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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 12h

John Stewart belongs to neither the Green Lantern Corps nor to any law enforcement agency on Earth. He had neither the legal authority to apprehend Hal Jordan's killer nor the authority to let them go. What he did made him an accessory to Jordan's murder after the fact.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In the "Wormhole X-treme" episode of Stargate SG-1 there is a scene in which an executive suggests that instead of spending money to SHOW a massive alien ship the camera simply pan on an actor's face to have his expressions denote its impressiveness (in other words, TELL, by depending on the actor's

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'll take "Social Media Posts That Aged Poorly" for 2000...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How many "real" fans who got giddy after Gunn confirmed that Jimmy Olsen was part of his plans for the DCU because they saw it as a middle finger at Snyder and his "cultists" felt betrayed when he killed Hal Jordan?

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The "real" fans who soiled themselves because Snyder killed Jimmy Olsen and Superman in "Batman v Superman" and Affleck intended to kill Dick Grayson in "Batman" would REALLY appreciate it if people stopped complaining about "Lanterns" killing Hal Jordan. Damn cultists, learn your place!

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Even after Selina conspired with the Penguin to frame Batman for killing the Ice Queen, that still wasn't a deal breaker for Bruce...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Because his movies have "heart", get it?

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Either Lanterns was made by morons who fucked up the CGI rendering of a Guardian so it came out looking like a Weaponer, or by master storytellers in which the Weaponers manipulated John's dumb ass into stealing Hal Jordan's Green Lantern Power Ring, Sinestro's Dark Lantern Lamp, and, essentially,

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If February, October, and December are the three months out of the year respectively devoted to watch romance, horror, and holiday movies, which months should be devoted for watching science fiction, fantasy, and comic book movies?

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You want to know the part that no one is talking about, not even the EXPERTS or so-called "REAL" fans who HATED the "Snyderverse" and DEMANDED DC movies and series be carbon copies of the comics?

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here we see Hal openly disagreeing with a clear racist. He is taking the position of "I don't agree with what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it".

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Skydance now owns both Babylon 5 and Star Trek. Dun, dun, dun...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A 60-year-old Gen Xer Hal Jordan knows that "The Last Dragon" rules and "Karate Kid" drools...

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The Last Dragon Taimak

ALT: The Last Dragon Taimak

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A 60-year-old Gen Xer Hal Jordan whose father was a test pilot that died (intentionally or not) in a plane crash would have found solace in "Iron Eagle" and worshipped the ground Col. Charles "Chappie" Sinclair walked on.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A 60-year-old Gen Xer Hal Jordan would have seen "Do The Right Thing" and been outraged by Radio Raheem's death.

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Boom Mic Drop

ALT: Boom Mic Drop

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A 60-year-old Gen Xer Hal Jordan would have grown up watching the Nick Nolte/Eddie Murphy movie "48 Hours", so he would know that being the racist white man partnered with a black man would be idiotic and cliche.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On Mondays I'm watching "My Adventures with Superman" and "Batman: Caped Crusader". While watching the latter yesterday, it was quite obvious that, just as "Batman: The Animated Series" in the '90s, the art style is heavily influenced by Fleisher Studios' Superman shorts of the '40s.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A series based on the clone saga starts with Professor Miles Warren becoming obsessed with Gwen Stacy. I really hope the series doesn't shy away from that. Since it's live-action it doesn't have to pussyfoot around it like a cartoon would.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Other than for the Spider-Man movies and Multiverse of Madness (on account of WandaVision) I haven't seen any Marvel Comedic Universe movies since Doctor Strange and Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (whichever came out last -- though I was forced to watch Brave New World against my will...)

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paranoid, small-minded, small-town ranchers who indiscriminately murder aliens like Macon and his cronies do in "Lanterns" are literally the kind of people Pa Kent sacrificed himself to protect Clark from in "Man of Steel".

