The Supergirl premiere has come and aired. I was looking forward to it ever since it was first announced. The Pilot was leaked and I adamantly refused to watch it. I'm still okay with that decision.
I didn't want to burden it with a lot of high expectations and I'm glad of that decision too. At most I was hoping for something along the lines of the Flash. And I think in that it mostly succeeded.
I think the Pilot could have used a two hour premiere. It pushed through a lot of story in the first episode and I think there were some story-telling shortcuts taken to tie things up at the end.
My favorite meta-detail are the Danvers - the foster parents for Kara Zor El. Played by Helen Slater (Supergirl from 1984 movie) and Dean Cain (Superman from the Adventures of Lois & Clark). I also like that there's an emphasis on the maternal and lady relationships.
Damn, I forgot to DVR Supergirl. Hopefully On Demand will have it (starting to piss me off that OD skips random episodes of various shows for some stupid reason).
I binge-watched the first season of Gotham. I get some of y'all's problems with it, but I don't really get the hate. It's overall a decent show, albeit with a few howlers tossed in (the cat jump scare was inexcusable though, that I get). Mainly, some characters are bludgeoned with cartoonish strokes where some subtlety was indicated (Barbara's turn lacks proper foundation, Butch's brainwashing couldn't possibly work like that, Falcone's Gentleman Mobster characterization was taken way too far, etc.). Maybe I have lower expectations when I can binge watch rather than waiting week to week. Or just that I have lower expectations period, not having ever been a DC fan.
I still don't get the Fish hate, though. I thought she was p. awesome. She's not in Season 2, anyway.
For those of you who've already given up on the show, I doubt you'd feel better about the new season so far. Nygma's craziness is still simplistic, Bruce is still too sweet a kid to be Baby Batman, and all the villains are still pretty silly, including the Big Bad for this season (Gallavan). There was one villain with some real potential for the tragic pathos that's the hallmark of the good Batman stuff, but they killed 'em already. I'll still watch, although beer seems to be a prerequisite.
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"Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction." - Eleanor of Aquitaine
Yeah, it was a great episode and one worth the wait in the end.
I watched the Flash right after watching it and the Flash just seemed so flat in comparison.
Right now the only shows I'm watching that I'm chomping for the next episode each week are SHIELD, Homeland and Limitless. Lots of others that I'm watching but more 'meh' about. Hoping the Flash can speed his way back into the first category again.
I think a lot of shows would have felt a little flat after 4722 Hours. But there may be some emotional saturation proximity thing happening. I thought the Flash was the normal quality.
For me I'm still agog with Jesse L. Martin as Papa Joe West. A couple of the things for the nerds: KING SHARK makes an appearance. (A very expensive appearance if some of what I've read is correct. Like, the cgi company went overboard with how much time and money they had for the character compared to how long he was on screen.) But that's just some of the fun and goofiness that comes with Silver Age Flash - I think. Also, Cisco's answer to what kind of treadmill they have at Star Labs. ("Cosmic," he said.)
Some other small advances of various plots: Firestorm is repaired. Newly minted Detective Spivey is still newly minted. I do like how she didn't waste time being ascared or dumbfounded at a GIANT MAN SHARK was right in front of her.
Personal: I've lived my whole life without knowing a biological father. I was raised first by my mom and then by a step family. So, I kind of get where Iris was coming from. I might have played it differently, but I'm a different person. So any Iris haters can step to the left. To me, being in a sort of similar situation, it felt real enough - even if it was a bit of the CW Drama just adding stuff to give meaning or depth to their family situation.
The bad from last night's episode is that they're locking people up in the tube again. GODDAMMIT BARRY.
I had errands to run last night and missed almost all of The Flash. I will catch up tonight. I hate that I work until 8:00 and always miss the start. I did see King Shark though and was very, very happy.
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- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
I'm still not sold on Eisenberg as Luthor but at least this time it's not about fucking real estate. (Well, I guess you could say it ultimately is, as in the whole earth.) But the first two thirds of the trailer gives some non-superhero stuff to look at, which was nice. And then. THEN. At the end, I seen it. I seen why I want to see the movie now. It may be something of an extended cameo, but it's there and it's beautiful.
But first: Clark asking Bruce about the Bat-Vigilante in Gotham. Batfleck gives this smirk, and it's perfect:
And 'neath this spoiler the first cinematic presence of the one for whom the whole world has been waiting. Sans her satin tights, but prolly fighting for our rights.
