.Anyway, there’s going to be a Keaton Batman who may or may not share a universe with an Affleck Batman and there’s a Pattinson Batman who has nothing to do with either of them? And none of them have anything to do with the Phoenix Joker?
You know what they need? A big event where they all get collapsed into one version in a single universe.
They could call it… “Calamity”… uh… “Predicament”… uh… give me a minute to work on it, I’m sure there’s a cool name they could use… 
In fairness to DC, their television universe (aka Arrowverse) has been handled much better than anything Marvel has put on the small screen so far (with the exception of Legion, which really stands by itself). Credit due to Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and the others who have turned the Arrowverse into a popular subfranchise.
I don’t quite agree. Arrow was a solid show for a while, and so is a lot of the other DC TV stuff, but while Marvel’s shows had lower lows, they also had higher highs. No Arrowverse show got as good as DD season 1 or the two seasons of The Punisher – and you already mentioned Legion. And personally, I’d rank Agents of Shield over any of the Arrowverse shows, too (okay, so I’ve only really watched large chunks of Arrow and The Flash, but the bits and pieces I’ve seen from the other shows pretty much seem to be on that level). The only really, really fucking good DC show out there right now is Doom Patrol.
I watched the first couple of Flash episodes and they were fun and well made but the problem is in the age of ‘peak TV’ for me being okay is not really good enough.
There’s a whole range of highly rated TV shows I haven’t got around to yet and piling up in my ‘to watch’ queue.
In the 1980s if they shoved these DC shows on network TV at tea time I’m sure I would have eaten them up, it’s not as if Street Hawk was a work of genius. Today? I know I’m never going to watch them.
Yeah, a combination of much-reduced free time and an abundance of quality content means I’m never going to watch these middling shows.
I’ve actually never watched any of the Arrowverse programs, other than one episode of the first season of Arrow (I was in a hotel room and had limited choices). I based my comment on two things: positive things that I’ve heard (or read) others say about the DC shows; and my personal experience with the Marvel shows that I have seen. While there are some standouts, for the most part they’ve been disappointing. Cloak and Dagger? The Inhumans? Iron Fist?
Yeah, completely agree on those and you can add Luke Cage, Defenders and Alias as far as I am concerned.
But Netflix Marvel at least produced three seasons of absolutely compelling must-see TV, while as Dave and Gar say, all of the Arrowverse shows are just okay. (I’m leaving both Legion and Doom Patrol out of it, as they are their own thing, and Agents of Shield because it’s somewhere in-between.) So my point is, I’d rather have three seasons of really great TV than fifty of mediocre stuff that I won’t watch anyway.
But either way, there’s no doubt the Marvel TV shows could’ve gone (way!) better and I do hope they really figure this out for the Disney+ shows. Chances are pretty good, with Feige having taken over.
Speaking with Yahoo Entertainment about his recently released career-spanning anthology, The Neil Gaiman Reader, Gaiman expresses amazement that a Sandman series is finally happening. “We started shooting about 10 days ago,” he says, indicating that the first episode will adapt the first issue of the comic, in which Morpheus is captured by a magician and spends decades locked in a glass cage. “I’ve been watching dailies, but nothing produced the profound, emotional reaction on me that watching a camera test of our Morpheus in his glass prison did. I saw him and said, ‘Oh, this is Sandman.” (Watch our video interview above.)
Going to be weird to actually have a Sandman TV series so soon. I’m hoping for it to be good, of course, but I suppose it has been so long that I won’t mind if it’s not great but just an okay show. I’m not really expecting it to capture the spirit of the book.
If I was to pick an Arrowverse show most like Agents of Shield I would pick Legends of Tomorrow. Both had crappy first seasons, got more freedom in their writing rooms and got better than the other shows around them. I would probably say the Arrowverse on a whole is better the Marvel TV on a whole. They did a much better job of creating a coherent universe than marvel. Marvel’s one crossover does not compare against the several Arrowverse crossovers. I also liked the leads on the Arrowverse shows better. Amell, Gustin, Benoist did a much better job than Ritter, Jones, and Colter.
