#lets see a tom and jerry rivalry between them

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Season 16 Description from Sunny's Page on FX

[keiko-cornetto]

Contrary to what “catphiles” think, for most people cats are bad, egocentric, individualistic and completely insensitive animals. In fact, the film industry has been saying this for years, as the world is the world and Disney is Disney. However, there are some approaches, like the film The Aristocats, in which the good guys are (incredibly) THE CATS! OOOOOOH! And this is actually the only exception, because in all other cases felines are the cruel ones in the movies.

While dogs participate in films filled with love, cats in cinema are generally associated with villains.

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Dogs are by far the population's favorite animals. Due to the ease of acquiring and maintaining at home, they have become ideal partners for anyone who has a pet at home. Cats come next in this dispute and associating a “rivalry” between animals (very associated with films), created this duel between pets and naturally those who have fewer fans end up being the “villains” of the story, in this case the cats

I can mention here several cartoons, books and films with the figure of the cat associated with the villain. Obviously, it's not just the same ones that tend to be associated with the villain, just look at the wolves that are also widely used. The thing is that it has even become a culture to create a production and place the cat as the villain because it is easier to associate and less complicated, even in several cartoons, such as Sylvester being less of a villain than

Sincerely? I have NOTHING against dogs, they are all beautiful, intelligent animals and deserve respect for their feelings, but the whole world has a wrong view about the personality of cats, aaaah yes they do!

So, let's get to the point: Another photo gallery, featuring the best-known feline villains in the history of cinema and television.

You've seen her in every Sylvester and Tweety cartoon you've watched. In them, Sylvester is always shown as a malevolent and stupid cat, whose only objective in life, to eat Tweety, is frustrated at every attempt by the canary's supposed superior intelligence. Sylvester and Tweety, who already existed separately in cinema, were coupled in 1949 by a Warner Bros. designer, Friz Freleng. In other words, for 51 years, children all over the world

Jerry the mouse, from Tom and Jerry, is perhaps even worse. Alone or with his minion, the mouse Spit, Jerry tortured the honest, sincere and gullible cat Tom in no less than 160 cartoons for the cinema, from 1940 to 1967. The creators of the duo were Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera (in fact, also responsible due to the impoverishment of cartoons with the "simplified animation" technique, which they invented when they started producing for television in the 60s). The latest designs were already delegated by Hanna and Barbera to bagrinhos, but the initial concept of the series never changed; While trying to protect his home from the presence of the parasitic and disgusting Jerry, Tom is electrocuted at the socket, set on fire in the fireplace, drowned in the sink, crushed by pianos and blasted through the ceiling. Insensitive and perverse boys watch this laughing in front of the TV - and probably repeat such violence with their cats.

There are no cat heroes in these powerful opinion makers that are cartoons. The heroes are always dogs, rabbits, ducks and, incredibly, especially a muddy mouse who hasn't made a film in 47 years and, even so, remains a symbol of a cartoon empire – have you ever heard the sound of Mickey Mouse? Walt Disney himself, although always careful that his studio did not offend anyone) was unable to hide his prejudice: in his films, the dog is the noble animal (see Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians, not to mention the 44 drawings of Pluto and 42 of Goofy made between 1940 and 1965). Nothing against that and Walt could like whatever animals he wanted. It turns out that almost all of his most famous drawings are also Anti-Cat

In Pinocchio, one of the villains is a weak and filthy cat who helps the fox deceive the doll. In Cinderella, the fat and treacherous cat Lucifer is a frightening threat to the mice Gus and Jaq. (clean rats that do not transmit any danger to humanity) In Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire cat is far from being a sympathetic character – he knows that Alice could get into trouble and does nothing to stop it.

(I particularly love this cat)

In Lady and the Tramp, Si and Am are the two Siamese who destroy the curtains, attack the canary and the goldfish and attack the family's baby, causing the chaos that will send Lady to the cart.

And even in The Aristocats, which is supposed to be a pro-cat film, there are a handful of nasty stray cats on the scene, and the hero turns out to be, in fact, a mouse named Roquefort. And it's worth remembering that, in Mickey's very first cartoon, Steamboat Willie, from 1926, he tortures and executes a cat by turning it by its tail and throwing it into the sea. Come to think of it, Disney couldn't really like cats - he got rich building human mousetraps like Disneyland and Disney World.

It is normal that cinema has never done for cats what it has done for countless dogs, since Lassie and Rin-Tin-Tin; cats refuse to be actors and it is impossible to train them to do things that dogs, seals and even elephants accept naturally, such as climbing stools, doing somersaults or balancing balls on their noses - the intelligence, dignity and independence of cats does not allow them to play these humiliating roles. It is only possible to make a film like Stuart Little, in which the cats seem to "do" things, by filming them naturally and adapting the scenes to the script, when not altering them electronically

but remember that all cinema portrays cats like this

as a cartoon that really disappointed me because it was one of my favorites, it's Shaun the sheepwhere the cat is shown as a villain and is evil in every episode

There are people who say that cats in cartoons like Lady and Tramp are villains because the story is portrayed through the eyes of dogs where cats will always be the villainsbut because when the cartoon is about cats, dogs are never villains, since dogs don't like cats, cats are afraid of dogs and in cat cartoons their friends are dogs

For those who love cats, don't be sad as there are many, many animes that don't portray the cat as a villain

In fact, cats have more space in anime than dogs, there are hero cats, there are villain cats, there are all types of catsCats are everywhere, it doesn't matter if the cat isn't there there will always be something that reminds you of the cat like clothes or cat ears in anime

44 cats and superkitties and they're really good

another very good film coraline:

and as always, those who don't like cats have theories that the cat was the biggest villain in the film

but I disagree since the cat always helped Coraline, even at the end when she wanted to open the door the cat went ahead because he knew she was in danger

This was the post about the poor cats, this post is not originally mine, I just added some things and I also didn't make this post with the intention of offending anyone.bye Bye

EDIT:

and the Oscar for most disturbed people goes to: Lim Yirang & Heo Sunhaeng two soulless South Korean directors

these two together directed a ridiculous and disturbing crap animated short film is a colorful and lively animation that takes place in a garden, it seems to be a type of children's and educational cartoon for children, where there are several cute stuffed animals and elves and even a princess everyone spends the seasons happily every day, until one day a huge evil CAT comes into action and kills everyone in the garden except the ''poor defenseless girl (the protagonist)'' what was supposed to be a beautiful and enchanted cartoon turned into a horror film, that's the kind of thing they want children to watch a scary CAT Everyone knows that most people who have a phobia of cats are because they only see them in films as villains or hear people who hate cats saying how dangerous they are. And the worst part is that this stupid cartoon actually takes place in a potted plant and they are all stuffed animals and die because the evil cat killed them, and the biggest destroyer of stuffed animals is man's dear best friend, that is, the puppy. but how these two Koreans probably fuel this rivalry between dogs and cats so something bad that the dog does they go and make a cat do it instead because the only villains in this world are cats Just like Mr Walt Disney (Koreans also show their huge preference for puppies) this animation should be remade and the big planes being two giant South Korean men with enormous evil in their hearts, children watching this later become afraid of cats and this even contributes to animal abuse these two men should be arrested