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
Can anybody point me to a good recap of Flash's S2Ep2? Jay Fucking Garrick finally shows up, and my goddamned DVR records everything EXCEPT that episode, and OnDemand also has everything except that episode. Oh yeah, fuck you too, OnDemand.
I suppose I can Hulu it from home or whatever you crazy kids call that thing.
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"Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction." - Eleanor of Aquitaine
Okay then. Maybe this won't be the travesty I was fearing it would be.
... though I still agree with Bort on Eisenberg.
I still think there's enough travesty happening to be skeptical. And though I knew who was making cameos, that is how you introduce a character.
Sadly, Lex Luthor is kinda like Dr Doom in regards to cinematic versions. No one has gotten it right. Yeah, some great actors have been cast to play the iconic non super powered super villain but nobody has captured what makes Luthor such a perfect foil for Superman.
The reason is they never have the sense to cast Clancy Brown, the bastards!
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
Is this DC nerdrage worthy? Or is the weird mesh-muscle bullshit from a Marvel costume and I just don't recognize the crossover element?
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"Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction." - Eleanor of Aquitaine
Bah, it was an ad. I thought taking the 's' out of https would make it hotlinkable.
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"Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction." - Eleanor of Aquitaine
Is this DC nerdrage worthy? Or is the weird mesh-muscle bullshit from a Marvel costume and I just don't recognize the crossover element?
The mesh-muscle affect is directly from the Man of Steel movie. All the Kryptonian clothing you see has this affect. Somebody in marketing simply can't differentiate between DC property and Marvel property.
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Here's our first look at the first ever Wonder Woman The Movie. It's only a few clips that are barely a few seconds long, but it's something. Despite being set firmly in the DC Cinematic Universe, I'm still eager to see it - mostly because Wonder Woman. And even despite having the Snyder fingerprints all over it - the desaturated sepia tones and the slow motion fight scenes.
Have any of you watched Legion of Superheroes? I don't know if or where it ever aired. It popped up as a newly added series on Prime when I was playing with my new smart TV on Sunday. I've watched the first few episodes and I like it well enough to keep watching, but I'm not blown away by it. So far they are still adding villains and heroes, so it may buckle down into a more interesting arc or not.
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
Is this the animated series with Superboy? If so, I have not watched it, though I have it on DVD.
I'm ambivalent about it because I love the LSH, but this was supposed to be Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes. If you remember the JLU episode, "Far From Home", that sets up what was supposed to her own series with the LSH.
I would have loved a Supergirl and the LSH series, since I really like how her character developed in the animated universe. So, that residual resentment is what has kept me from watching Superboy and the LSH.
Yes, Superboy, although he is using Superman already. They take him on his last day in Smallville before going to Metropolis. They tell him he will be able to come back at the moment he left, but I'm starting to wonder how Martha will fail to notice how much he's aged. He is also training and learning new skills, which is kind of a neat way of explaining how he would be so much more competent in Metropolis.
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
Welp. I did it. I've made a clean break from the Arrow. The last episode was just so damn tedious. But at least this opens up my schedule so I can try out Legends of Tomorrow. Which I don't have much in the way of anticipation.
Legends was pretty decent especially for a first episode which does a bunch of setup. It was mostly proof that I would watch a White Canary, Hot and Cold team up show!
Will watch again.
Things I disliked,
Vandal Savage, who really just feels like a henchman to a scarier baddy, like say Damien Dark.
Everytime the hawk persons talk about their past lives. It's painful, especially when Hawkboy talks as he's an insufferable dick. That the two of them are required to stop Savage made me sad.
Things I liked.
White Canary!
(although I laughed during her new suit scene, "Why don't you do what Ollie has done." Me, "What add a color to your name?" "And become the White Canary" Me, *Snort.*)
Prof drugging his Firestorm counterpart. Well I mean total dick move, but I like that there's a questionable side to the dotting old professor and that he's not going to act both as tech exposition and moral compass.
The AV Club review said the same thing you did about Savage. Interesting, it didn't occur to me. The most pleasant surprise to me in Legends was Heatwave. I never warmed to him on The Flash, pun not intended but I'll run with it. But he totally won me over last night and might just turn into my new favorite. Not sure, though, he'd have to go a long way to beat my love of Captain Cold's particular brand of campy cool.
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
Re: DC Nation
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Re: DC Nation
for the obvious reason that the Supermans is DC and not Marvel.
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