That’s part of the problem right there, I think. Yes, Zod is indeed overpowering Superman, who has only recently gotten into this superhero business and is trying his best to go toe to toe with an absolute psychopath … but this isn’t played up enough. A glimpse of Clark going “Oh shit,” or better yet of Clark actually…

That’s an interesting point. Modern-day Kansas farmers aren’t exactly laid-back (nobody ever talks, for instance, about the epidemic of suicides that recently swept their ranks) … which would make it all the more extraordinary if the Kents should somehow raise baby Kal-el to be such an exemplar of goodness and light.

I once wondered “out loud” on Quora what would happen if I dressed as a Nazi on Halloween. My thinking was, if anyone called me out on it, I’d explain that Halloween is a night for cosplaying monsters and I was just dressed as a different type of monster.

Damn. Been reading about this for days and that never occurred to me. (Then again, I’m not an American, so there are nuances I won’t be able to catch -- like that bit about the National Park Service rangers who weren’t there to prevent this ugly little standoff because The Donald shut them down by way of having his…

“Still the best live-action interpretation of Superman?” Sorry, I have to disagree — and Tom Breihan pretty much nails it when he pins much of the blame on Zack Snyder, who, in his words, “has never made a bright or optimistic movie” (300 definitely included here) … and yet was asked to do a movie about a character…

I constantly tell the story of the Roman hero Cincinnatus in my posts. Cincinnatus won fame for NOT hanging on to the dictatorship of Rome after being appointed dictator to repel an invading army — an act of putting country before self that he repeated when made dictator a second time to deal with another crisis later…

This just in: Naturally Donald Trump had to put his oar in, and naturally he’s calling this fracas “fake news.” See? MAGA means trouble.

This was pretty much my reaction once I started hearing about the attempts to walk this thing back. No way these idiot kids weren’t looking for trouble — not with those big red MAGA hats on their idiot heads.

Just to clarify: You wanted to say “They’re either not allowed to believe that slogan or not be Republicans.” Yes?

A lot of people have already responded to this post, so I think it unlikely anyone will read this. But for what it’s worth?

Speaking of which — anybody remember this old B-movie Battle Beneath the Earth? U.S. Army battle moles fend off fiendish Commie battle moles, but these Commies are Chinese. (Also, the moles dig through rock by dematerializing it with “lasers” that act more like maxed-out Star Trek phasers.)

Jason, why do you insist on calling this thing “The Flying Crowbar?” It’s a bit confusing because there was this other fi-in-sci project involving “flying crowbars” called Thor. (It was going to be a battle satellite, and it would drop big metal rods — hence “flying crowbars” — from orbit onto designated targets…

You mean that bit about “Cumming Inside the Spider-verse?” Hee hee hee hee … oh God, if Mary Jane finds out about this she is gonna absolutely MOIDER poor Peter ...

A good point, though there might still be people out there who don’t realize they won’t like Bruce if they get him angry. I mean, who knows, right? There might be ...

Why does Doop have a pet tiger? And why is he riding Dennis Hopper’s Captain America bike, or a facsimile thereof?

Before I forget: You haven’t published your review of Man of Steel yet, but it and every other movie in the attempted DCEU should be branded with just two words: TOO LATE.

Who in blazes is Doop?

TV Tropes called this a Crowning MOVIE of Awesome, and boy do they have a point. Especially for a first-time watcher it’s just one OMG moment after another. (OMG, the Black Widow just coldcocked a whole gang of Russkie thugs without even bothering to break loose of the chair they tied her to! OMG, didja see what…

“Into the Spider-verse.” The title of that movie was “Into the Spider-verse.” And my only regret about it is that the goddamn flu kept me from watching it over and over again during the holidays.

Whenever this point comes up, I in turn always bring up the story of Cincinnatus, a hero of the old Roman Republic (and yes, the city of Cincinnati was named for him, or at least for his clan).