti-gay bigot. It's that he's an anti-gay bigot who also happens to have gay shit pop up in his stories over and over again.

Absolutely. I love Ender's Game. But it's kind of impossible to separate the art from the artist when paying to see the art means giving money to the artist, who then uses that money to fight against other people's civil liberties.

This argument is absurd. Choosing not to give the man money is not the same thing as persecution.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that ALL homophobes are gay. A lot of them are just morons.

It certainly makes it easier to understand why so many anti-gay folks keep clinging to the idea that it's a choice; it's because they desperately want it to be. It's got to be horrible to be raised to believe that what you are is something abhorrent.

One of the things I liked about the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon was that their Superman analogue was black. I know it's not really the same as actually having a black Superman, since he was still just a supporting character on the show, but it was still a nice touch that I had never seen before.