First look at Anna Diop as Starfire for TITANS Season 3:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHI3vgGAsWJ/?utm_source=ig_embed
Sooo I just found about this supposed “leaked image” from a couple of months ago…
It seems to be a Jim Lee story board of what would’ve been the end of Justice League part 1 (so, yes, before they even started shooting, meaning the original plans)
The texts reads:
Five years later: Sand dunes. Smoldering solar pits. Gothic spires rising from the desert. Once, this was Gotham. Now, like the rest of the Earth, it belongs to Darkseid.Coming over the dune, post apocalyptic Batman (as seen in BvS), with a ragtag army of rebels – the surviving members of the Justice League walk over the rise of a dune to see the dilapidated Wayne Manor. Batman leads them. Flash drags what’s left of Cyborg behind him. Bruce looks up to the sky, grimly,“We need to get inside before night. He’s coming”
There’s a lot of interesting things to note about this. One is the fact that, even though none of this got shot (or at least in theory), given the recent announcements, it’s possible we might get some of this plot-line, in one way or another.
Secondly is how similar it is to IW & Endgame… much in the same way Civil War was very similar to BvS… If I was a bit nuttier I’d totally believe DC had a mole leaking info to Marvel… it’s like waaaaaaay too similar to be a coincidence…
Anyways, who knows if the image is legit, it certainly looks like a Jim Lee drawing a 100%, but you know, it could always be a very good fake… it’s not like there aren’t a ton of artists who’ve aped Lee over the years =P
Secondly is how similar it is to IW & Endgame… much in the same way Civil War was very similar to BvS… If I was a bit nuttier I’d totally believe DC had a mole leaking info to Marvel… it’s like waaaaaaay too similar to be a coincidence…
Yes, I imagine the MCU would be desperate to copy the DC approach after failing to find a successful take of their own.
i guess it is ok. H.Jon Benjamin can’t do every voice. If they were willing to stretch I might have even gone with Amber Nash(Pam on Archer)
If I was to pick an Arrowverse show most like Agents of Shield I would pick Legends of Tomorrow.
That’s the one I will probably get to, at some point. It looks fun, and it has Constantine in it (whose one season was really good, I thought).
Superman & Lois Writer Nadria Tucker Calls Out Producers After Being Let Go
Superman & Lois Writer Nadria Tucker Calls Out Producers After Being Let Go
Zack Snyder Reveals New Darkseid Look for Suicide Prevention Charity Campaign
Darkseid shirt – InkToThePeople
– Basic T-Shirt White
– Premium Slim-Fit T-Shirt White
– Basic Long-Sleeve Shirt White
Darkseid shirt – InkToThePeople
– Basic T-Shirt White
– Premium Slim-Fit T-Shirt White
– Basic Long-Sleeve Shirt White
What percentage of folks are going to assume that’s just a badly drawn Thanos?
So this isn’t actually a thing… I believe it came out of a conversation between Snyder and fans about how Carla Gugino would be a good “older” Catwoman for Batfleck… and you know what? Sure why not… hey… maybe in a hypotetical Batfleck movie/TV show… =P
Black Lightning Spinoff Painkiller Starring Jordan Calloway Eyed at CW
The CW is popping Painkiller into development, ordering a planted spinoff pilot centered on Jordan Calloway‘s Black Lightning character.
The pilot will air as the seventh episode of Black Lightning‘s upcoming fourth season (which launches Monday, Feb. 8). Black Lightning EP Salim Akil will write and direct the installment.
Here’s the official logline of the offshoot: “Khalil Payne is a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale’s gang and a weapon of Agent Odell and the shadowy ASA. After attempting to bury the darker, devastatingly lethal Painkiller part of his persona, Khalil has distanced himself away from everyone he knows and loves in a new city, Akashic Valley, in order to find peace, but peace never comes easy for men with pasts like Khalil Payne and Painkiller. As his violent, destructive history crashes his idyllic new beginning, Khalil is thrusted back into action with a new mission — bring justice where he once gave out punishment — but to do that, he will first have to deal with and harness his darker side, Painkiller.”
Colloway joined Black Lightning in Season 1 in a recurring capacity, and has been a full-fledged series regular since Season 2.