This animation could be beautiful but with a very low budget and stupid ideas the big villain should be a human since the biggest destroyer of nature is humans themselves, an animal would never destroy nature These two and Disney have a lot to learn from the great studio Ghibli, there are only good films for people of any age to watch

the biggest villains are humans and not cats

[passionateclown]

k so tom & jerry episode idea

tom and jerry wanna see a show at like a animal exclusive couples club, but when they try to get in, and the bouncer (I'll let you decide who the bouncer is) doesn't let them in because they aren't a couple

so they both look at each other, nod knowingly, and ("platonically") kiss each other. the bouncer didn't expect this but he lets them in anyway

they get in, and theres a couples competition at the side (which t&j are all over) the challenge being which couple has the most synergy. they sign up for it, and when time comes the competitions start, and Hanna-Barbera shenanigans ensue (there's a dog couple that think their hot stuff btw there's kinda a rivalry between this couple and t&j)

it started off as t&j fighting each other throughout the early challenges, but as challenges go on, t&j kinda start to catch the synergy vibe and mutually pine for each other

at the end of all the challenges they tally up scores and turns out droopy was in the competition and won 1st place

Second went to t&j, and they both are sore winner's about it taunting the other couple. when all was said and the scores were done, t&j by the end are full on flirting w/ each other

episode ends with them walking out the club into the sunset and with their silhouettes romantically kissing before going back to chasing

the end

[ambivalent-anarchy]

Star Wars 101 (Ch. 2) Episode IV - A New Hope

Masterlist

Gender: Female

Pairing: Peter Parker x reader

Wow, I didn't realize how much I'd written until I hit the tumblr limit. Hope you like it! Comment your thoughts!

Chapter Summary: Steve just wants to do his job, the avengers are the best wingmen, Scott doesn't like porn, and [y/n] thinks all nerds are freaky

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sci-fi boi: okay which cartoon rivalry was better?? Popeye the sailor man and Bluto or Tom and Jerry?

crackhead [y/n]: dude.

crackhead [y/n]: how is that even a question??? Obviously Tom and Jerry lol

sci-fi boi: explanation pls

crackhead [y/n]: popeye and bluto were always fighting over that girl olive and some other stupid crap but with my two furry buddies it was no talk pete no discussions just murder attempts ON SIGHT. Tell me they don't go harder than any other rivalry

sci-fi boi: haha truuuu

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"Are we boring you, Queens?"

Peter's head snapped up quickly, discreetly turning his phone off underneath the meeting table. "Um-huh? No no no, Mr. Rogers I'm listening. Sorry."

Steve shook his head and continued to speak as he pointed to the pictures on the screen at the end of the room. All of the Avengers of Earth were there, some half asleep, while the others either joked or listened intently.

In two short days, they were going to be taking back powerful tech that Martin Li(aka: Mr. Negative)'s "demons" had stolen from Stark Industries. A simple "get in and get out".

They'd known this plan for some days now, yet Steve insisted on calling meetings to go over it again and again.

Feeling a quick vibration go off in his hand, Peter instinctively looked back down at his phone to see a snapchat text notification from you.

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crackhead [y/n]: According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible🐝...

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Peter shook his head slightly as he chuckled, a smile shamelessly creeping onto his face.

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sci-fi boi: did you really just quote the bee movie at me???😂😂

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"Hey spidey-boy, would you mind sharing to the class what's so hilarious?" Rhodey's voice rang out loud and clear from across the table.

Quick as lightning, Peter turned his phone off and buried it in between his thighs, realizing that he hadn't been as quiet as he'd thought. To his luck, everyone’s eyes were trained on him now.

“It's n-nothing!” Peter squeaked, his voice breaking embarassingly. He shoved his phone into his pocket in fear of someone snatching it from him.

Natasha rolled her eyes and smirked. "So what're you looking at down there?"

"I-i, uh, I was just um, w-watching a funny- very funny video actually-"

"C'mon guys!," Sam laughed, clapping his hands together. "Don't tease the kid. We all know what he was smiling at down there!"

At that, Peter practically choked. "WHAT?!"

Tony snickered. "Personally, I don't think two inches is something to be proud of, but alright."

Peter's eyes widen, nearly falling out of his skull by the looks of it. "I-it's not two inches a-and I wasn't looking at-!"

"Jesus christ, guys..." Bruce sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "He was obviously just doing something on his phone. Leave the poor guy alone."

Peter coughed as he saw Steve glare at him with that infamous 'Im Captain America and Im judging you' glare. Phones weren't allowed in the meeting room. Well, they weren't supposed to be. No one ever really followed that rule except Peter. But he'd already been so deep in his conversation with you that he just couldn't put his phone down. "No no, um, I wasn't.. I was just zoning out, y'know, and I just happened to be looking-"

"-at your phone?," Steve cut in to ask.

"-at your dick," Rhodey stated at the same time.

"-at porn," Tony said with an all-knowing smile, causing everyone at the table to turn towards either him or Peter, whose face was beet red with embarrassment.

"Peter please tell us you weren't watching porn," Scott begged, his jaw completely dropped. "I mean, no judgment but-"

"Full judgement, actually," Clint corrected, an extremely disturbed look on his face. "Seriously, what were you doing, kid? You gotta tell us now with all these assumptions being thrown around."

"Curious," Thor stated, leaning back in his chair. "What is porn?"

"Something that I definitely WAS NOT watching!," Peter responded as he practically slammed his face into the table and slapped his hands over his eyes. "Does it even matter what I was doing anyway?," he mumbled into the table.

Natasha raised an eyebrow, blowing the smoke off of her coffee. "People usually aren't this defensive when they're telling the truth, Peter."

Peter shrunk into his seat with a loud groan. Can I die. Can I please just die. Like why am I seriously even alive right now??? Some bad guy please just burst through the door and maim me please.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y. pull up Parker's phone," Tony commanded once the commotion in the room died down.

Peter quickly lifted his head. "Wait, what?!"

"Accessing Peter Parker's mobile device, sir," F.R.I.D.A.Y. responded. "Would you like for me to transfer the screen to the meeting board?"

Tony looked back with a laugh to see a frozen, slack-jawed Peter. He turned back around. "Yeah sure, F.R.I.D.A.Y., what the heck let's have fun."

"No wait- are you seriously hacking into my phone right now?!"

"Well why're you so tense, Parker?," Sam asked teasingly. "Thought you had nothing to hide?"

"I-i don't!," he stammered. "I-it's just..." he trailed off, looking for the right words to say. "..that's my private property," he said lamely while staring at the wall.

Tony stared back at him. "Well that's the dumbest excuse I've ever heard." He pointed towards the board. "Alright it's coming up."

Scott closed his eyes. "Oh God, please don't be porn.."

Peter rolled his eyes. Everyone else looked to the large board, fully expecting to see either porn or just some stupid game the boy had been playing.

But none of them expected him to be texting a girl.

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crackhead [y/n]: hey u still there?

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"Who's crackhead [Y/N]?," Natasha asked.

Scott turned to Rhodes who was sitting on the side of him. "Is that some trashy porn star?," he whispered.

"Why're you asking me like I know?"

"It's this girl from school.." Peter answered, blushing profusely.

"And you like her," Natasha noted, watching his body language intently.

The boy's eyes widened. "N-no I don't!"

"Why crackhead though?," Rhodey asked, crinkling his nose.

