Agreed. As good as Ledger was as the Joker, the whole mutilation thing is so NOT the Joker. The thing where Joker cuts off his face and then slaps it back on with hooks? Lame. Come on. The Joker does not require scars, face-carving, or other stupid bullcrap. He's plenty creepy without all that stuff.

In the…

The video's production values were top notch.

But it was one of those videos that leaves me flat. The 'story' (such as it was) was a big long McGuffin. Color me unimpressed.

If you're trying to fade me, then you must smoke crack...

Without the prospect of more novels to keep interest going, the Potter books will slowly fade away. It's already happening. They will not be 'classics' that stand the test of time. They were a fad. They'll never be anything more than a footnote in literary history marking the beginning of a modern trend of…

Sure - it happens to a lot of authors. I'm not saying Rowling is a "BAD" writer. I'm just saying she's not a GOOD writer. But there aren't a ton of good writers in modern history. There are a lot of average writers like Rowling. Not very many good ones, and truly GREAT writers who are both skilled with language…

This.

Let's face it. Rowling really isn't that great a "writer". She lucked out and caught lightning in a bottle with the Potter series. Now the Potter books weren't all that great either. They were strictly average in most cases with a few bits of excellence here and there. But they were a fad, and no one is going…

You know what would have been better than a tepid, "Sorry I made a mistake?" after screwing up?

What would have been BETTER is having the ethics, integrity, and professionalism needed to not be such a complete bonehead in the first place.

The SJW Progressive-Liberal-Leftist media went down a path where they became more…

Typical Progressive Liberal Leftist train of thought.

Typical Progressive Liberal Leftist train of thought.

Yeah - this is just one more in a long line of SJW attempts at a 'hit piece'. Sadly, this sort of thing is becoming increasingly common. Race-hustlers, Feminazis, and the Gaystapo have all learned quite well that it is quite easy to kick out a salacious "story" for attention and money. Even the simple act of fact…

Pht - Cameron may want Avatar to be Star Wars but I think the test of time has already proven the first movie to be a fad that quickly faded. It doesn't hold up, and so it won't be Star Wars. It won't even be "Battle Beyond the Stars". It'll just be a footnote in the history of film that caused the long-dead 3D…

As a writer myself, I agree that plot is often undervalued and underdeveloped. But then again, I am routinely proven wrong about how much value the average READER puts into the plot.

Take the Harry Potter novels. The first two were moderately plot-centric, but after that they became mostly character novels and the…

No surprises on this since Depp half looks female to begin with.

It all depends on what you mean by "Libertarian". Modern Libertarians have been entirely corrupted by the free-drug movement and other extreme groups to the point where it is barely recognizable.

And listing off generic, unidentified racists and crazies and saying they are representative of all Conservatism is the…

I've seen some of the crap people do with the internet, instant messages, text messages, and such. I'd love for there to be some sort of way to punish the slimeballs that send out hurtful, bullying, and threatening communications.

I think you're guilty of sterotyping people that you are politically opposed to because it is easier to believe in a world of radical exaggeration rather than a real world that isn't so cartoonishly polarized.

The vast majority of conservatives are not anything like what you're describing. They want simple common…

Two things...

1. You are mistaking "Republican" with "Conservative". The GOP has not really been "Conservative" (fiscally speaking) for a long time. A true conservative balances the budget. Both Bush Presidents were NOT conservative.

2. You are mistaking "Social Conservatives" with "Political Conservatives". …

Your concept of "conservative" is completely wrong. Conservatives want to CHANGE the status quo because the current status quo is so awful. The current status quo is debt spending to infinite levels. Conservatives want a balanced budget, reduced government control on personal liberty, and a number of other changes…

I call them "PLLs" myself (Progressive Liberal Leftists), but the use of derogatory terms to describe those that you're ideologically opposed to is normal, so why are you surprised? And let's face it - there are TONS of libtards out there nowadays - especially on blog sites like this that are dominated by PLL…

This. Seriously - no one has complained about a black stormtrooper. The link the article references with the misleading and blatantly provocative hypertext of "others have been less than pleased to see a black man..." is completely void of even a SINGLE example of anyone complaining about that. This is a made up…