My comments weren't about Joss' actions, but that "everybody does it" is almost never actually true, and in general a staggeringly weak defense for someone taking actions that hurt other people.

So he's going to take "The Killing Joke", move it from Gotham to Boston, and win an Oscar for it? I'm not sure that will work for him since there aren't any Asian characters for him to scrub from the story.

I agree that the action being defended could be different, but the defense is the same. Saying something's a non-issue because "everyone" does it isn't true, and isn't a valid justification.

"(which almost everyone does, man and woman)"

Cracker is a reference to slave foremen using whips on people, not the dried bread snack.

Doesn't Denis Leary's character go on a rant about what club to use when beating someone up in "Suicide Kings"? Or maybe it was more about graphite clubs being shitty as weapons.

Actually, the stuff was originally called "Duck tape" in WWII. It was developed as a tool to seal and waterproof munitions packaging. Soldiers found it was useful for fixing just about anything, and that carried over to civilian life post-war, where it started being used quite a bit during the housing boom that…

I haven't watched the Simpsons in a very long time, so I don't have a useful response, but I"m compelled to upvote you for using "eschatological" instead of "apocalyptic." Thank you.

I totally agree with you. The second movie was "John buys a magic suit and doesn't care about being shot". It was stupid and boring. The only scene I enjoyed was Franco Nero's cameo.

Really? The action scenes in the trailers all have dudes standing around in the background looking bored and doing nothing with their weapons until Theron gets around to shooting them. It looks pretty terrible to me.

I would argue that putting women back into mini-skirts, something Roddenberry fought hard to stop in the original series, was pretty terrible.

Really? The color continued down onto the slacks from the jacket looks really silly to me.

By adding an alternate universe with a character that exists in both? There really isn't anything complicated about Star Trek timelines. I'd say his movie did the exact opposite of what you put forth.

Also, Takeshi Miike directed a Blade of the Immortal movie that premiered at Cannes this year. I'm sort of torn about trying to see it, though, because I think Miike makes good movies, but I don't know how you could boil down 31 graphic novels into a satisfying 140 minutes.

Why would they want Channing Tatum in this. The guys manages to sound dumber than the characters he plays in interviews.

I wonder which Tony Leung. Either would be cool, both would be best.

No, Trek nerds are aware that Roddenberry fought for gender neutral uniforms. He had to compromise on the miniskirts as part of the deal to ensure he could have a woman bridge officer. Regressing on that is one of the many reasons why I don't like Abrams' vision of Trek.

It seems so unlikely that this would be the only article that's ever been filed under "You've got to be fucking kidding me". I was sad that there weren't more to peruse.

I can't speak for Bostorket, but I'd been watching the MASH television reruns for years before I saw the movie and found out the theme had lyrics.

My lack of faith in humanity meant I started drinking pretty early that night, which helped with the sleeping.