Dan

You are Desmond Reddick and I claim my £5. In all seriousness, I thought this was terrific. I need to see it again, but I think this is going to be another Star Wars/Empire situation for me, where the second movie is, by almost any objective measure, a better film, but I think I find The Force Awakens to be a more fun and enjoyable experience. Kelly Marie Tran is a goddamn delight.

San Diego Comic-Con won its court case and now holds the trademark for the term "comic con" in its entirety.

I mean, Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers are the obvious picks. Dragnet, Sneakers, My Girl.

They did an actual honest-to-God post-credits sequence on the MST3K Turkey Day marathon to announce season 12.

There seems to be some back and forth as to just how finalized this is, but Jude Law has reportedly been cast as Walter Lawson/Captain Mar-Vell.

In what may be the most correct decision ever, it looks like Doc Shaner will be taking over for Darwyn Cooke as the cover artist for DC's old-school Omnibuses.

Justice League had the lowest domestic box-office weekend of any DCEU movie; MUCH lower than projected. (I'll post a link to the article when I'm not at work.)

Oh, that's just not fair. The funniest stuff in Airplane! is funnier than anything in Naked Gun; Naked Gun is much more consistent. I'd go with the latter but it's not an easy call.

Putting it in tags for anyone who hasn't seen/heard about it:

This was so much fucking fun. Yeah, it's way goofier than either of the other Thor movies, but the other Thor movies range from "eh, it's alright" to "I can't remember, did I even see that one?" so it's all good. It was great to see the Hulk as an actual character, and not just the smash engine that gets turned on in Act 3. And I marked out so fucking hard for the Don Blake moment.

Wizard World is hemorrhaging money and may not make it to 2019.

The Twitter review embargo was lifted at noon today. What people are saying over and over: "It's fine."

If she was signed to a three-picture deal, then Justice League would have fulfilled it. Also, even if she can't actually drop out, by doing this, WB needs to either A) publicly get rid of Ratner, or B) explain very, very carefully why they aren't getting rid of Ratner.

Is that the one with Chyler Leigh and Chris Evans? Yeah, that one manages to be not entirely garbage.

Dudley Simpson, composer for 15 years between the 60s and 70s, has passed away.

Zachary Levi as been cast as Captain Marvel.

Not slamming evil, so much as gently waving a finger at it and silently admonishing it. The Phantom 2040 isn't MAD at you, evil. He's just very disappointed.

True story: for reasons I will never fully understand, when I sit and think to myself, "Self, how does the Star Trek theme go?" it's the theme song to the animated series that I always, always, always have in my head.

"Is that your swimsuit?" "Is that your overbite?"

There's so much about this cover that just makes me SO HAPPY.

There's nothing there that would make me want to see it if I hadn't already decided if I was going to or not. It doesn't look awful, but not particularly interesting, either.

Batman and the Outsiders HC vol. 1: collects Batman and the Outsiders (1983) #1-13, plus The New Teen Titans #37 and material from The Brave and the Bold #200. After Lucius Fox manages to get himself kidnapped by a hostile foreign power and the JLA are forbidden to do anything about it lest they create an international incident, Batman has a temper tantrum, quits the League, and forms his own team and it'll have candy and presents and Firestorm's not invited. Who is invited instead are a couple of established characters that DC weren't really doing anything with (Black Lightning and Metamorpho), and some new characters that range from mildly interesting (Katana) to wasted potential (Halo) to the dictionary definition of utter uselessness (Geo-Force). Mike W. Barr, the Bat-writer in the early-to-mid 80s, has a tough time reconciling the brooding loner Batman he'd been working on with the guy training and leading a team of people with varying degrees of experience, but for the most part it comes out well enough. Jim Aparo is as Jim Aparo as he always is, even if he's not quite at the top of his game. Overall this is pretty typical Bronze Age, just pre-Crisis DC stuff. Stories are generally quick, no more than two parts. There's a crossover with the Titans where it's driven home how much more interesting Terra was than her brother Geo-Force. The Dick and Bruce relationship is pretty much destroyed at this point, and that's almost entirely on Dick's end; Batman is barely aware that Robin is so angry. (Hence why Dick is so angry.) The actual story isn't memorable, but the characterization is interesting. There's also a fucking phenomenal Christmas issue that's seriously one of the best Batman stories I've ever read. Also, Metamorpho is totally Ben Grimm with the serial numbers filed off.

Some Like It Hot is a gimme, but it's a gimme for a reason. Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, How to Marry a Millionaire.