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Some people have said that they could accept Eisenberg's character as Lex Jr., but not as Lex. I can see that.

It’s a difficult one. Rosenbaum is excellent as young conflicted Luthor, the one who is still Clark’s friend but gradually makes more...

Not that it’s much of a contest, but I think this film has the best live-action Luthor to date. Superman: You’re driven by envy...

I just watched it again and it is still amazing. It is so unapologetically in-genre, embracing what makes comics and Supes so wonderful...

Give it a go if you like the look of the trailer. I think it’s worth the effort. There is some obvious anachronistic stuff - the tech...

Watched the most recent Three Musketeers films (D’Artagnan and Milady, from 2023) on the plane and I’m glad I did, they’re not easy to...

We could get the equivalent of the X-Men/Star Trek comics where Gladiator punches the Enterprise. “Did that man… just punch my ship?”...

For me the outstanding Star Wars novel of this or any other era is Claudia Gray’s Lost Stars, which is basically a standalone space...

Read The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo, which was both somewhat better than the previous book of his I read (The Honjin Murders) and...

Love the whole Romans Go Home scene. Very accurate about Latin lessons. CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy...

He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy! Always look on the bright side of life.

I think there have been a few, such as The Ship of Night from issue 20: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=2320

one thing I've idly wondered about but never looked to closely at.... did Dungeon have any short adventures that could be used to fill...

I just finished Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh for a bookclub/podcast thing i do and man do I not get the appeal of the British...