Sorry to forego my usual prefatory nonsense , but I wanted to allow you know that today ’s installment of “ Postal Apocalypse ” is one of my favourite . part because it asks why Batman does n’t instruct magic and if the Force is sexist , but also because it has the best blessed Flash TV show theme I ’ve ever seen . in earnest !
Sibling Rivalry
DameB :
Dear Postman —
Some years ago ( for me , many many years ago for you ) , I showed my daughter Star Wars for the first clock time . She was very polite about it , but clearly found it dull . My GenX nerve broke a little and I moved on . But I was talking about this the other day and had a moment of penetrate confusion .
If the twins , Luke and Leia , had adequate potential for amazing Force powers , “ they ” made some unusual choices . Why did they put Luke on some backwater earth , far aside from peril , with one of the last remaining Jedis to watch over him ( badly , from far away ) ? Why did n’t Leia get anyone to watch over her ? Why did n’t she get tucked away , safely far from Vader ’s grasp ? I ’ve sort of justify this , mentally , as “ not putting all your bollock in one basketball hoop . ”
But in choosing a hero to defeat Vader , they sent Luke to Dagobah , not Leia . They send out the whiny uneducated hick whose greatest ambitiousness until very recently had been to * join the Empire * instead of the smart , advanced , and well - educated woman with the political connections and Rebel cred ?
I * know * the grounds — deeply entrenched sexism . But surely there ’s been some attempt at justifying this , in - existence , correct ?
There had been ! Kind of ! I ’m not sure how satisfying these explanations will be for you , but here goes .
As for your first questions , you first want to agnize that Obi - Wan and Yoda were terrible at their job . They get the Sith take over the entire Galactic Republic the right way under their nose and sleep together up Anakin royally . It should n’t be a surprise that their musical theme of child care is to send out a baby to a desert major planet and then make his babysitter live in a cave several miles away .
Really , Leia was likely safer than Luke . First of all , Leia had Bail Organa of Alderaan to look after her , as well as his planet ’s armies . Anakin / Vader had no idea he had any kid at all , so putting her in the royal family of Alderaan is a decent lieu to cover — much better than the base of Anakin ’s half brother .
As for Leia ’s time value versus Luke ’s … in Revenge of the Sith , when Obi - wan and Yoda are administer Skywalker baby willy - nilly across the extragalactic nebula , they never say Luke is more powerful than Leia , or that Leia will be any less important than Luke . When Obi - wan asks Yoda is the Lil ’ Skywalkers will be capable to defeat the Emperor , Yoda replies “ Strong the Force runs , in the Skywalker air . Hope , we can … ” The obvious illation is that both Luke and Leia have the power to potentially save the galax , and they ’re allow for it up to the Force to see who starts down the course first . Really , it seems like the only reason that Leia went with Bail Organa to Alderaan is because Bail ’s infertile married woman wanted a baby girl . Otherwise we could have gotten Prince Luke and Leia would have spent her puerility moisture farming .
If you wait at the Revenge of the Sith novelization , this notion is made clearer .
“ … hide , safe , the children must be keep back . Foundation of the new Jedi Order , they will be [ , ” Yoda said . ]
“ We should separate them up , ” Obi - Wan said . “ Even if the Sith find one , the other may last . I can take the boy , Master Yoda , and you take the girl . We can hide them away , keep them safe — train them as Anakin should have been trained — ”
… When right-hand is the time for acquirement to be taught , to us the live on Force will bring them . Until then , await we will , and watch , and learn . ”
essentially , the Force forced the issue [ HAW ] when it had Leia get captured by the Empire , take Obi - wan to activate Luke to deliver her . Now , whether the Force is itself kind of sexist has yet to be reveal .
Of Inhuman Bondage
Jon :
Dear Postman ,
I have a suspicion that Marvel is using The Inhumans film as a place holder for a potential ten - Men film . The musical theme is fairly simple : If the MCU can negociate rightfield with Fox , they ’ll replace all Inhumans work for X - man . If not , then Inhumans it is . It ’s clean the comedian have been shunning the rival studio apartment properties and hyping their own MCU characters . I think by waiting for the A - list contracts attached to X - Men to expire , they ’ll have enough sway and time to supercede the far off Inhuman spot . Why else would they relegate such an obscure championship near the climax of their motion-picture show arc , peculiarly after the show succeeder of introducing Guardians so too soon . Why not cite the word “ Inhuman ” in Agents of SHIELD ? Hell , they were prominently tricky about Peter Parker ’s fate in comics until they landed a mint with Sony . Then he was “ always run to be around ” in bitchiness of him showing up in no promo cloth . What ’s your take ? This seem believable ?
