In fairness, Nolan had final say on a lot of the script, and it does show.

Let’s just remember The Dark Knight fondly, and pretend the others never existed.

In Cavill, we have an excellent Superman and an excellent Clark Kent, but we do not have the storylines or scripts he deserves. The problem with MoS and BvS is that while they have much of the details of Superman nailed down, they have no understanding of the spirit, which is the important part.

Sigh.

Some friends I’ve maintained from our previous congregation have said they are happy for us—clearly that diverse congregation is the best fit for “a family like yours.”

Give it a decade or so and it will be welcomed back into the fold. And then, a decade after that, Pluto will be declassified as a planet again. It’s what astronomers do to add a little drama to the proceedings.

Nietzsche is also relevant here, with one minor change, given his own rampant sexism:

as a way of offsetting the “Christmas creep,” which is not a cute nickname for your sister’s boyfriend

Hollyoaks

Slam strikes me as a bit of a high-handed, manipulative arsehole.

Serialisation = Soap Opera = Schlock.

But there’s a real underworld, albeit one with fewer dogs and less being blown around by the wind or wading through shit.

I’m surprised no one did a version of the Eastenders logo...

You were doing so well until you got to “proper gun control”.

It goes back even further than that:

Ever been on a night bus where the top deck is full of screaming, vomiting drunks and downstairs is populated by mad homeless people talking to cushions? That’s Trump’s America at present.

According to the FBI’s uniform crime-reporting data for 2016, 90.1 percent of black victims of homicide were killed by other blacks, while 83.5 percent of whites were killed by other whites.

Both were true.

“Badgers - is Meles meles better than Taxidea taxus?”

Frank Castle is pop culture’s very own modern Sisyphus.