Mod Post: Off-Topic Tuesday

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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.

Well, It's been quite a week in the UK and it's only Tuesday. I mean, yes the Jubilee Weekend lasted four days but ended on Sunday, so that was still this week. My general amibvalence towards the Monarchy is a matter of public record, but they do put on a show and I'll forgive them a lot for the scene with Paddington Bear having tea with the Queen, ending with one Queen acknowledging the irresistable power of another, rather different, Queen

And at the other end of the scale, our Prime Minister was audibly booed when he showed up for one Jubilee event (and by a crowd of people there to see the Royal Family, which suggests a greater likelihood of them being conservative voters), and then faced and won (within 12 hours) a vote of No Confidence by his own party, though by a margin less than Theresa May, John Major and Margaret Thatcher in similar situations in the past, so he's probably not long for his position.

The Sandman series as a release date (August 5th) and a new trailer with glimpses of the Corinthian, Death, Desire, Mad Hettie and Jenna Louise Coleman as Johanna Constantine.

And The Addams Family spin-off "Wednesday" got a teaser. Tim Burton's involvement makes me slightly nervous as whilst he's got a definite sense of style, I've never been a huge fan of him as a director, but we'll see.

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" did something the live action "Star Trek" franchise hasn't done in far too long, it had a silly episode, featuring bodyswaps, rule breaking in unexpected places and LOTS of delightful Vulcan snark. It's just generally FUN, as well as having an actual plot of course.

Question of the week: Favourite food you can't get any more, for whatever reason?

DC Pride 2022 #1

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( Finding Batman )

Poison Ivy #1

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"When you get right down to it, you know, when you sort of get down to the nitty-gritty, quite literally, plants can be pretty gross. So yeah, this is the first thing I’ve written where I feel like I should come out and say like, there should be a trigger warning for body horror. You know, if you couldn’t get through Annihilation, you might have trouble with this one." -- G. Willow Wilson

( Scans under the cut... )

Dark Crisis #1

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"Everything Out There Is Dangerous."

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“The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To it, we are like flashes in the dark.”

― Michael Crichton

( Aquaman: Andromeda #1 )

NS: ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ announced

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Todd Phillips posted a look at Joaquin reading the script for the upcoming ‘Joker: Folie a Deux‘. Folie à deux refers to a mental illness that affects two or more individuals, often in the same family. If I had to guess, based on previous speculation, we’re going to be seeing multiple ‘Jokers’ akin to Gotham’s take on the character. It’s a take Willem Dafoe mentioned (that he would be a Joker ‘imposter’ in conflict with Joaquin’s) before as something he’d like to do so hopefully they take him up on that offer. But again, this is just me guessing.

Not much else to say except that ‘Joker’ was a huge success, making over a billion dollars and receiving two Oscars so any sequel has big shoes to fill.