I guess I misunderstood what "Au Contraire" means.

Sorry, but I feel strongly about this because it the "hippies spat on returning vets" meme was a low rent Dolchstoßlegende that did a lot of harm in the '80s. So the fact that it's mostly if not completely bullshit is an important fact that deserves a robust defense. When some random person on the Internet (who may be…

I really liked Earth's Mightiest Heroes season 1, though some people find the first part before the team forms up to be a bit slow. Season 2 had some issues, but also some bright spots.

Well, except for the "no casualties" line.

Yes,.frustratingly, a GL ring can create only empty Tanqueray bottles.

At some point, you have to accept that some pretty young kids are part of the audience for this show. Personally I'm OK with some concessions to that.

Nothing keeps J'onn out though. No wonder he spends so much time in the Watchtower. :-)

Fair enough. The precise nature of the demon and what he did or didn't agree to do for her or her for for him was murky enough I didn't really want to get into that.

Ah, I misremembered. I thought he was more Palpatine than Thanos, but a little digging refreshed my memory and set me straight. Sorry about that.

The Black Guardian struck me as more of a Lawful Evil type, maybe using chaos as a tool but not an end in itself.

It worked much better than the Frankenstein flashback episode for me, because that was less a lost chapter, than a retelling of a familar story. The best part of that one was the new element of the theater, which did venture into lost chapter territory.

I don't see how you can train any animal, much less an insect, to go somewhere you can't go and then come back.

"This extreme treatment works"

From a biological standpoint, having your blood become poisonous upon injury makes sense as an evolved defense against predation. Even if it's fatal, it can still be selected for by kin selection, like many poisonous animals who die teaching predators to stay away from their relatives.

I linked to an article by a professional historian who has done significant work on this issue.

FWIW, I didn't deny that it ever happened, just that it was apparently so rare as to never be documented.

Both are great, though the animated version is more recent and familiar for me.

One of my favorite subtle touches in "For the man who has everything" is that on the Krypton that never exploded, Kal-El is a farmer like the Kents, not a scientist like his father. IIRC, he's a wheat farmer, no less.

FWIW, Napalm was first used in WWII, including against civilian targets, both in Europe (Berlin) and Japan.

They're just two straight white guys, one of whom is a mad, egotistical menace to all mankind, and the other of whom is Victor von Doom.