Dark Knight Returns is when I realized that, as much as I had griped when my favorite books were changed for the movies, I really didn’t want a literal translation to the screen.

We have a 70mm IMAX here. Fingers crossed.

Degraded, certainly. Matrix. Highlander. Indiana Jones.

Reminds me of Iron Giant, a fantastic film marketed by people who had zero clue what to do with it and thus no one saw it at the time.

does he return the wife back across the border to the man who hired him, or does he aid Rachel’s bid for freedom and fight off ruthless hired guns and his longtime criminal rival.

JMS was quite annoyed by the fact that he took the idea to Paramount, laid out his plans in some detail, they rejected it, and then mysteriously a new space station show, which was previously anathema to Star Trek, magically appeared.

DS9 effectively invented the serialized show.

The first superhero movie…

> and it would be nice fan service for a very small subset of fans to throw “Where There’s A Whip, There’s A Way” in there.

I have to say, these two episodes absolutely gutted me emotionally. It’s good to see Lucifer tackling serious drama, but I sure hope we see a little more of Dan in season 6.

Two random thoughts after this episode:

Seems an odd coincidence that the only cops who are ever on the scene of an unnecessary act of violence against a citizen are the bad ones, since they virtually never intercede to stop it, or turn in their co-worker, or testify against the police officer who committed the act.

Nonetheless thanks: I really appreciate their breakfast sandwiches on flatbread. 

I’ve tried to slow him down before. It’s a Sisyphean task.

Guess who spotted an FC and FJ Fleetvan in the same driveway Sunday?

Funny, when I go back and occasionally rewatch it, it’s always season one. I know (now) why he had to leave, but Sinclair will always be my favorite.

This Reddit post was deeply depressing. The treatment of black soldiers has been horrific.

Per another commenter, pretty good chance insurance won’t cover this...

Heck, I learned this week on her 95th birthday that Her Majesty herself served in the military in WWII.