Awww, I was hoping for a more Michael Rooker Yondu.

Heretic! You must watch it at least three times!

I noticed that Gawker editors tend to not cross-check their bloggers' post before approving it for publication. It's weird, because I used to write for another blogging group, and I had articles shot down because another author from a sister site had ninja'd me.

I counted 12 seconds. That means that since sound travels 340.29 m/sec, you get 4083.48 m, or 4.08 km.

Had I not clicked on the link, I would've assumed the artistic butchery you refer to was Cornwell's novels.

Freddy can't beat me because he kills people in their dreams, and my dreams are dead.

Nobody's arguing with you that the Rock was genetically engineered to play a superhero. Like I said, I've been one of his fans, way back since the Attitude era. I've been smelling what The Rock's been cooking since the 90's. My argument is simply that he is not a 100% guarantee of profit over ROI, at least from a…

Because of this:

Why are you automatically assuming that the ethnic actor won't be as good? There are a shit-ton of great non-white actors today, especially in this age where there are almost zero cultural gaps.

Correlation does not equal causation. He might have that reputation — which TBH, I've never heard of — but his Fast & Furious Franchise debut also coincided with an increase of the film's budget, at least, compared to other entries. Just look at the numbers: Fast & Furious earned $363 million, but had a production…

Go to box office compilation sites like Box Office Mojo or The Numbers. You'll see that on a per-movie basis, Dwayne's biggest paychecks came from preexisting franchises. His solo career has earned his minders their money back, but it ain't Fast & Furious money.

Not extremely. His most profitable movies are the Fast & Furious ones, which were already part of a huge moneymaking franchise long before he joined. The films where he's the lead? They earn money, but not a lot. Mostly, they're just slightly over breaking even, if you factor in production and marketing budgets.

It's being produced by their subsidiary, not by Warner Bros directly. Given these are the same people who won't link up their Arrow TV-verse with the Sad Batmanverse, it's not a gigantic leap to make that kind of deduction.

So why isn't he soaring in during climactic battles, or doing his darnedest to join the JL?

As Hercules has proven, Dwayne isn't as big of a moneymaker as his wrestling alter-ego would have us believe. Which is a shame, because the guy really does ooze charm.

They're still not getting how it's supposed to work, even though they're obviously cribbing from Marvel's notes. Look at what your competition has done, DC: they've created a unified world, yet the individual films differ in tone and treatment from each other.

You sure it's not because of any... domestic issues?

It's what you call a Xanatos Gambit: yes, Bats lost the fight at the end, but now that he's dead in the eyes of the law, he can operate from the shadows with impunity. Add to that the fact that he's planted the seeds of dissent in Clark's mind, ensuring that the government's handle on its living superweapon is no…

More importantly, Batman's getting his ass handed to him by a guy with zero depth perception and heavily-impaired peripheral vision.

Already preordered #4 and #1 from my local plastic crack dealer.