Oh, don’t get me wrong, other than the Jedi Babies and Padmé Amidala, Girl Detective arcs, I’m here for all of it. I was just pointing out that no one should be surprised that Filoni’s gonna Filoni. 

For all the praise Filoni (rightfully) receives, this has been an issue with his storytelling from the jump. Clone Wars started off strong, but ended up having looooong diversions that were either fan service origin stories (Boba Fett at the Imperial Academy seems like a relevant example) or lengthy diversions (the You…

I mean, a far-right insurrection, largely funded by individuals and organizations from outside the country, conducting a coordinated blockade of every major border crossing is cause for alarm. Some would argue that it merits an unprecedented response. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

And the edit that was enacted by government censors had very little to do with what audiences would want to see, I’d imagine. 

Between this and his appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm I wonder if he’s working on a Viking phase.

Man, I remember Death’s Head! Tried real hard to get into all those UK books Marvel pushed in the early 90s (Death’s Head, Motormouth, Knights of Pendragon) but I could never get into them, and that page with The Doctor kind of explains why. Just not much for a 13-14 year old kid from Nashville to latch onto.

naturally Jeffrey Wright would be sucked in [to superhero movies and television] at some point

Oh, I don’t know that China would be that into an event that would disrupt our ability to gobble up half-a-trillion dollars worth of their exports every year.

Man, I can’t even imagine the point you’re bending over backwards to make here, but PLEASE don’t explain it.

Twitter’s pretty much the same. I’ve spent too much of my Monday attempting to explain that Elves, Hobbits, and Orcs aren’t real, actually.

Both things are true. It was an excellent performance of an iconic song, AND a low point (along with 50 Cent’s Dracula bit) in the overall performance. 

I feel like thats an awfully big leap. Anyone who was cast, for sure (giving us two sets each of Spider-Men, Fantastic Fours, and X-Men to choose from) but I don’t think we’re likely to see Dougray Scott as Wolverine or John Krasinsky as Cap. Obviously, I could be wrong, but bringing in anyone that hasn’t appeared in…

Ben Affleck as Shannon Hamilton from Mallrats.

MCU (tv division included) has the absolutely best casting in history.

I wondered the same thing. Found the answer through some creative googling.

Milkshake Doggy Dogg

I gravitated more toward TPBs as I grew out of the weekly habit (I shifted away from Marvel books around ‘91 when everything started being terrible, then dipped back into Vertigo, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, Slave Labor Press, etc in college) and that’s pretty much all I have left now. Still, I’m milking the fact that…

Me three. City of Lost Children dropped at the perfect time for me as an insufferable video store cinéaste. I lost track of Jeunet about half-way through A Very Long Engagement (like, literally half-way through. I don’t think I ever finished it) but this looks like a return to form, and I’m here for it.

That said, I’d…

I was definitely fortunate to have a weekly allowance and indulgent parents (it didn’t hurt that new comics were still 75¢ and back issues rarely more than $2 in those days.)

Kraven’s Last Hunt was in ‘87, not ‘80. I know this because I bought the individual issues when they came out (as I did literally anything with Mike Zeck covers) and I was 3 years old in 198o.