Perfect Xero

You're calling a show that has well over 100 episodes and counting a failure because its ratings dropped after an initial high first handful of episodes and are mentioning it alongside shows that were cancelled in their first season. You seem to be setting the standard for a 'failure' as anything that isn't a top 5-10 comic/show at the time, which is a ridiculously high standard to use in discussion.

I think it was his plan from the start, that's why he was refusing to be part of any of the plans they came up with but still insisted on coming along. He didn't want them making a plan that counted on him because he knew he was going to abandon it to go after Jace.

In the real world where Lena's response to Kara having lied to her is to try to mind control the planet is so over the top and disproportionate that I'd say that Lena would have snapped eventually either way and any different choices Kara made would have just been delaying the snap at best. On this show where they dedicate an entire episode to Winn needing to forgive and trust his insane sociopath father who kidnapped him and tried to force him to murder people though? I guess Lena's a good person who just needed a little love and trust from Kara.

The actual comic branches of Marvel and DC these days exist as much (if not more) to advertise and churn out IP and story ideas that can be used in other media later as they do to actually make money off publishing comics. Which means that as long as they're not bleeding money on a book they can continue to support something that has critical support or appeals to people in the bookstore/trade crowd. The sales of trade paperbacks and collections outside of the FLGS can also make up for lower single issue sales numbers and make a book more financially successful for the publisher than where it lands on the Diamond list might indicate.

The films repeatedly show that killing someone because they're "dangerous" is wrong and doing so is a sign of how far the Jedi have lost their way. Until RotJ when Luke tosses aside his saber and returns the Jedi to their right path. It's the culmination of the entire Jedi arc the plays out over 6 films and TLJ undoes it in a flashback to make Kylo Ren a love interest for Rey.

Because who among us never stood over our sleeping nephew, deadly weapon armed and in hand, contemplating murdering him before he wakes up? How would I ever relate to Luke if he hadn't? Thinking that seriously considering the murder of a student/family member who is being manipulated by an evil force is far too big of a "flaw", too out of character, and can't be dismissed as a simple "mistake" is a far cry from expecting the character to be flawless. The funny thing to me is that I saw as much hate/hope for failure for Rise of Skywalker before its release (and shortly after) coming from The Last Jedi/Rian fans as I did from the people who had hated the entire Disney Trilogy.

I disagree, I think that Star Wars absolutely could have supported a steady once a year release schedule. I think that they followed up TFA with Rogue One showed that potential was there. IMO there's no reason they shouldn't have owned the Christmas movie season at least every year for the next decade after TFA basically staked the claim. The people who don't like the NT because it contradicts the old EU is a relatively small group. Most Star Wars fans have never cracked open a Star Wars novel or comic. The problem IMO was that they simply made the wrong creative choices and lost the audience's trust. The Last Jedi was a ... divisive film. It changed the tone of the discourse around star wars because it alienated a lot more of the fanbase than simply the people who didn't like changes from the EU. IMO it derailed a lot of the excitement for the franchise that had been very strong up to that point. Why should I be excited to see Solo 5 months after I watched Luke fucking Skywalker stand over Han's son, weapon drawn and armed, contemplating murdering him in his sleep? What's the point? Why should I trust them to do right by Han, Chewie, and Lando? They're still clearly going to make a ton of money off of Star Wars, but I think they could be making even more.

Miranda Cosgrove playing a teacher on a sitcom makes me feel ancient.

"Shit, bro. No pool." - Brandt

"Mom, how did you and Dad get together?" "Well, kids, I was part of a planned prank to humiliate your father at our prom for no reason other than him being a nerd. I was totally going to go through with it, but then he showed up in a Limo and had a cool suit instead of a dorky brown one, so I had second thoughts." "Uh ..." "Then my friends pushed him around and threw a drink on him anyway, and I let him run off alone and upset while I kept hanging out with my asshole friends until your father came back and did a dance number." "Wait, why did you keeping hanging out wi--" "Then your grandmother showed up and tried to kill me ..."

Can't wait to see the network reaction when a .500 record mid-market team with a 2 deep rotation and a backup shortstop on a hot streak sneaks into the playoffs and take out the Dodgers or Yankees in the first round 3 game series.

I think Frankie pretty much stays Frankie throughout the show. Sue, Axl, and Brick grow and change some, but the parents pretty much stay the same.

I know the question the time gap has come up, I think it's an interesting question of what 50 years might mean to an immortal. From a human perspective that's more than half a lifetime between when she knew Steve and the 80s, but to a superhuman with eternal life, that might be like something that happened a couple of months ago would be to us.

I've been trying to figure him out, I think that he's either supposed to be the younger sibling (even though the actor is pretty clearly older) or he's older but just too ... simple for a career in shit-shoveling.

It was nice of the Markovians to just leave Grayle behind so he could warn the good guys about what was going on when they took Lynn and Tobias.

Did I miss her or is the actress who played Laura not part of the show this season?

He said he's selling guns to the Resistance (at double the price), so I guess they could be setting up him helping in whatever big final with the ASA. On the other hand it's Lala so he's probably just there so Tobias can show up and kill him again.

I can only guess he's been at the school for so long at this point that he's old enough to buy alcohol for the popular kids.

I think that Josh has pretty consistently been the least awful of the work regulars (though that isn't saying much).

The show is clearly an over the top, stylized version of the Middle Ages so it shouldn't be taken seriously, but since the flat Earth myth annoys me, I'll just say here that the ancient Greeks figured out that the Earth is a sphere, and it never really fell out of wider belief in Europe once it spread (particularly among the educated).

I mean, I knew that Asher would go back to fucking up sooner rather than later, but I didn't think it would be this soon.

True, but good Lex being the buffer between mad scientist and secret evil businessman would create an interesting dynamic IMO. Maybe Lena still remembers a different Lex and that's part of the reason she's working with him. It means that he actually does have a legit spotless record so they can't just dig up old records to take him down. It creates the moral question of whether J'onn would be justified putting good Lex's memories back in Paragon Lex's head. On Lex's side he wouldn't have the ready built network of secret evil lairs and tech because his good self was probably spending his fortune actually making the world a better place and not building underground Kryptonite cannons to fight Superman, so it would explain why he needs the resources of the DEO, Supergirl, and Lena to go up against Leviathan. Crisis seemed to at least be playing with the idea that Lex got a taste of being a hero at the end, and then came back to a world where he's a beloved hero. I'm a bit surprised that the show didn't at least tease the question of whether Lex might actually be changing for a few episodes instead of going straight into Secret Evil Businessman mode.

Batwoman came out as a lesbian. She's still hiding her identity.

Chyler's whole look changes more from a different hair style/wig than anyone else I've ever seen. She makes me believe that the S family glasses disguise could actually work.

I noticed during the crossover that Jefferson didn't mention Gambi when he talked about his loved ones, so I wonder if they chose to start the episode with a Jeff and Gambi love fest to make up for that. Jen is just going around telling everyone that she's going to kill Odell, it's a wonder that she maintains her secret identity at all. They've named him in previous episodes as Grayle. Apparently he's the arrow-verse version of relativity minor DC hero Gardner Grayle, aka Atomic Knight.