Yeah, I used to scoff at all of the “pageantry” — just get to the racing! Then I went to last year’s USGP in Austin.

Very well said. Imagine if this was Batman, and suddenly Bruce Wayne left for some reason, but now there’s a new rich guy named, I dunno, Richie Rich, and he’s going to be Batman. Just doesn’t work. (I mean, he could buy Wayne Manor, just like the latter seasons of Two and Half Men.)

That’s not exactly surprising—Birds Of Prey is structured to essentially introduce one character at a time, and the editing is such that each portion of the film feels like it’s lacking just one more scene to really stick the landing

Yeah, I said the same in the other article about the movie: as far as elevator pitches go, “criminals forced to do government black ops” sounds awesome. “Boomerang guy and girl with baseball bat fight interdimensional demons” sounds... dumb.

But... but... he’s got a LOT of arrows! And Black Widow has TWO pistols! Clearly, the front line of defense!  Who needs that Thor guy anyway?

Here’s my quibble with the movie: “criminals forced to do government black ops” sounds awesome. “Hey we’ve got this weird demon portal, dial up the boomerang guy and the girl with the baseball bat” sounds really dumb (both in-universe and out).

I mean, it’s basically the gym membership model, right? Their perfect customer is someone who signs up for a gym membership and never shows up.

Ok can someone explain why Lyft is a creditor.

Same here and about the same age w/ Christine, the passive-aggressive tut-tuts from Mom made it feel like I was finally reading “adult” books.

My MAN!

I know exactly which scene you’re talking about. There’s also one a bit later where Diana greets Barry and Bruce at the airport and we’re basically at heel level looking up.

Yep, actors come and go from shows all the time, but Mandy is who comes to mind when a “name” basically says “I’m outta here.” And you are correct, CM was enough of an ensemble where it could be explained logically.

Mandy Patinkin left Criminal Minds after two? three? seasons, but they wrote him out of the show.

I really wish they would have given it eight seasons instead of ending at six.

The 2001 version is in its correct place, but somewhere in all of that mess there are some good ideas. I blame it more on execution (casting, direction, etc.) than concept.

I jumped onboard with Queen of the Damned, loved it. I remember reading an excerpt in Rolling Stone.

Same here.  I want to get out again as much as anyone, but hitting up the comics shop is way, way down on my list right now.

Company I used to work for was suing another company for damages related to (insert long-winded, confusing backstory here).

nor do I think anyone would want to read it

I remember reading about a service Delta offered (I’m sure all the carriers do) — basically, if you need a package delivered same-day or in the next few hours, you could roll up to the airport, hand it off to an agent, and they would toss it in the hold of the next flight (after scanning, etc.). You just needed…