I'd never heard that expression before. So I looked it up. I've just spent half an hour clicking through TVTropes. :D

Whereas I eat almost no fruit, avoid most vegetables like the plague, and chow down on meat and grains almost exclusively. So... I guess I'm not a gorilla.

Actually, I think it was Ben that was crying. And all they showed is Johnny facing off against a multitudinous horde in the Negative Zone, and getting overrun. Which is stupid on the face of it, but whatever. So, yeah. He'll come back within a year or two; it's a given. It's not even a new story. They did essentially…

Yes, but not at Daken's hand. And of course, this being a Marvel U death — and off-camera, to boot — it's guaranteed not permanent.

I've been partially deaf since I was very young. I've also got really bad (hereditary) astigmatism, so I'm not sure what that means for my piece of the enhanced-vision pie.

I lol'd at McCaffery's snarky comment in her explanation: "Does this answer the question or do you need diagrams?"

Yeeessssssss... although that's much more cautiously stated than the article. Article's written in absolutes, rather than "this is how we THINK it is".

This. I really do think the most likely way we'll be fighting or even interacting with aliens is by complete accident. They'll arrive here by mistake or due to forces beyond their control, we'll wig out at them and they have to fight back in self-defense.

Wait, I guarantee this is a stupid question, but if we don't really know how our galaxy looks like, how do we know this other galaxy looks like ours? I mean, on what comparison are they basing this?

I remember that report also.

I never thought of the Doctor as asexual. I figured he's a fucking ALIEN so he doesn't have sex with humans.

@Smashing: I'm also gonna throw it out there: The media haven't demonised her at all for being openly gay. At least not in Los Angeles. She's getting a lot of attention for being a fuckup, but what team she plays for really has nothing to do with it — it only even comes up when some drama comes up with her…

Well, according to the article Google gave me, she was about 5 months along in January. So the Littlest Gallifreyan is due right around now. Plenty of time to get her into the current season, if not the next. As long as it happens, is all.

I see what you're saying, but superheroes are part of the human mythology now. I think people are comfortable enough with the conceit that origins aren't a must. And hell, I think we're all sort of getting tired of them, to be honest. If the genre is to survive, the formula has to be in constant flux.

What the fuck is with DC and their obsession with 52?

Right? It makes me feel like a dirty old man, but it can't be helped. She's freaking adorable.

I'm glad of this.

I think that's more about the studios going "ZOMG we can print our own money with this franchise!" than inherent flaws in the genre. I can think of all kinds of ways off the top of my head to make these things worthwhile after the origin. But they all boil down to having a good story to tell. Look at The Dark Knight.…

Do Luke Cage's eyes ever glow? I've never seen him having glowy eyes. What's up with that?

The original "In the Year 2525" is one of the most pernicious earworms ever. And you have revisited it upon me.