I thought it was one picture of Isaac flanked by two pictures of Johnson.

Give any combination of these guys a movie already.

I have a theory that Marvel’s lackluster villains are one potential reason why we love the Marvel characters so much, in the exact opposite way that audiences found Nicholson’s Joker far more interesting than Keaton’s Batman. Thor is potentially a boring character (in his first two movies anyway), so why not let…

I kinda wish Rock had said “and that’s why you didn’t win the Oscar for Ali!”

I don’t know that I agree! I’d have to watch them again, but the main thing I remember in the Nolan movies is Bruce giving a homeless man a coat once, and the League of Shadows trying to bring down the city by influencing the economy of the city, nudging Gotham towards a dystopian hellhole.

In Nolan’s movies, Batman’s…

I definitely appreciated the movie’s willingness to interrogate, even if only slightly, the idea that a wealthy man’s best use of time is to use his fortune to beat up muggers. It ain’t deep, but it’s better than, say, Nolan’s trilogy and it’s casual/accidental neoconservative politics (Batman has to stop the Occupy…

Yeah, the RotJ fight isn’t as good, though their final pass - when Luke is giving into anger - I dig a lot.

I’m mixed on Vader’s combat scene in Rogue One. I think it’s clearly fanservice and that it’s mostly there for the wrong reason, i.e. it’s fun to watch the evil wizard space fascist executing people. On the…

I heard somebody say once that a game has to be either fun, or interesting. Ideally both, I think, for most audiences. But it can just do one or the other and still be perfectly good for some audiences.

I’d hardly call Mad Men a fun show (though there are certainly moments). And I don’t usually feel like I’m enjoying m…

True. When your goal is making money, one dovetails into the other nicely without any sort of conspiracy in advance.

It’s been some time since I watched it all in context, but I am still willing to say that the duel between Vader and Luke on Cloud City probably belonds among the greatest sword fights in cinema history. The story is told through their body language and choreography in a way that the flashy acrobatics of the prequel…

Yeah, because who wants a character with dimensions?

That’s glib, and I like Pattinson as an actor (though I haven’t seen this movie yet). But despite seeing where he’s coming from, I think it’s a limiting choice, not a freeing one.

His Batman is younger than some, so the still-in-grief aspects make some sense. But I…

I think it’s because Marvel’s characters originated with a lot of built-in personal drama when they were created, and DC’s were largely paragons of virtue taking on external challenges. And that doesn’t always make for the most dynamic character in a film.

So Batman is a stoic and brooding character who is pit against…

Regardless of opinions of how well he played the role, I feel like it’s hard to argue that Christian Bale wasn’t at least well cast as both Batman and Bruce Wayne.

Eh, that’s fair.

Here’s the problem with new Star Wars media.

The Mandalorian wasn’t bold and innovative. It was very straightforward! It was “Lone Wolf and Cub In A Space Western.” It was exactly what the original Star Wars movies were: mash-ups of sci-fi serials, westerns and samurai movies.

What it was, though, was a mash-up we…

Teachers absolutely deserve to be paid more. But it’s not a zero sum game. This argument is reductive in a way that only hinders the ability for teachers, or literally any worker anywhere, to earn more money.

Actors and athletes are paid by the owners and corporations who are profiting from their work. An actor or…

It’d be great if he did take the job, and then didn’t even try to match DiMaggio’s voice at all.

“Is it just me, or is Bender sounding a little Joker-y this season?”

Forget magic or psychic powers. That guy’s superpower would be his infinite levels of charm.

Season 2 truly ended on a high note. And I really enjoyed Typhoid Mary. While Jessica Jones after the first season was steadily losing steam in a really sad way, I feel like the show was finally starting to live up to its potential.

THANK YOU. When Mariah’s passionate support of giving the NYPD superguns was warmly received by a crowd of Black people in New York City, it was clear the writers had lost the most important and relevant theme of the show. 

My favorite part is how the scene works just fine even if you have no idea who Daredevil is. Because that’s a damn good joke.