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With so many different actors playing versions of Spider-Man the chance of one of those Spider-Men dying is pretty good, but it won't be Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

*Sigh* Too true. 😟

Bum Flare Man Invades Wembley This happened a week ago, but I just found out about it today. I'm feeling a bit disappointed with our British board member. How could they think that this story wouldn't be of interest to us? We share our Florida Man stories with them.

The rockets were fired out of Syria not Gaza. The attack was likely by Iranian backed militias rather than Palestinians, and certainly not by the woman praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. But I guess questions of actual guilt aren't important.

Heads up for those of you who read digital comic books. Until July 17th, Comixology has essentially every comic book that Black Widow played a lead role in at a steeply discounted price, and if you have Comixology Unlimited you can borrow them for free as long as you like. I have started with Black Widow Epic Collection: Beware of the Black Widow which begins with her first appearance as a villain in Tale of Suspense #52 and goes from there. So far it has been a lot fun.

I fly a flag in the summer. You aren't suppose to fly the stars and stripes in the dark, and only in the summer is it already light by the time that I have to leave for work. As for the politics and the meaning of the flag, I refuse to cede either my country or the flag that represents it to racist and fascist.

This story is from 3 days ago, but I haven't seen anything about it here. Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School in Canada of if that is behind a paywall here is a CNN's version of the story More than 700 unmarked graves found at a former residential school in Canada, officials say

It opens on July 9th here in the states. So, with that time travel thing that you Aussies do, you can see it 2 days before us. 😒

Well, that is a theory. However, based upon what we know as opposed to what we fear, I don't think that theory is well supported. Long time Marvel character and Cap partner, Sam Wilson has been promoted to Captain America in a story that feels organic to the MCU. Spectrum has been introduced to the MCU and appears set to become a member of Avengers 2.0. Fan favorite character Kamala Khan is getting her own Disney+ show, and while she has the name Ms Marvel, she is definitely her own character. America Chavez is set to appear in Dr Strange 2, and whatever else you might say about her, she is an original character that is not a swapped version of anyone else. Black Panther had a movie and it was huge. Shang Chi has a movie coming out in September. Isiah Bradley has been introduced in the MCU. IOW, Marvel has continued to take existing great minority characters and introduce them to the MCU rather than leaving them to languish in obscurity or simply race swap white characters.

I've seen the first episode and thought it showed promise. As Pattern Ghost indicated it is going to depend heavily on where they go from here. As for the whole predestination thing, that not really how it works. The Timekeepers selected a timeline to be the one that they keep and defend. They didn't create the timeline. The people in the timeline all got to make their choices, to be heroic or villainous. It is only from the standpoint of the Timekeepers that the decisions are already prescribed. Just as we can look back on the past and say what happened, but that does not mean that people at the time weren't making decisions, and taking chances and making sacrifices with which they would have to live. Still, it has already been strongly foreshadowed, that Loki is going to try to break the Timekeepers and their organization. So, that is likely to be a big part of the series going forward.

My point was more that people who had seen two episodes had a better opinion of it than people who had only seen. However, since you have not seen any episodes at all, you don't really have any grounds to have an opinion one way or another.

There has been only one episode to far that has been seen by the general public. Currently, it is running 96% on Rotten among critics (who have seen 2 episodes) and 84% among the general audience who have seen only the first episode.

Thor respects courage.

Captain Marvel isn't trying to realistically portray military pilots; it is very deliberately evoking the action movies of nineties including and especially Top Gun. By the end of the movie, she has regrounded herself by renewing her connection to those closest to her, has claimed her full power, has seen through the lies told to her, overcome her hatred of Skrulls and has set out to rescue the Skrull species from extermination. That sounds like a Hero to me.

Charisma and likability are subjective. I found her likable enough and a number of female movie critics whose reviews I read found her more likable and relatable than Wonder Woman. As treating everyone except women like dirt, no. The character that she forms the strongest bond with is Samuel Jackson's Nick Fury, who is very definitely male. The people that she "treats like dirt" are those who try to push her around or take advantage of her.

I have multiple long boxes of comic books about heroes with super powers from that period that beg to differ.

No, you weren't reading closely enough. We are going to become "double mutants". So everyone is going to get to make two rolls on the Gamma World mutation chart!

If the characters are interesting and feel fresh, that is a good indicator that they are not creatively empty. Writers and artist are putting thought and effort into crafting these legacy characters. The fact that they are legacy characters is because the major comic book companies are risk adverse, and because legacy characters tend to sell better than other new characters. There have been plenty of new, non-legacy characters that have come out in the last 20 years and most people can't name even one of them. Being risk adverse and wanting to sell as many issues as possible is not the same as being lazy and creatively empty. Different adjectives are required.

People love Jaime Reyes and Miles Morales, and Ryan Choi is not just my favorite Atom but one of my favorite characters period. All of these characters IMHO are fresh and interesting. So obviously our mileage varies.

You might want to edit this post. Perhaps you could refer to video without actually linking to it.

Adam Toledo was with a 21 year old named Ruben Roman. Roman has been arrested and charged with felony reckless discharge, unlawful weapon use of a weapon and child endangerment. So it could have been residue from Roman's gun that was found on Adam Toledo, or maybe both of them were shooting. Perhaps the pattern of the gunshot residue will shed some light on the subject.

Since Ray Fisher came out with his complaints, numerous other people have come forward to say that Josh Whedon is an abusive ***hole. People always putting up with "crappy situations with as much grace as possible" is a good way to ensure that crappy situations never get any better. As Whedon's choice of victims has shown, crappy situations have a way being even crappier for women and minorities. So, while keeping his head down and not complaining might have been the smart thing to do for his own career, he wouldn't have been doing black actors that follow him any favors. IMHO, Ray Fisher handled the whole thing with grace and dignity. Having seen Zack Snyder's cut, Ray Fisher has talent that wasn't on display in the theatrical release. He has a strong voice and screen presence. I am confident that has a great career ahead of him, though that may play out on stage and indie productions instead of in big studio blockbusters.

Any law that seeks to seriously limit how people. PACs, individual or corporations choose to use their money for political speech is going to run afoul will Citizen United v FEC and be dead on arrival as soon as it is challenged in court. Also, your idea of re-directing campaign contributions to the government will almost certainly be challenged as an illegal taking of property not covered in the government's normal taxation powers.

King Shark is an immortal and he is being played by Sylvester Stallone, so I think he is pretty safe also.

Oh, yes. You just came across it. Minding your own business, searching for home repair videos, and there is was. Absolutely. 😇