Peter shrugged. "That's what she wanted her name to be," here responded. "Thought it was funny."

Steve rolled his eyes. "Just like you thought 'sci-fi boi' was funny?" Shaking his head, he changed focused. "Guys, are we gonna get back to work or not?"

"Not," Tony answered as he scrolled up all the way to the beginning of the messages from early that morning. "So, you've been texting this girl today off and on since..." He checked the time. "Five in the morning?"

Clint chuckled. "Oh yeah, huge crush."

“No!” Peter protested, his voice an octave too high. Realizing that it isn’t working, he decided to try a different technique. Clearing his throat, he tried to sound and act as nonchalant as possible. “She’s just a friend from school.”

"She's first on your best friends list, even over that computer kid you practically live with. And you and her practically snap each other nonstop."

Peter scratched his nose. "W-well that's only cuz Ned doesn't like to text much."

Bruce took his glasses off and sighed, realizing there was no way this meeting was getting back on topic. "Look Pete," he said. "Friends don't do that. I've seen it all before. If you and this girl are talking on a daily basis all throughout the day starting at five in the morning?" He titled his head in a suggestive way, though Peter stared back at him blankly.

"What?," Peter asked.

"Oh my God, kid," Bruce sighed.

Tony held his head back and laughed. "It means either she likes you and your just too dense, you like her but won't admit it and she's just concerningly nice, or you both like each other and just won't make your moves!"

Sam, who hadn't lifted his eyes from the board the entire time, spoke up. "And judging by these texts, you already got her, it's just not official yet."

Tony kept scrolling. "You two went to winter formal together?"

"Yeah... but as friends," Peter said with a shrug.

Steve cleared his throat loudly, gaining the attention of everyone in the room at once. He looked at Peter who was doing everything here could not to look him in the eye. "Look, as much as I would love to talk about Peter's sad love life, we have a mission-"

"-that will still be there tomorrow, Cap," Bucky finished for him. "C'mon we've been going over this stuff for hours. Let us have this distraction."

Everyone looked to him, Tony feigning a puppy dog expression. Crossing his arms, he left the room. "Fine, but when someone gets hurt because they didn't know where they were supposed to go, don't blame me."

"...literally no one's ever blaming you, man," Sam said.

Suddenly, the screen lit up and F.R.I.D.A.Y. spoke. "Sir, Peter Parker has a new message."

Everyone looked to the board. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Scroll down, Mr. Stark. Scroll down!," Peter yelled frantically. "What's she saying?"

Natasha smirked. "And you're sure you don't like her, Peter?"

His face flushed. "Okay fine...I might have a tiny crush-"

"I'm sorry I can't hear you," Tony cut in. "Can you say that agai-"

"-I SAID YEAH I REALLY LIKE THIS GIRL!," Peter finally yelled with his eyes squeezed shut. He kept them closed for about twenty seconds afterwards, afraid of the judging faces he would see if he opened them.

He carefully opened his eyes to see all of the avengers (minus Cap) staring back at him with stupid smiles and smirks on their faces.

"Well, that's all I needed to hear," Tony said. He clapped his hands together. "Okay everybody, first order of business, checking the text. Sam, you're our reader."

"Got it."

"What?," Peter yelled, reaching for his phone. Tony dodged him and gave it to Sam. "Mr. Stark, I can text a girl on my own. I don't need help."

"Nat, you're our timer. Make sure none of the responses take longer than a minute. We don't want the girl to get bored and go on to something else."

"Check."

"Mr. Stark, c'mon-"

"Sam, you explain stuff to lightning head over here if he doesn't understand it. This could be learning moment for ole Shakespeare. Thor, you listen to Sam."

"Right."

"On it."

"Everyone else, you're with me. We gotta find the perfect thing to say to this girl. I've got a feeling this is probably the only chance he's gonna have to get a girl in a long time."

Rhodes, Scott, Clint, Bruce, and Wanda looked to each other and nodded.

"And Pete?"

Peter raised his head. "Yes sir?"

"You know this girl more than anybody here does, so you tell us if what we say is appropriate for her or not."

Peter rolled his eyes and nodded. After all, what's the worst that can happen?

Tony pointed to Sam. "Okay, read it."

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crackhead [y/n]: u going to flash's party on saturday??

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"She wants to know if the kid's going to some party Saturday."

Tony turned to the boy. "You're going," her demanded.

Flash was the most popular douchebag in school. Totally rich and totally rude and totally determined to use his every breath to spite Peter. "I wasn't even invited," Peter mumbled, shooting a glare towards Sam when he heard him laughing.

"Well get invited," Tony ordered. "A party is the perfect place to make a move. Send yes."

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sci-fi boi: yes

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"Mr. Stark, how am I supposed to get into this party? Flash hates me! And if I crash it and Flash sees me, he's gonna make sure everyone thinks I'm a loser!"

Tony rolled his eyes and sighed. "Peter we're trying to help you here. Figure that part out on your own."

Peter sighed, leaning forward in his chair. The last thing he wanted was another assignment, even if it wasn't actually an assignment. On the plus side, he'd get to see you, and maybe have some fun if he actually tried to enjoy himself.

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crackhead [y/n]: cool so i guess ill go too

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Rhodey chuckled while shaking his head. "Kid, if you don't ask this chick out the second you see her again, I'm gonna bodyslam you."

Peter frowned. "What do you mean?"

Bruce smiled. "Whether or not she went to the party was depending on if you were going," he pointed out.

"This girl used to be like that with me back in college," Scott said with a shrug. "Thought she liked me. Turned out she just had social anxiety..."

"Yeah you're really not helping this, bugman," Tony said.

"Wait, you guys think [Y/N] actually likes me back?," Peter asked, getting groans and laughs in return.

"Where have you been the last few minutes?," Natasha said.

"We've literally been saying that this entire time," Sam deadpanned.

Peter stared at his feet below the table. If the team was right, and you did actually like him back, then the movie marathon he was planning was the perfect excuse to hang out with you. "I-i think I might have a plan!," he rushed out, his head flying up. He pointed to Sam. "Ask her if she's free tonight!"

"Yes!," Thor yelled, his fists pumped into the air. "The spider child has grown his man balls!"

"Now that's what I'm talking about." Sam nodded approvingly as he texted.

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sci-fi: r u free tonight??😉

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"Wait hold on," Peter said, suddenly rushing towards the phone in a frantic manner. "Why is there a winking emoji?! I didn't say anything about a winking emoji!"

Sam raised an eyebrow. "I thought you were flirti-"

Peter groaned. "Delete it, man. Delete it before her bitmoji pops up!"

"Okay okay, dang kid," Sam chuckled, quickly deleting the text and replacing it with one without a winking emoji. "There. And ya girl didn't even see it."

"Hey guys," Scott said. "I know we're all freaking out and stuff. But honestly, I'm just glad he wasn't watching porn." He shrugged. "So no matter what happens with this girl, today's still an absolute win."

It went on like this for a solid thirty minutes.

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crackhead [y/n]: yeah wassup

sci-fi boi: wanna come over and watch movies?

crackhead [y/n]: sure what're we watching

sci-fi boi: we can decide that when u get here. how about 4??

crackhead [y/n]: alright sure

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"Okay, last thing," Tony said. "We need a sly compliment. Something not that special about her, but enough to show her that you're tuned in. Gets them every time, trust me."

