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DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW “Fail-Safe” Review
Fail-Safe continued the pattern set by previous Legends Of Tomorrow episodes by providing solid, albeit unremarkable, comic-book entertainment. The conclusion to this two-parter continued the set-up of the preceding episode not just in terms of story but in character as well. Sara’s shame over her assassin past was brought to the forefront of this episode when Hunter instructed to kill the captive Stein should the team be unable to save him. However, due to a good deal of pleading from Snart, she ultimately decides against this, reinforcing the friendship between Sara and Snart while further developing their respective character arcs (Sara is trying to suppress her violent tendencies while Snart is not…
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DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW “White Knights” Review
With three out of the four Legends Of Tomorrow episodes being fairly high quality, and the time-travel concept finally be exploited further by shifting setting from 1975, I’d say it’s fair to label the series a success. One area the show has being excelling with for the past week is character, and justifiably so, given the large and ripe cast the series has assembled. While there has yet to emerge a clear protagonist, the character development and interactions have generally proven engaging and entertaining. This has been helped by the pairing of new contrasting characters every week, with tonight’s installment proving no exception. Ray and Snart, perhaps the two most different…
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DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW “Blood Ties” Review
The third episode of Legends Of Tomorrow fortunately continued the relative high quality of the previous episode, while mining into the series’ central premise further. The central pairing of this episode was Rip Hunter and Sara Lance, with the two of them on a mission to destroy Savage’s funds and thus impede his eventual conquest of the world. Having taken a backseat in the previous episode, Blood Ties delved deeper in Hunter’s character, highlighting his deeply personal motive for wanting to stop Savage. The episode also revealed the “legends” were not his first attempt to end the immortal mad-man; he initially attempted to kill Savage by traveling back to Middle Kingdom Egypt…
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DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW “Pilot, Part 2” Review
Coming off of a rather mediocre and over-stuffed pilot, Legends Of Tomorrow‘s second installment overall turned out to be a substantial improvement over it’s first. This uptake in quality can likely be owed to the show’s groundwork being laid so fervently in the premiere, and so the pilot’s follow-up (and hopefully the rest of the season) is consequently free to explore the full potential of this concept without being restrained by exposition. The pilot’s “straight out of the comics” tone returned in this episode, with sweeping action spectacle that would not look out of place on either a DC Comics’ splash page or in the midst of a superhero blockbuster. The opening scene,…
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LUCIFER Review – “Pilot”
Based on the eponymous 75-issue comic run by Mike Carey (itself a spin-off of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman), Lucifer tells the story of the titular lord of Hell (played by Tom Ellis) who chooses to leave his domain in favor of the mortal realm. While there, he eventually partners with LAPD detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German), and begins to assist her with homicide cases, viewing it as another outlet by which he can punish the wicked. And it is here that the pilot (and possibly the series as a whole) more or less derails. While the concept of Satan as an (anti) heroic figure is always going to be a hugely…
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DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: “Pilot, Part 1” Review
As the third installment in The CW‘s live-action DC universe, Legends Of Tomorrow has been hotly anticipated, and having finally premiered last night, now is an excellent time to dive into what might be the one of the most accurate representations of a classic comic-book tone out of print media. Legends Of Tomorrow follows 22nd century “Time-Master” Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) as he assembles a team of supporting characters from the “CWverse” (Sara Lance/White Canary and Ray Palmer/The Atom of Arrow in addition to Professor Martin Stein & Jefferson Jackson/Firestorm, Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl, Carter Hall/Hawkman, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold, and Mick Rory/Heatwave of The Flash) to perform missions throughout time in an effort to stop immortal warlord Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) before he can…
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DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Casts its Jonah Hex
Since his debut in 1972’s All-Star Western #10, Jonah Hex has been a fan-favorite character in the DC universe, with his Old West roots providing a change of pace for the fantastic superhero fare usually published by DC Comics. After the first attempt to translate the character to live-action, 2010’s Jonah Hex, starring Josh Brolin, ended in abysmal failure, fans have been clamoring for the character to receive a second chance, and their wish has just been granted. Having previously been confirmed to appear in the eleventh episode of The CW’s third DC series Legends Of Tomorrow, spinning off from Arrow and The Flash, it has now been confirmed (via Variety)…
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David Ayer Drops New SUICIDE SQUAD Posters Ahead of Trailer Release
Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer, is the third film in the DCEU and one of the most anticipated films of 2016. Set to introduce characters such as The Joker, Deadshot and Harley Quinn (portrayed by Jared Leto, Will Smith and Margot Robbie, respectively) in Warner Bros.’ ceaselessly expanding cinematic universe, Suicide Squad will seemingly bring a uniquely dark tone to the superhero genre, and it has excited even those vocally fatigued with the genre. Today, Ayer released new posters for the film and confirmed a second trailer will be arriving on January 19th. Check below to see the awesomely macabre posters, and be sure to see Suicide Squad in theaters…
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BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE Animated Film to Premiere at SDCC; Changes Will Be Made to The Story
One of the projects revealed by WB Entertainment at SDCC 2015 was an animated adaptation of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s seminal Batman story The Killing Joke, to be helmed by legendary animator Bruce Timm, one of the masterminds behind fan-favorite series such as Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited. The Killing Joke tells the tale of The Joker as he attempts to drive Batman’s ally Commissioner Jim Gordon to insanity to prove that all it takes to break a person is “one bad day”, while also examining the psychology behind Batman/Joker feud and presenting a possible origin for the Clown Prince Of Crime. An animated adaptation has…
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Arrow Season 4, Episode 8, “Legends of Yesterday” Review
[This is a review of Arrow Season 4, Episode 8, Legends of Yesterday, and it will contain spoilers.] This year’s Arrow/Flash crossover found a way to be more true to the concept of a crossover than last year’s, which mostly just shared a few characters. We have a continuous antagonist, a cliffhanger ending, and a single story told in two parts. While the crossover episodes might not serve as the best standalone installments of either Arrow or The Flash in that they don’t really progress the plot of either show (and really mostly serves to set up Legends of Tomorrow), it really allows the strengths of both shows to shine through…