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May 18, 2016May 18, 2016

What Is In A Name? Transformers: The Last Knight!

Look, the Michael Bay transformers movies are bad. Very bad, but due to my love of the franchise when I was a kid I still at least keep track of them, and then I watch them when they don’t cost me anything extra. I don’t see that changing with Transformers 5, but I have to say the title is throwing me for a loop. The Last Knight? Are the Transformers royal now? Are they next in line to be king? Is Batman coming to save the day? Man I hope it is Batman. Because the new murder-y Batman would kill these abominations before they could destroy another city.

Sadly I am assuming that they have run out of ideas and that they are going to shoehorn in the Arthurian Legend. It shows how wrong we were to think things couldn’t get any worse for this film franchise. I wonder what beloved story they are going to appropriate for Transformers 6? Cinderella? Transformers: The Glass Slipper coming out in 2019! I am probably not far off, I think I am going to go cry…

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016

Let’s Cast Booster Gold!

It has been a long time since I cast a lead role for a movie. So far movie executives haven’t used any of my choices. Their loss. Today we are going to try and pick the perfect lovable jerk for Booster Gold. It was hard to find guys that could do the job that aren’t already wearing tights, but here are my amazing choices in reverse order:

5: Nathan Fillion

I know he is getting a little old for this, but no one plays a rogue better than Nathan, and if Batman and Superman are older why not Booster? He would have to hit the gym, but I think he would pull it off aplomb.

4: Josh Holloway

Josh has already been a great rogue on TV, why not movies? Plus he isn’t doing anything right now so he would be cheap. I think he would fit right in with the cast of the Justice League, and he already has the golden locks.

3: Liam Hemsworth

There is just something about the Hemsworth boys that screams superhero. With his stint as the third wheel in the Hunger Games being over, now is the perfect time to sign him up with a long term contract, and you would get a little Marvel/DC sibling rivalry going which would be fun.

2: Alan Tudyk

As we have learned from Marvel, funny men make great superheroes, and I think it is time for Alan to bulk up and don some tights! Yes he is my second cast member from Firefly on this list, but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be great as everyone’s least favorite Golden Boy.

1: Zac Efron

I was watching the trailer for Neighbors 2, and I was like, “That Zac Efron has sure come a long way. Why isn’t he a hero yet?”. Then it hit me. He is funny, and he is a little jerky. He is the perfect age for a long term deal. Warner Brothers should lock him down. If he came from the future to save me I would want to punch him.

There you have it. That is my list for who should play Booster Gold. If they decide to put Blue Beetle in this movie they should just team up Fillion and Tudyk and make everyone happy. Well, make me happy anyway. Who would you pick to be the hero no body wanted?

May 16, 2016

I Got Nothing, So How About Some Voltron!

I know you probably watched this already, but it is Monday, and I don’t want to have to come up with anything, so, “Yeah Voltron is coming back!!!”. We will see if I have something to talk about tomorrow.

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016

It’s Happening!!!!

So the CW made a couple of announcements yesterday: One, that the Archie comics based Riverdale was getting a full series order. Not that surprising. Pretty people in high school was the CW’s life blood. Now they can bring the past forward thanks to the show being based on a comic book, so, you know, the CW’s new life blood. On that note the big news: SUPERGIRL IS COMING TO THE CW!!!!!! That is right the rumors were true and the Girl of Steel is changing networks.

I am not sure how that is going to work out with budgets and whatnot. The show may loose a couple of cast members, and I am scared to think what the special effects are going to look like, but the more Flash/Supergirl crossovers the better! With The Flash, Supergirl, and Arrow the CW with have a legit Justice Society on their hands. Not to mention all the heroes they got on Legends of Tomorrow. It looks like the CW might be the only channel I watch from now on.

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

The Golden Jerk From The Future May Be Coming To The Big Screen!

With everyone complaining that DC’s movies aren’t any fun, Warner Brothers may have found the perfect solution, if Birth.Movies.Death is to be believed: Booster Gold. For those of you that don’t know, Booster is a character from the future that wanted to be a superhero, so he buys a bunch of advanced tech and travels to the past. He expects that everyone is just going to love him and his heroics, but instead they find him an insufferable self-absorbed jerk. Which is fair because he is.

If you were looking to add some fun to your movie line up, a movie about a jerky wise cracking time traveler would be a good start, and to make things better it looks like they are looking at the creator of The Flash and Supergirl TV shows, Greg Berlanti, to direct. A guy who knows a thing or two about making comic book characters fun. Though he did write The Green Lantern, so I will file this under cautious optimism.

Obviously the next few movies are going to be crucial for DC, so if Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman flop, I doubt we will see this movie develop pass the preproduction stage, but at least they are going for a good character and a director who understands the universe to put things right.