And even if we grant that comparison, it still doesn’t put pre-Iron Man RDJ in the same league as Benedict Cumberbatch.

Because the only way they were going to be able to raise the money for that production value was by trading off the brand value of an existing IP.

i know, I know but even MCU likes to forget about the first/two hulk movies

Just have it happen before he gets his powers to get the necessary absurdities out of the way, a la Rogue Nation

This was a case where no one looked good. CBS and Paramount were going after fans of one of their largest properties, right around when they should have been celebrating the franchise’s 50th birthday.

Your subjective opinion of their acting chops and project selection is irrelevant to the question of who is a bigger star. Cumberbatch’s last starring role before Dr. Strange (The Imitation Game) grossed more than RDJ’s 10 roles leading up to Iron Man (of which most were merely supporting).

You’re going to put those up against Sherlock, The Hobbit, and Star Trek? Cumberbatch beats all three of those in box office gross combined just by putting his name on something these days.

I can’t imagine they want to see their Daredevil as Green Lantern. 

Take another look at his IMDB credits in the years leading up to 2008 and get back to me.

Nathan Fillion or GTFO.

anonymous sources are really common

It’s certainly never republished the gossipy allegations of a blackmailer as unassailable fact and thrown a shitfit when called out for the same.

It’s incredibly easy to NOT make the government work, or to make it seem untrustworthy. It’s incredibly easy to promise lower taxes and the removal of regulations when you can assume those actions have no consequences or at least only positive ones.

How “Fake News” Became Meaningless

Wait, the Times finally provided a source for the core claims of its article?

Yes but we’re supposed to have a congress, that, you know, passes laws

The duty of the Executive is to faithfully execute the laws and Constitution of the United States. Using selective non-enforcement and creative reinterpretations to get around the fact you’re upset Congress won’t give you the laws you want to be enforcing doesn’t exactly strike me as faithful.

That the President does not and should not “take over” the economy, and the possibility of people like Trump being in office is a good reason we shouldn’t trust even well-intentioned Presidents to do otherwise?

Hate to say it, but I would do the same thing as those employees.

Seriously—it’s like everyone straight-up forgot Dodd-Frank was literally drafted by a Wall Street law firm