You ’re high , sorry . As long as Fox pull in an X - Men movie once every few years , their right will never expire . As long as X - Men movies make money , Fox will make hug drug - Men moving picture . Other than Disney paying Fox a preposterous sum to get the rights back — which wo n’t happen because this would also have to admit potential future winnings , which would be upwardly of several billion dollars — Marvel is not puzzle the X - Men movie rights any time soon , if ever .
So there ’s no demand for Marvel to hedge their stakes . They ’re bring in an Inhumans movie in the main because they ca n’t make an ten - Men movie , and they ’re saving it for the conclusion of Phase 3 because it ’s in all likelihood the least connected to the other Phase 3 plans . Plus , Marvel only has so much time and Washington , and thus can only make so many movies a yr . It ’s a balancing act of variety .
If Marvel somehow did get the X - Men movie right wing back , they still would n’t twist Inhumans to an cristal - film . They ’d set back Black Panther , Captain Marvel and more in purchase order to get an 10 - Men film out a.s.a.p . , because an XTC - film would almost certainly make more money than the other stand - alone superhero flicks .
Also , Marvel had two programme — one with Spider - Man involve , in pillow slip he became available to them , and one without . They were covered either way . But the only ground Spider - Man was potentially available to them was because Sony love up the franchise so badly . Fox is doing just fine with the X - homo for the time being .
Pull a Rabbit Out of the chiropteran
S. Sneakthief :
greeting Mr. Postman ,
Can you explain Batman does n’t use magic ? It ’s a prominent personnel in the DCU and it ’s been established that he ’s train in damn near every agitate style imaginable . He ’s a captain of languages ( a scene from Maid of Honor , an instalment of Justice League where he spoke Kaznian to a terrorist come to psyche ) and we know that he trained under Giovanni Zatara with Zatanna . He has an excellent retentivity and an aptitude for figuring things out almost superhumanly quick , so why has n’t he added magic to his armoury of talents ? He could solve many crimes in an trice . I ca n’t imagine of any reasonableness he would n’t add up this field / craftiness to his areas of expertise .
There ’s no definite resolution . Apparently Batman has been on record as hating and distrusting illusion at a point or two , mainly because it is n’t reliable . But there ’s also the fact that magic is , more or less , a superpower in the DC cosmos — it ’s not something anyone on the street can learn , it has to be bequeathed or you have to have an chemical attraction for it . Batman presumably does n’t have an phylogenetic relation for it — but there ’s the more important fact that Batman ’s whole peck is that he does n’t have superpowers , and giving him sorcerous king would bust up his character , as he ’d be in effect stronger than Superman at that gunpoint . ( From a certain point of view ; Superman would patently still be physically stronger , but Batman ’s word plus illusion would mean he ’d be capable to hand superman his piece of ass anytime , pretty much straightaway . )
As for Zatara : Batman trained with the magician in a Batman : The Animated Series episode where he check ventriloquism and the nontextual matter of escape , not magic . If you want to count this as Bat - canyon , then you could assume that Batman either did n’t desire to learn magic , or could n’t . Besides , on the rare occasion that Batman does fight a magical foe , he has mass of magic friend to call on , including Zatara ’s daughter Zatanna . He relieve oneself it work .
Slick and/or Tired
apotheos1s :
Dear Mr. Postman ,
Ugh ! I ’m fuck off really stock of discover multitude arrogate that the “ comic book ” movie genre is on it ’s way out due to consultation fatigue ! So can you set the record directly ?
Before the gloaming of society ( and presumably , the megaplexes with it ) will we finally suffer this presumed comic picture fatigue any time shortly ?
“ fatigue duty ” is bullshit . multitude will stop find out comic moving-picture show if they bulge out getting bad . That ’s it . As long as Marvel and DC keep making exciting motion picture , people will still go to see them . If an audience gets blase during your comic book movie , it ’s not because there ’s some form of problem with comic book movies ; it ’s because your laughable book movie is ho-hum . Do that too often and people will stop show up for them .
If you ’re thinking about demand a follow - up question like “ When will comic book movies start suckle ? ” I ca n’t give you an answer . I ’m worried DC movies will be problematic right out of the logic gate , and the DC cinematic universe will drag one’s heels before it even gets started . I ’d be delighted to be unseasonable .