Natasha rolled her eyes. "Wow, lady-killer."

Tony pointed towards her and shrugged. "She said it, not me."

Thor looked to Peter. "So, young spider. What have you observed about your darling love?"

Peter blushed, almost wanting to comment on the Thor's word choice but ultimately deciding not to. "Well, um, her eyes light up a lot when she gets excited and it's really dorky in a cute kind of way I guess," he mumbled, scratching his head.

"Alright I got it," Sam said, typing the words in. He lifted his shoulders into a shrug. "Who knows, kid? There be some hope for you."

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sci-fi boi: btw how do you get ur eyes to sparkle so bright when u get happy about stuff? Just thinking about it lol its cute

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Peter blew out a shaky breath as he looked back over the set-up he'd made in the living room.

He'd cleared out space to build a super huge homemade blanket fort and inside it at the end was his tv. Towards the middle were all of pillows he could find inside the house and at the other end were snacks. All around the inside were fairy lights because he knew you liked them, though personally he found them cliche.

He spent about an hour on the whole set and an additional thirty minutes stressing over and making sure everything was safe (with all three fairy lights and tv cords). The last thing he needed was for the both of you to catch on fire while watching the movie.

The two of you were going to be watching Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (or as normal 'not-nerds' like to call it, "the first one"). Of course, he hadn't told the team that. If they'd known what movie he'd planned on showing her, high chances are they wouldn't have even let him out of Avengers tower. But if Peter was gonna be forced to hang out with someone (not that he was really complaining), he would at least pick the film.

Finally checking all the boxes in his head for the night, Peter went to go check the DVD before he heard your knock at the door.

"Coming!," he yelled, quickly chucking the disc into the DVD player. He ran to the door and opened it with an awkward smile. "Uh, hey [Y/N]."

"Hey," you said back, already sort of blushing. "How's it going?"

Peter stared. Are your eyebrows done or are they just naturally that nice? He found his voice after abruptly noticing that he was staring. "Uh-well. It's been going great! How's it going for y-you also as well?" He frowned. "I-i mean, what's been going on with your life lately? No, that's dumb. I meant-"

"Peter, Peter! Calm down, dude," you giggled. "I've been fine."

"Oh," he chuckled. "That's good... d-do you wanna come in?"

"Question. What're we watching, Peter?," you asked, a smile playing on your face. Considering what you remembered from the last time you were at his house, and the fort you could get a peek of from the doorframe, you figured it was special for the nerdy boy. Plus his shirt had Yoda on it.

Freakin' Star Wars.

Immediately, a wide grin spread across his face. "Remember what you promised me we'd watch?"

You rolled your eyes, stepping past him into his living room. "Yeah yeah, whatever. Time to get nerdy I guess."

"Come on, you'll love it,"Peter said, quickly closing the door behind them and then briskly running towards the fort to hold up the side blankets for you. "So, snacks and drinks are beside us. We'll chill on these blankets here. And...um, yeah. That's about it." After stepping outside for a bit to go turn off the lights(for the full "movie theater" experience), Peter laid down on his belly, reaching for the DVD player to press play.

You watched as he fumbled with the wires, making sure the DVD player was plugged in before turning it on. Has your jawline always been that sharp?

You couldn't quite place it, but his texts from before seemed.. weird. But not a bad weird at all. A good, intriguing weird.

And that compliment was pretty nice, but odd for Peter. Sure, he complimented you often, but it just felt different this time. Usually it'd be something like, "new dress?" or "nice shoes". But never "you're eyes sparkle when you get excited." Heck, you didn't even know that about you. Was he paying attention? Did that mean he-

You remember how he acted about Liz Allen and Michelle Jones. Always staring. Never able to even say a full sentence in front of them without stuttering up a storm.

But he was so comfortable about you for the most part. You were just a friend.

"Okay got it," Peter said, laughing excitedly as the screen in front of him lit up. He scooted back to where you were sat. "Prepare to have your mind blown."

The Fort quickly became dark as the Lucasfilm logo shined on the screen.

"I seriously dou-"

"Shhh!," he cut you off. "Wait for it..."

You gave him a look but joined him in his silence to see what he was waiting for.

BUMMMMM buh buh bummmm

Practically jumping on top of him, you flinched at the loud and sudden music. "Crap dude! Turn it down!"

Peter shook his head, reaching for a soda. "You have to get the full effect, [Y/N]!," he laughed. "Just embrace it." He began to sing with the music and mime crazy gestures as if he were directing an orchestra.

Duh duh duh DUH DUHHHHHHHH

Halfway through he stopped and recited the opening crawl, his eyes glued to the screen with a sort of focus that made you sure that not only was this not foreign to him, he probably did this every other week.

"It is a period of civil war," he mumbled, throwing some popcorn into his mouth. "Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic- [Y/N] you have to watch the words, I swear it'll make the whole experience better." It went on for a little while longer until he paused the movie and looked over at you, cowering a bit. "D-do I have something on my face?"

"Huh? Nah you're good," you said, realizing he'd noticed you staring. "It's just-" you remembered his text from earlier. "-you got really excited... It-um..it was cute."

Because of the darkness(the only lighting being from the tv), you couldn't see if Peter blushed or not, but you could clearly see the stupid grin plastered on his face that he was trying to hide from you with his hand. Repeatedly licking his lips as a desperate attempt to stop smiling as he pressed play on the remote control. "A-ah, um, thanks [Y/N]."

The opening crawl was over and soon the movie actually began, showing a huge spaceship.

"That's the imperial star destroyer," Peter whispered, never taking his eyes off the screen. "They belong to the empire." He saw your blank expression, wide eyes as he realized that meant nothing to you. "Uh, the bad guys."

You squinted your eyes at the screen, silently judging the graphics of the energy blasts- space bullets?- or whatever they were supposed to be. "Pete, when was this movie made?"

"1977."

"Oh okay," you said, deciding to give it some leeway for the trash designs.

You scooted a little closer to your friend, figuring you'd get a little bit more comfortable.

Oh how he wished you hadn't done that.

Nothing like actual, physical contact with a girl that you like and you think she might like you back to actually manage to distract you from one of your favorite movies ever.

He froze, not wanting to pull away and offend you, but definitely not wanting to stay because just being this close to you was making his mind run wild.

Does she actually like me back? What if Mr. Stark and the team only said that to get me to make a fool of myself? She's too comfortable with me. She just sees me as a friend. Or maybe she likes me and she's just really chill about it? Ooh my gosh and she's leaning on me right now. What am I 'sposed to do?? I don't know I don't know I don't know!!!!!!!!!

Deciding for a quick compromise, he got up completely to reach for another soda, though his sprite was still half finished. When he sat back down, he wasn't as close. Hopefully, you'd just see it as natural human behaviour and not him wanting to be away from you.

Course you would see it that way, wouldn't you?

"Oh my gosh I recognize someone! That's R2D2, right?!" You pointed wildly, glad to not be completely clueless for once with this nerd crap.

"Yeah that's R2," Peter responded, letting out a secret sigh of relief, thankful for the distraction.

"A-and that's that gold dude!"

"Yeah, C-3PO."

"And oh crap that's Princess Leia!," you shouted. "Fucking feminist icon!"

