And even worse than OMD (One More Day) was OMIT (One Moment In Time). OMD was bad in context, but at least at its core there was a conflict that you could understand (Aunt May has been shot and Peter is desperate for help) (even though that makes limited to no sense) and relatable stakes (would you give up romance to…

Right, so my point is that even if episode VIII has a new Gungan character and the villains are the descendants of the Banking Clan, that doesn’t mean the new movies have to be about Finn pulling his bumbling Gungan through danger or Poe listening to inscrutable descriptions of galactic politics. My point is not to…

Came here to express a similar sentiment.

As a comic book fan, this is an interesting exercise.

My optimism stems not from a trust of Singer (I feel the opposite of that) or of big studios (ditto) but of Noah Hawley. FX seems to like giving him the wheel and getting out of the way (after his show The Unusuals was too unusual for ABC, FX gave him free reign on Fargo which is a critical darling that they’ve…

FWIW, part of the charm of those movies is how small they are, both in terms of story and impact (not to say Wilderpeople didn’t stick with me- it did). Wilderpeople cost in total, less than 5 million dollars. I think it did between 20 and 30 domestically in the US and more overseas. That’s a huge success! But folks…

Sort of! I’d put Carey in a category with Claremont. Both are brilliant, both did awesome work that’d I call classic, but the style of comics have sort of moved on from what they like to do- and that’s OK! I don’t think I want either of them doing the main X-book (christ, can you imagine when Marvel demanded they tie…

While I’ve had anecdotally different experiences with my students (who are high schoolers, and who have never abused safe space privileges in my classroom) I think all of your points are good, but that’s what makes me feel so crazy.

Legit question, complex answer.

One of my favorite movies I saw this summer was his “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”. I am very convinced that he is going to be the next Edgar Wright, and that Alex Garland (who has been around for a while, but is on fire right now) is gonna be the new Nolan (lord knows we need a new one).

I was mostly being facetious though I picked something I thought was likely to happen.

I still really really really want to see a show (or miniseries) about young Hank Pym and Janet van Dynne working in the swingin’ 60s under Director Carter to foil Hydra/Leviathan/Zodiac plans around the world. Zola should be masterminding the whole thing from jail!

And I’ve more and less reconciled my feelings, but I think you get my point. I was all geared up for an epic superhero fight, and got something totally interesting but not what I thought I was buying.

Yeah, this particular friend is just fond of that phrase. We have been really fed up with the NY Times election coverage lately, a feeling she describes as the “death of journalism”, to which I point out that she visits eleventeen news sites she DOES like on the daily, and who’s running those sites if not journalists…

The challenge of pulling him off is what makes me so gung-ho about trying him!

You didn’t like the Babadook Paul!? Oh no!

I’m really enthusiastic about this approach.

It’s cool man, you get major points for being a fan of the run in the first place. I worked in an NYC comic shop for most of Hawkeye’s run and it broke my heart to see all these ponytailed Williamsburg kids salivating over Hawkeye, but having no idea who Fat Cobra is.

Deep cut! And what a good pick.

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