*checks notes* Simon Kinberg! Ha!

I would watch an X-Men version of “Sex, Lies, And Videotape,” but maybe the Dark Phoenix Saga isn’t the best story for that.

And of course, with Dark Phoenix making clear that the Phoenix Force has only just now entered Jean, the big question is what the flying fuck was she actually doing that defeated Apocalypse?

It was always a bad idea to make Mystique into Xavier’s adopted sister, in a triangle between him & Magneto. The Romijn version of Mystique from the earlier films worked better.

Do you have a Google alert set up for whenever The AV Club posts an article on Dark Phoenix so you can link your own review in the comment section every single time?

We reached the bottom of the barrel several years ago. Then we broke the barrel into pieces and used them to dig into the soil beneath.

Oh it was also financial stuff. Property taxes and on new appraisals went up a lot a long with utilities. Also a ridiculously lavish mansion in not great neighborhood can’t sell if they tried to make ends meet by selling the burden. I think there’s other stuff too, but I don’t remember exactly. Basically they handed…

Maybe - thinking positively, if probably not realistically - this is what’ll finally kill the prank show?

Anyone pranked is going to have to sign a release so if their segment is in the show they’ll probably make a reasonable amount of money. I assume if someone is pranked and they don’t use it they’ll still get some cash if they sign a release and agree to go away. Either way it’ll be enough to placate someone looking…

16 isn’t a child. 16 is a teenager. This shouldn’t go down on his permanent record but I still think he needs to be tried as an adult if only to scare him straight.

I’m guessing (hoping?) the prankees will ultimately get paid at least as much as they expected to earn if their “part-time job” actually existed as initially described to them. Hopefully the producers were at least smart enough to go for a vibe that’s like “You thought you’d be moving boxes for two days, but instead…

Lets just all remember that he is a child and likely doesn’t have the perspective to understand how awful this is. And instead blame the scores of adults who still made it happen.

Very much. I have to believe that there’s some kind of payout and/or job offer at the end resulting in some kind of Move That Bus! feel good moment. If not, it’s just televised cruelty.

This sounds very much like a Bad Idea.

That sounds mean spirited even for a typical prank show. 

Famke was also an older and honestly better actress. She could have been great with a decent plot...

Mr and Mrs Smith was a great movie. I can't believe this guy could write it. 

I’ve actually tinkered with an idea for a YA novel that would be set in an X-Men like universe where there are superheroes, only they are a fully integrated, albeit elite part of society, ones recruited for best jobs in the private and public sectors, leaders or advisors to them. Schools test for them and when the…

This entire thing has proved that the entire premise that people want to see the “Dark Phoenix” story “done right” was completely flawed.

The Parks and Rec finale was good and satisfying in my opinion. I trust that he and the writers can end this well.