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2 days 12 hours ago	Yes but.....	Yeah, but the original Superman killing in the comic was after a whole lot of set up of his morality and how he saw killing as completely wrong, and it was huge thing for him to kill. In this movie, it was not setup pretty much at all, and it was never established that he had issues with killing. Not only that, but a lot of his attacks on Zod likely killed many people too (hitting him into a gas station and causing it to explode, for example). Regarding the scene being a paradigm changer for the genre... really?  Plenty of other superheroes kill. Wolverine. Cyclops. Wonder Woman. The Flash. Mr Fantastic. Captain America. Green Arrow. Spider-Man. Iron Man. Green Lantern. Thor. The list goes on. Beyond that - superheroes being immune from killing belongs in another time?  Because we live in a world where good people kill, but that wasn't the case in the past somehow? The choice to have Batman and Superman not kill is not something that was just flippantly made.  There's a reason it's part of their characters.  You should read "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way" (or, barring that, watch Superman vs The Elite). Other than that, there were some other kind of dumb changes/plot points in the movie. Jor-El is a peaceful scientist, yet is able to beat General Zod in a fight despite Zod being raised solely to be a warrior? The entire character of Jonathan (Superman's earth dad) was just dumb. Wired wrote up a good article about the movie, much better phrased than I could ever be (and harsher than I'd be): http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/06/man-of-steel-movie-review/ Basically, the movie was decent as a NON-Superman movie, but as a movie using the Superman character it fell short in a number of areas.  Redefining small parts of a character willy-nilly is fine. Redefining major aspects of a character without providing a solid reason for it... not so much.
2 days 13 hours ago	Not really	MAYBE best live action, but the DC Animated Universe Superman was excellent.
9 weeks 11 hours ago	I made my own banner	Thoughts?
9 weeks 3 days ago	UFR!	Brian should UFR the spring game (at LEAST first unit, if not also second unit), to fill up some dead time in the summer.
11 weeks 2 days ago	How'd it even happen?	I'm confused as to why his leg actually broke - it didn't look like that awkward of a landing to me.  Like maybe a roll-your-ankle kind of landing -- did I miss something about it where it was more awkward to cause such a drastic injury?  Or did he just straight up have terrible luck despite not that awkward of a landing?
12 weeks 3 days ago	MITCH	Someone needs to record a Mitch McGary cover of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr2MOiEnnF8
15 weeks 6 days ago	Yeah, no	Their bosses clearly don't.  There is consistently AWFUL reffing in the Big Ten, at the refs never seem to get in any trouble.
17 weeks 6 days ago	False DMCA claims	Here's a little background on false DMCA claims: http://mikeyounglaw.com/web-lawyer-dmca-copyright-infringement/ That said, false DMCA claims really need to be punished much, much, much more harshly to prevent corporations from just sending out DMCA claims en masse.  But you do have options.
17 weeks 6 days ago	Not just that	Great teams can absolutely get blown out.  I mean, hell, look at the 95-96 Bulls, who were arguably the greatest NBA team of all time.  They lost a game by 32 points.  And it wasn't like anyone was out injured or resting or anything during that game.
19 weeks 3 days ago	Uhhhh	When mgoblog went against KenPom last time, KenPom predicted the victor correctly. If mgoblog goes against KenPom here and KenPom predicts the victor correctly, it will be the exact same winner as if mgoblog goes with KenPom and KenPom predicts the victor correctly.
20 weeks 2 days ago	Stauskas!	I'm going with the underdog pick in Stauskas.  I think his ceiling is Ray Allen level.