What does this new planted spinoff within the Arrowverse mean for Arrow’s own prospective offshoot, Green Arrow and the Canaries (starring Katie Cassidy, Katherine McNamara and Juliana Harkavy?) Though TVLine hears that there are still “conversations” being had about Canaries’ future, the fact that the CW has yet to pull the trigger/bow string on the future-set spinoff — which aired its own planted pilot nearly 10 months ago — would not seem to bode well.
Amber Heard says she’ll return for Aquaman 2: ‘I’m excited to get started’
Meanwhile, the Change.org petition to get her kicked off the movie has passed the million-signature mark:
https://www.change.org/p/dc-entertainment-remove-amber-heard-from-aquaman-2?redirect=false
(Also, how many actual people do you think are responsible for those million signatures?)
We should hire Rudy Guiliani to look into this voter fraud right away! Someone please call the Four Seasons Total Landscaping to schedule a press conference!!
Was she really bad in the first movie?
It’s got nothing to do with her role in the movie, it’s because of her legal battle with Depp… turns out Amber Heard is kind of an abusive monster… and a liar, of course. 
Was she really bad in the first movie?
It’s got nothing to do with her role in the movie, it’s because of her legal battle with Depp… turns out Amber Heard is kind of an abusive monster… and a liar, of course.
One rumor I saw said she was going to be replaced with Emily Blunt.
Was she really bad in the first movie?
Yeah she was. Like Dave says, it’s an underwritten role but that goes for a lot of roles in Aquaman (well, all of them really) but she really brought nothing to it. The thing that stood out most to me about the movie was how little chemistry she and Momoa had; the dialogue was always going for a Romancing-the-Stone/Indiana-Jones-like sparky jibing sexual energy between them and there was just nothing there. It’s not just her fault, but it become clear that she didn’t do the movie any favours.
That being said, the petition is kind of a shitty thing to do to someone and should just go away. Rumours are that in the next movie, they’ll have more female roles to balance things out (and Kidman kind of did that in the last one, too) and that’s probably a good way to go with this.
Sylvester Stallone is gonna be in @SuicideSquadWB! pic.twitter.com/DlI0GIWyrl
— Thomas Polito (@PolitoThomas) November 14, 2020
*cue online trolls bitching about SJWs and pandering and racebending*
I couldn’t even make it through the whole trailer I was so bored. The new Steppenwolf is hilariously awful, and already the subject of a million memes.
The worst thing is that eventually a movie or miniseries of Hyperion will get off the ground and everyone is going to think the Shrike is a ripoff of Steppenwulf and Megatron from the live-action Transformers movies.
All joking aside (feel free to resume joking after reading my post) I think it’s pretty cool that we’re getting a Justice League miniseries that isn’t, you know, a CW-type snoozefest. I’m looking forward to watching this a lot actually.
I’m not heavily invested though – If it turns out to be shit, I’ll just stop watching and resort to memes.
If it turns out to be shit
All joking aside (feel free to resume joking after reading my post) I think it’s pretty cool that we’re getting a Justice League miniseries that isn’t, you know, a CW-type snoozefest. I’m looking forward to watching this a lot actually.
I’m not heavily invested though – If it turns out to be shit, I’ll just stop watching and resort to memes.
Yeah, I’m with you. I’m sure it’ll at least be enjoyable to watch once for the visuals of it.
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ to Debut Both on HBO Max and in Theaters
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/wonder-woman-1984-hbo-max-release-1234804411/
I couldn’t even make it through the whole trailer I was so bored. The new Steppenwolf is hilariously awful, and already the subject of a million memes.
Haters gonna hate…
Also, I’m sorry, but that Steppenwolf looks a lot better than the theatrical plastic abomination.
Also, I’m sorry, but that Steppenwolf looks a lot better than the theatrical plastic abomination.
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ to Debut Both on HBO Max and in Theaters
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/wonder-woman-1984-hbo-max-release-1234804411/
So what about every other country in the world that doesn’t get HBO Max?
Mohawk Deathstroke… This is probably from the recent additional photography. Man, I really hope these are from a Knightmare sequence…
Watching Tenet at the cinema made me very happy. I think if incidences go down again in the spring, people will be quicker to use the warmer season to go out and do stuff. And with proper air conditioning, cinemas are actually pretty safe places, apparently.
