I'd just like to point out that it sounds like Marvel broke you by adopting DC's current model. I felt the same way.

I quit comics about a year and a half ago. The continuously rising prices were the reason on the surface, but an overall waning interest made the decision almost almost a predetermined outcome.

God do I hate Stephen King's made up colloquialisms.

I got Empires and Barbarians for Christmas, I'm excited to dig in to it.

I love, love, love David Mitchell… except for the Bone Clocks and the Slade House. He seems to have moved fully into writing 1980s-era superhero comic books (with, to be fair, a bit more nuance to the characters). I will buy whatever he writes because his first, what, five books were so good but I'm really hoping he…

The City and the City by China Mieville. It's the only Mieville I've read but I thought it was fun and thought-provoking.

If those kids can afford to have no sense of humor like that then they are definitely not below anyone.

I love how you can name each individual roommate.

Woah, I never got that.

Just baffling.

I don't think I will ever understand the positive feedback Larry Wilmore gets. It baffles me. I am baffled.

He is possibly the biggest chameleon of his generation. Beyond his X-Men-like ability to change the way his face looks, he never plays the same character twice and is always completely believable.

Please tell me it was for the same roll.

Especially Jupiter Ascending.

That's the best podcast.

I'm the exact same.

He seems to have a knack for making poor decisions.

That's the thing, there could be a (admittedly mild) mystery: is Bergedahl telling the truth about why he abandoned his post? I don't believe his story for a minute, but at least so far the show seems to be taking the story at face value.

Touché. But it's still frustrating.

To show their dedication to being derivative of the original trilogy, we get a solid, fun first entry, an expected classic in the second entry, and a disappointing mixed bag in the third entry.