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Class 1A goes to camp! Also 1B, but does anyone give a crap about them at all? Aside from the thought of Sero getting shipped to 1B because Mineta saved his ass against Midnight, 1B isn't relevant. On the bright side, I'm thinking Steal-Yo-Powers Lad is the only full-on asshole there. And if he acts up, Bakugo will know how to approach him in order to send him to hell. Also, we get a superhero team (Wild, Wild Pussycats) and some poor kid whose hero parents were murdered. On the bright side, he crotch-punches Midoriya. Since this is anime, I'm sure Midoriya will turn the kid's heart from stone . . . but the punch was funny. Bonus for Iida screaming about the inappropriateness of nailing someone there. "A punch to the scrotum is unforgivable!" Minoru Mineta: Giving new meaning to the phrase "Balls To The Wall." I can imagine the others shouting, "Dude, we went through a forest of horrors. We're tired, we just want to relax, so why do something that we all know is going to get you hurt?" "Guys, aren't you curious?!?" "NO!!!!" "Not even about Toru?" "Wait . . . the invisible girl?" "Yeah! Water would give us a better idea on her shape!!" And then Iida would grab Mineta's face and blow exhaust from his calves and make him pass out.

Trailer and details on the second season, which starts next month. The bit about most of the production team from the original season having left? That’s a little troubling.

ORANGE LIGHTNING TO THE RESCUE! Or maybe Jenn will get sponsored and call herself "Sunny D." Next week is the finale? Cool. I like the show, but I figure Legends of Tomorrow will feel better for me than Tobias slamming my head into an anvil every episode. Anyone else notice one of Gambi's screens said "Freeland, GA"? Os is that not new information?

Anyone else amused that NearFutureTapedFelicity sounds a lot like the current version? So, basically, Team Arrow goes through SCPD protocols, and then they basically "do them." Seems about right. Meanwhile, Diaz is still assumed to be a briquette, which I can live with. Probably took a whole week to get the smell of arrogance out of his cell. The William/Mia stuff was also nice. Something tells me that will go south really soon . . . but I like that they're amicable now.

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Caught the "latest" episode. It looks like the new deal is going to be Yoshihiro Kira floating around his Polaroid snap, hitting mentally-questionable people with the arrow to make new Stand users. This week: some putz kid with a Rock/Paper/Scissors hard-on. Rohan faces him and wins, albeit in the most Rohan way possible: using Heaven's Door to get the Invisible Baby to force Ken's hand to switch positions. While his Stand (Boy II Man Boys Man Man) is unique enough (looking like Alphonse Elric's little brother), it seems too situational to use.

Right now,I'm just thankful Black Lightning doesn't following this series. Putting them on consecutive nights basically gives me the image of Kara and Jefferson batting a giant anvil between them. Wait, so Lockwood gets appointed to an office, and he can immediately rescind stuff? If the president does it, I'm handwave it . . . but here, it's a bit much. As much as I want to like this show without reservation, I shouldn't be watching James walk around his office at the very end, dreading that something was about to happen to him. And yep, he got shot. Seeing Manchester and Hat at the Fortress of Solitude (apparently guarded by men that the Lex Luthor from Smallville hired) was a cute moment. Grand Morrison riffed on that in All-Star Superman, where Superman keeps the key under a mat . . . the catch being that it weighed a lot. I think heavier than dwarf stars? Point is, something like that seems like a dick-wave, but it's just so the bad guys can break in. And Hat had access to power gauntlets, so that was that. Would have been hilarious if Brainy put on the hat, and Kelex fell out of it.

Fun movie. Maybe not the best, but it's basically a solid Marvel movie. And Captain Marvel (well, this one; long story) is basically like the Guardians of the Galaxy, in the sense that few people who didn't read comics knew about her, but Brie Larson holds her own playing perhaps the leading character in the MCU. To be fair, Marvel doesn't have a Wonder Woman of their own. They have lots of great female characters (Sue Storm-Richards, Storm, Jean Grey, Wasp, Black Widow), but not that could match that level of recognition. It could be argued that giving Carol Danvers the "title" of Captain Marvel was done with movies in mind (just as most Guardians of the Galaxy stories had been set on thousand years in the future), but it works. Yeah, there are dings here and there. Way too many obvious Nineties references. Ronan the Accuser looking like an impotent bitch. And the story is basically like Solo, in the sense that this movie has the origin of a lot of stuff. How did Fury lose an eye? Goose the Flerkin. Why did Fury start looking for heroic types? Because of Carol. How did he come up with the term "Avengers"? That was Carol's callsign. It's a little annoying. Interesting flip that the Skrulls were the sympathetic party here. I mean, I could have gone with both sides being assholes, especially since the Kree have been humongous dicks in GotG and Agents of SHIELD. Maybe it's because of the present political climate, leading to some parallels. Or maybe because the MCU doesn't have the Fantastic Four yet; they are the Skrulls' usual foils. So . . . Goose ate the Tesseract. Was that the thing originally in The Avengers? Or was it Captain America? I thought it was supposed to be hidden, as opposed to being a Flerkin hairball. And if SHIELD was running in the Nineties, why did Coulson make like it was a work-in-progress in Iron Man? Nice mid-credits scene. Carol loves surprising people. I'm betting the next Endgame trailer has her bonding with Rocket. "Wait, you were the one that killed Ronan?" "Nah, it was me and my friends. Quill challenged him to a 'dance-off' first. You know, if he comes back, I'm introduce you to him."

