CletusMusashi

I love that how the way Butcher re-establishes his value is by brutally, gory-ly, splastickally beating and entire roomful of naked and mostly unarmed clone-guys to death in the middle of a batmitvah. "Do you fucking c**** even know what show we're on? This is the bloody Boys, for fuck's sake. What were you gonna do without me? Just... not have action scenes any more?"

Overall, a great episode, as expected. I have two complaints,though, about how Sage analyzed Homelander. For one, I seriously doubt that his superhuman skin and nails would show any stress from washing. And for another... does anybody here actually believe Homelander washes his hands after he pees?

This one was just gleefully nutballs, yet, strangely, with absolutely amazing production values. Is one of Jane's personalities a broadway star? Holy crap, she was nailing it. And so were Cliff, Larry, 104, Isabortus, Rouge, Rita, Cyborg, the Sex Ghosts... And: yeah, yeah, "Buffy" did the "trapped in a muscial universe by an evil being" schtick first. But "Doom Patrol" did it better. Or, at least, more consistently well. Largely because Doom's contribution to the genre does not include any of those slow boring filler tunes that other musicals always want to kludj in there to pad out their list with.

OK, I'm back in. The first three eps were OK, but this one was back to the level that I expect from this show. Joker's prize mayoral possession is giant novelty scissors? Of course. Lexx is very much the manipulative genius he's meant to be, yet still a complete manbitch to his own toxic inner demons. The rockets and "The cape stays on!" were my favorite. Talia is a horrible mother, but she's good at everything else and probably kind of right about the Batfam getting spoiled. Nice bit of teamwork at the end. Nice bits of insight into Ivy's psyche. Her response to the rocket's appearance and to the underwear question was spot on. And I like her growing friendship with Nora. Who, now that she's calming down a little bit but still a crazy party-slut, I have to wonder about. She went a little bit extra crazy after being frozen all those years and losing her husband, but how much of that is actually the normal her anyway? Kind of like how Harlene Quinzel had some Harley-esque tendencies even before meeting the Joker, was Nora the crazy free spirit who forced Victor Fries to occasionally lighten up and have fun? Despite the episode having no Bane, no Gordo, no Clayface, and no King Shark, I am actually quite happy this week.

Sadly, ZL's incarnation of the character is only the second weakest thing about the 2 movies. He not only fails to play the Billy convincly, but he doesn't even seem to understand what age he's supposed to be. But since a good amount of that came from the actual script this time, I think the writers are just leaning in on that flaw as a running joke. They did sort of kind of address it in the third act, but not really. It still seems to be canon that when he transforms he gets dumber and less mature. Just roll with it. Maybe fancanon something in about him not being used to adult level hormones? Nah... Billy's almost 18 in this movie. Just accept that there are certain things that make no sense. When Billy transforms, he becomes a much lamer more hackneyed actor. Kind of like when Superman puts glasses on eveyone immediately starts asking Clark kent where Superman went. Could it be that it's just that impossible to play an older version of a younger character from the same movie? Hell no! Because Meagan Good absolutely kills it as an an adult version of Darla. Because in that particular case the perkiness and naivitie and hyperactivity fit the actual younger version perfectly. Thank gods for the backuip cast, because they carry this movie. And also, I think the weakest thing about the entire Shazam duology is that there are still just these same random 30year old men who hang around the high school all day bullying the same disbaled kid while the teachers just stand around and shrug. How the fuck does the administrative/legal system in these movies work? However, it does gain a few points back by being so over-the-top that it is (intentionally? unintentionally? I honestly have no idea! ) hilarious.

I went into knowing that AA plays a way better version of the same character than ZL does. It's a major flaw of the first movie. But, I liked the first movie. It was dark enough to sell the threats and conflicts, but balanced it out with a lot of warmth and humor. And most of the cast was great. Sometimes, if the rest is done well enough, a good script can survive a crappy lead actor. And all of that holds true for the second movie as well. I suppose you could argue that it's just "more of the same," but if you liked the first installment and want more of the same, then you're going to have fun watching this movie. Of course, one thing that helps is that I avoided spoilers and went out and saw it as soon as I could. The longer you wait, the fewer surprises you're gonna get. But that's true of every movie, not just this one.

So are the heroes still watching that secret underground lab? Or did they just sort of gawk around, say "oh well, no villains here right now," and leave? After blowing up a wall. 'Cause... there is a live animal in a tank there. Obviously, somebody is going in and out of the place feeding that lizard. Shit, at least plant a few cameras to see who. Or is Starman just gonna start blowing up half the mall whenever he sees anyone coming out of of Petsmart with a bag of crickets?

You know you can tell if you're having a cool gunfight? Even the animals don't want to hide out and miss it. If there's like a random snake coming out into the open just to apparently watch the scene, then you're probably doing good.

Motorhead is the group that Merle played during his final kamikaze attack against the governor.

Melania.

This week on "Deadliest Warrior... Cannibalistic Mowgli Cosplayer versus... Actual Fucking Zombie That Does Not Care if it is Bitten by a Human!" I can not wait to catch up on my Live Commentary Thread reading to see what everyone here's reactions were during this episode.

Maybe their cat died and he tried to mimic it to cover up, eventually spending more time in that form than was good for his brain.

I think the funniest moment was the one judge giving them a ten.

The Clayface arc started and ended well, but the middle of it was just too much Clayface. And I say that as someone who considers Clayface, King Shark, Gordo, and Bane to be the funniest characters on the show. The Harlivey stuff wasn't bad, but ultimately it was a retread of the same "quit being so extra-Harley" message that she keeps learning and forgetting over and over again. The real standout was Bane. His line delivery is absolutely always comedy gold, and I'm always a sucker for those Austin Powers-esque strategically located censor props.

I think they're going for something similar to the "Wednesday" show on Netflix. Unfortunately, since that show aired first and was pretty well received, "Velma" may suffer when the inevitable comparisons are made.