I think a long take for the sake of being a long take is a gimmick. If you notice how long the take is, it’s either a deliberate gimmick, or someone messed up. Now, you certainly can have a nice long take if you need or can get away with it, but if someone actually goes “Wow! Look how long that take is!” you’re taking…

Honestly, I think the themes going around outside of Barabra Gordon are pretty good... I see why people like it so much. It fucks up on the Barbara Gordon thing so badly.

I... wouldn’t use him as an example. He still blamed the editors for not saying no to his really bad decision and not... y’know, himself, and he seems to have denounced it more because he decided he hated superhero comics and really wishes everyone would shut up about that one. (His main criticism of it is that it has…

I thought it was the gelt squad! Where’s the chocolate coins, damn it?!

First: The Killing Joke is massively problematic, and I’m not sure how comfortable I am with an adaptation that doesn’t make some major revisions. The “guilt squad” exists for damn good reasons.

That being said, and what makes it a weirder issue, is that the rest of the comic actually is pretty good. The central theme…

It looks to me like that glove actually extends out from his watch (most of Tony Stark’s tech looks like it’s using TARDIS technology to be bigger on the inside), which would imply that Bucky already had a gun out, and Tony had to respond to that. (I’m not sure what good his fingerless Iron Glove is for stuff besides…

I think that’s exactly why he’s taking that position. After the whole Ultron disaster, Tony Stark realized that something needs to be done to keep people like himself in check. ... And is possibly over correcting pretty hard. (I’m team Both Sides Have Legitimate General Cases So I’ll Need To Hear Policy Specifics…

... Wait, why is this a criticism of Marvel films? Film is bad because death rate is low? Look, I’m not saying Batman v Superman was bad because people got offed. It’s the way the movie went about it that’s the problem. Why is “the death toll is too low” an issue? And don’t say dramatic tension. We all know that Lex…

Because the Royals hitters were not good enough to beat Mets starting pitching. Fortunately, the Mets hitters weren’t good enough to beat Royals relief pitching (which is WAY better than Royals starting pitching), and the Royals hitters were absolutely good enough to beat the Mets relief pitching. In short... the…

I can tell you, no Royals fans are upset about this, and I highly doubt there are any actual retribution plans. But yeah, we have no idea how to celebrate a victory.

Not luck. The Royals had okay batting, okay to poor starting pitching, pretty good fielding and okay baserunning. The Mets had very strong starting pitching and absolutely terrible fielding. The reason the Royals kept coming back for late-game wins was because their hitting wasn’t good enough for early runs, but Mets…

Yeah, but TDKR was mostly ill received in comparison to its predecessor. It still has a good Rotten Tomatoes score (I know Rotten Tomatoes isn’t the end-all be-all of film criticism, but as an aggregate site it’s a good check in) stronger than Batman Begins, actually. More importantly, it also ended out the…

Oh, they do. Superman Returns and X-Men III were both some of the highest grossing films the year they came out, but the former never got a follow up, and the latter was the end of the main X-Men films, with the studio planning to move to origin story spin-offs, until their Magneto Origin story grew into a full…

Fortunately, studios do understand the balance between money and reviews. Basically, they know where the line is. Superman Returns was the sixth highest earning film in its year, but didn’t generate enough goodwill for a sequel. Batman and Robin did reasonably well in the box office, but was already coasting on the…

Like others have said, there’s expense to consider, but there’s also future planning. BvS was always going to do well financially, even if it was terrible. Those reviews don’t make a difference to BvS, because everyone was going to see it on opening night anyway. What those reviews could still make an impact on is…

Batman v Superman Damage Control: It begins!

Though actually, this makes me want to see Suicide Squad even more. I was hoping for a someone more funny and/or fun film, and the studio seems committed to delivering that so... awesome.

The highlight of this incredibly stupid plan: After being told not to change the timeline, no matter what he does... Barry points out the explosive earpieces for no reason. He just forgets he’s not supposed to mess with the past, apparently.

... Also, where the hell are the Time Masters? For people who are supposed to…

Because it’s not “I had fun coming up with the backstory” but “A fun bit of backstory.” It’s not fun for him (well, I’m sure it is) but it’s apparently supposed to be fun for the rest of us as well. This one comment, in isolation, probably wouldn’t be so bad, but for the earlier comment about Jimmy Olson’s “fun”…

Is there any reason Brice Timm can’t direct a live-action film? Or maybe, if he doesn’t have the full directorial skill set, team up with someone? That’d be awesome.