Peter tilted his head. "Wait, how would you know that if you've never watched this?"

You laughed. "I still have access to the internet, doofus! Scroll down the nerdy feminist side of tumblr and Leia is literally everywhere."

Peter chuckled as he finally finished his sprite. "Okay. Valid."

Since that, you stopped talking for a bit. Part of you actually did figure that since you're here, you might as well actually try to enjoy the movie and maybe find out what the fans actually see in it that makes them like it so much. The other part just really didn't want to annoy Peter while he was watching his favorite movie series.

But sometimes you just have to say something.

"Hold up, wait. Isn't that his sister? Oh my God, Pete I swear somebody told me before that Leia was Luke's twin!"

Peter shrugged while nodding. "Well, that's a bit of a spoiler, but yeah. What about it?"

"Oh my gosh, Pete- what about it?! Dude, he's literally making 'fuck me' eyes at his own sister! He's all like, 'ooh you're so sexy I'm gonna bone you all over the galaxy'. That's freaky!"

You grabbed the remote and began to rewind it.

"C'mon now [Y/N]," he explained. "He didn't call her sexy. He said she was beautiful. Sexy is wayyy different from beautiful. You can think your family members are beautiful can't you?"

You paused it once you got to where you wanted.

"Okay Parker, look at that. Look at that and tell me Lukes's not totally undressing her with his eyes!" You pointed at Peter's face with a goofy smile on yours. "Oh wow, I've finally figured you people out now."

Peter's head cocked to the side. "Figured out what?"

"Star Wars nerds are a bunch of horny kids that like that step-sibling porn stuff but can't watch that in front of their parents so they have to use an alternative!"

Peter fell on his back with laughter, practically rolling around like a pig. "[Y/N], what?!"

You gave him an incredulous look. "Who else likes to see two siblings bang each other, Peter?!"

At that he pointed back at you while picking up his other soda. "To be fair, they never do that with each other. They only kiss, like twice and that's it. And one of them is only to make Han Solo mad."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about the Han Solo guy. Where is he anyway?"

Peter smiled. "Well, we're only twenty mintues in. He'll come soon."

To tell the truth, Peter really didn't even know what part you were at. His eyes were watching the screen but nothing was being comprehended. The only thing he could manage to think about was all the tiny things that were going on over on your side of the fort. Did you notice him staring? Was Tony right and you were just concerningly nice?

"I love how everybody at this bar is so chill south everything that's happening. It's like oh wow this guy just shot this green dude at table 8 and nope we totally don't care," you joked, pulling Peter out of his trance. He reminded himself that he should probably try to pay more attention. He didn't want to ruin the movie for you in case you had any questions.

But eventually, like all things do, the movie came to an end.

"So, how'd you like it?," Peter said while neither one of you made a move to leave the dark fort. You were laid out in practically a starfish-type position while he was sitting Indian-style.

You smirked. "I'll admit, it was pretty nice for a movie made in 1977. Still a bit lame though," you teased, pinching your fingers together with a giggle. Suddenly, you gasped. "Ooh, Vader was pretty lit though! Just straight force-choking people who disagree with you is such a power move."

Peter rolled his eyes and scoffed lightly. "Typical..."

"Excuse me?"

He bit back a quick smile. "Look, I'm not saying that Darth Vader isn't awesome. Because he is! Totally and completely but [Y/N], you do realize that in literally every movie we watch you like the villains?," he said, raising an eyebrow.

"Because the villains are awesome!," you defended.

"Just saying. I'm sensing a bit of a pattern...," he teased.

You scoffed. "This coming from the guy who actually feels bad about some the people crashing into things when we're watching Ridiculousness," you said, reminding in how Peter was forever the relentless sap. "Well, while you're so busy judging me, whose your favorite character?"

At that, he gave a small sincere smile. "Ben. He's really cool."

"Ben Kenobi? The old guy that literally let himself die? But why?"

He shrugged, the small grin still present on his face. "Eh, sentimental reasons..."

He watched you return his sweet smile and it was then and there when Peter really felt content with the night. Though, you hadn't even known the weight his words carried, he did. Ned was the only other person who knew about it. But Peter knew right then and there that if you had asked, he'd tell you. And he knew you'd understand. Maybe you were just nice. Or maybe you did like him back. But in that moment, Peter didn't care. He just wanted to be here with you. Lost in the warm smell of popcorn and your vanilla perfume, watching a Star Wars movie with Uncle Ben surely smiling down from Heaven. And it gave Peter hope that maybe, just maybe, this was a step in the right direction.

2 hours (and five minutes) down. 22 hours (and forty seven mintues) to go...

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Tom Cruise Says There Will Never Be Another Film Like Top Gun: Maverick

35 years ago, Top Gun stormed cinemas and introduced that generation of viewers to the world of Maverick, Ice Man and their band of hotshot air force pilots. Now, Tom Cruise is planning on revisiting that world, and in an interview for the magazine Empire, Cruise explained why producer Jerry Bruckheimer and he felt the time was ripe for Top Gun 2.

“We just started talking,” Cruise says. “And I realized that there were things that we could accomplish cinematically. And I started getting excited about this big challenge of, ‘How do we do it?’ So I said to Jerry, ‘I’ll do it if…’ meaning, I’m not going to do the CGI stuff.”

In recent times, Tom Cruise has established himself as an action star who is willing to risk the gravest dangers performing live-action stunts for his films instead of standing in front of a green screen and letting CGI take care of the rest.

It is the knowledge that Cruise was out there actually climbing up outside of the Burj Khalifa, hanging from a plane door as it took off, or holding his breath for six and a half minutes underwater, that added an extra layer of realism to the Mission Impossible franchise and made them stand apart from the CGI-laden superhero movies so popular today.

It seems that this commitment to pushing the boundaries of live-action stunts was the main attraction for making a Top Gun sequel for Cruise. Although as Bruckheimer further explained, just because Cruise was raring to perform the stunts did not mean his co-actors were also up to the task.

“What’s different about this movie is that [in Top Gun] we put the actors in the F-14s and we couldn’t use one frame of it, except some stuff on Tom, because they all threw up. It’s hysterical to see their eyes roll back in their heads. So everything was done on a gimbal. But in this movie, Tom wanted to make sure the actors could actually be in the F-18s.”

Concurring with the sentiment expressed by Bruckheimer regarding the difficulty of the stunts, Cruise revealed that it is that same difficulty which is going to make Top Gun: Maverick a one-of-a-kind action-adventure film:

“I said to the studio, ‘You don’t know how hard this movie’s going to be. No-one’s ever done this before. There’s never been an aerial sequence shot this way. I don’t know if there ever will be again, to be honest.”

So fans of the Cruise brand of action can look forward to yet another movie that uses real actors and environments for its hair-raising action scenes instead of CGI. Meanwhile, Top Gun: Maverick is also going to continue to showcase the most famous rivalry from the original film, between Cruise’s Maverick and his fellow pilot, Val Kilmer’s Ice Man, who has recently battled throat cancer, and has had an operation on his trachea which left him with a rasp.

Topics: Top Gun 2

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The landmark issue of Action Comics, featuring stories from A list talent important to Superman’s past, present and future! Big Blue has changed lives for 8 decades, and likely will until the end of time. Here’s to the last son of Krypton!

