This is a valid point. I understand the point Rob's making that this demonstrates the effort to make a legitimate movie, but I don't really feel like First Class is the best source of inspiration. As an Xavier/Magneto-origin movie, it was pretty good, but as a yet-another-generic-team-of-X-Men movie, it was right up…

That's the funny thing about writing credits. I don't know about First Class, but it sounds similar to the way Zak Penn still gets credit as the screenwriter for The Avengers, even though he just wrote an early draft for a possible conception of what an Avengers movie could be like (I think it was before Joss Whedon…

No, you were uncomfortable with the premise of this TV show.

I think it's really ironic how he says "if you watch this entire video, if you make the choice to sit and be bored for these 180 seconds, you will have finally taken the first step in regaining control over the one truly un-renewable resource in life, your time."

You think I'm so self-conscious as to make knee-jerk reactions because I'm not comfortable with you making jokes about my username? Whatever you say.

If you think that "well Jesus and his disciples are portrayed as good" is evidence that The Passion isn't anti-Semitic, then you really don't understand Christian anti-Semitism.

I'm sorry to say but all that really proves is that you just don't recognize anti-Semitism when you see it.

This is like trying to argue that blackface isn't racist just because it was used in minstrel shows.

That's the only rebuttal you can come up with? "[Insert group here] agrees, so it must be true!" That's not the way reality works. What the ADL thinks has no bearing on what is actually the case.

The film portrays the Jews, represented by the Sanhedrin, as demanding the death of Christ.

Eh, I never bought into that. Some Jews were the villains, other Jews were the heroes; there were also Romans. I just don't see it.

Yeah, seriously, that one's a no-brainer. It's got superpowered action and sex, and a tragic ending to cheaply make it seem weighty and dramatic. What more could you ask for?

And with a little bit of care, you can dish up all the sadistic snuff and disaster porn you like without the usual theo-con right-wing suspects getting their chastity belts in a wad.

Superman has always BEEN a Jesus allegory. From day one.

He is a former soldier who wants to live the simple life with his family. The hero is forced to fight the good fight because his family is directly threatened by Abimelech. He is described as a "Mel Gibson" type.

Ooh, you're so clever. Then again, I guess that means you wouldn't have an argument if I had any other screen name.

I don't know, I'm enough of a purist that I don't even like Batman wearing armor, even though that definitely fits the character very well (except for freedom of movement). To me, painted-on costumes are just part of what superheroes are. Let me make it clear, in Batgirl's case, it's really not about wanting to see…

It may be utilitarian, but it's way too busy for my tastes. Actually, I feel that way about DC's New 52 costumes in general; they all have way too many unnecessary lines and seams and stitching and whatever else that doesn't really add anything. That's kinda what makes me sad about the headline of this article; "The…

So tell a different story. Just don't pretend it's a story about Batman, because it's simply not.

Wow, if you relax the definition of "robots" to include people in mechanized armor, there might be more run time of robots fighting each other in Iron Man 2 than in this entire trilogy.