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@ClareWalks . . . oh, I misread. I thought the ninjas had to choose between three shots at the Warped Wall or one at Mega Wall. If they can try the latter, and then the former, then that changes things.

Introducing . . . MEGA WALL. I like the idea and hate it at the same time. How many noobs and long-time waiting line veterans would try for the $10K in one shot? I don’t think the main contenders would risk not qualifying for the city final for ten grand.

Colt: Hey, the Queen finally gave birth! Hopefully, our King will be reasonable and- [three hours later] Morel: Number one, how did you know about white flags? Colt: The humans have been waving them at my troops in the past week, so I figured that was the sign of “Oh, God, don’t murder us.” Knov: What does this “King” look like? Colt: As if somebody tried to cosplay as Imperfect Cell and Mumen Rider at the same time. Knov: Mm hmm. (Jotting down “buggy green dick” in his notebook) Well, the plot had to move eventually. I’m certain our comrades will be coming in for token sacrifices, along with the rookies. [meanwhile] Gon: I’m in the fetal position, which shows how fucked things are, where even the chipper protagonist is angsting. Killua: The weird nen-blocking pink kitty thing doesn’t help. And you’re not the only one who screwed the pooch. After I protect you for a month, I can never see you again. Gon: All those years training and honing my body . . . and I never decided to take a course in economics. Numbers defeated me, Kil, Who saw that coming? Killua: Ray Charles? Stevie Wonder? Gon: (sobbing by himself)

I don't think Supergirl can match the sheer insanity of Legends of Tomorrow. But starting an episode with Karaoke Kara performing Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic"? Great way to launch the final batch of episodes. I guess that Jeremy Jordan wasn't satisfied with playing a hardass variation on Winn, so we get this episode, which worked wonderfully. Bringing in Aunt Jackie was a nice bit of casting as well (FYI: I'm not watching the reboot). I'm hoping that Winn can tap into what made his father brilliant and not succumb to any madness. And maybe we could have Caitlin go Killer Frost without the cliche split personalty. Yeah, right. The plot was good enough to overlook Winn find out about his father's death right before he was going to do "Take On Me." Felt bad for J'onn and M’yrnn. I'm guessing there's no way to alleviate a Martian's mental decay. I can get used to M’yrnn, especially since he's basically J'onn from Justice League. Hey, James exists! And he spends half the episode trying to call Lena! Okay, he did help out Winn and bust up some flying metal monkeys, but leaving messages was sad . . . mostly because James' potential as a character is repeatedly wasted. He and Cat were the imports from Superman's mythos. Cat left last year. Even with the show bringing in Superboy's "brother," the show doesn't know what to do with James. Dang, Kara changed into Supergirl so quickly at the funeral. Barry Allen would be proud. Also, maybe Toygirl had the right idea in shrink-wrapping Supergirl. She can't get leverage, the plastic looked impervious to heat vision, and I would think she needs to breath. Pestlience = The Blight? I read their story from the library, back when DC Comics was trying to give the Legion more of an edge. ETA: Why don't we refer to pizza as "tomato pie"? Thanks for the alternative, M’yrnn!

Mets Fan: It's a miserable cold night, but it's worth it to see deGrom put on a show! And now the bullpen is going to close it out! [Six eighth-inning runs from the Nationals later] Mets Fan: Wow. I had totally forgotten what disgust and hopelessness felt like. Can't somebody pin PEDs onto Familia?

For @mojoween and anybody else paying attention to the Mets harder than me . . . when did Jacob deGrom get his hair cut? ETA: Bryce Harper just went yard on deGrom, breaking his bat in the process. Perhaps I should change the channel now.

I think a bunch of early games were snow out in 1982. Thanks to increasing climate change, I don’t think there are “safe” places to start the season. It’s a huge crap shoot. Make teams play the first week in Florida venues, and a hurricane would screw things up, even though they don’t take place in April, Bartolo Colon was perfect for seven innings on a nationally-televised game. DAMN

Once again: NvN airs tonight at 11 p.m. Also,I realized why USA changed its slot . . . the network is airing NHL playoff games, including Thursdays.

This week: Polnareff falls prey to primo asshole Alessi, whose Stand turns him into a kid. A kid in oversized clothes with the white Guile hair. And Jotaro didn't put two and two together. Bullshit. He probably followed the dumbass Frenchman around, waiting to unleash Star Platinum on Aleesi at the perfect moment. On the bright side Totnareff is kinda cute. Lil Silver Chariot is cuter, though.

