"Spider-Man, Class and Militarization in the Marvel Cinematic Universe"

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This is fairly simpatico with a lot of my thoughts. Iron Man gets mentioned a lot too because you (unfortunately) can't talk about MCU Spider-Man without talking a lot about Iron Man.

Tom Holland is sweet, but MCU Spider-Man isn't the real Spider-Man to me.

When I saw Civil War, ( Read more... )

For the December posting meme,
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If you've gotten an e-mail from me asking for a favor, the odds are very, very good that it was a scammer using my address. Some people responded to it and were asked to get iTunes gift cards for my nieces. (My brother, father of my actual nieces, got one of these e-mails, got that answer to his reply, and told me.) It's not me ( Read more... )

Somehow I have ended up with some major Tony Stark stans, which always seems to coincide with Steve Rogers hating, on my Tumblr feed and don't know why. I friended them for other reasons ( Read more... )

I attempted to watch the animated Batman: The Killing Joke but couldn't get too far in it since so far it could be called Sexism: The Animation. With where the source material went with Barbara, I didn't have the confidence in these creators to go there with them, especially with what they'd unnecessarily added to this version that hadn't shown up ( Read more... )

An Iron Man "armor" messenger bag and a Rocket Raccoon Backpack Buddy. I think Rocket might be bothered by how cute he looks....

Some folks on Tumblr used science to analyze whether this malachite stalactite could make a viable dildo (NSFW I guess?). The whole thread is worth reading.

The LEGO® Batman Movie Teaser

MCU Supercut - The Road To Civil War (a.k.a. How We Got Here a.k.a. If You Really Were Cap's Friend, Tony, You'd Know Why He's Doing This)

At io9: "Batman v Superman: Spoiler FAQ of Justice"

Tweet: " I wish I knew what the hell is going on there." ("You saw nothing, human. Absolutely nothing.")

Storify: N. K. ( Read more... )

( 'Captain America: Civil War' trailer spoilers )

Tony Stark in his Iron Man armor inside the Hulkbuster giant armor is kind of like turducken.

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My downtown Manhattan becomes ever more a fading memory. Pearl Paint is gone, now Pearl River Mart is going as well, due to a massive rent increase.

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The island of kitties.

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Amazon.com is cutting up to 70% off a selection of apparel, ( Read more... )

I got this via the Escapade News e-mail list from Dail Koehler:

So, RDJ Googled himself and found this:

https://www.facebook.com/robertdowneyjr/photos/a.156205521214588.1073741828.154213784747095/366717156830089/?type=1&theater

And then posted it to his FB page. How much do we love him???