“Whether this decision came from Feige’s genuine fidelity to the story or because Downey would never agree to it, we may never know.”

Let’s not leave out the third option that it was a horseshit unfounded rumor to begin with.

Come on.

It’s specifically noted in the article itself.  The text, not the headline.

Definitely bad news for Telsa.

That’s getting into No True Scotsman territory, so it isn’t really worth continuing down that path.  Agree with the conclusion by Mercatus there, which is also the conclusion of our OP here.

Damn, that was right there and I missed it.

Batman perched atop Godzilla’s head, steering him around like Ratatouille.

Yes, 100% my initial thought.

And just trying to hang onto their captive market in general.

Nothing the most fervent freemarketeers hate more than the prospect of a more-free market that actually will assess their value.

Either way, it’s certainly “dumber.”

“Jurgen! None of us could believe it when the idiosyncratic German bit it in the penultimate episode. The man seemed like a lock for the final from the beginning.”

Definitely the biggest shock until just this past week when another heavy favorite bit it in the semis.

In the meantime, if anyone wants more of a good Venom simulator, play 2009's Prototype.  Good game in itself, and about a quarter of the way into it I realized that you’re basically playing Venom in every way.

So noted in the official record.

I do think the final is Josh’s for the taking.  He’s been consistently great and seems to be improving even over that.  Dan has been a bit spiky between great and WTF, while Matty is extremely solid but hasn’t hit the heights the other two have reached.  You never know, but if I were a betting man I’d put it all on…

Yeah, agreed (after finally finishing the ep last night).  Tasha was my favorite, but after the technical I felt it would take a miracle to move on, and she didn’t have one, so there was really no doubt.

“They’re”

And in either case, if you’re giving it to someone as a gift it’s easier to wrap the box with the glasses, so they can do what they want afterwards as far as I’m concerned.

I’m more convinced that it’s simply the end of the early adopter era when ludicrous prices could be charged for EVs without consumer pushback, and now that the companies have to transition to appealing to the broader market, which means per-unit profit will have to be less, they’re being sad and hoping someone else…

Sure, but since votes can pass through that one, I want the literal version.