Comments for American Times http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain Just another League of Ordinary Gentlemen site Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on A black Spiderman by DensityDuck http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/03/a-black-spiderman/#comment-934 DensityDuck Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:28:07 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/03/a-black-spiderman/#comment-934 Spam Here. Spam Here.

]]> Comment on A black Spiderman by DensityDuck http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/03/a-black-spiderman/#comment-933 DensityDuck Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:08:20 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/03/a-black-spiderman/#comment-933 "Although you can also make the demographic central to the character and make the character very appealing..." I doubt that a bunch of white-bread doofs who've spent their entire lives in a Hollywood scriptwriter cocoon would be able to do that. I'm picturing their idea of "black culture" being something like M.C. Hammer. “Although you can also make the demographic central to the character and make the character very appealing…”

I doubt that a bunch of white-bread doofs who’ve spent their entire lives in a Hollywood scriptwriter cocoon would be able to do that. I’m picturing their idea of “black culture” being something like M.C. Hammer.

]]> Comment on A black Spiderman by DensityDuck http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/03/a-black-spiderman/#comment-932 DensityDuck Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:05:16 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/03/a-black-spiderman/#comment-932 I give you the example of Kevin Smith, who thought that the idea of Batman losing bladder control was so gut-bustingly hilarious that he strongarmed DC into making it part of the Batman canon. So, that's now a thing that, in the DC Universe, actually happened. Batman, on his first mission against the criminals of Gotham City, got so scared that he pissed his pants. That's Kevin Smith's contribution to the Batman mythos. Given "Batman" and a blank check, that's where he went. Christ, at least "All-Star Batman" gave us a goddamn catchphrase! I give you the example of Kevin Smith, who thought that the idea of Batman losing bladder control was so gut-bustingly hilarious that he strongarmed DC into making it part of the Batman canon.

So, that’s now a thing that, in the DC Universe, actually happened. Batman, on his first mission against the criminals of Gotham City, got so scared that he pissed his pants. That’s Kevin Smith’s contribution to the Batman mythos. Given “Batman” and a blank check, that’s where he went.

Christ, at least “All-Star Batman” gave us a goddamn catchphrase!

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]]> Comment on Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Trailer by Is Pixar's 'Brave' Just Another Disney Princess Movie? - Forbes http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/06/29/pixars-brave-trailer/#comment-925 Is Pixar's 'Brave' Just Another Disney Princess Movie? - Forbes Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:29:37 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/06/29/pixars-brave-trailer/#comment-925 [...] has any romantic interest whatsoever. We see that she’s quite adept with a bow; tracking a bear through a dark forest – we see her emerging as the hero of the story. Not as its defiant [...] [...] has any romantic interest whatsoever. We see that she’s quite adept with a bow; tracking a bear through a dark forest – we see her emerging as the hero of the story. Not as its defiant [...]

]]> Comment on Tinfoil hats by Fnord http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/10/tinfoil-hats/#comment-919 Fnord Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:16:12 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/08/10/tinfoil-hats/#comment-919 How is number 2, at least, even relevant? The US Constitution certainly doesn't FORBID providing consular access for defendants. If the question boils down to "can a treaty override state law", then the answer is clearly yes as proscribed by the Constitution's supremacy clause, just as federal law can override state law. How is number 2, at least, even relevant? The US Constitution certainly doesn’t FORBID providing consular access for defendants. If the question boils down to “can a treaty override state law”, then the answer is clearly yes as proscribed by the Constitution’s supremacy clause, just as federal law can override state law.

]]> Comment on A Game of Thrones and the ambiguity of history by Kim http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-916 Kim Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:25:58 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-916 Aerys was a net evil, by the end. But his son was good And great, which are not the same thing at all Aerys was a net evil, by the end. But his son was good And great, which are not the same thing at all

]]> Comment on A Game of Thrones and the ambiguity of history by Burt Likko http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-915 Burt Likko Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:57:24 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-915 Of a festering wound sustained after being gored by a pig? No, Robert Baratheon would have preferred to have died in combat with a knight of ability and skill (e.g., the young Jamie Lannister), or in his sleep immediately after pleasuring himself with a prostitute. Of a festering wound sustained after being gored by a pig? No, Robert Baratheon would have preferred to have died in combat with a knight of ability and skill (e.g., the young Jamie Lannister), or in his sleep immediately after pleasuring himself with a prostitute.

]]> Comment on A Game of Thrones and the ambiguity of history by Burt Likko http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-914 Burt Likko Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:54:44 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-914 Much of history is morally ambiguous, to be sure. But that ought not to stop us from saying that there are net goods and net evils. The drive to stamp out slavery in the 19th century, including both the flexing of British imperalist muscle globally and the American Civil War, were good things and well worth the price paid on balance. Despite many moral transgressions made by the Allies during World War II, the defeat of the Axis powers was a moral imperative. Much of history is morally ambiguous, to be sure. But that ought not to stop us from saying that there are net goods and net evils. The drive to stamp out slavery in the 19th century, including both the flexing of British imperalist muscle globally and the American Civil War, were good things and well worth the price paid on balance. Despite many moral transgressions made by the Allies during World War II, the defeat of the Axis powers was a moral imperative.

]]> Comment on A Game of Thrones and the ambiguity of history by North http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-913 North Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:22:11 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/kain/2011/07/15/a-game-of-thrones-and-the-ambiguity-of-history/#comment-913 Well it's complicated; Robert didn't exactly lunge for the throne. As Cercei observed: the throne was Ned Stark's for the taking but he didn't want it. The Lannisters wanted the throne but Ned didn't want them on it. So Ned wouldn't take the throne, he wouldn't let the Lannisters take the throne so into that gap came Robert. I'd imagine that Robert Baratheon would have been the happiest man in Westeros if Ned Stark had hopped on the Iron throne. Well it’s complicated; Robert didn’t exactly lunge for the throne. As Cercei observed: the throne was Ned Stark’s for the taking but he didn’t want it. The Lannisters wanted the throne but Ned didn’t want them on it. So Ned wouldn’t take the throne, he wouldn’t let the Lannisters take the throne so into that gap came Robert. I’d imagine that Robert Baratheon would have been the happiest man in Westeros if Ned Stark had hopped on the Iron throne.

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