KnightWing

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  2. DC reboot

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    It would be interesting if they started doing comics in the pre-New 52 universe again and those books started outselling the New 52 stuff. It could be almost like a Marvel 616/Ultimate situation.

  4. Supergirl

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    I was kind of lukewarm on it. Benoist is great as Kara and the "super" aspect of it is really well-realized (seriously, best TV superhero VFX ever), but there was definitely something missing. It's easiest to compare this Supergirl pilot with the Flash pilot, but where the Flash really worked, I think Supergirl kind of fell on its face. It's the personal/family angle of it all. There's no true equivalent of the Barry/Joe relationship, or even a decent Iris. Hell, Smallville's pilot established multiple different relationships that worked; pretty much none work in Supergirl. There's four different familial characters in Supergirl, two of whom don't talk, one who has only one or two lines, and a fourth who's practically an antagonist and not very enjoyable to watch anyway. Even Kara's "friends" at her workplace are more weird than friendly.

    It is a pilot, of course, and it's pretty crammed with plot, but still. That human element is why The Flash works, it's why Lois & Clark worked, and it's why Smallville worked for a few years at the beginning. Supergirl needs that too.

  9. The Flash

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    I'm guessing that the epic wormhole tornado is the result of time going wonky after Eddie killed himself. So time isn't simply resetting; it's going through some pains in the process. Maybe Barry can stop it, or maybe only some things will change but not others.

  10. Every comic you've read in 2015

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    I think Hush is a very decent story that's elevated to epic status only because it's a showcase for Jim Lee's art. And that's the thing about Jeph Loeb: when he's writing a straightforward, decent story with a fantastic artist, his books can be great. But then you get Ultimatum and it's just... eeeesh.

  16. The Flash

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    It started with quieter character moments and ramped up into epic-town.

    JAY GARRICK, Y'ALL.

    Eddie shooting himself was totally unexpected, and it worked so well. I'd bet that he's gonna become the new Reverse-Flash after popping out of a wormhole somewhere.

    Really surprised that they didn't go into Flashpoint territory, but in a meta way it kinda made sense. Future-Barry was basically telling present-Barry not to save his mom the same way that Barry had to stop himself from saving her in Flashpoint. So instead of having to go through Flashpoint, future-Barry was like, "No way, man. I've read Flashpoint and it's mediocre at best. Not worth it."

  17. Every comic you've read in 2015

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    Not really. Movie-Cap is occasionally silly, but Ultimates Cap is notable for being an America-centric jingoist dick who solves problems exclusively with his fists. Movie-Cap repeatedly shows empathy for everyone, regardless of nationality, and would sooner take a punch than deal one when he didn't need to. In Avengers 2, Cap is the only one to stick up for the Maximoff twins' point of view before they actually switch sides.

  20. Every Film You've Watched in 2015

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    I remember having an argument with a random person online who insisted that if matte lines weren't visible around the snowspeeders in The Empire Strikes Back, it was an objectively bad movie that needed to be burned. He also insisted that Lak Sivrak was one of the great losses of the original cut of ANH, and I had to google who Lak Sivrak was. And to make me need to google anything about Star Wars is a pretty incredible level of... well, I'm a fanatic, so whatever's above that.