So that's why she has half of Usagi's hairstyle.

Also I think it's safe to say this Witch gets two episodes because she can split in two.

The Subs mishandled what Mirichu says about Haruka's gender.  The intent was not actually to make her sound Non-Binary.

This Witch can also repeat one of the Plagues of Exodus.

It occurred to me during the episode, I think the reason the Outers never become as close friends with Usagi is because they are so overly formal.  They see her as Princess Serenity first, while the Inners see her as Tsukino Usagi-Chan first.

I think DeviantArt will have fun with this episode, we got some some brief bondage and mind control.

Sailor Jupiter Vs Poison Ivy

So the Witch for this week I think was meant to be Makoto's counterpart.  I'm starting to question the logic of having the generals mirror in the Inner Shenshi when that is rarely relevant to how the battle goes down.  The theme this story-line seems to be the Outer Senshi sweeping in to save them like the Eagles of Manwe.

Makoto's current crush called her Sempai, so she is capable of being attracted to younger dudes.

Usagi is starting to crush on her future daughter's girlfriend, that's kinda funny.

Haruka was wearing a Miniskirt, about the last thing I expected.

Sailor Pluto makes her presence known right at the end.

So only one of the Witches 5 is left.

The-Fanboy-Perspective is making excuses for BvS

http://www.the-fanboy-perspective.com/

I wanted the film to be good and a hit as much as he did, but I've accepted that it wasn't what I or most fans wanted.

In one article he claims that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman aren't the kinds of Superheros who make funny quips.  Actually Superman as Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster wrote him absolutely did, Spider-Man's wise cracking was directly based on classic Superman.  When they had to force themselves to say something positive about Superman The Movie, all they could think of was that he said funny things.  So yes, the Superman I am a fan of makes funny quips as he also did during the Crisis to Crisis era.  Frankly the only prior precedent I can think of for a Superman who doesn't say funny one liners is Superman ret..... no I'm not gonna acknowledge it.  Of course I have no idea how crappy New 52 Superman has been talking.

And now there is this article where he is trying to lower the expectation for the teaming up of the greatest Icons of the Superhero genre.

The problem with trying to compare the correlation between name recognition and Movie ticket sales of Batman and Superman to say Ghandi, Jesus or Dracula, is that they are public domain, anyone can and does make fiction about them anytime they feel like it.  But only DC and WB can legally make Superman and Batman happen on the big screen, and people know that.  So when they appear it means something, it has a sense of authenticity to it that random Dracula movie of the week does not.

And I think epic blockbuster versions for Dracula or Frankenstein have become so rare because of that largely.  If the Source Material can be legally read online for free, making a movie out of it isn't as big a deal.

And the Pulp Heroes may be older but they've sadly fallen into relative obscurity, Zorro is the most still well known of the 3 mentioned, and he too should be Public Domain now, but people are trying to fight that.

Batman Begins was in a scenario where his last movie wasn't well received.  Batman was in the opposite position for BvS.  Begins wound up making more then expected, BvS made less.

And the kinds of people who'd complain about a Wonder Woman movie being too Feminist are exactly who should be offended by a Wonder Woman movie.

The Flash update

I've been saying there is a real Jay Garrick but he won't be played by the same actor.  And I thik the thing about Henry's mother's maiden name confirms that.

I think it's safe to say Wally and Jessie just became Speedsters.

I found the ending really compelling, then the preview shows Barry will be there next week.  I was hoping the show actually was going to spend awhile acting like Barry was really killed off.

Michiru-San goes all Jimmy Hendrix on her Violin

I hope all the remains episode are so easy for me to nickname.

Also Rei says half o the Legend of Zelda line.

I was reminded this episode how the Deathbusters arc is kind of the most Lovecrafting Sailor Moon Storyline.

People sometimes forget how much Sci-Fi is in Lovecraft's supernatural horror.  The idea of miniature sentient Universes is totally something he cold have thought of.  And the Daimons definitely have the right look.

Pharaoh 90 is either Azathoth or Yug-Sothoth, I can't decide which.

Ami suddenly goes all Ninja during Kaolinite's usually forgettable Mirror of Galadriel scene.  That really took me by surprise.

And Pluto is back at the end, yay.

But no Hotaru this week?????

The new closing theme was fun.

I shall share some thoughts on Twilight Hatedom and an Anime called School Days

 [Update February 2019: I'm not too fond of this post anymore, I kind of stand by the the basic points I was arguing but say some things in ways I wouldn't any longer.  So don't read this one, Lindsay Ellis has now said better what I wanted to say about Twilight, and School Days was never something I actually cared about.]

I won't be seeing Civil War

There were things I loved about Batman V Superman and things that bothered me.  But the problems I had are all because it's a Vs film.  So that's why it really bothers me that BvS's disappointment is seemingly only further guaranteeing Civil War will be a success.

Batman V Superman is at least based on Comics that were well regarded despite my personal issues with some, from DKR to the Death and Return story-line to hints of Infinite Crisis and Injustice.  Civil War is based on a comics story-line everyone hated originally and that I never saw defended before this movie was announced.

BvS was a direct sequel to a movie that while flawed I really liked, Man of Steel.  Civil War is most directly a sequel to Age of Ultron, which while I enjoyed it, I ultimately consider a disappointment, and I would also consider AoU inferior to BvS.

I keep hearing that Marvel has Earned it's VS movie by having the relationships between these characters established.  No, that is crap, to me this idea of having them fight is only justifiable even remotely if they have indeed just met and still don't understand each other.  Hence the fighting we saw in the first Avengers movie.

That's why the Civil War premise was offensive to me in the comics and it's offensive to me for the Movies.  It's because I care about the movie versions of these characters that I hate seeing their characters assassinated like this.  Each trailer pisses me off even more.

I'll watch the movie eventually on DVD, but I will not support it in theaters and all other Comic Book fans who want to discourage stupid vs films should do the same.  Please don't reward the failure of one Vs movie by propping up another.