The MSNBC guy . . . . sorry, the white MSNBC guy quoting rap lyrics was funny. And he wasn't forcing it so hard, which made it funnier. John can barely keep up the facade of being "normal." "Look, we did not buy Russell Crowe's jockstrap. [long pause] Okay, fuck it, we did. And we bought other shit! We hope Russell uses the money to recover from his divorce a little better!" I know, John didn't say that, but it was implied.

Showed the diner sketch to my mother, the Le Mis fan. She got a kick out of it, but didn't like the bit at the end with the veal. Didn't realize that the video was probably from rehearsal until I read about it here, because I thought it was from the live show and the bouncy lobster/lyrics were edited to be in sync. Also, I forgot that it ended on a tuna melt. Once again, I was expecting "Too Much Tuna." I don't know what would fall into place for Nick to host. I will say that he had a lot of characters feature in Kroll Show (Liz, Dr. Armond, Bobby Bottleservice, etc.) What other famous-not-superstars would you guys want? Shit, give the cast a week off and bring in Maria Bamford. Or maybe just pair her with Kate for a half-hour. "THE MOLECULAR MAN!!!!!!" NBC fucked him hard, and I don't think he'd forgive the network. Also, you can try finding old late-80s/early-90s skits and see Conan in bit roles. Wasn't he a servant guy in the original Five Timers sketch? I've heard that one. Basically, John goes on about how drag queens are all brassy and demeaning, and ends it with "You know what you could have dressed like instead? A GUY." He also wondered who else would wear alligator shows out of a strip of The Far Side.

Titan to release "The Master Collection" in August. Not many figures listed, though I like most of the choices . . . including original Master, Wilf, Van Gogh and Jenny.

Turned on ESPN. Just heard something at the end of an inning. I'm not saying what for fear of jinxing it. I'm just saying . . . you might want to tune in. ETA: Never mind. Astros just got runners off Bartolo Colon. Seriously, I flip on ESPN, there's Bart, he gets out of the inning, "BARTOLO COLON, PERFECT THROUGH SIX!" Holy fucksticks.

Before I turn in . . . I got this sketch of Oldjo today. "OH NO" was the artist's idea. What do you think?

I would've lose money betting on a "Too Much Tuna" sketch. I guess the sow blew the budget flying in Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro, and they didn't have enough for Nick Kroll. Also, I was thinking there would be a reference to John Mulaney figuring Donald Trump being what a hobo figured a rich person would be like. My mother is heavy into Le Mis, so of course I'll have to show her the diner sketch.

I vaguely remember that it tasted like “regular” Pepsi. But I’m a bit weird. Is there anywhere online with deep analysis of this anime? ETA: I just realized I gave the wrong time. The episodes air at 11:30.

In case you didn’t see it, the FLCL forum is up. The first episode from the original anime airs tonight at 11:30. I’d like to discuss it with any and all otaku reading this.

Bumping up because Toonami will be airing the first edition — six episodes — starting at midnight. If you’ve never watched it . . . watch it. I remember when it was originally released. Lots and lots of dada mixed with action, deep themes, parody, and The Pillows providing music. “Ride On Shooting Star” is a huge earworm in the end credits. Ditto “I Think I Can” in the finale. I’ll be DVRing the episode. I wouldn’t know where to get Crystal Pepsi though. That got rereleased months ago. Never occurred to me to stock up on that for the return of FLCL.

Funny . .. I was napping, overslept, turned on ABC to see how much I missed, and I was early by about ten minutes. Huh. I liked "Deke After Dentist." Of course the other cast members never got goofy after their respective surgeries, but Deke is a buttmonkey. That makes it okay. He was asking to get shot. I don't think he'll live past the finale . . . though if he does and winds up involved with Daisy, that would be weird. Especially for the grandparents. Talbot is broken. Talbot wants to do the right thing. Talbot has the same coding in his brain as Bucky Barnes, and he's gonna Winter Solider all over Daisy . . . only with an obnoxious mustache instead of a bionic arm. Hey, if Bucky survives the next movie and Elena lives, you think he could hook her up with arms that aren't risky to attach right into stumps? Or Elena could go to Wakanda. They probably got nothing but bionic arms, all stamped with Shuri's seal of approval. Wow, Ruby totally snowballed her mother. I'm so shocked, you guys . . .

There's a backlog of episodes on DVR. Has the filler ended yet? I scanned a few episodes, and it looks like the flashbacks are bookended by more recent stuff. Am I right?

Last weekend, I saw Simon Fraser at the MoCCA Arts Festival. He does art on one of the DW books, he did two sketches in the past for me (Delgado-era Master, Susan), and I decided not to wait until the new season airs. What do you guys think?

Saw the first ep before heading to work. Wish I hadn’t. I’m good with the concept and animation, but there’s way too much to mentally digest. Basically, this is Rollerball written with a lot of psychotropics.

Good episode. Somewhat depressing as hell, but well done overall. But here was what went through my mind near the end: Tobias: DAMN! We killed Black Lightning!! You know what? The hell with this. I'm gonna see who this fool really is. [The Next Day] Tobias: How the hell did I not see-?!? Khalil: I know, right? Tobias: Am I that stupid?!? That's not a setup for me to choke you out, by the way Khalil: Nah, he had the goggles and the weird voice. No way could we know Black Jesus and Lightning were the same guy. Tobias: All these years, I busted on Lois Lane for not putting Clark Kent and Superman together. I'm gonna have to rethink my opinions. You know, while I'm ruling Freeland with an iron fist. Khalil: That reminds me . . . what does "The 100"? mean? They like that awesome CW show? [smiles at camera. Tobias pokes his head into frame, also smiling] Maybe now Jennifer can not feel like a freak after she saved her dad. To be fair, she has had a lot of crap dumped on her in the past month. Realizing that she might be Red Lightning is the icing on the complication cake for her. Anybody out there wanting a “My parents had sex and all I got was superpowers" t-shirt? Dang, how does Anissa not at least recoil a little when taking bullets?

More awesomeness this week. Fave tiny part . . . Jerome's band "playing," and one lady getting into it. She's aware that he's insane, his cohorts are only slightly better, and that she could die at any second. But, fuck it, have fun if you're gonna go out. Die with a smile on your face. Maybe Jerome had the right idea. Awesome that Bruce is becoming great again. He's gonna feel dumb when he finds out the guy he killed isn't dead-dead. So many months wasted in his own private abyss. Meanwhile, Barbara goes off the deep end. Y'know, again. Remember the episode of The Simpsons where Homer gets into Thomas Edison and doesn't shut the fuck up about it? Same deal, only Homer doesn't have a crew to kill anybody that tells hi to can it. Of course Tabitha feels betrayed, and her new friends immediately drug her. Oh, and there's a portrait of Ra's and Barbara from 400 years ago. Hey, why not? Seriously, cross Gotham with Legends of Tomorrow, and no one would notice. Lucius and Ray could try to technobabble each other into submission, Firefly and Mick could compare souped-up flamethrowers, and Sara could clean up the city in two days. RIP Jerome. They said he was dead. There was a body. That said, he's probably sharing a secured hospital room with Sofia. I like Dominic Monaghan . . . .but if Jeremiah collapses, forms a cocoon around himself, and doesn't burst out until the end of the series? That would be for the best. Oswald saves the day! Love how he causes lots of bullshit, yet he's unable to deal with the bullshit from everyone else. "Can I just be the crime lord of Gotham?!? Fuck it, I won't give out licenses to commit crimes! Say what you will about me, but at least I don't get my jollies exploding heads! Too messy, Jim!!!"

"It's no surprise to me / I am my own worst enemy / 'Cause every now and then / I kick the living shit out of me" - Lit Oliver needs a hug. Lots of hugs. Fuck it, the Legends can draft him for the first part of their next mission. He knows most of them already, right? They have to deal with massive amounts of bullshit, but at least it's insanely awesome. Instead, he gets loopy on Vertigo, hallucinates Diaz and Chase, and gets heavy-handed lessons smacked into him. Then he gets impeached. He last almost two years. That's basically makes him Joe Torre in the Steinbrenner era of the Yankees, lasting a lot longer than most people had imagined. I imagine Quentin will be flying off the wagon when he takes the oath. I'm not disparging the guy, but Star City is a place where you'd have to be numb 24/7. And most people don't even have to deal with alternates versions of their dead kids. The man is fraying. Fuck it, bring him on the Waverider with Oliver! Make him spend time with the daughter that's actually alive and way more awesome than Laurel ever was. Oh, and "Chase" quipping about Laurel's prep in becoming Whack Canary . . . it's like the writers are trolling us at this point. Seriously . . . Diaz doesn't do it for me at all. Not as vengeful as Prometheus, not as snarky and dark like Damien, not as twisted as Slade. Maybe he's better than Merlyn, but Merlyn was an assclown of the highest order. He just looks good because he was played by John Barrowman. Hi, Broken Arrow! Bye, Broken Arrow! Eh, at least the actors got to suit up. Still expecting Rene to wake up, unable to say anything but the word "Hoss."