I think this is more the problem with Geoff Johns' writing in general. He's fundamentally a fanboy who thinks combining two things that other fans recognize is an adequate replacement for character development and plot. I think a Wonder Woman and Superman romance could work in the hands of someone who knew what a…

Brian Michael Bendis's treatment of the Luke Cage and Jessica Jones relationship contained the best rebuttal to this article. In Alias, Jessica accused Luke of being a "cape-chaser." He was just like "Who am I supposed to date? This is the world I'm in. I work with other superheroes, I socialize with other…

Ultimate Peter Parker and Ultimate Kitty Pryde were adorable together, and it was genuinely affecting when Peter screwed it up. The way that Bendis wrote them, the Peter/Kitty relationship felt just as "grounded" as the Peter/Mary Jane relationship. In both cases they felt like people first and foremost, and the fact…

And yet they never put Batman or Wonder Woman (or even Hal Jordan) in Smallville. The characters they picked - Oliver Queen, Cyborg, Bart Allen, Hawkman - were all characters that worked as supporting characters in a show where Clark Kent was the lead. None of them were going to overshadow Clark, but I don't think the…

Yep!

I meant The Kingdom, when Superman's and Wonder Woman's child was born and got to do stuff. I'll try an Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Kingdom-Mark-Waid/dp/1563895676

Er... that link is borked. The comic is called The Kingdom, and written by Mark Waid. Look it up yourself, I guess!

You're describing this comic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Kingdom_(comics)

Superman and Wonder Woman also had a daughter in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Strikes Again.

A Kryptonite condom was actually a minor plot point in the comics version of Mark Millar's Wanted.

Yeah! Redesigned by H.R. Giger.

We don't have any idea what the plot of Avengers 2 might be. The Thanos reveal at the end seems to be a lead-in to the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, not necessarily the Avengers sequel. Probably they want Galactus for Guardians of the Galaxy, too.

Which European country has the most S&M midget clowns per capita, do you think? I'm planning a vacation, and I want to make sure I visit that one.

Oh no! But faith in Peter Jackson is the only thing that can ward off Hobbit vampires!

Wikipedia has some interesting notes on that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Pseudo-Ephraem - It seems that the earliest versions of this text lack the "taken to the Lord" line that's associated with the concept of the Rapture. Still, yeah, even the later Latin version was written much earlier than the…

It's funny, since Stephen Moffat was making the same argument. "We're going to take extra long to make this series of Doctor Who so that the Venture Bros. guys stop taking us for granted."

The same reason the protagonist is Batman rather than Bat-Man, I guess.

Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams depressed the hell out of me in 10th grade. I had to write some fanfiction (complete with optional "Scooby Doo ending") to cheer myself up.

Timothy Green reminds me of the Doctor Who episode Night Terrors. I imagine it will have fewer creepy giant dolls in it.

See rule 12. That's the first thing that came to your mind. What other ways could someone be the opposite of Hercules? Instead of a weak girl, how about a weak man? Maybe the king Eurystheus, to whom he was enslaved. How about a strong woman, like Queen Hippolyta or Hera? Hercules was bisexual, so maybe his nemesis is…