Funny115 returns with the story of Chaos Kass. Turns out she was a huge fangirl, and she enjoyed not giving a fuck. And Mario loves her for it.

Recap of the latest episode from Reality Blurred. Sufficed to say, I think Andy has accepted this season isn’t going to be a good one.

Third season started with an episode that was mostly recap. It was pretty cool, though. Side plot is Class 1A training in the swimming pool . . .an idea formed by Denki and Minetta to see the girls in bikinis. That backfires when Midoriya invites everyone, Iida makes the boys train in endurance, and the girls wear regulation swimwear. Funny moment: the naughty boys imagining the girls in bikinis, and Asui is in an old-fashioned one piece suit. Nice touch.

*sigh* This will be the fiftieth anniversary of the Miracle Mets' improbable World Series win. There's going to be a day to celebrate that at Citi Field, and it's going to be a little gloomier without The Franchise. I started going to Mets games in 1983, and I reckon Seaver pitched in most of them . . . mostly because they were Sunday day games. I was at the ceremony when his number was retired.

Has I mentioned I'm going to miss Gotham when it's over? Because I will. I am so going to miss it. Arrow will be wrapping up at the end of the near, but I don't think I've had as much fun watching that. Basically, Ivy's turn comes up on the proverbial Wheel of Psychos, so she uses her special perfume to "convince" Zsasz to shoot Jim. And he does . . . but since he's a major canon character, all he gets is a nightmarish kangaroo court, as he's haunted by his failures. Since Ivy basically thinks she's the Lorax (speaking for nature), she gets Bruce and Lucius to reverse the repairs done to the river. Selina winds up breaking them out of that (Lucius: "You kicked me in the face"), and Lee winds up shooting Ivy, so crisis averted there. One month later, Jim and Lee get married. Sure, it's by Harvey, who probably doesn't have the authroity, but what the hell, right? I kinda feel bad for Barbara. She didn't even show up in Jim's nightmare. Sure, she's a mess mentally, but she shouldn't just be the babymama. Maybe she can be salvaged. But not she's ready to run off with the rugrat. Somany little moments . . . Alfred punching and stomping out Zsasz, Bruce and Lucius trips on Ivy's perfume, Zsasz being Zsasz and being in love with Ivy, Oswald taking two punches from Harvey, and he winds up darting away from Harvey for the rest of his visit. And the assorted garish costumes of the gangs . . . like the result of an orgy between the TV series, The Dark Knight Returns and the Tim Burton movies. I'm going to miss this series when it's gone.

This is John Oliver doing an update on Brexit from a few weeks ago. I'm linking this because the first minute has a few ladies from Love Island talking about it, and they do not seem like the brightest bulbs. Or maybe Brexit is that confusing, as John goes on to demonstrate. I'm posting because I'd like to know if the two people from that show on The Challenge -- Theo and Georgia -- were that dim. Not much else to add. Aside from "Ninja Natalie" being inoffensive and Turbo being a sweetheart with a divine body, most everybody else has sucked ass. Wes is nowhere near the asshole he used to be, but between getting power and Johnny departing way too soon, he might pass out because all of his blood goes straight to the groin.

Mortal Kombat 11 trailer for Cassie Cage. I'm linking because her Fatality seems inspired by Laura's extreme gonad kick from this episode.

So much shitty personalities this week. The person I feel bad for most is Zahida because she picked the wrong horse in Zach. Then I remembered she was the last female "prospect" to pick, and Zach was her only choice. Remember to always do your best, kids! I want Bear punched. Seriously, from what I understand, BMP signed him to a contract the way MLB teams sign Cuban and Japanese stars. I hope they love his drama. Basically, if you grabbed CT and Wes, pulling their worst attributes and mixing them up, you'd get Bear. Arrogant AND angry. Da'vonne probably went to bed happily . . . not that her asshole partner didn't get her sent packing, but that he didn't try to use the chain to hurt her. Cara Maria says Zach is jealous she's in a stable relationship. WOW. She's really far gone, isn't she? She's basically what happens if Tonya was trapped in a Hot Topic for a week. She's a bitch, Zach's a dick, so is Bear, Kyle & Paulie are two days away from hate-fucking each other, and Jenna probably wants to be anywhere else. Oh, and Paulie might be rubbing off on Natalie. The guy is a disease. What if she gets infected? I don't think they have quarantine areas on American Ninja Warrior. Turbo? Still seems too good to be true. Any week now, he'll snap, and then we'll hear people in Turkey all, "We call him 'Dis-Turbo' for a reason." Hey, the Reunion will be filming in London! We're gonna get an intentional incident! Also, the phrase "tea party" will be in the title. No way it won't. Bravo to Wes and Dee for upending Z/Z's picking them. Had they lost, Johnny would have gotten off on that for a few months, and I can't abide that. Bad news: Wes/Dee have the Relic. Wes will have power next week. Are you scared yet?

