( Initial thoughts and spoilers )

Surprisingly, perhaps, I really liked it. The beginning was a bit slow, but ultimately, a brief exploration of the mythos behind Superman was interesting. I wanted more in the end - like why the machines were bug shaped and how exactly the planet was harsher. But, that's for comics, right?

( Spoilers )

( Beware! Spoilers ahoy! )

If you've seen Prometheus, cavalorn's commentary/analysis may help you like it more (or understand why you liked it, as in my case). If you haven't and you hate spoilers, stay away but come back to it. And if everything you've heard about Prometheus is bad and you don't care about spoilers, definitely check this out, because while it's mostly speculation ( Read more... )

So, who has seen The Eagle? Did they TRY to make it that slashy? No, seriously. That had to be on purpose. When Marcus says "I thought I lost you," that's not, hey, I thought my slave betrayed me. That was a line I'd expect after a) someone you love nearly dies, or b) when there's an ideological rift you're afraid has come between you *cough* ( Read more... )

( SO MANY THOUGHTS )

Ok, I promise, this isn't a spoiler. It neither concerns movie nor book plot. It's a comment on a small thing in a fight scene. And a few general/vague observations.

( But so no one gets upset... )

So, I just saw X-Men First Class today. And OMG...


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So, Twilight: Eclipse ( Read more... )

What I truly can't decide is whether I want to read the Jacob and Mulder as BFFs fic first, the Jacob/Castiel/some mixture of the characters SPN fic first, or the Jacob and Rodney McKay as frenemies-who-were-both-geniuses-and-Rodney's-still-a-little-miffed-Jacob-got-that-honor-first and somehow, years later, Jacob also ends up in Atlantis and Jacob ( Read more... )