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June 5, 2014

The Paladin’s childhood was a lot like JL8… mostly

Let’s do a word association game. Ready? Hard… rock. Cut… paper. Bread… toast. Cute… Batman.

Sorry, my association with the word cute has been skewed forever by the fantastic webcomic JL8 by Yale Stewart. Imagine of you will, all of the DC comicbook superheroes and villians are eight-years-old and attend Schwartz Elementary. Awesome, I know.

Yale captures the essence of these heroes whilst having them deal with the life issues of little kids and it’s great! Batman broods alongside his best friend Superman, The Flash and Green Lantern get into all sorts of hijinks, and the Martian Manhunter is the new kid. I’d read from the beginning, but the current story arc has Green Lantern inviting The Flash and Martian Manhunter to his annual camping trip with his Green Lantern Troop and the search for Bigfoot. Also, Sinestro is a jerk. SURPRISE!

JL8 is posted on Facebook and here about twice a week. You’re welcome. Now for more word association to pass the time. Night Light… Green Lantern. Soft… silly string. Timeout…

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014

Comic Book Movie Musings!

It has been awhile since I have posted because Mrs. Shmee gave birth to a little Shmee, but it feels good to start typing something up again. I thought since I have been away so long I would do a little comic book movie round up of things I have found interesting while in a sleep deprived stupor!

X-Men: Days of Future Past is a Hit! (Now Fox is in a Pickle):

Fox was hoping that Days of Future Past was going to revive their X-Men franchise, and they were right. Most of that success is because of the comic book movie understanding that director Bryan Singer brings to the table. The problem is that Singer is now in the middle of a giant underage sex abuse lawsuit. Singer has motioned to dismiss the suit, but if he is found guilty Fox is in trouble because they have pinned all their future superhero hopes on him and the universe he is setting up. True Roman Polanski has proven creeps can work in Hollywood for a long time, but you had better believe Fox is hoping that this suit goes away, and that they are looking for a hot new young director for X-Men: Apocalypse just in case. They say they are sticking with the director for now, but for how long?

Edgar Wright leaves Ant Man:

This is very sad news for me because when Marvel announced that the father of the hilarious Cornetto Trilogy was directing Ant Man, I was super excited. Ant Man was looking to be the first truly funny Marvel movie, but it looks like Edgar Wright has left the project after Marvel decided to rewrite his script. Knowing Marvel they want a certain feel to their movies, and they need the universe to hold together in specific ways. Wright is kind of a free spirit, so something tells me those things caused friction. I am still looking forward to Ant Man, mostly because Marvel is on an impressive streak, but this is an unfortunate loss, and I hope that Wright makes a funny movie soon to console me.

Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice: What is in a name?

So they named Batman Vs. Superman, and it is Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Wow. I didn’t think they could screw up the name, but they did. If anything they just should have called this movie World’s Finest as a nod to the long running Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman team up, and everyone would have lost their minds, but no, with the “V.” they made it sound like a court case or something. Though seeing Superman and Batman sanding before a judge arguing about damages sounds awesome! Then there is the “Dawn of Justice” subtitle. This just sounds like they are admitting to trying to doing too much with this movie. It is like they didn’t learn anything from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. If this movie manages to be under three hours long I will be shocked. They still have two years to prove me wrong, but I have a bad feeling about this. At least DC is making great TV shows!

Anything else interesting happen while I was away that you would like my thoughts on? Drop me a line, and let me know!

May 15, 2014

First Full Flash Trailer!

Heck with the teaser! Here is the first full trailer and it looks great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0l7iGKh8g

Sure it gives away the first full episode, but still it is a great setup, and it allows for all the Justice League to get in on the action!

May 15, 2014May 15, 2014

First Look At The Flash!

Well since I have been posting all the other DC TV show promos why stop now? The CW has released their first sneak peek of The Flash, and it is a very small peek at that, but here it is anyway. Keep watching until the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnXsnR-2AvU

So there is not a lot to glean from all of that. With the success of Arrow, I am guessing that they didn’t feel the need to give a lot away. It still shows that it is an Arrow spinoff, and it at least looks like The Flash will have more of a sense of humor. It is fine for the Green Arrow to be all sullen and gloomy because he is pretty much Batman, but The Flash is supposed to enjoy himself, and with his two lines it looks like that is the case.

I also noticed that his costume is not very form fitting. It is actually pretty loose, which is quite the change from the comic books, and you would think it would be hard to run at supersonic speeds with loose fabric everywhere. If once the show starts that is my only complaint, then it is no big deal. We will see in October I guess.

The Flash is the most recognizable superhero DC is bringing to small screen (junior Batman not withstanding), so it will be important to get him right. Nobody in the comic book world really cared if they screwed up the Green Arrow, but that will not be the case with The Flash.

The running special effects look fine for TV, but I don’t think a teaser is a place to fully judge them. Still sizzling brings back comic book imagery, so that is nice.

It will be interesting to see how closely the two CW shows interact with one another. Like if they are showing up in each other’s show once or twice a season, or not at all. Whatever the case it is nice to DC building a media universe somewhere even if it is not in movies, and I am quite excited to see The Flash come to TV once again.

Update: Here is a taste of the humor The Flash should have:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQ-h_2WGkw

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014

Constantine Will Take On Supernatural!

In an interesting turn of events a Warner Bros owned property, Hellblazer, will take on a Warner Bros run show, Supernatural, or at least that is the feeling I am getting from the new trailer NBC released for Constantine. You can watch it right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPE2oBnzROY

I will say after the less than good movie with the same title staring Kenau Reeves, it is nice to see Constantine be British again. Though it doesn’t appear like he is in the UK for some reason. It must be too expensive to film there if you are not the BBC. New Constantine actor Matt Ryan has brought the appropriate level of snark to the character, or at least the trailer seems to indicate that he has, so let’s hope they can make his surrounding universe just as fun.

It will also be interesting to see if they make Constantine “heroic” or not. In the comic book he is usually doing the right thing, but he generally doesn’t care if people get harmed in the process. In other words he has no problem ‘making the hard call’. In fact he makes the call a little to early sometimes. Something tells me TV producers wouldn’t let that fly in prime time, but I guess we will get to find out soon, since NBC has ordered a full series of this show to replace its now canceled Dracula.

I am still waiting to hear how Preacher and Hourman are coming along, but I only have so much time to watch TV.