Title: Action Comics #1000 Credits:

Publisher: DC Comics

What You Need to Know:

The man needs no introduction, The Last Son of Krypton, The Man of Tomorrow, The Man of Steel, Superman! For 80 years Superman has been one of the most famous fictional characters in the world, the epitome of superhuman perfection, Superman is gifted with a slew of superpowers and the moral high standing to use them for good!

It goes without saying that this massive landmark is a once in a lifetime moment, and we at Comic Watch decided to do the review as a collaboration, each review will be credited to the writer, enjoy!

REVIEW BY: Cody White

Action Comics #1000 – “For the City That Has Everything” Release Date: April 18th, 2018 Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Dan Jurgens Inker: Norm Rapmund Colors: HI-FI Letters: Rob Leigh Based on the DC Comics Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Let me lead off with the fact that Dan Jurgen’s Superman is my generation’s Superman. When I think about Superman stories from my childhood and adolescence, nine times out of ten Jurgens was behind those tales. Reading “For the City That Has Everything” was like bumping into a friend you hadn’t seen for years and picking up right where you left off. I realize that Jurgens has been writing Superman books of late, but in this kick-off story to the Action Comics anniversary, there is something embedded in the writing that makes me feel like a kid again, in the best way possible.

The story begins with an unsynchronized narrative. Clark is off having an adventure in space while Lois and Jon dominate the textual narrative. It is revealed that Clark is stalling his arrival to a Superman Day celebration by fighting off a Khundian invasion.

Why would Clark be so actively avoiding the celebration? Because that is the type of hero he is—modest, humble, human. As Clark watches story after story of not only his own heroism but his ability to inspire the people of Metropolis to become their own heroes, he continues to catch fading glimpses of crisis impending, only to be “mistaken.” As the joke plays out, it turns out the Justice League and other heroes are handling the invasion and purposely hiding it from Clark to make him attend the celebration. The moment that Clark realizes that something is amiss, he does what he always does—up, up, and away to handle the threat. When he is clued into the plot, he returns to enjoy his celebration.

Among the testimonials is an extended story about a young criminal caught in a cycle of imprisonment and poverty that felt particularly noteworthy as a beautiful example of what the spirit of Superman represents (panels below).

As for the gesture by the other heroes, I can’t help but be reminded of another Dan Jurgens story from the early 1990s. Superman #76 was the fourth chapter in the “Funeral for a Friend” story-arc that immediately followed Superman’s death. In this issue, many members of the Justice League grieve his death by gathering to read his fan mail. Many of the letters feature requests or thanks, things like rebuilding a home that was destroyed by Doomsday and the like (I wish I had the issue in front of me right now, but I’m also glad because it makes me cry every time I read it, and I’m not in the mood to cry right now). The essence of the issue is that in order to fill the bright red go-go boots Superman left behind, only the entire League banding together could even make the attempt. But still, they tried, because that is what Superman does: he inspires us to be our best selves.

Rating: 9/10

Final Thought: Tried to avoid getting emotional. Failed.

REVIEW BY: Rob Fisher

Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artist: Patrick Gleason Colorist: Alejandro Sanchez Publisher: DC Comics What You Need to Know:

On the way home from his nightly patrol, Superman is whisked away by Vandal Savage and finds himself in the villain’s underground layer, where the “immortal” reveals his clever plan.

Savage has weaponized Hypertime and has trapped Superman in a never-ending loop of yesterdays. By taking him outside history, Vandal has neutralized the Man of Steel.

What You Will Find Out: Told by Clark after the fact, the story follows the Man of Steel trying to escape Vandal Savage. The immortal has strapped Superman to a device that would destroy him by using Hypertime. His goal is to undue Clark by removing him from all that he holds dear and trapping him in the past.

As the machine is activated Superman finds himself transported into the body of his 1940s self. He is exhilarated as he relishes the pure simplicity of saving people in need. He thrills to the chatter of submachine guns. Fighting in World War II, he is seduced by the simple morality of good and evil.

Suddenly, he recognizes that longing for a simpler time is merely a distraction for the Golden Age is actually a trap. As he battles across a multitude of past realities, he finds the strength to fight his way back to the present.

What Just Happened:

“Never-Ending Battle” shows Superman finding a path back home. As he fights his way to the present, he jumps into various unfamiliar versions of himself.

The entire tale is a look back at the long history of Superman. From stopping trains to facing alien tyrants, the story is full of nostalgia for any fan of the Man of Steel.

Rating: 8.5/10

Final Thought:

The highlight of the story is the artwork. Patrick Gleason’s illustrating is fantastic. The only problem is the long voice-over. Up until the final page of the story, the Man of Steel himself is the only one talking! It’s all good – it just gets a little long.

Although this story may not be as exciting as some of the others in the issue, it’s a great tribute to Superman and his entire 80 years publication history.

REVIEW BY: John Jack

Title: An Enemy Within Writer: Marv Wolfman Art: Curt Swan Inks: Butch Guice & Kurt Schaffenberger Color: Hi-fi Letters: Rob Leigh

What You’ll Find Out:

We open on Police Captain Maggie Sawyer handling a hostage situation while Superman is in Japan fighting Braniac’s drones, a school principal is holding his students hostage with a gun. A voiceover informs us Superman is aware, but busy with the robots. Luckily he has faith in the people of earth being good.

The principal seems dazed, speaking strangely, he mentions sounds and Superman tunes in to discover a hidden frequency, Braniac’s drones are connected to this hostage situation! The police are forced to act, and the principal is hit before Superman can stop the signal, luckily they’re rubber bullets, and he’ll be fine, Superman stops the signal a second later. Thanks to human compassion, the man didn’t end his days in front of that school.

What Just Happened?

Thought this story was pretty cool, I’m a big fan of the Curt Swan era of Superman (mid 60’s through the late 70’s) and it was nice to see a “new” story by the artist, who died 20 years ago. That said, I don’t think I care for this retooling old art and sketches to make new stories attributed to long-dead creators trend, which was also employed in a certain recent Captain America issue as well.

The story does carry a bit of emotional gravitas, which is nice, I like the idea of Superman being confident in Sawyer to do the right thing, and it’s always nice to read a story highlighting his background cast. Rating: 8/10

Final Thought:

Decent story, hard to say where it rates, in concept the very existence bothers me, but nostalgia makes it hard. I guess I’ll call it forgivable, for now.

REVIEW BY: John Jack

Title: The Car Writer: Geoff Johns & Richard Donner Art: Olivier Coipel Colors: Alexandro Sanchez Letters: Nick Napolitano

What You’ll Find Out:

We open on a mechanic working on a smashed car, which is strangely familiar looking… They ask the customer what he could’ve hit to destroy the car in such a way, he responds that he hit a man wearing red underwear, who then hung him off a telephone pole. They tell him to lay off the sauce, he asks for a ride and they tell him to walk.

As the mans walks dejectedly down the road, he looks up and sees a bird, then a plane, then Superman! Superman asks the man if he should’ve hung him higher, he tells him he has two choices in life, to fix the problems in his life, or to give up, the choice is his. The story ends with The man standing next to his fixed car, apparently having turned his life around, although technically he’s breaking the law in the last panel!

What Just Happened?

This is the story that I liked the best, great message, interesting subject matter, and a phenomenal rendering of the golden age Superman’s look. The art in this story is among the best in the book, I love it!

