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It's been a while since I read it, and I was talking about the initial book, Dune, independent of any of the subsequent novels. Could be I'm misremembering, but I think we just interpreted it...

I've often said the best thing DC could have done is have a statue of Superboy in Legion HQ that's only shown in silhouette or some angle that obscures almost everything about it. Whenever it's...

That's what the ancient Greeks called Ramses II, so it works.

Saladin

Somewhat. They also didn't touch on Paul being trained as a Mentat as well as a Bene Geserit.

Brilliant! Ka-Zar is Tarzan on steroids without the colonialism issues

Jack Kirby's Kamandi. Copied from Planet of the Apes, its ideas far outpaced its source. Mad Max, Lord of the Rings, Last of the Mohicans, and Jurassic Park all mashed up together if you do it right....

Yup. All-Star Squadron was the last shining jewel in Pre-Crisis DC's crown. The Shadow War of Hawkman had the Winged Wonders on an exciting path and was something of their finest hour and last stand.

Yes, the Harkonnen's took up a good deal more real estate the novel. They spent more time on laying out Vladimir's scheme to elevate Feyd at Rabban's expense, and also used it as a way of explaining...

Your point about the trailer is valid. We'll have to see what's what when it hits screens.

It's weird... they clearly DON'T set EVERY book there... but they move people TO there.....[/QUOTE]

This, IMO, is one of DC's strengths. They've spread their characters out across locations since...

If you are a fan of detective noir, and are not watching Monsieur Spade, you are missing out. The plot is an aging Sam Spade went to France on a job, and retired there, but - being Spade - got...

There's a great Heston film (Will Penny) that captures what you're talking about.

It also leads to an interesting point: there are moments in time, in specific places, that are just so loaded with...

It's hard to say. The Titans have been so different from one iteration to the next, the comparison may not be apt. It's not like they had the JL's O7 pulling the group back into a familiar rhythm....

The era of the great armed bank robber/kidnapper criminals of the 1930s lasted less than 8 years, and none of them made it longer than 5 years before capture or death. Sometimes known as Yeggs, it's...

Not every academic is a ND Tyson ;)

(I know, he loves sci-fi, writers seem to go out of their way to goad him into critiquing the feasibility of fantasy).

Clearly, I lack your advance aesthetic.

I have to wonder if DC's tradition of siloed editorial fiefdoms had anything to do with it. Robin's feature was in Star-Spangled Comics, while Speedy was appearing in his mentor's feature in More Fun...

Starting in the early 1970s, Marvel tried several times to spread its action out. Several of its titles moved characters (Daredevil & The Black Widow) or launched (Werewolf by Night) on the West...

While I'm dubious, I recall how much Jeff Bridges surprised me as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit.

I dunno. We met Axel at the onset of a pretty epic Big Rig demolition derby. (and now, "Neutron Dance" is stuck in my head)

This is why while i'd prefer a JSA with own world, I'd be content if they were left in their own time. Spread it out.

Do you suppose someone at the ACME company had surreptitiously taken out a life insurance policy on Wile E. Coyote?

YES! This is why the Golden Age characters should have been left in their own time, or better yet, on their own worlds.

The proliferation of Robins is an obvious place to point, but it also gets...

TOS, naturally. However, I'm a big Perry Mason fan, even tho that one launched in the late 50s.

Custer was a blockhead. His success in the Civil War was a mixture of recklessness and phenomenal luck. Mexico's story probably wouldn't have changed that much. I doubt it would have changed the fate...