Dr. Doom not blogger Doom or Euro-trash Doom. Dr. Victor Von Doom ruler of Latveria, wearer of awesome armor and capes.

Plus I don't see a lot of people up in arms about when a white guy plays jesus.

Agreed! Doom is THE super villain. He can do anything, except knitting, which he finds way too tedious.

I guess but I still don’t get how people can look at the joyless “dark & gritty” tone, the derivative & clichèd story, the insane director, the lack of any real advertising & promotion (save 2 very dull & bland trailers) from the studio, the lack of a presence at comic-con, the HUGE & completely out of left field &…

I just don’t get it. Without condoning or condemning (comicbook reference!!!) I understand but at the same time... Will Smith is playing Deadshot & no one cares because despite maybe losing his range & appeal recently he’s proved he can be a good actor when he tries. Michael B Jordan has a lot to prove, I understand…

“... the decision to cast Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm was the first indication we had that the movie was going off the rails ...”

It's not even authentic to the story though! Dr. Doom is a fucking Internet blogger named Viktor Domashev or some such shit. I mean, really. There are degrees of stupidity here & hiring a black actor ( a good actor no less) to play a white fire man shouldn't even register.

this is literally the most incredibly appropriate gif for a topic ever. i applaud you.

JK Rowling has given 1 million Pounds to New Labour.

She’s a bit like Jhumpa Lahiri in this regard. Both seem to be quite introverted, and not particularly fond of being ‘out in the open’. Granted, Lahiri to my knowledge has no online presence, but sometimes I’ve seen in interviews people trying to take her narratives into some preconceived notions about racial issues…

The “Better Together” campaign in Scotland was a political campaign looking to specifically affect the outcome of a democratic vote as important as any election. Saying it’s not political by virtue of not being specifically tied to a political party would be as disingenuous as saying donating to a SuperPAC isn’t…

The Avengers have more stable attendance than Whedon’s social media history.

Especially since Whedon quits Twitter like, every other week.

Of course, JKR of all people knows how to shut that shit down.

Nobody starts modding with the hopes of making money off their mods. They do it because they are curious and they have fun and then they get attention. You listed art, music, and writing, except all of these things have established ways of earning money from them, where as modding does not and has never. You can’t…

...modders aren’t modding for fun? Given that they didn’t get “paid” before last Thursday...what were they doing it for then?

Actually us music scene people generally play for free all the time. Money is an after thought until we notice you are trying to make us pay to play so you can screw us over. I would rather play a free show than have you charge people coming to hear music with no compensation to the musicians.

Interestingly... maybe.. is that as crappy as it is, it’s kinda normal.

Oh please, I hope they do. Then we will know who the whiny little kids are, crying and taking their ball home while the true modders stay and keep doing it because they love what they do.