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Except Invincibles, because John Byrne doesn't rate it much.

The Incredibles is my favourite superhero movie of all time, more so since I read Byrne's opinions on the subject- I'm looking forward to that live-action remake thing that's coming out next year, which I believe he doesn't care for either.

I'm strangely optimistic about this Star Trek thing, mainly because everything horrid that can be done to that franchise's corpse has already been done, and maybe something nice will hatch from the maggots.  Also, I watched Cloverfield at the weekend with a reluctant missus, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it - a neat perspective on a lot of familiar material, well executed, and generally a good precedent for this type of grave-robbing endeavour.

I think that Death is rather brilliant, Wils.  Original too.

DeMarco
Halo
Cass
McGruder.

You know it mocks sense.

Stand by for Hoopflex, that 0800 wave isn't going to wait!

There's that too.

An awe-inspiring and accomplished film, I wanted to see it again immediately it finished, there was so much to take in.  I'd agree with most folk that the first magnificently pure 30 minutes are truly outstanding, but the whole thing kept my rapt attention and time seemed to vanish completely.  I was laughing loud and uncontrollably [spoiler]when the humans started rolling down the inclined lido[/spoiler].  I wish that that the supporting Rogue Robots had got more individual screentime, but I suppose that's what repeated reviewings of the DVD are for.  The accompanying short was a riot too, I just wished it had ben Bugs and Elmer in the two roles.  

Towards the end, a small child was clearly heard across the cinema: "Daddy, will you buy me one of those?".  Job jobbed, Pixar!

...you must be astonishingly handsome.

There is that.

The end was, well, the man has his own desciptor: Whedonesque.

[spoiler]Good, but bleak[/spoiler], hope there's more.

I'd also note that (singing aside) this was exactly how Star Wars Episode III should have played out, right down to Sean Patrick Harris as Anakin, and Obi-Wan as an inusfferable self-absorbed hero-type, and Bad Horse (the Thoroughbred of Sin) as the Emperor.  I'm serious, people.

but I have to call Dredd getting cancer (and a dismissive bill of clean health) as possibly the most earth shattering ending you could think of.

Indeed.  It prompted a weird conversation in our house -  I turned from prog to wife and said" "Jesus, Dredd has cancer!".  "Really?  Is it serious?".  "Nah, he'll be grand... still, quite a shock".  How nerds ever get laid, never mind married, is an unending source of wonder to me...

Great story, great art, great end.

I'm fairly sure the ancient Greek suffix is always pronounced die-ass.

Curses!  Certainly Iota is usually "ee" in Biblical Greek, while "eye" would be the dipthong "alpha-iota" (jeez Wake, when are you going to enable greek text?  sheesh), but that's as far as I go - and who's t say it's iota that that the "i" represents?

Mind, if we're going to get into picking one of the main forms of Ancient Greek pronounciation of the name of an Egyptian king, from an invented inscription, rendered here in Roman letters, I doubt Shelley knew much more than us.  He probably thought it should be pronounced "Slawn-yeh".

I'd be reasonably sure Moore pronounces it Ozyman-DEE-ASS, the way it Shelley runs it, since the name works best for the story in the devastatingly ironic context of the poem than any other historical sense. Although I'm sure Adrian himself missed that irony entirely when he chose it.

Veidt's always been Vight to me.

Damn, Laurie looks good enough to eat.

By the way Peter, put down the keyboard and borrow and read Watchmen IMMEDIATELY and SLOWLY.  It's just about the best thing you could do with the next few days of your life, barring some torrid rumpy and/or winning the lottery (although the other two are not exclusive).

No time for reasons, just action...

Jena Makarov
Maze DuBois
Cassandra Anderson
Hilda Margaret McGruder
Galen DeMarco
Blanche Tatum
Miss Marilyn
Venus Bluegenes

Leaving aside my grave doubts about the whole endeavour, how psyched must Dave Gibbons feel this morning!  To see his designs, his imagery so faithfully translated to the screen after 25 years, and looking just incredible... it's a testament to just how great a piece of art his work is.

I've moved on to loving the shot of Dan in the snow outside Karnak, and Jon's big blue ankles.

An amazing experience, this, like some odd dream.

Admitting Ramos was dirty and bringing up The Citizens' Court would probably make the situation in the Meg worse, too.

Well yeah, but so did letting in the Muties.  "Though the heavens fall", no?  

I agree though, it is the twisted reality of Justice Dept - staunch, unyielding, selfless... but lying their arses off and drugging the population to keep the wheels turning.  You can see why DeMarco preferred gorilla hairballs!