I’m going to say off the bat that I’ve had students write absolutely incredible essays arguing both sides of this question, which I think is absolutely the point of the ending—it contains hopeful elements but at the same time suggests (without outright saying) that hope is illusory. My take on the ending is that it…

I think the latter, considering Ed Tom’s position by the end of the novel. He’s been beaten down by a world of cruelty he no longer understands. He held on long past when he could have retired, holding out hope that what he was doing mattered, that he was trying to save people and do good...only to ultimately resign…

I can’t read the article because paywall but his basic premise in and of itself is flawed: Marvel movies are 100% cinema. HE might not think they are, but in objective reality the definition of ‘cinema’ absolutely includes Marvel movies.

Seriously! I was thinking in comic book terms but the new Star Wars movies are a great example of why some amount of homogenization is necessary.

But that involves a 6.82913447% chance of an antiproton inversion loop! You can’t take that kind of risk!

If I want to create an anti-time anomaly that will consume the entire Alpha Quadrant, I'll try it your way, okay? 

This piece is silly and misses the point.

That was the response for the following year’s survey.

And unlike Migos in general, as far as I know, he never removed people’s brains to put them in cannisters to take back to Yuggoth.

WTF is Peacock LOL 

Partnering with The Hallmark Channel this close to the holidays was a smart business move...

It's crazy that Don't Worry Darling will be streaming and yet Keanu Reeves still walks the Earth! 

That does not narrow it down.

Or for that matter, an invisible woman using a strap-on?

Finally, you get to play as Batman, fighting Deathstroke. IN TANKS!

Same. I loved the game up to the point you had to do that Bat-tank maze. Tried over and over but the controls sucked so bad I could never pass it. So...game over there I guess. Bummed me out.

You read my mind. I ended up early on getting stuck on a Riddler racing track that was the actual worst. I never picked up the game after that.

To hell with that Bat-Tank!

I bought Arkham Knight a few months ago and started it, but didn’t get that far in before my enthusiasm waned considerably on realizing just how much of it involved using the Batmobile. It’s an okay enough idea in theory, but good lord is it terrible in practice. (Like having to gun it up a ramp and over a gap to get…

I do not blame you. There was so much I liked about Arkham Knight-the combat and moving around the city were refined to perfection, and the story worked well (if a tad predictable if you are familiar with the comics).

I never finished Arkham Knight because I hated the fucking Bat-Tank stuff SO MUCH.