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I really enjoyed this. Excellent characterization, particularly the interactions between Lois/Clark/Diana. The Doomsday fight in the first movie was extremely cool. Diana's quote really did a nice job framing the gravity of the situation. "Don't hold back, or he'll kill everyone" They did a really good job with the Kents, with Clark's efforts to save innocents caught up in the conflict, and just TONS of little dialogue nods to the fans. The diner scene with the secret reveals was handled well. Lex Luthor is such an ass. Really great job there too. I liked the way they bloodied up Clark more and more until the end. Brutal beating and he just kept going. The final battle in the Hall of Justice was pretty savage. The sequel was really good as well, but I didn't like it quite as well. I appreciated how much they included from the source material. Obviously no Coast City or Mongol, but the Darkseid angle works with this Justice League. They did a good job on the importance of Superman to the world, and the impact of his absence. Anyway, that was great. I'm looking forward to the Darkseid War (or whatever the next one is - great after credits scene).

Do what is necessary. That is not happiness, but it is greatness.

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I'd say it was like a hybrid of X-Men, Doom Patrol, X-files and maybe some of the weirder modern stuff like Planetary. Very strange, very cool. Lots of style, good sound track (great use of music), and complicated characters. The use of superpowers was really well done in my opinion, including the public celebrity status (and the public's lack of attention span even for the truly extraordinary). I liked it, but the more I noodle on it the better I think they did.

The ending was really interesting. And I loved the use of music. Final credit song made me laugh out loud.

Anyone watch this yet? I really liked it.

That seems appropriate.

Arya is awesome. I can relate to that character.

The 3rd season of Young Justice is really fun. Like the Death of Superman/Reign of the Supermen as well. The DCAU > DCEU. Some things remain true.

That's offensive and seems a clear Constitutional violation. Not a good look for the Court.

Hey, Blackheart the Death Eater or whatever your World of Warcraft name is. Suck on this!

I thought this quantifying of 800k people only in terms of economic impact was really telling. He cited them in relation to GDP as a percentage that "doesn't matter". Yikes. That's going to get heavy rotation (and it should).

7 time rookie of the week, finalist for rookie of the year, bringing hope to the downtrodden of Cleveland. Yes, he's the best. Not sure about by default.

I don't really think it's their job to do so at this point. The position they've taken is we will pass a budget but won't fund your wall. If the other party wants to add something to the budget, they need to offer something to get them to the table.

If they offered a citizenship for current DACA registrants, they might have a starting point for discussion. By itself, that's almost certainly not enough. The wall has become a symbolic issue for both parties, it will take major concessions before they move on that issue. And so far, there's nothing on the table at all. A temporary, administrative 3 year stay of deportation. Maybe. That's not even worth considering.

So if the demo stake out a position that is anathema to the GOP (something akin to the Wall, say Universal Health Care). Any bill that doesn't address that isn't moving toward workable compromise? I don't see the Democrats moving on the wall. This could last a while. It's a non starter for their base. Border security is a maybe, depending on what's offered up. A wall? Nope. The constituency will lose their mind. Be like the tea party agreeing to modest tax increases. Impossible. And frankly, they didn't own this. The face of the GOP did. So make a meaningful concession or we keep going along as a nation with shut down government, that's how it works. And the public opinion appears to preliminarily support the strategy.

So the big offer today was temporary protected status for DACA?

That's what Grinch is for.

Jalen Hurts to Oklahoma. Wow. I heard the rumors, but that makes next year interesting.

Probably not an issue, but let it play out. The thing about extremely cold weather is it grinds you down. Ground is harder. Eventually everything hurts. Your hands stop working right. I think they'll be fine, but early success in this weather doesn't always play out.

Wait, what? I grant you the head scratching nature of the hire, but Mahomes is unreal. And Baker Mayfield just set the rookie QB record for TDs. And who else has 5 NFL QBS currently in the NFL from their roster? He's got a legitimately impressive history identifying QB talent at the very least. Whether he's even remotely qualified to be an NFL head coach is a completely different matter.

Who?

This off season is starting out very nicely. Bringing in Grinch as the new DC, which is my favorite of the available options. Very solid hire, took WSU from the #100 defense to #34 while he was there, and has been doing a good job up at Ohio State. Kish ("the Kish of death") who has overseen our abominable linebacker play, just retired. So good. I can't wait for college football to start up again. Oh well, at least there's the NFL.