There is always a market for minorities who say what white people want to hear. Jason Whitlock has a job for the same reason Ben Carson had a presidential campaign.

The next step is putting Vince Russo in charge of booking.

Here’s what I don’t get about Bayless- granting that his act draws ratings and clicks, is he so uniquely skilled at it that he really merits millions of dollars a year? It just doesn’t seem as though what Bayless does is particularly difficult or unique- spout hot takes in a confident voice, mix in the occasional…

...are we watching the same films? Age of Ultron went out of its way to explain that the Sokovia raid where they recovered Loki’s staff was the latest in a long line of raids on HYDRA facilities that they’d been conducting since the fall of SHIELD. Assuming that real-world duration = MCU duration, that’s over a year.…

I think the issue is with the gritty brutality of the DC murderverse, and the general disregard for life. Batman entering an urban conflict with guns blazing is odd at best. Iron Man shooting active combatants in a war zone. and blowing up a tank? Well, it feels different. Sure, both people kill, but the rules of…

Exactly. At this point, the “official” Avengers team is Stark and Vision, and neither of them really seems to have his head in the game. Saying that there were “no consequences” to Civil War is disingenuous if no flat-out wrong.

I’ve seen no “official” notation for this...

Honestly, they needed to lower the stakes, just this once. Remember that World Domination or Destruction has been the threat in Aventers 1 and 2, Thor 2, Captain America 2, and Guardians of the Galaxy. And Thor 1, if you care about the Ice Giants.

I would have to disagree. **SPOILER ALERT** The entire Avengers team is now a fractured heap; some in prison (albeit it’s implied they’re getting busted out by Cap) and the others under government control. There’s been a huge shake-up in faith for both sides. While death does certainly bring plenty of gravitas with…

Remember when Lance did this on the 2001 Tour? Made for some quality viewing.

He kicked a car with enough force to launch a person on the other side.
That’s a superhuman. Sure it’s below let’s say Spiderman or Superman or whomever. But a peak human absolutely can not from a standing position kick a car hard enough to launch a full grown human on the other side and then have them subsequently to…

That seems a little unfair. At the beginning of the movie, the Avengers is a tight-knit group of heroes that are all living and working together in the Avengers compound, still widely viewed all as heroes, and accepted by the US Government.

Captain America hitting someone causes no more damage than a normal human being hitting someone- albeit the absolute peak strength normal human being. Captain America is not a superhuman like Spider-Man, he’s basically just Lance Armstrong circa 1998-2005

They’re not exactly all in the same exact place - Captain America and his team are all wanted fugitives after breaking out of prison. When Captain America can’t set foot in America anymore, that’s a big deal. And it doesn’t seem like Stark got any closer to forgiving Bucky, so as long as Cap is protecting him there’s…

Nope, Cap in MCU is a LOT stronger than absolute peak human. He kicks a truck with one foot and it slides 3 feet into a guy hard enough to knock the guy backwards. That’s not “peak human”. Holding a helicopter down, not "peak human".

Hey Tom R.R. Ley, it is possible to create stakes and pathos in a story without murdering one of your leads.

Nothing happened?

Half of the Avengers are fugitives from international law, possibly all hiding out with asylum in Wakanda. Iron Man and Captain America are at best estranged friends, with Tony back in charge of whatever remains of the Avengers and Steve’s letter serving as a mea culpa with no clear resolution to…

You know who else went to Paterno and not the police? Mike Fukcing McQueary you child rape apologist, so take you reasonable assertions and go fuck yourself with them.

What is happening here is exactly why it is so difficult for victims of child abuse and sexual abuse to come forward when it happens. They feel that nobody will believe them and nobody will help them.

This happens ALL. THE. TIME. It is intentional, and it appeals to a certain segment of readership. It’s an ugly thing, and I’m glad Gomez called this writer out.