Tag: superheroes
The CW Releases New Image of Jordan Fisher as Impulse
andrewrodriguez | May 24, 2021 | 4
When The CW announced that they would be producing a live-action Flash television series, fans of DC’s Fastest man Alive were ecstatic. There had not been a live-action representation of the iconic Scarlet Speedster since John Wesley Shipp portrayed the Silver Age hero, Barry Allen, in 1991 (...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 10 “Family Matters Part 1”
Last week, The Flash took this season’s stalling story in a welcome new direction, but “Family Matters Part 1” warns us not to count our chickens before they’re hatched. It simplifies a complicated theme, wastes time with a tired plot point, and has characters make strange and, in some cases...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episode 6 “Broken Trust”
After an almost two-month hiatus, Superman & Lois is finally back. Although I was reluctant to try it out given the state of the CW’s DC shows (does this one count as part of the Arrowverse?), I greatly enjoyed the first five episodes. The series captures the essence of Superman better than pr...
Read MoreThe Hero Gig
Yesterday, JLongbone tweeted a video clip of Kari Skogland, who directed all six episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, talking about what kind of hero they were trying to craft in Sam Wilson’s new version of Captain America. You can see the clip below (and JLongbone is worth a follow; her...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 9 “Timeless”
“Timeless” is easily the best episode of The Flash so far this year. It’s much more focused than the show has been lately, and it points the season in a slightly new direction that’s much more interesting than the underwhelming story we’ve been dealing with so far. It also manages to do so...
Read MoreREVIEW: Jupiter’s Legacy Volume 1 (2021)
This past Friday, May 7th, Netflix released volume 1 of Jupiter’s Legacy. Based on Mark Millar’s Image Comics graphic novel of the same name, Jupiter’s Legacy follows a group of aging superheroes as they seek to pass the torch to their progeny. The main story is intercut with the o...
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