Well, the real issue for Agent Carter (which I suspect is what has hung up the renewal/cancellation decision thus far) is cost to produce vs. anticipated advertising revenue. AC is likely a more expensive show to produce (because of special effects and its period setting) than, say, a police procedural would be. Even…

I wish you the best and look forward to reading your work!

Um ... I could be wrong, but from context alone, I’m pretty sure that the unidentified Marvel spokesperson was referring to Tilda Swinton being Celtic, rather than the character. The quote is, “in this particular film the embodiment is Celtic.” That statement isn’t a model of clarity, but it seems to make more sense…

I was already in my 20s when the original movie came out — so old!

It’s useful to remember that the original Ghostbusters was marketed mainly as a “comedy with supernatural elements tossed in.” Take a look at the original movie’s trailer:

Glad to read your impression of the movie. I found the trailer very intriguing. Thanks!

What’s the saying? “Why not both?” Queen Danerys and Queen Consort Sansa.

I think part of the problem with Age of Ultron was the schedule it was made on, and that worries me. 3 years may seem like a lot of time to put a movie together, but a behemoth like AOU is an organizational nightmare. Just getting all the pieces in place to shoot film takes forever. It’s a wonder that anything…

I couldn’t agree more with your assessment.

Haven’t seen the movie yet (obviously, but can’t wait). But as much as I enjoy seeing the Vision in a v-neck sweater, what I really like about that clip is seeing Steve, Tony and Rhodey debating politics and power in an adult way. In a movie about comic book superheroes.

Actually, “Future World,” the “Westworld” sequel you mentioned, was a perfectly fun slice of 1970s cheese. If there had been no connection with “Westworld” it would be fondly recalled by SF nerds today (I saw it again a few years ago and parts of it are quite ... not bad). It’s only because it was ostensibly placed in…

If the movie is terrible (like “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” terrible), but breaks $1 billion in worldwide grosses (as that movie did), does it become less terrible? If the answer to that question is “no,” then it’s irrelevant whether BvS breaks $1 billion in worldwide grosses, because that won’t affect whether or…

Re: your question about Dark Shadows’ quality?

Yep. Gavin Hood directed that mess, and he should shoulder the blame for the way that character was treated in the movie he directed. If he had said “I messed up,” well, who doesn’t make a mistake from time to time? That’s forgivable. But to blame the studio heads, the marketing and the writers’ strike without…

Well, that’s an interesting point, and you might be the first person I’ve seen make it. I haven’t seen BvS (I’m not really a DC girl), but I can see what you mean about some of the criticism of the movie being along the lines of “it’s not as good as The Dark Knight”.

I saw Blade Runner when it came out in 1982 (yes, I’m old); I loved the movie and I vividly remember reading reviews of it (not quite the same as reading Rotten Tomatoes, but you get the idea). Most of the critics hated the movie. Now, of course, it’s an acknowledged classic.

I couldn’t agree more about the Wolves, but this is pretty much how popular media treats psychopaths generally. Even if you accept for show purposes that the Wolves are a loose band of psychopaths that somehow found each other and work together, why are they so willing to sacrifice themselves? Real-world psychopaths…

Very true. Hamill was, I think, expected to be bigger than Ford when the first movie was released. That didn’t quite pan out. And you still hear people say that he couldn’t act in the original trilogy, which couldn’t be less true. Hamill’s career has been more like that of what Jon Pertwee once referred to as a…

Why does Elektra have elf ears (or one, at least) in the picture?

This is a pet peeve of mine too. Even if you accept that there are so many people on both sides to waste (literally), at this point in the show’s story these people, for the most part, are the hardy, clever survivors (Alexandria is an exception to this rule, but I doubt the Saviors are), who would understand that the…