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I'm sort of on the fence about it. I think it depends on who they cast in the role. Christopher Reeve's Superman/Clark Kent was so amazing it'd difficult to replicate and the Post-Crisis does make him more human.

I wouldn't know about the quality of Mansell's music because I've never seen any of Darren Aronofsky's films. The only film I've seen that he's scored was Smokin' Aces and I don't remember the music from it at all. But anyway, we're getting off-topic... Which interpretation of Superman would you prefer to see in the film: Kal-El as Clark Kent first and Superman second or as Superman as his true persona and Clark Kent as a mask?

Then apparently you haven't seen The Lion King, Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, or the Nolan Batman films. Has Clint Mansell scored any films? I tend to keep track of who scores what films and I haven't seen his attached to any films I've seen.

No need to apologize! He's probably the best film score composer out there today after John Williams. His music was a big bright spot for me in the two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels and the scores for the two Batman films he composed with James Newton Howard were AWESOME!!!

Tomorrow Never Dies-Quantum of Solace

Hellz yes

I grant you, that moment is funny, but even within the context of the DCAU--a universe of easily exploding computers and NBA stars as superheroes--it makes no damn sense. It's almost a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment (with apologies to the Nostalgia Critic).

And what an episode that is... Dude, Ties that Bind is awesome. Mr. Miracle and Big Barda. A lot of the dialogue in "Ties That Bind" is cheesy ("Now we make miracles!"), Ioan Gruffudd's delivery as Mister Miracle is suspect, and the plot is like the structure of a video game, with levels of punchy-punchy-run-run (to borrow a phrase from Tom Deja). It does set the stage for Darkseid's return and I like J'onn's logic for why the League shouldn't intervene on Apokolips, but otherwise, the episode is for Fourth World and Mr. Miracle and Big Barda fans only.

next episode of Young Justice doesn't air till January

And what an episode that is...

I don't know, it was just the feel of the show, and how they moved and how the city looked. Made me think of that recent X-Men cartoon for some reason. Also, I think Speedy will show up down the line, after Arrowette shows up, calling himself Arsenal. Actually, they say he's gonna appear as Red Arrow, not Arsenal. But we'll see... As for the episode as a whole, I think it was decent. I like most of the designs (especially Blockbuster) and the voice-acting (the big exception being Robin; he lisps too much for my taste). I wonder who the board members of Cadmus on the television screens are...

and a drum-roll from him in Episode 26 before Mike announced they were reviewing "World's Finest" in the next episode

I'm with James on this one; even though do like Booster Gold somewhat, "The Greatest Story Never Told" is a rather dull, forgettable episode

No...

According to wikipedia, he's gonna become Red Arrow rather than Arsenal. On that note, what's the difference between the two personas?

1 minute, 45 seconds of the pilot, featuring a truly cringe-worthy line from Robin and an indicator of the vanity of this incarnation of the Justice League:

Can't speak for Marvel Comics, but for DC I'd go with the Joker. Although "The Killing Joke" is a good story, I think the Joker is one of those villains that you should never even entertain the possibility of feeling sorry for (I also think that going from a mild-mannered failing comedian to a rampaging psychopath after a chemical bath is a far less believable transformation than going from a sadistic thug to an even more sadistic one). He's probably killed more people than any other villain from Earth, just because he could or just for fun (who else would randomly kill a classroom full of kindegarteners?), and all without superpowers. Darkseid and various other villains might kill people just out of spite or for shits and giggles, but the Joker murders just as naturally as someone getting an ice cream: The average person doesn't need to get an ice cream to get enough calories or because they have an addiction to it; they do it for the hell of it and because it tastes good. Also, like Darkseid, making any deal with him is like asking to be stabbed in the back, as Black Mask learned in Under the Red Hood and the mobsters in The Dark Knight learned. Similarly, entering a romantic relationship with him is like asking to be abused, as Harley Quinn has yet to learn. I'd probably place Darkseid as number two, and Luthor as number three, since neither are slaves to an obsession like Zsasz or a programming like Brainiac and actually make the choice to murder. I place Darkseid slightly higher because he doesn't need to rein in any murderous tendencies to protect a positive reputation like Luthor does and because he'll kill for the hell of it more often than Luthor will.

On that happy note, I'll post a trade paperback I finished reading this morning... Batman: Hush- A decidedly mixed bag: Stunning artwork from Jim Lee and for the most part good dialogue (the best example being Batman's interrogation of the Riddler near the end), but suffers the same symptoms of the other Loeb books I've read, those being a weak mystery story, stuffing the story with as many characters as possible (seriously, did we need Amanda Waller? Lady Shiva? Ra's al Ghul?),and the "Batman-fights-this-supervillain-involved-in-the-conspiracy-in-this-issue" format. Some of the exposition is necessary (for example I didn't know who Harold was), but unless you're reading Batman comics for the first time, a lot of it wasn't (we all know what the Joker did to Jason Todd). Plus KnightWing is absolutely right about the characterization of Hush (see above).

Yeah, the dialogue was rather shallow and generic, but the visuals were pretty good. Still, hope the next trailer is better and features a bit of Sinestro, since Mark Strong is a great actor and has the potential to be awesome in the role.

No, I'm disappointed that visually and vocally they're not adding anything new to it. Granted, I probably won't see it in any case, but still I would like to see Disney make more 2-D animated films without falling back on old stories and styles.

this is a slight tangent, but I will contest that Warner Bros is not as bankrupt of Disney, which is remaking Winnie the Pooh with the same damn animation models and pretty much the same voices as before; even so, there are some films which should not be remade and the Wizard of Oz is one of them

At least it won't be eternally teasing someone becoming a superhero and introduce all his future villains and allies before he even puts on his tights

I endorse that. Why not have a supporting, non-romantic interest woman like Leslie Thompkins?

Catwoman and Talia just keep flip-flopping between doing good and evil, and the latter is too beholden to Ra's to be compelling villain for me, especially not in a film where Ra's is dead. Catwoman at least is an independent woman, but I sort of have a bias against her because she's never really been portrayed too well on film or even in animated form and because I don't see Bruce/Batman falling for her so soon after the death of Rachel Dawes. Granted, there probably are good Talia and Catwoman stories out there which I haven't read, but I know for certain there is at least one extremely good Phantasm story in the form of Mask of the Phantasm. Incidentally, I just started reading Hush (though mostly for the artwork), so thanks for putting a damper on the experience.

Though I know they won't do this, it would be awesome of the love interest/female antagonist was neither Catwoman nor Talia al Ghul but Andrea Beaumont/Phantasm. She's the best love interest Batman/Bruce Wayne has had in any media. PERIOD.