Everyone knows that the worst thing you can do to a joke is explain it. And yet, that’s exactly what Joker Folie a Deux does. Over its two-hour-plus runtime, Todd Phillips’ anti-superhero sequel meticulously recounts and relitigates the events of Joker as he puts Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) on trial, literally, for the murders he committed in the original. Watching characters from a movie that came out five years ago describe the events of that movie while sitting in a government building turns out to be about as much fun as it sounds.

Joker Folie a Deux (or Joker 2, as we’ll all likely wind up calling it) does have redeeming qualities. Phoenix is still a great actor, and his portrayal of Arthur is as haunting and complicated as ever. Lady Gaga is a clever addition as Phillips’ take on Harley Quinn. Some of those musical numbers are kind of great. And an explosive final act gives the movie an unexpected shot in the arm.

But despite all that, it’s difficult not to view Joker 2 as a failure. By swapping the Scorsese-inspired streets of ‘70s New York for a courtroom drama, Folie a Deux not only fails on its own terms, but it manages to expose the hidden flaw at the center of Joker in the process: Arthur Fleck was never an interesting character in the first place.

A comet that hasn’t been seen since Neanderthals and mammoths were alive will make its closest approach to Earth this month — and we won’t see it again for another 80,000 years.

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas will pass just 44 million miles from Earth on October 13, and it should be bright enough to see with the unaided eye. This comet only passes through the inner Solar System once every 80,000 years, so it’s a once-in-a-civilization sight.