“I will send Bart the money to fly home. Then, I will murder him.”

Does this mean Oprah is gonna have to use a standing desk now? And if so, does that mean half of America will be using standing desks before the month is out?

My assumption is that he’s technically, physically capable of all those powers, but without the Thinker behind the wheel, he doesn’t know how to access them.

Next comes The Dry Erase Board of Explaining Stuff.

He got that one episode with his mom, but other than that he’s had almost zilch to do this season beyond standard tech guy stuff.

But . . . why? Surely we’re at a point where putting in some CGI flames would be cheaper, easier, and (not least of all) safer than getting a stuntman to swing around like that with a custom made flamethrower, with viewers unable to tell the difference. So why do it that way?

I always figured it was “The Jedi are warrior-monks. Monks wear robes. Therefore, Jedi wear robes.”

Yeah, that sounded strangely Tobias-esque.

Are there actually illustrated versions of the Koran? And, if so, how do they work around the obvious problem?

Are there actually illustrated versions of the Koran? And, if so, how do they work around the obvious problem?

That depends. As Breihan points out, Men In Black came out that year, too, and it was pretty damn good.

Female superheroes do often get this sort of ultra-sexualized treatment. However, when you think of the movies that did that for their main hero, like Catwoman or Barb Wire . . . they’re not exactly fondly remembered, either.

It’s like getting groceries from your car to the kitchen: you make as many trips as it takes.

“I’m just lucky Oliver Queen has a reputation for not showing up on time.”

Given that Smith’s and James’s characters only seemed to win their love interests affections when they bungled Hitch’s plans, instead acting all adorkable, the impression I got was that the movie was saying all of Hitch’s advice for romancing women didn’t actually work, and his previous clients succeeded despite him,…

I think you’re missing the point he was making. It’s not that there’s no call for Hunter S. Thompson’s style of journalism anymore. It’s that there’s no way to make a living doing it anymore.

Code names are generally what you’re known by to the public, while the Legends are usually going to time periods where no one would have heard of them.

Secret identities are mainly an important thing when you’re dealing with heroes who operate solo. When they’re out in the field fighting crime, they’re by themselves, so their civilian identity is where they go to have some genuine human interaction.

It helps that they established early on that not trusting people is one of Oliver’s main character flaws, so keeping his secret even from the people closest to him is a legitimate part of his characterization.