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Yes, that’s true. It is different when your contribution is unique and you see with your own eyes the difference you make with your own...

I guess the same reason you don't spend every moment of your day doing charitable works, and give your every penny to charity. Both of...

The very first Astro City story deals with this.

Glad to see everyone for yet one more last hurrah. ETA: Don't get me wrong ... I love them, eager for more X-Men (MTG set and second...

Oh yes, it's almost the only moral decision that a good person with those powers can make. Certainly in clear-cut cases. But the...

Yeah, that's all fair. But I guess you'd still have to say where you found it, and it's hard not be shady or unethical doing so. And you...

Yes it is, and it is the better for it! It's a thankless part, but I do think Nicholas Hoult does a brilliant job as Luthor, especially...

Well, it is a comic book movie.

This reminds me of listening to the Superheroes episode of the Origin Story podcast, where they pointed out something I hadn't really...

Mhmm, the fact that James Gunn decided to deal with it was something I liked about the movie. He's a comic book fan, and is probably...

Yup. That’s basically the plot of the film!

With a side order of "evil Elon Musk who's actually a genius set up the war so that Superman would do this and so that he could...

Yeah, as we discussed at the time, stopping a war (or at least stopping a military assault) is well within Superman’s capabilities but...

I will say that The Great Wall is significantly better than a parallel film, Dragon Blade (2015), which is a Jackie Chan vehicle set on...

Great to see McKellen and Stewart back for one last ride. I’d have preferred McAvoy and Fassbender (because we’d have them for longer)...