Results of Ruminations

In the first part , I set up a rewrite for Batman v. Superman  to try to salvage what happened in that film. Obviously, this is not a unique exercise, and there are a lot of others out there who have done similar things. I haven't read or watched those thought exercises, so if there are parallels between my ideas and others, it's happenstance. Part 2 Batman's unsatisfied, so he breaks into Luthor's office to see this "curiosity". He hacks (because it's this easy) the files, but doesn't have time to decrypt them as the alarm goes off (of course) and he has to do his disappearing bat-trick to keep from being caught. Now, however, he's on the trail.   Back at Lexcorp, Luthor figures out what Batman has done. "They know." He places a call, then says to the scientist fellow from earlier, "We have to move forward the Doomsday Protocol."  "To when?" asks the tinny voice on the other side of the call. "As...

During the summer, I get the chance to see a few more movies than I do during the school year, and I had the opportunity to do so today by going to see Wonder Woman, which released today and was, therefore, screened and shown by a bunch of people over the last week. Still, I was one of the first to see it on its opening day, and I have to admit that I enjoyed it as much--if not more--than I was hoping to. That's a huge relief. Wonder Woman (and Wonder Woman ) means a lot to a lot of people, and there is also the pressure for a flagship property to perform well that will help ensure a continued franchise. And the controversies surrounding screenings  as well as Gal Gadot's politics and history  threaten to take away from how much fun this movie is. So I'm leaving the troublesome stuff behind to focus on the film itself, which I endorse and encourage people to see. It's definitely my favorite superhero movie in a long time, and though nothing will ever surpass the gee...