New Lows in Geekdom

[oakenguy]

I just whited out a word on a Netflix envelope because they got the name of a supervillain wrong.


In my defence, though, "The Man of Steel's most formidable foe ever--The Darkseid"?! No. NO. That's just wrong, Netflix. It's like the History Channel telling me about Adolf Hibler.

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[kali921.livejournal.com]

Which film is this? And, good sir, have you yet taken in any episodes of The Brave and the Bold?

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

This was Disc 1 of Season 3 of the Superman Animated Series. It's actually a little weird watching the Turpin vs. Darkseid interactions in light of what happened in FC.

No, no Brave and Bold yet--I don't get cable! Is there a good online source for it?

[daemionfox.livejournal.com]

Don't you dare get down on Hibler. Adolf was a good man, and it's a shame that his good name gets so slandered by a mere typo. Did you know that he was the first man to power a factory using nothing but kittens!

Hibler was a damn pioneer.... Shame about the SPCA lawsuit... ;)

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

That's Adolf The Hibler, sir.

[coscaram.livejournal.com]

"I don't like the sound of these here boncentration bamps."

[sistahraven.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to have done this.

[anadandy.livejournal.com]

You make that sound like a bad thing :) I once brought The Last of the Mohicans to a video store employee to tell them it was incorrectly categorized as a Western.
Librarian + Geek = Trouble.

[consciousobject.livejournal.com]

Is it the word "The" that's the problem? Because it's spelled correctly otherwise. I haven't heard many refer to Superman as The Superman, but Batman has been referred to plenty of times as The Batman and its never bothered me.