Wonder Woman was a very enjoyable comic book movie. I haven't read any of the WW comics or any others featuring her, so I had no other versions to compare this Diana to. What immediately struck me, though, was the difference to the other recent DC movies. Because it seems this particular director and scriptwriter (writers?) finally managed to chuck ( Read more... )

This trailer for an upcoming Supergirl tv show (which I hadn't known was upcoming) awoke powerful Lois & Clark nostalgia in me - a DC tv show which doesn't go for grimdark but for joy and dorkiness in its characters? Bring it on! This looks delightful.

Better Call Saul:

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In the Kevin Feige interview I linked some days ago, he says, among other things, that The Hunger Games is a film (and a franchise) about a female superhero despite not being officially labeled as such.

Now, this actually works out pretty well if you think about it: The Hunger Games as Katniss' origin story, Catching Fire as the inevitable sequel ( Read more... )

Certain recent events in the DCverse as well as earlier events related to Spiderman a few years ago have inspired me to look for precedents. Turns out there is one, in Elizabethan times, coming to you translated in modern dialogue by an anonymous transscriber. One of those pesky informers that apparantly showed up frequently in Elizabethan England ( Read more... )

First of all, thanks for the virtual present,
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