Rating: 10/10

Final Thought: If the entire book was like this, it would be perfection, but the perfect comic doesn’t exist, probably.

REVIEW BY: Austin Braun

REVIEW: Action Comics #1000 (The Fifth Season) What happens when Superman and his mortal enemy, Lex Luthor, end up in a room together. Sometimes they fight, sometimes they talk but they almost never see eye to eye. Witness the complex relationship between one of comics oldest rivalries within the pivotal issue of Action Comics #1000!

Action Comics #1000 Author: Scott Snyder Artists: Rafael Albuquerque Colors: Dave McCaig Letters: Tom Napolitano Publisher: DC Comics What You Need to Know:

Everyone who is anyone in the DC universe knows who Lex Luthor is right? And we as readers of DC Comics also know quite a bit about him even if he isn’t our favorite villain. He’s a genius, a philanthropist, a business icon… But most importantly he is Superman’s arch enemy!

What You’ll Find Out:

In this five-page story by Scott Snyder, we see the depth of Superman and Luthor’s relationship. We begin with the dark raw art from Albuquerque as Lex phases in from the darkness. Lex looks calm and collective as Superman enters looking frustrated with him. Superman asks him why he is here when we learn that Lex and Superman are standing in the Smallville Planetarium. Lex has stolen two cosmic items that when used properly together could erase a strip of time right from existence. Lex excuses this theory by stating he is simply using the items for stargazing. Everyone knows that this isn’t the truth as Lex goes on to talk about the past relationship he had with the Planetarium. He talks of the few weeks between Winter and Spring that Smallville calls its “Fifth Season”. He explains that due to the randomness of the weather during this time his parents were more abusive and this is where he found solace. Lex wanted a savior from the gods so he took a laser he created as a project and went to send a message the to heavens. He reminds himself that he had even made a mistake when sending the message…

Lex had forgotten to heat the Nitrogen and said he had just gotten lucky when he sent the message. The reader finds out that Clark had actually heated up the Nitrogen with his heat vision right prior to sending it off. This just shows that Lex had a savior the whole time, but always sought to destroy him instead of giving gratitude towards him. The two stand there looking at the story of the universe pass them by as Lex admits he had retrieved the items in order to kill Superman. Superman admits he knew that all along and goes to say something else as Lex succeeds in his mission and wipes the memory of Superman from existence mid-sentence.

What Just Happened? This incredible study of Superman and Lex Luthor’s relationship was an amazing addition to an already amazing issue all about the first and best superhero. This is actually the only Lex-centric story within all AC #1000 and for good reason. Through the years the two have met and fought hundreds if not thousands of times… but this time all they do is talk. They talk about the past and what its connection with the present is. Scott does an amazing job humanizing Luthor and at one point you almost want to believe he is truly just there to stargaze.

Albuquerque and McCaig’s raw art fits perfectly with this story. The thick line work from Albuquerque made this part of the issue as dark as necessary for the events going on and no matter how sad the Tom King story may have been… the thought of Lex succeeding in this mission would make any Superman fan cry. Even with no action, the cosmic story happening in the background made for some stunning scenery. Superman had a very authentic look to him that reminded me of his post-crisis look which makes sense seeing as how we see many different variations of the character through the stories in AC #1000.

Rating: 9.5/10

Final Thoughts:

Although this story was a little confusing… Snyder really knocked this five-page short out of the park. From Lex’s calm demeanor to the fact that Clark actually saved Lex as a child, Snyder and Albuquerque made this the highlight of AC #1000 for me personally as Lex and Superman have always been one my favorite rivalries in comics. Definitely, check this story out if you are a fan of Snyder and his gloomy presence… or if you just want to read a short but awesome Superman/Lex Luthor story

REVIEW BY: Ross Hutchinson

Writer Tom King and artist Clay Mann bring us a solitary and winsome moment in the future of the man of steel at the end of earth’s days.

ACTION COMICS #1000 (Of Tomorrow) Authors: Tom King Artists: Clay Mann Inkers: Clay Mann Colors: Jordie Bellaire Letters: John Workman Publisher: DC Comics

What You Need to Know:

Superman has come on what has become a regular pilgrimage to the abandoned and dying planet that was once humanity’s home to pay respects and remember the adoptive parents that raised him and in no small way helped shaped the man he grew up to be.

What You’ll Find Out:

As the Earth is in its final death throws Superman talks to his long-dead adoptive parents letting them know what life is like now so far in the future, that there is still always someone to help, there are still wars and that Lois is still alive even 4 billion years after earth has been abandoned, kept alive by something called the eternity formula. He goes on to explain that Jon (Jonathan Kent) has grown up to be someone that the last full-blooded Kryptonian is proud of all while the earth continues to break and crack apart around him.

It is to be his final visit as we find out the earth will soon be obliterated under the pressure of the dying sun and that even though he could alter the dying planets fate he has chosen not to and that this is his last visit to the planet that was his adopted home and he has made the journey to say a final goodbye. there is a nice philosophical moment where he voices out loud that maybe he has wasted his time visiting the dying planet over the millenia and recounts how Pa Kent once told him that science, myth, and religion are all the same and that we are all just stardust waiting to be reclaimed by the universe… he carves a small statue, of himself as boy with the two loving human beings that guided him and shaped him, out of earth he has compressed to diamond, shaped with his heat vision and places it on the ground next to a plaque he has made in memorium of them and bids them farewell and thank you as he heads up up and away from the Earth for the last time.

What Just Happened?

Tom King confirms his status once again as ]one of the best writers in comics today by writing a monologue piece for the man of steel that is powerful, poignant and poetic right down to the odd stutter of grief in Superman’s soliloquy. The melancholy of the moment is perfectly accentuated by Mann’s understated art style. The fact that we see a Superman that does not appear to have aged and seems to still be in his physical peak more than 4 billion years in the future seems to answer the question of whether Superman is immortal or not in the affirmative.

Rating: 8/10 Final Thoughts:

A worthy vignette in the legacy of the Man of Steel and though it is a wistful piece, it also carries an underlying sense of hope and sense of continuity that the Superman will always be there to protect his larger adopted family of humanity long after the earth has breathed its last.

REVIEW BY: Cody White

Action Comics #1000 – “Faster than a Speeding Bullet” Release Date: April 18th, 2018 Writer: Brad Meltzer Artist: John Cassaday Colors: Laura Martin Letters: Chris Euopoulos Based on the DC Comics Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster “Faster than a Speeding Bullet” manages to take a mere five pages to capture the spirit of Superman in one of the most clear-cut and concise ways I’ve read in nearly thirty years of reading the character.

In the story, Superman speeds to a hostage situation with the “scariest villain of all” – a desperate man with three strikes and nothing to lose. As the man holds the gun to a young woman’s head, Kal runs down the situation in his head only to realize that, even with all his myriad powers, the laws of math and physics are against him. He will not make it to the scene in time to stop the bullet.

At that moment, dear readers, we see what makes a man a Superman. He does not panic. He does not despair. He doesn’t even push harder, because he’s always pushing as hard as he can. No, he merely continues on, ever forward, and hopes for the best. And then it hits him. The young woman, held at gunpoint, facing certain death, fights back. She buys the fraction of a second necessary for Superman to arrive and save the day.

