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For years and years, superhero fans hated the Adam West Batman TV show. And then one day, all of a sudden, they didn’t anymore. Funnily enough, the show had been extremely faithful to the comics as they had existed at … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #9: Batman (1966) vs. Batman & Robin (1997)
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×11: “Fort Rozz”, The Flash 4×11: “The Elongated Knight Rises”, Black Lightning 1×02: “Lawanda: The Book of Hope”, and Arrow 6×11: “We Fall” Let’s talk about episode titles for a moment. They’re often not something … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 1/22/2018 – 1/28/2018: “Is That Where We Freeze Frame?”
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×10: “Legion of Superheroes”, The Flash 4×10: “The Trial of the Flash”, Black Lightning 1×01: “The Resurrection” , and Arrow 6×10: “Divided” The Arrowverse is back! Well, mostly. Supergirl, Arrow, and The Flash returned from their midseason … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 1/14/2018 – 1/21/2018: “I’m Not Impatient, I’m Annoyed”
Steel yourself for the worst comic book movie of 1997 as we watch DC Comics’ credibility endure a Shaq attack! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: STEEL (1997)
The team has been irrevocably fractured! For a few episodes anyway. We’ll see how the fallout from the winter finale goes. There’s original Team Arrow and Team No Arrow (The Outsiders maybe?). Use this to chat about the episode. … Continue reading Arrow Season Six Episode 10 “Divided” Live Chat
I’ve talked before about how, just within my lifetime, I’ve gone from starved for choice to spoiled for choice when it comes to superhero movies. Late last year, DC/WB released its big-screen Justice League movie, and I couldn’t work up … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #7: Justice League of America (1997)
Batman Forever has a remarkably layered and thematically rich story. I mean, the screenplay is pretty bad, but the story? What the movie is actually about? Easily the best of the Burton/Schumacher Batman series. Before you hit the Back button … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #5: Batman Forever (1995)
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×09: “Reign”, The Flash 4×09: “Don’t Run”, Legends of Tomorrow 3×09: “Beebo the God of War”, Arrow 6×09: “Irreconcilable Differences”, and Freedom Fighters: The Ray So the crossover’s done, the Nazi invaders have been repulsed, … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 12/4/2017 – 12/10/2017: “A Beebo Day Miracle”
After one week of crossover craziness, Arrow resumes its season proper… right before the winter hiatus. Arrow has always enjoyed strong “winter finales” in the past, so let’s see if this can deliver. “Quentin Lance is kidnapped by Black Siren … Continue reading Arrow Season 6 Episode 9 Irreconcilable Differences Live Chat
If you ask a contemporary fan to compile a list of the top five “best” superhero movies, they will likely mostly be movies made after 2000’s X-Men. I’m thinking the consensus picks are probably The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2, one … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #2: Superman: The Movie (1978)
The Timeline of the in-universe chronology of the DC Universe is as follows: 1978 – Superman first introduces himself. Autumn 1979 – Batman introduces himself. 1980 to 1981 – Batman and Superman first meet, Season 1 Caped Crusader, Superman 2. 1982 to 1983 … Continue reading Lovely Bones DC Universe Archives, Part Two: The Complete Origin Miniseries
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×08, Arrow 6×08, The Flash 4×08, and Legends of Tomorrow 3×08: “Crisis on Earth-X” Now this? This is a superhero crossover. It’s been a long road coming. Ever since The Flash spun-off from Arrow three years … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 11/27/2017 – 12/3/2017: “Crisis on Earth-X”
In the wake of the release of Justice League, talk of how to fix the DCEU has become a thing on the geekier corners of the internet. Because I am a shameless rider of coattails I’d like to present my own suggestion for how I’d have done it. It’s too late to fix it now, but with only one completely new movie, a few plot changes, and a few substitutions, I have something that would have adequately set up Justice League over the course of the last several years in a way that would have been much more satisfying than … Continue reading How Hawkgirl Could Have Saved the DCEU: A Vision From a Better World
Legends of Tomorrow was originally going to be an anthology. There has been significant turnover of cast members (or at least main cast members) however. I got the idea for alternate (and diverse where possible) or future team makeups recently … Continue reading Alternate Legends of Tomorrow Teams
Talk about the second half of the big CW superhero crossover here! Continue reading Crisis on Earth-X parts 3 and 4 Live Chat
Live Chat for Day 1 of the CW Crossover. WestAllen get married. Punching Nazis. Doppelgangers. Have at it Continue reading Crisis on Earth X Crossover Night 1 Live Chat
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×07: “Wake Up”, The Flash 4×07: “Therefore I Am”, Legends of Tomorrow 3×07: “Welcome to the Jungle”, and Arrow 6×07: “Thanksgiving” It’s fitting that these episodes aired the week of Thanksgiving, when most American viewers … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 11/20/2017 – 11/26/2017: “One Nation, Under Grodd!”
The Timeline of the first section of the DC Universe is as follows: The Superman Movie Trilogy and the five seasons of The Caped Crusader run concurrently, from 1978 to 1988. Superman first introduces himself in 1978, portrayed in the … Continue reading Lovely Bones DC Universe Archives, Part One: The Complete Caped Crusader
You are an executive at Warner Brothers and you have been tasked with re-working the highly valuable but troubled film division of DC Entertainment. Justice League is doing well, but under-performing, and you need to figure out what the way forwards is, and what talent you need to steer this ship back on course. What would you do? Who would you hire? What properties would you highlight? Would you still attempt to create a shared universe? Or would you find a way forward in stand-alone franchises with very loose or no narrative connections? HAVE AT IT! Continue reading Rebooting the DC Cinematic Universe of Your Dreams
Finally, the SUPER FRIENDS movie has arrived in theaters! After years of having just Superman movies, and then years of having just Batman movies, and then years of having Green Lantern in a movie but not Wonder Woman, we finally … Continue reading Justice League SPOIL SPORTS
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×06: “Midvale”, The Flash 4×06: “When Harry Met Harry . . .”, Legends of Tomorrow 3×06: “Helen Hunt”, and Arrow 6×06: “Promises Kept” On Supergirl this week, Alex and Kara went back to Riverdale . . … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 11/13/2017 – 11/19/2017: “Let’s Go Save Hollywood!”
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