Wanda: “Kick-ass?”

I had to pause at the opening title sequence and replay it at least three times. It was pitch-perfect. I mean, they’ve all been, right? But this was my sitcom era here, and everything from Tommy running around with the shaky VHS camera to the freeze frame with the “radical” text on it: perfect.

Looking at you, Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Yeah, if I’m getting it for consoles, I’m waiting until I have a Series X or PS5...however, I did just buy a laptop that apparently can run this game, so maybe that’s the way to go.

Yeah, the double standard at play that day was heartbreaking. Like, did I want the Jan. 6 insurrectionists to get hurt? (May—...) No, of course not. But considering how horribly peaceful protesters have been treated by Capitol Police in the past—remember when they pepper sprayed protesters so Trump could get his photo…

Posting yourself into getting fired.

pascal’s gambit

He did spend a good chunk of his life in San Antonio, IIRC. (Aside: trying to figure out where in Austin the opening sequence in The Last of Us took place was very fun.) I imagine he’ll do just fine if he does a more serious version of his Agent Whiskey voice.

Not all the Future State stories have been hits, but I like it more than most. They’re doing my guy Tim Drake well. Bruce as a more hardboiled version of himself is nice. Love the new Batman’s costume. Cass has her symbol back. Yara Flor is cool, and I can already tell her stories are going to be fun. The Wonder…

Clone High, which only lasted for one season on MTV between 2002 and 2003, will reunite original creators Phil Lord, Bill Lawrence, and Christopher Miller, who are all serving as executive producers of the new project. South Park’s Erica Rivinoja, who wrote on the original series, is also returning as showrunner. Lord…

Velma, “the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang.”

Here are my guesses: Buttercup spends her free time fighting in an underground super-powered fighting ring, and her girlfriend’s a reporter of some sort. Blossom is trapped in a loveless marriage and is having an affair with Brick or something. Bubbles is a calculating and seemingly vapid social media influencer who…

My head-canon was that the Joker let his crew give him the tats. Just was like, “go for it,” and tossed them the tattoo gun.

I kind of like this idea. It’s clever, and so it’s absolutely not the case.

Honestly, for as much as I disliked Leto’s Joker...I loved his suits and cars. The Joker should be fashion forward, damn it.

This is so damn good. I really need to get off my ass and watch this show.

All these modern Jokers are in the shadow of Ledger’s take, but they’re missing the main ingredient: the delight. He was an agent of chaos who was having fun. That’s why it worked! Even when he lost, he was laughing. He commits crime because he enjoys it. (The Joker and Harley careening through Gotham in that one bit…

Yeah, but this stuff is fun. It relishes in being silly and fun and weird. It isn’t half as self-serious as Snyder’s JL stuff.

He turns to camera and says, “...Take Zack Serious!”

It was a drag, man. I imagine the producers realize that Matt James on his own is kind of boring as a lead. He’s either a robot, or he’s not being allowed to be a real person. (His dance moves and karate stuff hint are so very dorky, and I’d love to see more of that kind of them.) But I don’t think the producers have…