Yeah, they should’ve handed it over after season six and let it take 10 seasons of regular length seasons to properly get to where the series eventually ended. All the story in just two short seasons was a terrible idea, even if some of the spectacle was fun to watch.

At one point he was trying to explore the cost of war, and how the aftermath can be just as messy. That was actually handled okay as it wasn’t as direct a mention of real world events (yes, Iraq was the subtext but it remained subtext) as that odd, out of nowhere, shout out to Israel’s military.

Yeah, it was during one of the climaxes of one of the biggers arcs. Regardless about how one feels about Israel’s military, such an odd choice as it brought up real world politics in a world where that’s never been part of the story.

Fables goes on too long and loses a lot of steam as it goes. And there was in my mind, some really weird choices made during some key moments (as someone mentioned in the comments already). But the world building and the characterization remain strong throughout with some storylines being better than others, but none…

I agree it was odd to move Cyborg from the Titans, and Stewart is more interesting than Hal. I just didn’t see any malicious intent, just a preference by Johns for (boring) Hal.

Doesn’t seem like he was so great during Firefly either...

No, they wanted him to say “Booyah” even in the original Snyder version. They were worried that when the film’s tone changed to a more comedic non-grim and gritty one, leaving the only main Black male character as a very angry character, would seem a racist stereotype. So they wanted the character’s line and attitude…

How is that insidious? He loves Hal and wanted him in the Justice League comic reboot (as historically Hal had been for the first decades of the comic) but also thought it was important for their to be a non-white character (one that wasn’t Martian) so he put another one of his favorites, Cyborg, in a much bigger spot…

Not at all the most important thing you wrote, but isn’t Vic in the Teen Titans cartoon also a teen like the rest of them? Did I miss that he’s an adult?

Nah, he’s super talented. MacGruber, Nebraska, Last Man on Earth, Clone High, tons of smaller roles in lots of movies and TV, his work on SNL, his writing on sitcoms before getting SNL... No need to put him down if you want to praise Hader. Certainly not something Hader would do.

Nice summary, Patrick! Thanks.

I’ve accepted the show’s not going to be great, but can at least be a dumb, fun ride with charming actors. Bring on the b-movie cliches!

And we’ve seen that Sam’s face is known around the world. At least give him a disguise of some sort. Hell, Logan always just wore a patch when in Madripoor and that somehow worked.

I wish there was a 1.5 hour cut. I thought the movie would’ve been a lot better with less.

I like the episodes with actual experts (Thursdays, as you point out), but do find Dax to be exhausting sometimes (although he seems very well intended).

Both Felicity and Bucky cut their hair too. She’s a bad influence!

I’m with you. It kind of feels they should build to that kind of relationship a bit more? The bit about the three types of threats felt like it came out of nowhere and reminded me of that bad Tarantino dialogue from “Crimson Tide” about the Silver Surfer. Just forced.

Stephen Colbert, on his old show which was mostly a satire of Bill O’Reilly, used to have the character take it literally. So when a Black guest would point that they were Black, Stephen would say, “Are you? I don’t see color.” Super well done.

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