...that I'll soon be living in a world where a significant number of the population will know who both The Vision and Rocket Raccoon are. I can honestly only recall once or twice in my lifetime running into someone outside of a comic book store or similar context who knew the Vision. I totally get to use the hipster "I was into him way before it went mainstream" line.

I am, however, heartbroken that all of the various Vision things I collected over the years were lost in a move, and will likely be overly expensive to replace now. Ah well.

Really looking forward to seeing this film... I expected that the critics would be harsher on it, and really I expect that to be a growing trend. Comic films will really have to offer something different or really surprise critics to get widespread, glowing praise going forward. You can feel the rebellion gaining traction as they contemplate the 20-30 announced Superhero films supposedly coming in the next 5-6 years. Anything middling will likely face tough criticism. If I were DC, I'd be worried... critics haven't been glowing to Zack Snyder up until now, and Batman v. Superman promises a whole other universe of interconnected superhero films. It's going to be tough to sell critics that they want that.