“I remember when I got my first piano. I thought, ‘I’ll never be lonely again,...”

The Call Part 2 has one of my favorite Bruce/Terry interactions (and possibly favorite jokes in the series). Terry is being chased in the Batmobile by a mind-controlled Superman, which leads to

“He gave us this!”

Nailed it. Batman is my favorite comic book hero, always has been, but I desperately prefer the character to get the hell over himself these days. We’ve seen every possible angle of brooding in every possible corner of Gotham seventy-’leven times already. I’m okay with it here, since this is Young Bats, but I think…

Batman is the least interesting thing about Batman. Like Wolverine, Angel, Geralt, and every other brooding tough-guy loner, the thing that makes him at all meaningful is the (non-romantic) relationships he’s thrust into almost against his will — whether with Robin and the “Bat-family” or even the Justice League. It’s…

“They think I’m hiding in the shadows,” he whispers. “But I am the shadows.”

Dowd flourishes his cape and disappears into the dark of night one last time. Godspeed, sir. Until the critic-signal appears in the clouds again, we’ll be watching.

I’m still pushing for a Batman Beyond movie. There's so much they could do with moving past Bruce and moving into future Gotham

Farewell Dowd. You and basically everyone working at this site were so much better than J/O Media deserved.

Dowd, I’m glad the last movie you reviewed for this site was a halfway decent one. I’ll miss your good work around here.

That is fucking great, and probably as succinct a description of Liam I’ve heard.

Oh no :(. Mark Lanegan was a real one, damn. Since we had an Oasis piece last night, enjoy this bit from Lanegan’s memoir showing his “love” for Liam Gallagher.

Absolutely gutted. What a talent. I found Lanegan through Queens of the Stone Age as a teen, and have dug into his solo stuff over the years. So sad. 

“It’s insulting to suggest your coworkers should be paid more” isn’t a great take

Sure he does. People take way less than their labor is actually worth all the time, it’s one of the big issues of our time and part of the whole minimum wage conversation. It’s not insulting to say that they should be paid more, it’s insulting that they don’t get paid fair wages from the jump, even if they’re…

Things should be allowed to end.
Futurama had a fine ending.  Time to just let it rest.

“What? Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour? Hell no!”

I normally couldn’t give a shit about Billie Eilish, but I hope she tells Kanye to go fuck himself.