"He doesn't own those characters, DC does. He knows that and he knows how working in comics works."

I dunno, I see some storytelling criticisms here: Steve overshadowing Sam, the Cosmic Cube as a lazy plot device, Secret Empire #0's failure as a jumping-on point. But you're right that he seems to lean a lot harder on his problems with the premise than with the execution.

I dunno, he's a pretty entertaining guy, even when he starts complaining about the same old shit. I imagine he'd be pretty fun to hang out with, up until you pissed him off for some reason he refused to explain and he never spoke to you again.

Well, clearly you've checked Snopes, and that's a good start. But Mark Evanier suggested (while acknowledging Jack's not here and we can't know for sure) that Kirby's reaction would have probably been, "Well, is it a good story?" He might have objected to the execution, but not necessarily to the premise.

True, but this is different from the raft of previous event stories because Marvel's sales are dropping this time. Of course, it's hard to tell whether that's more due to the details of this storyline in particular, or that event-based storytelling by its nature is unsustainable and leads to diminishing returns.…

Well, there's usually more than one creator, too, and they don't always agree. From what I've read by people who knew them, Kirby wouldn't have objected to Hydra Cap on principle (maybe on execution but not on principle) but Simon would have. And when Moore objects to what DC/Warner does with his work, he doesn't…

Whether or not DC and Marvel's treatment of creators is legal is subject to debate. Lower courts sided with Marvel in Marvel v Kirby, but they settled out of court before it could go to the Supreme Court, which suggests at least some uncertainty as to the outcome. Alan Moore has said that his lawyers believe they…

Hell, Selick already did James and the Giant Peach.

I kinda liked the part where he said "I won't be here when you get back" and then Willy comes back and the house is just completely gone, though.

Tennessee Tuxedo was actually Total Television, not Jay Ward.

Quite possibly; it's hard not to.

I don't disagree with any of that. I don't know if reasonable Republicans *do* still exist — but I sure wish I could find some.

Sure, but I think they may have a long view that Rupert doesn't, in that the culture war stuff is great business now but won't work as well in the long term.

Depends on whether he can argue "I'm just an entertainer playing a character" in court while simultaneously convincing his listeners that he doesn't really mean that.

They did pretty well during the first 5 or 6 years of the Bush Administration.

There have been rumors for years that the younger Murdochs hated Ailes and O'Reilly and wanted to oust them and move the network in a less ideological direction (which I think for Republicans means "keep all the stuff about tax cuts for the rich but spend less time bitching about abortion and worrying about what…

Where can you get a good falafel in Italy?

24 had the same problem.

Hey, I said pretty good.

I didn't like the Minority Report movie much, but the scene where Tom Cruise gets a new set of eyeballs and then all the holographic ads start addressing him by the wrong name was basically perfect.