I consider Marvel ’s built up enough honest will that even if they have a few collapse , audiences will stick around through Phase 3 at least . After that , it ’s really up to what Marvel does . If they continue to build off the foundation they ’ve laid , then I see no reason why audience would n’t keep on purchase slate . But if they do some sorting of reset that somehow turns the heroes they ’ve enjoyed into new graphic symbol played by new player ? That could be a job . Just like unconstipated comics , superhero movie fan have put a lot of clock time in the MCU . vary too much and the great unwashed settle it ’s too different and stay away .
Signed of the Times
Dwayne S. :
This poston Observation Deck got me thinking , what ’s the easy way to try getting autograph from comic book gift ? I have an former issue of Uncanny go - mankind ( from 1969 ) presently framed and call up it would look better with a yoke signature on it as well .
Is it only acceptable to make the trip to a convention to try and get a signature ? Or is emailing the talent ( if an electronic mail address is available ) to require if they would be concerned in helping satisfactory ?
The convention circuit is your good stakes . That ’s a time when author and artist specifically set out to interact with fans , so your request is n’t weird or a burden . If someone is give-up the ghost to attend a confidence trick you ca n’t pay heed , endeavor to have a friend get the autograph for you . If that ’s unsufferable , then you’re able to check out the author / creative person ’s personal internet site ; they may have instructions on how to request an John Hancock , or art , or even just the best way to contact them . If they do n’t give out middleman information , do n’t go crazy seek to hunt it down . They distinctly do n’t need to be contacted for a reason , and you online - stalk them wo n’t get you an John Hancock , it ’ll only piss them off .
If / when you do contact then , be brief and polite . expect them if an John Hancock is possible . demand if they charge a fee ( do n’t be surprised if they do ; you ’re asking them for a servicing ) . Be certain to explicate that you ’re willing to conform to whatever condition they have .
One of those stipulation will unavoidably be either paying to embark your laughable / art / book / etc back to yourself ( potential in addition to a fee ) . Even if you ’re paying them for their autograph , you do n’t want to make it difficult for them to give you back your hooey — partially because it ’s rude , and partially because they may not want to make do with it . You may take to include a self - addressed , stamped envelope , or other pre - done packaging . I assure you that if these people are travel to take the clip to give you something you need , they do n’t want to pay for the privilege of giving you back your junk .
If they go down , give thanks them for their time . If they take for too much money , do n’t fence or haggle — politely explicate it ’s beyond your financial capability at the moment , and then thank them for their time .
In general , be nice , be polite , do n’t be eldritch , and do n’t be a gist .
Flash Drive
Not A lusus naturae :
As far as I ’m pertain the recent instalment of The Flash in which Mark Hamill reprised the role of The Trickster all seal the deal : The Flash ( 2014 ) is an alternate timeline version of The Flash ( 1991 ) which be in the same multiverse .
The Flash ( 2014 ) already has meter change of location and alternate timeline ; compound that with the fact that John Wesley Shipp spiel Mr. Allen the senior and Mark Hamill is the accurate same character in both shows , sodding with the existence of his original costume .
There are only a very few , butterfly - burden difference between a realness in which John Wesley Shipp was named Barry and became the Flash , and a reality in which he was named Henry but had a Word name Barry who became the Flash . We ’re even shown that without the 1990s photoflash to stop him , The Trickster was one of the most deadly terrorist on American land before he was finally stopped by conventional force .
Do you accord ? Can we all make this official principal - canon ? And subsequently blackmail the producers to make it official - prescribed canon ( sometime in time of year 6 , perhaps , when they jump to bleed out of melodic theme ) ?
I am 100 % down with this . And I while I ca n’t imagine The Flash pull this anytime in the near future , I consider you ’re exactly right that around time of year five or six , when they ’re looking a bit heavily for approximation , this will almost sure as shooting occur to them .
Honestly , it ’s in all probability already occurred to them — there ’s no way it was n’t discourse when they brought back the original hoaxer . It might even be part of The Flash ’s grand plan at some point down the line . But it ’s such a weird , mad twist that exist chiefly for fan that I know they ’ll hold off until they get a few seasons in and feel certain they wo n’t estrange their audience with it .
I can truly see The Flash author pull this off , I really can . So yes , this is 100 % functionary . I rule it ! lease ’s just desire The Flash author get their hazard to prove us right .
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