Me too. But I figure if Ian McKellan was able survive long enough to get through three Lord of the Rings movies and four Hobbit movies spanning almost 15 years of production, then I feel good about a few Avengers...

This just feels like PR spin doctoring to me. DC only wants this story to disappear from the nerd news cycle and go away. The usual lip service about "working real hard" to balance the gender discrepency gets trotted out and then it's back to business as usual (cuz business is good). Let's not pretend that (a) DC is…

I dunno...the DC Universe has avoided being a grimdark setting for decades with these characters. This is a comic book universe, and the "grounded reality of the situation" is pretty irrelevent. It is only because directors like Snyder like the grimdark aesthetic that we get a very un-comic-book-like movie franchise.…

Well, there are Americans who hate the French even though they've never spent much time with them. They are the type of Americans who get most their opinions from others in their peer group or community who do their thinking for them. Then there are the Americans who dislike the French, after having spent time in…

I tried the bacon swiss version and it was glorious.

I like the Alfred/Bruce storyline. I like how Alfred is cultivating the future Batman. Alfred isn't a psychopath, he's the equivalent of a Shaolin master training his young "grasshopper". The man who becomes Batman doesn't become Batman as a result of a gentle, sheltered upbringing by a kindly old butler. The seeds…

What we really need is for roll-up computer display technology to become cheap. That way, your battlemat is the digital map display.

I'm not a fan of the show appropriating the awesomely cool character of Solomon Kane and turning him into a thoroughly lame wannabe named Solomon Kent. These writers need to be arrested, indicted, and convicted of sheer horribleness.

Yet another reenvisioned-as-armor disappointment. I will never be a fan of this approach.

I would agree with you. But all that can be concluded from that observation is that it hasn't worked (yet)...(or at least not recently). That's not proof it can never be made to work. Nor is it sufficient justification for never trying.

If by primary you mean bright and vibrant, then all I can say is that I simply don't accept that bit of overwrought "conventional wisdom". I firmly believe brightly colored costumes can work for film and tv, it is just a matter of the right people with the right vision getting the opportunity to prove me right.

I'll agree with that assessment the day all of Flash's villains also appear in flashy costumes rather than street clothes. A dark costume variant (or two) does not demonstrate the kind of aesthetic choice I am talking about. I am talking about producing a show that has costumes for every major character in the same…

I understand what you are saying, and I understand where Hollywood's reluctance comes from. I just don't happen to agree with the fundamental notion that brightly colored superhero costumes need to be justified at all. So what if they aren't "realistic"? Superhero comics have never cared about that, and neither should…

Hollywood still has a bugaboo about putting its heroes into brightly-colored costumes. As light as The Flash may be in tone, he is still required by the current mindset to wear a dark red costume rather than his traditional bright red. Odd considering that Reverse Flash is allowed to have his traditionally garish,…

I'm curious how Cypher compares crunch-wise with Savage Worlds, the other multi-genre system du jour right now.

WoW is simply reiterating over the same pop culture territory first covered by Dungeons and Dragons. The main difference is that WoW inhabits the video game subculture, which earned broader cultural legitimacy over the course of two decades. D&D never really transcended its reputation as a pasttime for ubernerds. And…

Hands down, this is it. This isn't even remotely up for debate as far as I'm concerned.

So true. Though when I saw this series as a kid back in the late 60s and early 70s, it was always Gorshin's Riddler laugh that creeped me out the most.

You need to see the Smoking Gun documentary. You will be left with no question whatsoever as to who fired the fatal gunshot (hint: it wasn't Oswald) (second hint: it was a terrible, tragic accident).

I'm with you on this, Corpore. I actually started out with Champions 2nd ed, but 4th ed has always been my favorite, and I truly feel that the Hero System is the best overall RPG ever designed. Then again, I'm an engineer and the game's design is so amazingly logical that it was destined to appeal to me. I can…