... how do you explain her original power set withou Mar-Vell?

I don’t think it’s been made clear whether the movie version of him has additional superhuman powers, but even if he does, we have no reason to believe he got them from an infinity stone, so the overall point stands.

Agreed. For the movie adaptation, drastically simplifying or outright replacing Captain Marvel’s convoluted backstory would a feature, not a bug.

You’re right that I forgot Vision. My bad.

Instead Carol will bump her head on an infinity stone and suddenly have super powers (I think half the MCU got their powers that way right?).

The Pierce/Garnett situation is similar in some ways, given the age of the stars involved and the fact that Garnett (IIRC) also had a no-trade clause, but I’d argue that what Boston stumbled upon in Brooklyn was not just a normal bad or dumb team, but a once-in-a-generation perfect storm for trade victimization: It…

That is a good theory. Especially because most reports I’ve seen on the subject suggest Jackson has been even more removed from the Knicks’ players than most other GMs or team presidents. Not to mention that he’s turned over the roster a LOT, so it’s hard to imagine many people in the locker room feel like they have a…

I was trying to set the bar extra high for “all-time-great” in order to give Phil some benefit of the doubt, but you’re right, it’s at least five. His time with Payton and Malone was limited enough that I’m cool with omitting them from Jackson’s ledger, though they are also all-timers.

As a relatively young Knicks fan, this has been my first extended experience with Phil Jackson, Organizational Leader, and I gotta ask - was the whole Zen Master thing always bullshit? I’d genuinely like to know. Assigning all of his past success to the the fact that he has coached three all-time-great players feels…

I mean, “it” would also work, since droids are machines and not organisms, in the traditional sense. Honestly, given the manner in which biological lifeforms in the Star Wars universe treat droids (sending them out on the hull in mid-battle for repairs, buying and selling them, wiping their memories without consent,…

This is one of the wrongest comments I’ve ever seen on this site.

This could explain why they’re not playing coy with the identity of Kurt Russell’s Ego character - because there’s an even bigger reveal, in the form of Peter Quill’s real identity.

Dunno, I thought Zemo was great, and I’m someone who generally agrees with the notion that most Marvel villains are underwhelming. The notion of a non-powered man, motivated by revenge, who decides the only just punishment for the Avengers is to have them kill each other, and then nearly achieves it, is a really nice…

I thought Cumberbatch and Swinton were excellent, but the plot of Dr. Strange was certainly a bit rote. It’s by no means my favorite movie, in the MCU or otherwise, but I thought it, well, had cool characters and action, do use your phrase, and that was enough for me.

I can’t imagine thinking any of this, but by all means, enjoy the accountant. To each his own.

Given that the alternative is a generic DC film with no plot beyond mommy issues, conspicuously terrible bad guys and no sense of humor whatsoever, yes, this movie should be a welcome relief.

Interesting, I hadn’t thought of that but it does make sense. Who do you think he’s playing, though?

The ex-Gawker sites have done and continue to do plenty of good journalism. See, for an example, their coverage of the Baylor scandal, and in particular pretty much anything Diana Moskovitz writes on this here site. While, like every outlet, its managers sometimes made bad editorial decisions over the years, Gawker…

If that’s what Schefter was thinking, it’s pretty short-sighted.

This is true and right.