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first thing that needs to happen in any sequel to Masters of The Universe must be that everyone -- except for Man-At-Arms, the Sorceress, and Orko -- must forget that Adam and He-Man are the same person.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In two versions of Secret Wars Battleworld is a patchwork planet composed of bits and pieces from different planets. In the third one, it is made up of pieces from different worlds from across the multiverse. Just because several of those universes are destroyed in Doomsday,

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Tomorrow's Enterprise" takes place a year in the future from the previous episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The final six-episode season releases a year from now. If each season takes place a year after the previous one, that means the last one may take place within

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Whereas Snyder created a live-action DC Universe in which both Superman and Batman could co-exist, Gunn created one that has no room for a version of Batman that comes anywhere close to the one seen in Reeves' Batverse. Let that sink in...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Darkwing Duck reboot should include an appearance by Super Goofy that can be used as the lead it to a reboot of Goof Troop in which Goofy retires from being Super Goofy to raise Max, who then finds his father's costume in his closet.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I fervently wish that Weird Al would release a parody of Gloria Estefan's "Rhythm Gonna Get You" called "Algorithm Gonna Get You".

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In one episode of A Different World from the fourth season that I watched yesterday, the character of Colonel Taylor complains of being too old to jog, dance, and keep up with his wife. He was 47. Like, dude, shut up. I guess 47 in Boomer years is different from 47 in Gen Xer years..

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In "Superman 2: The Donner Cut", Superman reverses time to undo everything that happened after Zod, Ursa, and Non escaped from the Phantom Zone.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In "Green Lantern: Rebirth", it is established that the Parallax parasite infected Hal Jordan's soul, not his physical self. It, likewise, established that the two are separate elements of the whole, with Hal's soul seen roaming the Earth while his body was in the custody of a Guardian.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sinestro starts out as good and trains Jordan, then turns evil. Jordan starts out as good and trains Stewart, then becomes an a-hole. While I question the claims that Gunn is the comic book savant his fans make him out to be, I cannot help but see the Parallax parasite thread, especially given the

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If DC made Lex POTUS today, he would absolutely create an ICE-like organization which sole purpose was to rid America of any aliens and alien influence, starting with deporting Superman.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Marvel Studios has re-released Avengers: Endgame with an additional one minute+ of material. WB could re-release Justice League with an additional two hours+ of material -- hint, hint...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What if when the Singularity occurs, rather than destroy the world using nuclear bombs and enslaving the survivors, the sentient AI instead chose to redistribute the world's wealth equally between every living, breathing, and registered human being on Earth?

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When "real" fans don't object to Hal Jordan committing outright murder like he does in Lanterns, it shows that their objections to Superman killing Zod in Man of Steel had nothing to do with it contradicting the comic book source material (in which both characters actually kill),

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Imagine Siskel and Ebert, Leonard Maltin, Gene Shalit, or Rex Reed, going on TV and calling for a director to kill themselves because they made a movie they don't like. THAT'S NOT FILM CRITICISM.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I asked three different AI search engines to define the dangers posed by AI and they all showed me this picture...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The paradox of the "real" fans: They fervently believe that comic adaptations that deviate from the comic aesthetics are flawed (such as Superman's costume in "Man of Steel" or Doomsday in "Batman v Superman) and those that copy the comic aesthetics are accurate to the source material (such as

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In the final analysis, the rift between Snyder's creative vision and Johns' creative vison for the DC Universe in other media can probably be summed up to the former's adhering to the original Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman comics from the Golden Age and the latter's

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"The Snyderverse" was so substantially inspired by Johns' comics (such as The New 52, Flash Rebirth, and Flashpoint), that it may as well have been called "the Johnsverse"...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In many ways, what we refer to as the "Snyderverse" film adaptations of DC comics took their inspiration from The New 52, particularly the comics by Johns.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In "Star Trek: Generations", Data recounts to Geordi a joke he made during their mission to Farpoint station in which the punchline was "the clown can stay, but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go!" Putting aside that the joke (which was made at the expense of the comedic iteration of the

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ray Fisher told The Hollywood Reporter that during the Justice League reshoots Berg, Johns, and Emmerich decided that they couldn't have an angry black man at the center of the movie. Fast-forward to today and Lanterns features an angry black man at the center of the narrative...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In destroying Superman in "Secret Origins of the Super Friends", Lex was fundamentally changing his own origin. Without Superman, Lex never becomes a fan of Superboy and never loses his hair in an accidental fire while trying to find a cure for Kryptonite.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

While both Megatron and Optimus Prime died in Transformers: The Movie, the former came back to life reborn as Galvatron while the latter stayed dead. When Prime eventually returned to life, he didn't upgrade like Megatron did. That doesn't seem fair.

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