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Yeah... I really ould have liked a better send-off for the TNG crew. I didn't care for Nemesis at all. It seemed to me in a number of ways to be a weak clone of TWoK... I think it really was time to lay the series to rest for a while, but I hate that they couldn't have gone out on a higher note.

Hulu really needs to extend into Canada.

I am feeling remarkably sad about this... I'm not sure what to say other than to add to all the well-wishing for your future and to say thank you very much.

:'(

I may be having a false memory again... but I am quite sure I had seen/ heard/ read somewhere that the producers were saying that by season's end Smallville would (somehow, miraculously) be fully in line with comic cannon.

If that is true and I didn't just dream it, I have no idea how they'll pull it off.


Anyhow, after thinking back on this episode and the whole notion of the world needing heroes to step into the light and be a symbol of hope, I find myself agreeing wholeheartedly. When Star Trek was rebooted, they kept saying how they liked the idea of a positive, upbeat future and that it was what was needed in today's movies. I think that this is absolutely the right time for a good Superman movie, with a brightly coloured man of steel fighting against the forces of darkness and reminding us that heroic characters in the cinema still have a place beside the doom-n-gloom crew.

Pass.

Seriously, I grow less excited for this with every new update. And Spidey is my favourite hero.

Sigh.

Damn.

He contributed so much to my childhood...

I remember sitting in my mom's bedroom and the foot of her bed watching the Rockford Files with her....

A lot of these "X has passed away" thread make me go "aw, that's too bad", but this... This really makes me sad.

RIP

Torn on this one. I mean really.

I like David E. Kelley. He's provided me with hours and hours of great TV. But come on, is he really the best bet for Wonder Woman?

I don't know how this can be done. You know they won't use her costume, so it may end up like Smallville where she'll be in regular clothes... And I am not sure if there is anyone who can play Diana in live action...

I don't get people saying Clark just jumped. He acknowledged that he felt like he was flying. Also, as he catches the globe, it stops for a fraction of a second before reversing direction. Then as he shoots up the side of the building, he is going fairly straight, only to have his trajectory change as he clears the rooftop.

He very clearly flew. At worst, it was 50% jump, 50% flight.

For me it was just the Chloe business that didn't make sense. Who did she give herself up to and why would they do that prisoner swap?

Also, why does Africa look like the Sahara desert?

Same. I have a usual gang of people that I play with, but I find I have been avoiding them to a degree so that I can play solo...

Not bad.

I always go to a fight in beachwear, myself.

I thought it was ok. It felt a bit like filler, but it wasn't too bad.

What confused me was having Alice lose all her powers but in the fight with Ax Guy, she gets smacked pretty good and flies into the wall. A normal person should have been pretty close to dead after a hit like that, so I don't know if this means that her abilities are coming back or that she's just a Willpower tanker...

I was a bit surprised that she didn't have a topless scene. Seems like she usually does.

That is Ollie from Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

"Looks like the Empire..."
*puts on glasses*
"... struck back."

Yeeeeaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks everyone for the replies.

On the topic of whether there would still be Batman stories being printed in 100 years, I think there might be. After all, we are still making movies about Robin Hood... Batman, Superman et al are modern myths/ deities. Ther is no reason why they shouldn't still be around.

Now, while Batman has indeed rejected various enhancements, if the stories are being written in the future by someone for whom such technology is not only available but commonplace, I think it entirely possible that the stories would have to change to reflect that. As mentioned above, skill might play a bigger role and the emphasis might be on Bruce's intellect, skill and obsession even more than at present.

But I also wonder about what Syndrome said in The Incredibles: if, in the future, everyone is "super", would we need to have these stories being told anymore, or would we simply pump up the character's power levels to remain above the new human baseline?