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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 17h

whatever. The vampires would have never seen it coming; the Lone Ranger shooting at them with silver bullets.

Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 17h

and they had all used whatever silver they had to make bullets for him to use against the vampires. It would have certainly required more tools than exist in the movie in its current form, but that would merely require some fine-tunning of the script to change the setting into an unused foundry or

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 17h

Presumably Bass Reeves inspired the Lone Ranger, who used silver bullets. In the era that Sinners takes place in, people know who the Lone Ranger is, and might even know what real African American historical figure inspired him. Imagine if Sammie had used his music to summon Bass Reeves to the bar

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

journey it would be about two imbeciles going from one whorehouse to another.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

After Jaime Reyes became Blue Beetle Peacemaker became his sort of mentor. A streaming series with those two on a road trip across the US would be interesting, just not with Gunn involved. He'd turn it into his version of "Harold & Kumar Go To Guantanamo Bay", so that instead of being a hero's

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"The People Vs Gorilla Grodd" is, reportedly, about Jimmy Olsen investigating whether or not Grodd murdered his father. Wonder Woman could find that out in one second using her lasso of TRUTH. Just saying...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Well, yeah, but now they can do it in live-action too. I'd like to see one with Richard E. Grant that explains why the Doctor would choose to wear the face of the Great Intelligence. But, mainly, I'd like to see McGann get his chance at leading a three season series.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

One cool thing Doctor Who could do is have the Doctor regenerate into previous incarnations of actors who previously played the role that are still alive so they can wrap up any lingering plot threads from their series.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

How is it that in the Walking Dead Universe food that was canned before the apocalypse is still considered safe to eat over a decade later? THAT is more unbelievable than the zombies.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Did drowning in Crystal lake turn Jason into a monster, or was he always destined to become one from birth? Was his drowning a tragedy that destroyed his life, his mother's life, and the lives of everyone they killed at the campgrounds, or just as good an inciting incident as any other?

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Why didn't Randor ever send the Eternian military to Etheria to get rid of the Horde? At the very least. Duncan should have regularly provided the resistance with specialized weaponry.

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

kidnapped her when she was a baby. What did that have to do with selling toys? It's not like they even made a King Miro action figure...

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pessimists will tell you that He-Man and She-Ra were glorified commercials to get children to buy toys. Yet, there's one episode of She-Ra that is devoted primarily to King Miro -- Randor's father -- traveling to Etheria to reunite with the granddaughter he thought he had lost forever when Hordak

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Supergirl has a runtime of one hour and 48 minutes and it bombed Spider-Man Brand New Day has a runtime of two hours and 30 minutes and it was a huge hit. So much for the argument that movies with a runtime of 90 minutes would be more successful..

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Michael Sacal @michaelsacal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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

words to describe the ship). Three episodes in, that's what Lanterns feels like. And, from the sounds of it, it won't get any better than that...

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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

creating his own Lantern faction (the same way Sinestro did with the Yellow Ring). Clue number one, the Guardians would NEVER apologize to a failed recruit.

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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

I'm thinking that May work for science fiction ("May the Fourth Be with You/Revenge of the Fifth").

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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

THAT IS IT. John Stewart Sr. didn't need to be fearless (per se), he merely needed to possess the ability to overcome fear.

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

In the source material the Power Rings doesn't ASK any prospective candidates to become Green Lanterns if they are afraid. What the rings ACTUALLY do is state in the AFFIRMATIVE that the candidate has the ability to overcome great fear.

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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

He would have bawled his eyes out when Chappie's plane exploded and then cheered in relief when he showed up alive and well at the end.

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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

The closest we've gotten to seeing that is this shot of Lois Lane in the first season of "Batman: Caped Crusader". Contrast that with the style used in "My Adventures with Superman".

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

Why is it that people who make Superman cartoons refuse to render him in the style used in the Fleisher shorts when that was developed specifically for him? Why this aversion to honoring Superman's animated roots?

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

evident when the art style for "Batman: TAS" radically changed in its final season in order for it to accommodate both characters existing in the same world (which continued in "Justice League" and "Justice League Unlimited", neither of which truly used the Fleisher style like "Batman: TAS" did).

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

former self (somewhat quite literally in this iteration, which is played mostly for laughs). The same was true in the '90s, in which while "Superman: The Animated Series" seemed to resemble "Batman: TAS" it wasn't actually rendered in the same Fleisher-inspired style, something that became quite

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

Contrasting one with the other (which I didn't do last year because I didn't watch episodes from those seasons back-to-back then, but, rather, I watched one after the other ended), it is quite lamentable that Batman has pretty much stolen Superman's thunder, leaving him to become a caricature of his

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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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