22 weeks 3 days ago	#1 doesn't matter?	Tell Tim Hardaway that #1 doesn't matter: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=190933057716552&id=100... The Game tomorrow is now the biggest game of my life, Number 1 means everything to me and im gonna give it everything i got tomorrow, lets get this win blue
25 weeks 10 hours ago	Twas the Night before Christmas - this is what I thought of	Twas the night before Christmas, when all cross the court Not a creature was playing, not even LeVert. The nets were tied to the rims with care, In hopes that the Wolverines soon would be there. The players were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of B1G titles danced in their heads. And Bacari with his tweets, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap. When out on the court there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The lights on the ceiling of the newly built Crisler Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects t’were under. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight shiny cagers. With a Canadian driver, so accurate and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St Nik. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name! "Now Mitch! now, Trey! now, Glenn and Tim! On, Spike! On, Jordan! on Vogrich and Horford! From the top of the key! With good care of the ball! Now pass the rock! Pass the rock! Pass the rock all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the hoop-top the cagers they flew, With the sleigh full of Toys, and Stauskas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The dribbling and running of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St Nik came with a bound. He was dressed like a lumberjack, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A cleanly shot ball he had tossed from the arc, And he looked like a sniper, just aiming at his mark. Nik’s shot-how it rainbowed! Trey’s dribble how merry! Mitch’s face like a puppy, his motor: high energy! Glenn’s droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And his backdoor cut had quickness like whoa. The orange basketball he held tight in his grip, And the fans cheered out loud for the blue chip. Mitch had a bright face and a little round belly, That shook when he dunked, like a bowlful of jelly! They were skilled and athletic, a right jolly strong team, And I laughed when I saw them, in spite of my dreams! A wink of Nik’s eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And scored all the points, then turned with a jerk. And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose! He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard them exclaim, as away they flew, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all – GO BLUE!"
27 weeks 6 days ago	I don't get Chris Brown and Matt Hinton's hate about this	I actually think this is a great thing.  It may very well be the opposite of MANBALL, but the fear that some guys have about talking honestly about their feelings or being nice and complimentary to others is absolutely ridiculous.
29 weeks 3 days ago	I will not thank them.	Because I don't have any of them. Great, now I'm depressed about that too.  Thanks a lot.
31 weeks 3 days ago	atdhenet	atdhenet.tv sometimes has good streams
33 weeks 3 days ago	Ugh	Two straight games without scoring a touchdown, and I find myself watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZl35RAxerQ   Yep, seems about right.
42 weeks 4 days ago	OL	So I rarely watch high school football footage aside from highlight reels.  Are most OLs that horrible is DLS's especially bad?
43 weeks 13 hours ago	Ohio	They could bus in a bunch of Buckeyes though, and that would be fairly close.
43 weeks 2 days ago	I wish I was in a Kirk Ferentz press conference	So I could ask him if he regrets making a deal to sacrifice a bunch of RBs to retain his rugged good looks.
47 weeks 1 day ago	Yesssssssss	As someone who is from St Joe, I absolutely second Silver Beach.  Although it gets packed with tourists often during the summer, it's gorgeous!
47 weeks 2 days ago	Shane trying to steal Denard's thunder
47 weeks 2 days ago	Shane is a man of many talents
51 weeks 4 days ago	The SAS interview showed how great mgoblog interviews are	When Mark Cuban said something to SAS about how if the media actually knew about what was going on in the game, they could ask the coaches better questions like "why did you go to such and such a formation", I immediately thought of, and felt very grateful for, Heiko.
1 year 12 weeks ago	I think its worth it just to watch him rip his shirt off	Really fits the whole hulk out thing.
1 year 12 weeks ago	Embed
1 year 13 weeks ago	When they say Ohio beat us	Just remind them that THE Ohio University ended the season with a better winning percentage against us than Ohio did.
1 year 31 weeks ago	I fly all the time...	I fly all the time for work.  The wifi is usually horribly slow on most of my flights.  However, those have almost always been on United, so I can't say for sure.
1 year 36 weeks ago	Man, I hope that's wrong.	It sucks enough to tear your ACL, but to not be able to redshirt because you played in one too many games REALLY sucks.  Especially when it's THIS season, where if he hadn't played in their game vs Miami, it wouldn't have made a difference. If OSU gets this season vacated too, then do the games that he played in still count?  If not, could he redshirt via that loophole?
1 year 37 weeks ago	my picks	I'd pick all of the favorites to cover, except for Penn State

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