Matt the Bruins

Yes, the DCEU is already crappy enough he won't be able to damage it much more than Snyder, Goyer, and Ayer already have!

It'd be a crime to cover up that much Pretty.

Based on the criticisms of the fights, I'm now picturing Danny MastersonRand fighting Mushu.

Based on the criticisms of the fights, I'm now picturing Danny MastersonRand fighting Mushu.

There were significant, season-defining consequences that came out of the Buffy musical episode:
Buffy reveals that she was yanked out of heaven by her friends, sending her best friend into a guilt-driven spiral of self-destruction. Buffy trades one big secret in for another as she takes the first steps in a torrid (horrid?) sex tryst with her arch-nemesis. Buffy's father-figure essentially abandons her in the belief that his presence is preventing her from fully maturing. Tara discovers she's been the victim of a mind manipulation spell cast by her lover, ultimately leading to tragedy. When she sings the song I'm Under Your Spell, the dramatic irony of its dual meaning is heartbreaking. Xander and Anya's engagement unravels from the FUD revealed/expressed during their I'll Never Tell number. Once More, With Feeling was not merely a fun little episode with a few songs thrown in, it was a major pivot point of the season's narrative, and a life-altering moment for nearly every main character. Every word of every song was a vital part of the engine that propelling those events forward. Joss Whedon was a huge fan of Sondheim and devoutly studied the form for many, many years. He may have been a first-time composer, but he was no amateur.

Based on the criticisms of the fights, I'm now picturing Danny MastersonRand fighting Mushu.

I haven't watched it yet, but he looks like Hyde from That 70s Show.

Not for Shou-Lao. 

Inclusion

Sorry, but I'm afraid not. Even if it remains my primary work focus for the foreseeable future -- and I intend for it to -- there's still a lot of work left. But I'm going to finish it, come Hell* or high water.
 
Fortunately, with the exception of Celtic, the "big" mythoi are all behind me. Most of what I have left is comparatively minor -- though that doesn't mean that I can skimp on the research for any of them. Sometimes even a small mythos requires a lot of reading.
 
Here's what I have left to do, roughly speaking:
 
1. Research and write all the chapters for mythoi I haven't yet covered.
2. Read all my "general" books on mythology. In some cases this will mean skimming through a book, in others I will have to read through reference books one entry at a time looking for obscure gods I've missed somehow. So it'll take awhile.
3. Read all the mythology books I've acquired since I began work that I haven't yet read. This will serve as a way to go back through the book and "double-check" to make sure I've got things right (in a sense, #2 fulfills this purpose as well).
4. At this point, with the manuscript finished (including appendices), I can contemplate running a Kickstarter for the project. Preparing for that will require some work, of course.
5. Getting the artwork and layout done. Then I have to do the Index, which is going to be an absolute nightmare due to all the weird names and words used.
6. Getting the book printed, shipped to me, and then shipped out to KS backers and whatnot.
 
So, like I said, a lot left to do. But I'm having an absolute ball working on this book, and do not intend to stop.
 
*:  Or other underworld of your choice.

Glue traps are just cruel.  I like the nonlethals, you just have to take the critter over to someone you don't like and release it there.

Yikes, best wishes to Hyper-Man for a speedy recovery.

Anxious to see your revised build, H-Man!

Kat Dennings only has two talents and they aren't in her acting.

Lord knows if I'd had to spend years of my life listening to Kat Dennings give line readings I'd have moved Heaven and Earth to avoid signing up for another round. Just sitting through four hours of hearing her attempts at wacky sidekick comedy thud to the ground left me wanting to sew her mouth shut.

Lord knows if I'd had to spend years of my life listening to Kat Dennings give line readings I'd have moved Heaven and Earth to avoid signing up for another round. Just sitting through four hours of hearing her attempts at wacky sidekick comedy thud to the ground left me wanting to sew her mouth shut.

Meh. Give me Kulan Gath or their space adventures with the Starjammers. They've already failed hard once trying to film the Dark Phoenix story arc.
 
He compensates for the lack of billions of dollars by substituting billions of bullets. Even the Ben Affleck Batman would look at him and go "Damn, maybe you should get some therapy and try to work out your dead family issues nonviolently."

This is the same problem of disbelief suspension I have with the Planet of the Apes movies. OK, the apes are stronger/more athletic than us just like in the real world, and now they're as smart and can talk or otherwise engage in complex communication. Are they bulletproof? Can they duplicate themselves endlessly like Multiple Man? Because a few thousand intelligent apes at most aren't going to be a grave existential threat to 7 billion human beings with full use of current military technology. Or even the 350 million or so who survive the viral pandemic in the PotA movies.

This is the same problem of disbelief suspension I have with the Planet of the Apes movies. OK, the apes are stronger/more athletic than us just like in the real world, and now they're as smart and can talk or otherwise engage in complex communication. Are they bulletproof? Can they duplicate themselves endlessly like Multiple Man? Because a few thousand intelligent apes at most aren't going to be a grave existential threat to 7 billion human beings with full use of current military technology. Or even the 350 million or so who survive the viral pandemic in the PotA movies.

1- The Darkhold is controlled by something that seems to be maleovent and right now the Darkhold controls the LMDs.
 
2- Aida gives existing in The Framework priority over living in reality.  Major freedom of choice and sanctity of life issues arise from this. She has to keep adding people to The Framework to protect it from them. That means everybody will eventually be replaced.
 
3- Even if The Framework and the Darkhold were out of the picture, you don't want unsupervised AI's doing Top Secret work involving National and Planetary security.
 
4- Any project that "We have to keep secret from our friends or they'll shut us down" should be exposed and shut down or taken over by people who aren't so paranoid.

Is "Let's get it over with" close enough?

Maybe so, but this is Jed and Maurissa's baby, other than the pilot episode.

I'll go along with two out of three of those. The writing isn't substantially better than any of the other CW super shows, though.

Is it the hip thing now to reject Shakespeare as some of the greatest literature in the English language? Whatever.
 
I know how you feel sinanju, I too am frustrated by the generally low quality of writing for nearly all superhero shows. The prevailing wisdom in Hollywood seems to be that the audience for these shows isn't discerning enough to notice or care, so why should they spend the money on finding good writers? It may even be true for the most part; after all, we here in these forums are a tiny, tiny minority, and spending money to raise the level of writing to impress us simply doesn't make any economic sense.
 
At least Supergirl has writing that isn't atrocious (unlike the other CW superhero shows), a terrific cast (especially its lead actress), and a generally cheerful and optimistic outlook.

Four episodes in, I'm really enjoying Legion. Blows away all the other supers shows on traditional TV.