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Not to make light in the least about today’s ruling, because affirming love in any way (even as a disembodied brain hijacking a new robot body) is only good for marriage, or any relationship. Fuck that housewife Chook and the rest of the closed-minded conservatives here with whom I clashed years ago on Prop 8.

Did I mention how a few weeks ago when I finally got around to watching the Age of Ultron, I tuned into “COZI TV”‘s new time slot for the British namesake afterward, and even though it was a Tara King, still enjoyed it more, despite hundreds of million dollars and nearly half a century the wiser.

(She did play one of the “Amazons.”) Wasn’t quite the blast from the past it was hyped as; I maintain that the Road Warrior is just about the perfect film. An economy of characters without names, and a story that truly didn’t need subtitles (it’d be helluva lot easier to novelize as a Little Golden Book than recent Disney features) nor, unlike both its 1985 sequel and this one, depend on all that world-building to tell it. And really, “over-the-top” doesn’t mean a thing anymore after Kung Fury. Still, it’s inspiring to see even a septuagenarian not tire from just imagining such on-screen energy, much less have to slow-mo every significant action sequence like Joss Whedon generously does for us mouth-breathers.

Once again, threat contained with less casualties than jokes (and maybe spending more time evacuating civilians than either was appeasing critics still whimpering over the 9/11-scale destruction in DC’s over-the-top follow-up to the first Avengers), so I’m not sure why they had to go with a reminder of the abominable mini-series in book form. If you ask me, they also missed a great opportunity to do the team vs. a giant-sized Ultron-7:

Incidentally, I had this idea for a Man of Steel sequel, which I understand was planned before all this Batman v. Superman nonsense (or still is, after it), that introduces the Martian Manhunter, so unfairly left off the Justice League roster for Robocop throwback Cyborg—methinks Geoff Johns is downplaying Bruce Timm’s contribution to the pantheon in favor of what, the shitty Super Powers Galactic Guardians Superfriends cartoon—to parallel Kal El’s own alien origin and coming to terms as mankind’s benefactor: McConaughey, who’s said to being courted by both studios, is my pick for his John Jones disguise. Morrison’s first JLA arc serves as the basis, where Martians appear on the scene as beautiful superheroes, easily dispatching said skyscraping robot and inept extraterrestrial invaders, never missing a one-liner, and earning the adoration of the public. Clark is skeptical; members of the Justice League could cameo, Flash revealing their fast person isn’t connected to the Speed Force because he lapped him without being noticed, and Batman figures out their aversion to fire, but Superman insists on going at it without their help, telling them he’s found another ally, someone else on Earth with the same shield to his scan, who turns out to be J’onn. He could be immersed in ordinary surroundings, trying to hide in our culture and learn, or be a captive of the government, like in New Frontier. We’ve already seen Kryptonian predestination, so the whole White vs. Green Martian schism might be retreading, but needless to say, the two of them bond and beat the bad guys together.