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Hey are you talking about Iron Fist, protector of K'un-Lun, sworn enemy of the Hand?

Every time they dig up something wonderful from my childhood, I hope for the best and fear Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" on Spike TV

60 / 75 graphic novels.

Gonna go for prose novels next year, which will be a real challenge as it's not my strong suit, so maybe 3 or 4

Because all the movies I wanted to see had just left theaters within the last few weeks, caught Downsizing. Was not the movie the trailer made it out to be. The drama is without stakes, direction, or momentum, the comedy is sparsely sprinkled in, and the much foreshadowed Honey I Shrunk The Kids hijinks were completely without fulfillment. Alexander Payne would have never gotten his boring environmentalist propaganda slice-of-life snoozefest greenlit without the hook of the first twenty minutes of sci-fi intrigue.

Within the last month at /r/MUBookClub I've read some pretty cool books.

1) Star-Lord (2016) "Grounded" - It wasn't game-changing by any means but it had some great comedy moments, particularly at the end. It's just fun for fun's sake. Almost in the same ballpark as Superior Foes of Spider-Man. A solid 4 *'s.

2) Carnage (2015) vol 1. "The One That Got Away" - really cool concept for the first few issues of it, then it sort of jumps the shark a little. But the inspiration to commonly known horror movies are pretty up-front-and-center and really feels like an ode to the genre. Another 4 *'s.

3) New X-Men (2001) #114-117 "E Is For Extinction" - Grant Morrison's starting point on the run. I feel like it probably gets a lot better, or is remembered so fondly for the dramatic upswing in quality from the issues prior. As a jumping-on point for me though it just felt okay. There were two scenes that really struck me - one very sad, one very comical and badass, but the rest didn't do much for me. 3 *'s.

4) Taskmaster (2010) by Fred Van Lente - strong recommend. It's a short mini-series detailing the character's backstory and more about him in the present, and like all good villain stories, it's full of sympathy-evoking tragedy. 5 *'s.

5) Truth: Red, White, and Black (2003) - I've seen articles call this a WTF awful mini-series, and I've seen others praise it. I'm glad I checked it out, because I would have easily dismissed it, but it was pretty good. It had it's share of flaws but it had some resoundingly huge balls being so blunt educating about treatment of blacks throughout American history. I don't know how to star-rating something that I think is vitally important to my development but still has some glaringly annoying detractions, so I'll just say 3 *'s, but an important 3 *'s.

All-season spoilers

I think to overcome someone with immense star power just drawing all attention to them, IE "Chris Pine is Captain America and Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise" you have to get real over the top with it. Tom Hanks as MODOK, Brad Pitt as The Leader, Mel Gibson as Stilt-Man, etc

Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Johnny Depp

Canary looks like she's 13, raided her older sister's closet and ran off to hang out with an older guy with a beard because she's pissed at her parents

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/10/06/marvel-promo-northrop-grumman-nycc/

This show is such a roller coaster of emotions. I didn't care much for Todd this season until his big zany business venture in the tail end, but everything else was on point.

Diane's story particularly always tears me in different directions. At the start of the season I wanted her and Bojack to become an item, as her relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter has always felt really weird. Then at the midseason point when they're alone together, I was afraid I was going to get what I wanted, and was urging her to stay with Mr. PB. And then by the end of the season, I once again didn't know what I wanted.

There's one Mr. PB/Diane story element that I found both hilarious and uncomfortable.

You have to taper your expectations, as it's quite a step down, but it's still not bad

• Thor: God of Thunder by Jason Aaron
• Inhumans by Paul Jenkins
• Vision by Tom King
• Madrox by Peter David
• Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction
• Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment by Roger Stern
• Marvels by Kurt Busiek
• Moon Knight by Warren Ellis
• Deadpool by Gerry Duggan
• Black Panther by Christopher Priest
• Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan
• Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski
• Young Avengers by Kieron Gillen
• Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson

Binging with Babish is a cooking show that does recipes unique to TV and film. If he follows recipes exactly as described from the movie or show and it tastes awful, he aims to improve the recipe while keeping the spirit of the dish alive.

Double checked, that character is in all of them.

Trailers below

You may not have known Luke Cage was in the show before watching it, but I don't think anyone should have to spoiler his name in the thread. I think my broad-strokes comments about enjoying redacted's arc and redacted, and highlighted in the trailer, were common knowledge pieces of the show going into it.

If someone backs Josh's concerns, I'll spoil everything I've said/am saying, but it's striking me as a bit much

What about my post is spoilering? Redacted and redacted are in the trailer. The rest is just overall show opinion

Finished Defenders.

Moon Knight Vol 1 (2014, #1-6) by Warren Ellis is just six issues of one-off, street-level badassery.

Black Panther: The Client (1999, #1-5, though I've heard the whole run is amazing) by Christopher Priest

Hawkeye (2014, the entire run) by Matt Fraction

Anything Daredevil by Mark Waid if you like fun, Brubaker or Bendis if you like grit

The Punisher Max series by Garth ennis or Jason Aaron

He doesn't strike me as the type to let a little thing like death keep him down for long. Get well soon, George

I really liked Spider-Man: Homecoming, but wish that 1) I was watching it as a teenager. Unlike a timeless classic like Spider-Man 2, it felt like it was targeting teens. it was enjoyable as an adult, but I didn't feel like I was the audience that's going to fall in love with it. 2) I wish they stayed closer to comic cannon with the two main female leads.

SO much better! Thanks!

I love the text, Vince, and the background, but Rusev and Owens seem a little vertically squished. I'm not sure if that happened when trying to resize their pictures to fit, or if it's just perception from being so high up, but anything you could about that? Either move them down a handful of pixels or resize them?

Also, I was hoping to have the word "FIRE" on the banner. Anywhere, like under the word Epidemic would be fine

I liked Clerks 2 over the original. But that may be because it's the first time I'd heard anyone tell the truth about the LOTR movies.

Addams Family Values, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Scary Movie 2, and Back To The Future 2