It's also weird how paint by the numbers their solution to the entity is when Ethan's defining trait is creative improvisation.

"Living in isolation on this Arctic island, we of course made sure our cabin, heated only by a woodstove, was constructed out of the most flammable wood available. Be sure not to even drop a couple of hot coals, because WHOOOF"

It's like they suddenly wanted to pull tonally from the Craig Bond franchise

It should, for sure. But splitting up the team, making the human villain a non-entity and trying to revisit every moment leading up to this just kills it. Also inexplicably giving fan-fav and franchise staple Luther cancer in between films, not exactly light hearted escapism

That Giffen Show- Episode 11 tinyurl.com/3zu5zjay In this episode, @mattbegins.bsky.social and I will be talking about the first nine annuals that were part of DC Comics 1992 annual crossover, Eclipso: The Darkness Within.

CASABLANCA is a movie I can show to 10 year olds, while COME AND SEE is a movie adults find difficult to see. They are all about fighting fascism but there's a difference in register. SW is for kids. It's an entertaining film for all ages. It's not The Sorrow and the Pity in outer orbit.

You know what people want in a pre-title MI sequence? The sitcom anniversary clip show experience!

The only MI film I have never rewatched. I don't know if it can rightly be called a bad movie, but it's certainly not as fun as even the weakest entries in the series. MI2 at least has over the top entertainment value going for it.

Hoo boy if you're not into getting reminded how important Ethan Hunt is, you're in for a rough time

The Riddler has Batman surrounded by crossbows.

Dick Giordano covered Batman 263 (1974).

This is gonna be a toughie for Batman

From the set of #ManofTomorrow. Shooting now.

Bloodwynd pulling a Batman Begins train scene in reverse

The Cult of the Machine asks you to observe a moment of silence today for Roland.

Founder, martyr, apostate.

May he languish in AOL for all eternity

While I don't think that's the intention, Superman comes across as uncharacteristically (and hilariously) passive aggressive, especially if you read his line thanking the JL for their sacrifices fighting Doomsday as him throwing shade which they take as a genuine compliment

The secret is focusing on the image while a dial-up modem screeches in the background

a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it . ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .

I reread this arc and the entire Vado run multiple times trying to crack Matt's code, pretty sure at some point I called in to my local radio station ranting about Bloodwynd and Zero Hour

"Spirits of the dead, I call on you to spell my name in ectoplasm for all to see"

Not going to lie, this is a big selling point for me

For the low price of 9.99 a month @mattbegins.bsky.social will initiate you into the sacred mysteries known only to the cult of "The Cult of the Machine," a church whose only canonical holy text is JLA 86-88

Only true believers in the Cult of the Machine can understand this page.

Bloodwynd has decided to just nope out of this whole ordeal.

God, everyone in the DCU in the 90s was going shopping and thinking "this season's must-have color is purple-brown."

Ted should take a page from the Power Rangers playbook and get civvies that render him easily identifiable!

Bruised prune was really in at the time.

A splash page from Justice League #86 depicting… something? The Ray is there.

I don’t know that I’ve ever known less what is happening on a page.