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I saw Black Panther today. It was really good up until the point they started to try and make the villain sympathetic, which was a step to far for me. You want to make your villain a remorseless murderer and terrorist who kills the people he claims he's trying to protect? Fine. Just don't try and make me feel sorry for him because that ship has already sailed. I walked out of the movie at that point.

Also all the fans who showed up to the Manhattan Center were hosed, as the majority of the show was held in another building entirely. JR and Jerry Lawler had so little to do that they fell asleep at the commentary table.

I was under the impression that they started with the Pickelhaube (hope I spelt that right) helmet but they ended up switching it out because it was absolutely useless for protecting the head. The helmet design associated with the Nazis started use at the end of WW1, since it actually provided better protection.

Yes, as a result of it being sabotaged during it's construction if I recall the myth correctly. By Loki, if memory serves.

Discovery is claiming to be utopian pipe dreams, really? Because in the show I watched they're claiming to be at war with the Klingons with Discovery explicitly stated to be working on technologies to enable them to win said conflict.

Steam from the shower sets off the fire alarm at my place, so yeah I'd imagine spray paint would do the trick too.

True, though as she was raised among Vulcans it's a possibility that detecting falsehood isn't something she's necessarily good at. Not because she's stupid but because she was raised by a people who are noted for being very honest. Most of the Federation believe 'Vulcans don't lie' is an undeniable fact after all.

To be fair

I didn't have to join the CBS pay channel to view the episodes, so that shows that in some places it can be viewed without that. That might only be in Canada though, in which case it's not helpful to you.

Stop complaining about shows you were never going to watch in the first place Nolgroth!

I disagree given that the Captain and the Admiral were being monumentally stupid at the time. They had evidence that the Klingons were a violent people after all, the Admiral admitted that the Federation had been in a state of Cold War with them for years and Michael's history indicates that the Klingons had attacked the Vulcans within her lifetime. So they're facing off with the fleet of a hostile force who've attacked their allies, in that situation shoot first is not an irrational nor illogical idea. Heck the Vulcans thought it was the logical plan. Anyway, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this point.

Spock's mutiny happened in the 11th episode of the first season so no, you did not have years of character development. Plus he was also guilty of hijacking the Enterprise too boot.

You didn't complain when Spock did it, did you?

So I've seen the first two episodes of the show and....I liked what I saw. It was darker then I expected certainly and way different from previous Trek that I've seen but that's not a bad thing. Michael's not a bad protagonist, not quite on the level of folks like Kirk, Picard or Sisko but it's only been two episodes in and thus far I've been given ample reason to stay tuned to see how she develops. Given the end of the second episode, I'm curious how she's going to remain an active character. As for the Klingons, their new look didn't bother me. They actually look alien now and as far as I'm concerned it's wonderful and it looks like they're going to be making some attempt to explore Klingon society beyond repeating honour and courage ad nauseaum.

So in their eagerness to denounce the left, Trump supporters actually called the counter protestors fascists and Nazis. These people really can't be THAT stupid can they?

Somebody posted a picture from the rally on Twitter. There were more people at the town fair last year in my hometown then there were at the rally.

If they were expressing a philosophy of hatred and genocide maybe, but they weren't. Nor did they murder anybody. Ergo there is no equivalency.

I actually believe that's what China will do.

Let's just agree to disagree then.

I actually don't think so. The US and it's allies are big trading partners for China now, even though Trump likely doesn't like it, I don't see China throwing that away on behalf of the Kims. There'd be nothing in it for them.

I rather doubt it would get that far. China might be devoted to peace but their government aren't exactly nice and I imagine if the Kims keep poking the Tribble Haired Cheeto Man the way they are, they might arrange for the Kims to encounter some sort of fatal misfortune. Much preferable then firing off nukes I'd imagine and I have to think there's not much benefit to China in backing the Kims these days.

If memory serves it's a reality warping device, so I'd imagine it'd be some Inception style special effects. In theory it's a villain power that could end up looking better in a movie then it does in the comics. That being said unless they've got a really good story for him, he's probably better as a henchman then a main villain.

Circe, Cheetah, Giganta, Dr. Cyber, Dr. Psycho, any of these could be good villains for a Wonder Woman movie. Sure not all Wonder Woman's villains are good but even Batman had to deal with losers like The Condiment King and Penny Plunderer from time to time. Focus on the high points, not the low points.

Actually for the longest time she did have that, as is quite appropriate for a person who's mission is supposed to be one of peace.

Exactly how was Zod "helpless" in that scene? He was restrained by Superman yes but that was far from a permanent situation and given that Zod was the superior fighter between the two, he'd likely have freed himself. He wasn't stripped of his powers or anything and was getting stronger as he absorbed solar energy. There was no prison that could hold Zod and he'd flat out said he was going to wipe out humanity, not killing him would have been incredibly unethical as it would risk the lives of thousands at the very least. Plus, killing Zod's crew has been something Superman has done in the comics to keep them from wreaking havoc and destruction.