At the heart of many Superman debates over the ages lies the notion that Superman, for all his strength and abilities, is detrimental to the human race because he supplies too wide a safety net. The citizens of Metropolis are frequently argued to be more haphazard than others because they are confident that Superman will deliver them unto salvation. Meltzer, a consummate humanist if ever I’ve seen one, turns the argument on its head, showing Lila as taking control of her own life. She has an agency of her own, unlike the typical characterization of the citizens of Metropolis, and in the final voiceover sequence, Lois points to this agency as the essence of hope that keeps Superman on the mission.

Also of note in this beautiful tale is the use of a cinematic style of artistic narrative that John Cassaday provides. In many ways, this story is a micro-scale narrative that highlights a few moments in the life of Kal, yet the deployment of “wide-screen” panels and splash pages by the former film student from Texas creates a sense of gravitas, of grandiosity. Cassaday’s rhythm helps to elevate Meltzer’s humanism, and together the pair (along Martin and Euopoulos, who should not be neglected for their roles in creating this masterpiece) manage to raise the minutia of the every day in the life of Superman into a celebration of human spirit and the importance of living in the present.

Rating: 10/10

Final Thought:

I suspected when it was announced that the combination of Meltzer and Cassaday would be a perfect pairing, and I was not let down. I can only hope that powers that be at DC take notice because the potential for future team-ups between what I consider two top-talent individuals is simply too good to pass up.

Final, Final Thought: (See Below)

Final Rating: 9.5/10

Final, Final Thought: (See Below)

Phenomenal milestone in the history of the Man of Steel, I’m touched that I was a part of it, and the more I think about it the happier I am, here’s to Superman, I hope he goes another thousand issues, if I’m still alive in 2098 when it happens I’ll probably review it then too. Joking. Anyway, a huge thanks to everyone who worked to make this article, and the hundreds of creators involved in the hero over the years.

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Action Comics #1000 Timeless, that's what comes to mind when I consider the man of steel, no matter what era of comics you like, there's a Superman for you! This was an incredible milestone, here's to another 8 decades! #iamawatcher The landmark issue of Action Comics, featuring stories from A list talent important to Superman's past, present and future!

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Week 10 Preview

I know I kinda harp on this, but it’s a good time to mention that there is no real excuse for Colin Kaepernick not being signed. There are at least three teams out there actively destroying their chances of making the playoffs by refusing to bring him on. They say he brings discord, meanwhile Jerry Jones is suing the league in an attempt to oust the commish and his star player is on his sixth or seventh round of suspension/unsuspension/re-suspension for maybe committing acts of domestic violence. You know what Kaepernick and virtually all NFL players are not divided on? Veterans’ issues. They’ve all agreed not to kneel during the anthem this week, because this week it feels to them like the flag represents veterans. Need any more proof that the protests aren’t about dishonoring veterans?

Teams on bye: PHI, BAL, KC, OAK

SEA 23 - 17 ARI - Lock It Up - At this point I don’t know what to expect but I just can’t see Adrian Peterson carrying the rock 30+ times and that’s the only way the Cards win.

CLE 17 - 30 DET - Survivor - As someone who recently started a Madden franchise of the Browns, I feel Hue Jackson’s pain. We went 1-15 in year one, moved to Toronto, rebranded as the Huskies, hit on superstars with all three of our first round picks, started 8-3 and still lost 4 of our last 5 to miss the playoffs. It’s incurable.

NYJ 27 - 17 TB Josh McCown and Ryan Fitzpatrick will both be facing previous teams in this absurd matchup. Of course, between the two of them they’ve played for literally half of the teams in the league, so this was pretty much bound to happen. Anyway, the Jets have a defense and the Buccaneers don’t, and Mike Evens won’t even be out there, so yeah.

CIN 21 - 24 TEN This is a terrifying game to try and predict. The Bengals just put Jeremy Hill on IR and they looked totally inept against the Jags and they’ll be on the road, but the Titans have been one of the least convincing good teams this season. They came closer than anyone to losing to the Browns. But in the end, the Titans have won the games they should, and the Bengals are falling apart.

LAC 26 - 24 JAX - Unpopular Opinion - - Game to Watch - Another prediction I’m not at all confident in, but the Chargers have played well enough to keep the every-other-week pattern of Jags wins going. If this prediction goes wrong it will be because Phil Rivers throws a bad pick-6, LA can’t stop the run, and the whole team is caught sleeping on the time change. If it goes right it’ll be because the pass rush Makes Bortles Bortles Again.

GB 10 - 26 CHI - Lock It Up -  Oh boy, have the Packers fucked up. For the third season in a row, they entered the season with a chance to take the lead in the oldest rivalry in the NFL, and once again they will fail. Brett Hundley is like chum in the water for John Fox’s defense. I guess this analogy makes them sharks. There should definitely be an NFL team called the Sharks.

MIN 24 - 20 WSH - Game to Watch - If Washington wins this one I’ll be pissed. I had them winning, and then I thought about how lucky they got against Seattle and how injured they still are and I just... The thing that worries me most is that the slow rate of play necessitated by the marshy bog at Washington’s stadium really plays more into their strengths than those of the visitors. But Minnesota should not be overlooked. Case Keenum is officially starting over Teddy Bridgewater so even if things go wrong, they have a wild card to play.

PIT 31 - 20 IND - NFL Title Belt (PIT) - - Lock It Up -  Pittsburgh is coming off a bye, and my only worry is that they’ll come out sluggish. But even if they do, with Indy’s defense banged up on top of already being not very good, this one’s a very easy choice.

NO 25 - 28 BUF - Unpopular Opinion - - Game to Watch - This pick is either genius or total stupidity. The Saints have been amazing over the last month, but their one weakness is stopping the run, not to mention Drew Brees’ well-documented struggles in let’s just say “rugged” environments. The Bills were embarrassed by the Jets on Thursday night, but based on what they said it was more about it being Thursday than anything else. Now they have extra time to prep. 

HOU 13 - 35 LAR - Lock It Up -  Oh yeah, I’m sure Tom Savage will get it going against Aaron Donald and Wade Phillips.

DAL 27 - 20 ATL - Unpopular Opinion - - Game to Watch - Who even knows whether Zeke is playing anymore or not? You know what, it doesn’t matter, because the Falcons are too directionless to take on this team, no matter who’s running the rock.

NYG 21 - 9 SF Two of the more listless teams in the league. One is suffering the effects of a QB on the back end of his effectiveness, one from a series of QBs proving too green. I think it would be stupid not to toss Garoppolo in at some point, if not to start, if for no other reason than this may be the most winnable game the Niners will get. But I have little faith. This team is deep in the shit.

NE 30 - 14 DEN - Lock It Up -  Why would you put this game in primetime? I’m so mad. I feel like because we’ve played the Pats well before there’s extra pressure to keep it competitive, which we absolutely will not. We don’t have the guys on the field or on the headsets to make that happen. This will be an embarrassment.

MIA 10 - 14 CAR - Lock It Up -  Two lackluster offenses meet under the Monday Night Lights to duke it out. This could be a sneaky-bad uniform matchup, to go with what’s sure to be pretty blah play. The Dolphins should keep it close by the factor of their solid defensive front, but ultimately I don't see them winning. Which really should have been my prediction for the Raiders game last week.

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose!