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Dafuq?

I respectfully disagree. Lex Luthor is the only character remotely interesting in this trailer.

I just discovered the...uh, interesting artist Barbara Markay, and thought you'd ike me to share:

Good question, John.

Fair enough, but I've seen some of Amy's tweets and unless I misunderstood, I thought this was something she would like. so it was t as much a sweeping statement re all mothers, but a question about a specific person.

Ah! I haven't seen those tweets, so I read it in a more generalized sense.

Ersatz boob-milk

 

It's a concept I've never quite understood, though I'm sure there's plenty of reason it exists

Well, for one thing it's terribly practical (i.e. life-saving) in cases where the mother for various reasons has problems lactating.

Oooh, look at him telling a mother who breastfed for 20months how long it goes on!

 

;-)

Point taken. MY point, that asking only whether the mother will quit working to be a fulltime mom is basically sexist, still stands.

I'm quite disappointed that didn't end with glowing red eyes and fangs tbh.

I'm sorry to disappoint.

You have several good points, Christian. I'll leave the whole gun database debate aside, because that's basically a political real-world debate, but you list several good reasons which might be used to justify being opposed to some sort of governmental oversight over superheroes. If they construct that in a clever way in the movie, then yes, it would be possible to have Captain America come out as the hero in the film. But so far, all we get is "...but he's my FRIEND". Which is just a piss-poor argument. Like it or not, Bucky has committed absolutely atrocious acts, which should be dealt with somehow.

Hmmm, maybe you're right, Wolvy.

So, this is what I've been playing recently:

I don't know if you guys have been into the Starcraft series, but this is a most excellent finale. Very very entertaining, fun gameplay, and cool cinematics.

Two other questions; what was Reva doing with the flashdrive?

Have you seen the whole series? [ Spoiler : She was involved with the project, and wanted to document the atrocities performed on the kids. ]

And who hired Jessica to spy on Luke and his married girlfriend if it wasn't the husband, and why?

[ Spoiler : Noone hired her, she spied on him because she killed his wife. ]

Are you guys able to see this?

What's Amy going to do after this one? Will she go back to work or full time mum?

Maybe Inca's going to be a full-time dad and she'll go back to work?

Possible, but it's probably a touch harder for him to do the breastfeeding. ;-)

Breastfeeding is a couple of months.

Well, that's the problem with over-thinking Civil War too much, when Millar's whole argument is based around personal privacy. It's obvious he's trying to make an analogy with the "war on terror", considering when the book was written, and how we're supposed to associate Tony Stark with George W. Bush.

Hence, why we're supposed to worry when it goes from a database of all superheroes to mass surveillance and concentration camps (think Guantanamo Bay).

My point is based on the upcoming movie. Caps actions need to make sense in the context of the movie, since 90%+ of all those who'll see it wont have read the comic.

I don't agree with the government keeping a database of anyone, based on my personal politics, but I'll grant you that making a federal database of gun owners doesn't equate to them then making a database of other groups. At the same time, doesn't that weaken the laws enough to make a case for making a database of "official enemies"? Such as the database of Communists during the "Cold War" as potential "violent revolutionaries"? Or, right now, we see Donald Trump pressing for a database of all Muslims.

1: Many civilized countries have databases of their citizens. Norway, for instance. No holocaust or red scare going on here.

2: There's a fundamental difference between registering ownership of various materials, like guns, and making a database based on what opinions people hold.

The "too much government power" thing is really easy to prove in real life, considering that the "war on terror" became an excuse for the government to consider every, single citizen as a potential "enemy of the State" and mass surveillance of everyone.

So, I argue it's not so easy to avoid the argument that the Registration side was wrong.

Yeah, but here we're talking about making a register of people who can easily slaughter cities, and frequently act outside any legal framework. You'd need a better argument, basically.

This is the Lucifer of the DCU.

DCucifer if you like.

Thus all that grown up stuff is forgotten and replaced with how Internet forums not focussed on a certain book remember the character.

 

ie Neil Gaiman fans and Harry Potter fans and people who watched Supernatural or Law & Order Criminal Intent.

You're probably right. But then why have him have that facial scar? Why mix the character with the Carey Lucifer, if you're not going to base the story on that interpretation?

This certainly doesn't assuage any fears.

Black and Garbett’s ongoing “Lucifer” series will find God dead and the erstwhile lord-of-Hell-turned-nightclub-impresario accused of the murder by no less than his own angelic brother, Gabriel. If Lucifer can prove his innocence, not only will his sins be forgotten – but he’ll be welcomed back into the Silver City. (The character is also the subject of an upcoming television adaptation on Fox.)

Carey's Lucifer wouldn't care, he's already been let in to the silver city, and he really really doesn't think he ever "sinned" - he doesn't acknowledge the concept. In fact, that was the whole point of his rebellion, not to allow others to define him in any way.

Of course it depends on what kind of measures they are adopting, but making a database for people with superpowers is a very different thing than making concentration camps. One could consider it on par with a database for guns. Having to register as a gun owner doesn't mean the government is going to gas you.

What's Amy going to do after this one? Will she go back to work or full time mum?

Maybe Inca's going to be a full-time dad and she'll go back to work?

My point is that as it stands, I'm having more sympathy with Tony than Cap. The vigilante thing is a huge fucking moral problem smack in the center of superhero comics, which is usually dealt with through avoidance. If Caps only argument in this case is that he has to stick up for his childhood friend, that's just too weak, simply put. I'd go with Tony. Since I assume we're meant to be rooting for Cap in this film, that would be a problem.

I must say I'm kinda skeptical to this piece of news:

As part of the DC imprint's revival this fall, Lucifer Morningstar from The Sandman is returning with a new ongoing series. Lucifer #1 will debut in December, just one month before Fox's Lucifer live-action series.

 

Vertigo's new Lucifer will be written by author Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles) with art by comic book veteran Lee Garbett (Loki: Agent of Asgard). This time around, Lucifer will be tackling some pretty big events, as he has to join with his brother Gabriel to investigate the murder of God. (Yes, you read that right.)

http://www.newsarama.com/26874-vertigo-s-lucifer-gets-a-second-chance.html

I also find it pretty weird that they don't refer to Carey's work on the character at all in the article.

Also, which god is dead? Yahweh or Elaine?

it's bout cap fighting for the freedom of himself and his lover ,bucky barnes,aka the winter soldier

Lover? Did I miss something?

So, the trailer's out:

I haven't read the comic, but isn't this a lot less political than that? Here it seems like Cap's main motivation is just personal, it's all about Bucky. While a lot of the other stuff in the trailer looks cool, that kinda bugs me.

The acting has caused me pain in eps 2 and 3. Not completely, just in certain parts. They'll be going along fine, and then say something stupidly. It might be an Americanism thing, because we Americans do say things differently than you euros do.

Like what?

We're binge-watching, and are up to ep. 9. I really, really like it. They're treating the heavy subject matter very well so far, and both the main characters (JJ and Kilgrave) are superbly cast. Kilgrave is supremely creepy. Some extremely tense moments.