Category Archives: DC
I Have the Power to Move Mountains – Or At Least Batman
I’ve done it! I’ve made the potentially impossible happen! I wrote a few articles about the video game Batman: Arkham City, and the universe answered! Though it’s probably completely unreasonable for me to even suggest such a thing, it looks like the game developer Rocksteady has heard my plea and is answering in kind.
The Batcave is coming to Arkham City!
The news was recently Twittered that new downloadable content will feature the Batcave. In what capacity, I don’t yet know.
Is that what the kids are calling it these days? 'Twittered'?
The Nightwing DLC gave us the keys to Wayne Manor, so I have high hopes for the Batcave. And regular readers may recall that I once wrote a list of 6 Things I Want in the Third Batman: Arkham Game. It’s been one of my most popular lists. Right there at #2 is The Batcave/Wayne Manor. Granted we’re going to visit both in the second Batman: Arkham game, but I have to imagine that Rocksteady saw my list and decided to make it happen sooner rather than later.
What’s that you say? It’s almost astronomically impossible that Rocksteady saw my dinky little blog post? And that they themselves could conceive of a plan as simple as ‘let’s add the Batcave’?
Well to that I say, a pox upon you! Let me have my moment.
I also want a Batcave
Review: Teen Titans #3
The new Teen Titans series just isn’t clicking with me. I loved the first issue, but it’s been downhill ever since. The antagonist is hyped beyond credibility and the heroes, though individually fun to read, are saddled with some less than stellar dialogue. Issue #3 continues the downward spiral for a story that’s all over the place, features some fairly odd moments and finally introduces us to every member of the team – though they’re not a team yet. I think part of the problem is that I might be expecting a different sort of comic.
Teen Titans #3
I think I want a serious Teen Titans comic, whereas we’re getting a light and fluffy tale.
Comic rating: 2/5: bad.
Teen Titans is bright, fun and cheerful. The characters are peppy, especially newly introduced Bunker, and they literally seem to be bouncing all over the place and against each other with energy and excitement. But that’s just not clicking with me. I’m not enjoying it. The comic isn’t solidifying into a good story yet. It’s stretched too thin, in my opinion. Writer Scott Lobdell telling a harmless story about harmless characters who are not in any real danger, yet can’t stop talking about what danger they [i]think[/i] they’re in. As I said in my review of issue #2, the antagonist organization N.O.W.H.E.R.E. is just too ridiculous at this point, and the character just can’t stop talking about N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
I think what this book is missing is heart. Where’s Ma-Ti of Captain Planet when you need him? Spoilers to follow.
Spreading the Word of Springfield Punx
I am a fan of many unique and just plain cool websites out there in the world wide web, and believe me, there are a lot of neat places to visit. One of the coolest is a site called Springfield Punx. Artist Dan Fraser basically draws a bunch of pop culture figures and celebrities in the Simpsons style, as if they were going to appear on the show. That’s all it is, and it’s delightfully brilliant. So if you’re looking to kill an afternoon, you can do worse than Springfield Punx.
What causes me to advertise this dude’s site? His latest image, of course: Arkham City Robin!
I'm attempting to become the go-to place for Robin stuff on the Interwebs
6 Comic Books that Should Become TV Shows
The announcement yesterday that the Syfy Network has ordered a pilot script for obscure DC superhero Booster Gold got me thinking: what other comic book superheroes or stories would make for great live-action TV? We already know that superhero movies are a huge hit in Hollywood, and there are decades worth of superhero cartoons from Marvel Comics, DC and also some indie publishers. Even live-action shows based on comic books have been successful. The Walking Dead is currently kicking ass on AMC. And Smallville, the story of Superman as a teenager, ran for a whopping 10 seasons on the CW!
And heck, Booster Gold even appeared in live action during an episode of Smallville. That show gave us our first on-screen, live-action Justice League years before The Avengers movie will hit theaters.
And they did it with explosions and crappy green screen effects!
New shows and programs flood our boob tubes every year, like flinging a bunch of crap against a wall and hoping something sticks. Sometimes they’re a surprise success, sometimes they are canceled after one or two episodes and sometimes, like the Wonder Woman pilot, they never get broadcast at all. TV is a funny world.
Well here are 6 Comic Books that I think Should Become TV Shows! And I mean only live-action, no cartoons.
Booster Gold Might be Coming to TV!
DC superhero extraordinaire, Booster Gold, might just be getting his own TV show on the Syfy Network! At least according to The Hollywood Reporter, which I’m pretty sure is a credible news source. Much more credible than I am, at least. They actually pay their writers. Anyway, development is only at the stage where Syfy has ordered a pilot script. And we all know how well that worked out for the Wonder Woman TV show at NBC. I’ve yet to see that pilot, though I still really want to.
Still, legitimate superheroes getting to the pilot stage is good news as far as I’m concerned.
Booster is pretty thrilled too
According to the article, NBCUniversal, which I guess owns Syfy, ordered the one-hour pilot script from Greg Berlanti, of No Ordinary Family and Green Lantern, and Andrew Kreisberg, of Fringe. So…good? I don’t know, I’m not sure how all this TV business works. Again, the Wonder Woman pilot didn’t get picked up, so who’s to say this one will be any better?
I’m at least hopeful. I’ll try to follow any of the news that comes out about this pilot.
Booster Gold is a failed athlete and deadbeat from the 30th century who travels back in time because he thinks he can be a pretty cool guy in the 21st century. He brings a bunch of futuristic technology with him, which is so far advanced that it seems like super powers to the people of the past. But Booster Gold isn’t interested in saving the day, he wants fame and lucrative endorsement deals. So he becomes a superhero just for the glory.
Frankly, I think that’s a brilliant premise for a TV show superhero.
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