Still not paying much attention. I am amazed nobody has tried to wreck Wendy's non-injured ankle. I get not wanting to be anywhere near animals getting killed, even if get hungry to chow down. But swiping the flint should have sent her butt out . . . which would have worked out great because there aren't chickens on Extinction Island. Instead, it's a guy named Chris whom I do not know. I did see he was butthurt enough by the vote to not give the producers a cliffhanger. To review: Manu lost two challenges. They win chickens, but Wendy "loses" the flint and botch the third immunity challenge. Do they qualify for Worst Tribe Ever status? I feel bad for S10's Ulong . . . if things were shaken up like they've been happening in recent seasons, we might have had Bobby Jon winning. Or Stephenie. Or heck, even Ibrahim. And damn, Extinction Island is no joke. Even with steps, going up a virtual mountain for a paltry sum of rice seems cruel. Yet it seems great now . . . until there are enough people there to ensure that they start fucking with each other's minds in order to cull the competition.

Or maybe he was at the wrong place and was the wrong guy . . . a dude with a similar build as Kira, near a salon run by a lady that can change faces. It's a credit to Kira's quick thinking . . .and on top of that, he probably had to deal with his severed hand reattaching itself to him. Sociopath or not, that's a lot to process.

Forgot to ask: anyone have a tiny fangasm when Brainy mentioned “Val”?

Realization: Chocho is basically Lumpy Space Princess. Oh, and Sarada finally meets her dad. . . and he thinks she's the enemy. In his defense, he encountered a weirdo kid with the Sharrigan . . . as did Sarada. On the bright side, Naruto went into Hyper Orange God Mode for the first time in this series. Apparently, he and Kurama can chat each other up now. Did anybody else think Boruto was lying about giving lunch to his dad, and that it was an exploding package or something as mischievous? Did you watch "200" and/or "201"? It would've been loads funnier if Comedy Central hadn't aired the latter episode just the one time, and that I missed it. I wound up having to watch years later on a DVD. Oh, and great image of Sasuke on the cover of the local version of porn.

Wait, so how did ARGUS get a hold of Grodd? I don't pay good enough attention . . . the last thing I remember about him was Mallus siccing him on Barack Obama during his college days, growling, "Make America Grodd again!" Also, Ray Palmer shouted, "Run, Barry, run!!!" Good times. I'm not blaming Barry that much for "curing" Shark the first time. Shark looked like he was going to chomp on Cisco. It's a questionable decision, but it's not that questionable. Now . . . "Lets ask Cicada if he wants to be normal"? Wow. "Sure, Flash. I'll just take the cure and watch my daughter slowly die from an accident you and that girl caused. Hey, I'll stop wheezing, though. Is that what you really wanted? Because i want you dead no matter what." Of course, the human would volunterily go back to being an oversized man-shark because Barry and Nora couldn't get the job done. On the bright side, we had a pretty sweet fight. And apparently, holding a shark upside-down will put it to sleep. Hey, Joe! He apparently went to Tibet (English translation: "The Cornfield") to chill out with Wally. That's . . . nice. Sorry, we had a giant man-shark from another universe fight a hyper-intelligent gorilla with telepathic powers. That's hard to overshadow.

We get the "How It Should Have Ended" treatment. I'm thinking the Honest Trailer comes in a week or two.

Zuri Hall is the new sideline reporter on American Ninja Warrior. Truth be told, I forgot about her stints hosting post-episode shows. ETA: Apparently, there was an incident with glitter during filming of last week's episode. Also, Amanda got wrapped up in a truly jackass fashion. Yes, Johnny was allegedly involved. Shocker, right?

Shit, it turns out I didn't post last week. Here's what I had written that got saved: Finally, we get to see Gon power up. Quick question: is that black smoke coming from his head, or is that actually his hair? It's probably the latter because anime. The sad thing: out of the Royal Guard, Pitou is probably the nicest one. Yeah, she's basically a giant ant that only looks like a cat-lady, and she basically omitted the truth about Kite's death, but the other two are much bigger assholes. And now for this week: "I'm not sensing Pitou now!" Cut to an overhead shot of her headless body. I guess Gon's hair did grow to a ridiculous height. Also, the butterfly guy is a prick, but we knew that already.

So La La is basically a bunch of glop that can become human and see ghosts? Okay, then. I'll say that having two ghosts bickering near you is probably the best excuse you'd have to notice that the guy you shot is being pretty chill . . . considering he got shot, I mean. I'm also amused he didn't bring it up at dinner in the end. Also funny: Jefferson's first Black Lightning outfit. Canon-appropriate and goofy enough for everyone to get their laughs in. Lynn works at the worst place. And that includes the school with a straw man barely able to keep the straw stuffed inside his clothes as he bitches out Jefferson. At least she's smarter than the dudes Whashisface was with at the end. "Okay, so we got live feed in the Pierce house, and we can track their every moment." "And no one else knows about this?" ". . . do I get a bullet in my brain regardless of my answer? So Grace is . . . shapeshifter? Eating raw deer? Oooooookay.