You must admit, it will probably be better than the one with Danny Glover

So Robert Rodriguez is making a Predator sequel/reboot (because it's illegal to make a sequel to a franchise when you can reboot it) called Predators. On the one hand, Robert Rodriguez. If anyone can do something cool with the franchise, he's the guy.

But the old Predator had basically the biggest badasses in Hollywood. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jesse Ventura. Apollo Creed. Shane Motherfucking Black, the writer of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, as the Cockney jokester (every team needs one). Where will Rodriguez find a team of equally badass actors?

Okay, besides sending a guy in a Predator costume to the set of The Expendables.

Smallville 8x19 - Stiletto

In which I try to be open-minded and not hate it so much.

Before we get into this, it's important to realize there are almost two Lois Lanes. The pre-Crisis Lois we know best from those Superdickery covers, always with a crazy scheme to uncover Superman's identity and marry him, while he humiliated her. It was either the most dysfunctional "romance" of all time or a very elaborate public S&M game.

Then the post-Crisis Lois got rid of that not-at-all-aging-gracefully obsession on Lois's part and turned Lois into a tough-as-nails reporter who always got her scoop... then she met Superman. This is the Lois that most other media takes their cue from, so even though a lot of people are familiar with the pillbox-hatted Lois, she's firmly in the category of Batman and Robin calling each other "old chum" and disguising themselves as bride and groom.

There's also the Smallville Lois Lane, who was a complete embarrassment until Superman sneezed and gave her Chloe's plot arc. That is how Smallville rolls.

( Okay, so I kind of enjoyed it despite myself? Spoilers. )

Smallville fic: On The Care And Feeding Of Ultimate Destroyers (Chloe/Davis)

Title: On The Care And Feeding Of Ultimate Destroyers
Fandom: Smallville
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,082
Author’s Note: Spoilers for 8x19 - Stiletto
Characters/Pairings: Chloe/Davis
Summary: Chloe has a naked man in her basement. It’s not what you think.

( It took him a couple days of watching daytime TV in Chloe’s basement, but Davis started to come to terms with being a space monster. It was like Dr. Phil said. He had to accept the things he couldn’t change, the courage to change the things he could, and the wisdom to know the difference. Davis was pretty sure being a space monster was the first thing. And hey, he was the best space monster out there. The Ultimate Destroyer. That was worth something. )