100 Things Related

Slightly delayed from yesterday.

( Diagram after adding The Scorpion King )

Links

History:

30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1986 - http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/04/30-years-ago-a-look-back-at-1986/478947/

Law and Order:

Could 'actual innocence' save the broken US justice system? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35971935

Miscellaneous:

'This is what it's like to pee after female genital mutilation' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36101342

How four men survived as hostages of IS - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36080991

Gogi, the heroine created by Pakistan's first female cartoonist - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36101148

Romsey Abbey: The mystery of the hair in the coffin - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36094897

The Medieval Tube Map - http://londonist.com/2014/12/the-medieval-tube-map

Game of Thrones: the most Googled characters – episode by episode - http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2016/apr/22/game-of-thrones-the-most-googled-characters-episode-by-episode?CMP=twt_b-gdndata Spoilers!

Rare double blue plaque award for home of Nobel Prize winners - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36089471

News:

Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/26/hillsborough-disaster-deadly-mistakes-and-lies-that-lasted-decades?CMP=share_btn_tw

Politics:

Brokered GOP Conventions Often Produce A Winning President - http://thefederalist.com/2016/03/10/brokered-gop-conventions-often-produce-a-winning-president/ Okay so this turns out to (probably) be unnecessary this time round, but still interesting.

Teenage kicks: NI politicians face 'Good Friday Agreement Generation' in televised debate - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-northern-ireland-36086554

How We Got The Word 'Impeachment' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36049575

Science:

New enzyme research could help to develop drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease - http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2016-archive/april/new-enzyme-research-could-help-to-develop-drugs-to-treat-diseases-such-as-cancer-and-alzheimer2019s-disease Conflict of interest statement - I know the people in this lab and they are awesome.

Sport:

Running blind: How do you run the London Marathon without sight?- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-35705488

Get Inspired: Inspirational stories from the London Marathon start line - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/35979036

10 things no-one tells you before running the London Marathon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36081855/10-things-no-one-tells-you-before-running-the-london-marathon

Fencing:

TIME 100 - PIONEERS - Ibtihaj Muhammad - http://time.com/4301357/ibtihaj-muhammad-2016-time-100/ Fencers for the win!

Football:

Chan Yuen-ting: First woman to lead men's professional team to title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36119259

Horse racing:

Richard Johnson is finally crowned champion jockey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/36092074

Snooker:

Alan McManus interview: Why snooker is no country for young men - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/world-championship/2015-2016/alan-mcmanus-interview-why-snooker-is-no-country-for-young-men_sto5455952/story.shtml

Batman vs Superman

Batman vs Superman was two, maybe two and a half good films, frankensteined into one that doesn't quite work.

( Details )

What I really don't get is how of the characters the one they get right is Bruce Wayne. Who theoretically is the difficult one to do right. I don't like their Superman, I have some issues with their Lois (very few, mostly I love her) and Clark, but Bruce and Batsy I love.

No, really, I want to draw stars and hearts around Ben Affleck's Bruce and I'm actually quite sad that I won't get an Affleck solo Bat film.

It might be that it is easier to do grimdark Bruce and still be true to the character than it is to do Superman grimdark and still get the real Superman in there (I do think it's possible. David Goyer is just not the guy to do it.).

( Also )

( The two things that annoyed me )

I could also have done without Snyder's continuing love affair with the slow-mo, and the constant Messianic overtones with Superman. I have spent enough time in art museums to know most of the archetypal paintings Snyder is ripping off. And it is ripping off, not referencing.

( Another thing I didn't like is spoilery )

This all sounds more negative than I actually felt about the film. It's enjoyable popcorn and would probably be better without its pretensions.