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( Aug. 10th, 2007 01:35 pm)
Shortpacked! -- Tokenism! TOKENISM!: ... Yeah, that about covers it, really.

America Jr.: The sanctity of matrimony!: I have a feeling that may be it on this topic until spring, when the wedding preparations kick into high gear, and we discover just how serious they were about that dress. As it stands, though, America Jr doesn't seem to have any laws regarding who may or may not marry; it's going to be interesting to see how the citizens react when it's not an abstract case, when it's just Ed and Andy from down the street.

The Onion's AV Club: Are Superhero Comics Played Out?: or, this is pretty much why DC's new Confidential titles and the theoretical All-Star line exist. Of course, Batman Confidential doesn't do anything new (although it at least isn't dragging quite so long a continuity tail behind); All Star Batman and Robin is expressly running counter to the original idea of the All-Star line (designed for newer readers, and not meant to force them to read all of Frank Miller's titles so that they could figure out what the hell was going on and why Batman had suddenly become Psychoman from Hell), which is either late (Batman and Superman) or nonexistant (Flash, Batgirl, Wonder Woman).

Sinfest: an excuse not to work: ... and that also about covers it.

Kelly: Fourteen words: and suddenly coming into focus and slightly out of the weird. Very slightly out.
Media Relations: flash! aaa ... eh?/ August 10, 2007:
Tragically, grievously and most unfortunately ... apparently, SciFi lied to us! They lied! Instead of using the older theme, with all its exuberant cheese, they decided to use some vague, bland instrumental thing.

The pilot is sort of vague and blah for about 90% of its length. The lead actors are playing the material as if they were in Battlestar Galactica, when the writing clearly was aiming for the cheesiness of the 1980 film, or maybe even the earnestness of the original serial. [...] The last 10-15 minutes, though ... It's as though everyone finally got a clue and realized just how cheesy the material is and how to play it. And judging from the upcoming episodes section, apparently there will be scantily clad men everywhere (including, of course, Flash), which is always an encouraging sign.

But still, it really needs a good pair of leather shorts.
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