Nope, not risking my ass for any movie… even less after I had a covid scare this week. Also, let’s be real, when it’s safe to go, cinemas will be playing all of these movies again anyways.
I see more people when I go out for a walk, but that’s not the same as sitting indoors in close proximity to all of them for three hours, in the same room that has four different groups of the same size doing that every day.
When I saw Tenet, the theatre (third biggest screen in Stockholm, tied with a few others) had only me and my mate. It was glorious.
Green Arrow Won’t Be Rebooted in HBO Max’s Peacemaker, Says James Gunn
I can only relate to how it works for concert bootlegs. I have a number of Deep Purple bootlegs, but as soon as an official version of a bootlegged concert is released, I buy it even if I already have the boot. Every fan I know would do the same. Because even the best bootleg is lower fidelity than a properly mastered soundboard recording, and you want the best you can get.
Cam-recorded movies are still shit for quality and I think the only real dent in the business is for movies released to blu-ray and on the web.
They are, cam versions are barely watchable and the sound is even worse. When I first came here you’d go to the pirate DVD stalls and customers would ask if they were cam copies and hand them back and would rather wait for a decent one.
The biggest danger with piracy is actually the other way, if you offer on-demand (or DVD/Blu-Ray) then a perfect copy is up on the web in minutes. Wonder Woman 84 on HBO Max will flood the market but I did see they are planning the theatrical release, for where they are open, 2 weeks earlier.
There’s an element of adapting to unique circumstances all the way here. The standard window for home release for years now has been 90 days but Tenet got released in June and the DVD I believe won’t be out until end of December so they’ve doubled the gap.
I don’t think piracy is such a big factor with this type of releases because the people who are gonna download it, will download it no matter what, so that doesn’t change anything… the rest of the people, mostly fans, will want to watch it on the best format available… so if folks can go to the cinema, they will.
Also, while pirating still exists, it’s become quite harder over the past decade, so unless we’re talking about a physical pirate copy, I’m sure most people would rather just go to the movies or stream it legally and avoid the hassle.
In the case of Tenet, they would be wise to re-release it next year or even in 2022 when it’s a 100% safe again to go the cinemas, I’m sure a lot of people will want to watch it on a big screen.
Because even the best bootleg is lower fidelity than a properly mastered soundboard recording, and you want the best you can get.
For Deep Purple, does it really make a difference?
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(I kid, DavidM) 
Because even the best bootleg is lower fidelity than a properly mastered soundboard recording, and you want the best you can get.
For Deep Purple, does it really make a difference?
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(I kid, DavidM)
Maybe kidding, but it’s still a good point . We collect boots because of the performance, the sound quality is secondary. But we still want the best sound quality we can get. For a blockbuster movie where the impact of the visuals are arguably the key selling point and the plot is secondary, how much less desirable will a lo-fi bootleg be?
I think that a return to staggered releases would see people more readily turning to pirate copies before the movies appear in their territory, shitty camcorder-quality or not.
It would only be a temporary measure though if we’re imagining getting out the other side with vaccines. One that has to be weighed against the risk that if you hold releases indefinitely then many cinemas globally will shut, cutting off your long term income.
We’ve seen that the money being offered by streamers for the likes of Jams Bond falls way short of what theatrical release can bring in.
There’s also an unknown on what the gap is that would drive piracy of cam copies because truth be told while it’s closer than ever we don’t have true simultaneous release for all films. There are often gaps of a week or two, sometimes longer for some releases, and that seems to be deemed okay by the studios (and it seems is the intention with Wonder Woman).
It would only be a temporary measure though if we’re imagining getting out the other side with vaccines.
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Here’s something different…Once upon a time I was asked to do some Superman short cartoons…and well as sometimes these things go, it went away. But here are some never before seen drawings. #superman
DCTV is really pushing this diversity/international angle pretty hard. They have decades of IPs but they are developing shows based on characters less than 2 years old and very similar in description. What is the phrase? “I’m just not the market they are looking for” or something.
