Category Archives: Television
Iron Man to Appear on Arrow — Oh No, Wait…
So, uh…here’s the first look at Brandon Routh’s Atom on the TV show Arrow.
The poor man’s Robert Downey Jr.
Remind you of anyone else? Like, in a clearly obvious, almost wincing kind of way? Like, in a way that The CW might be paying more attention to Marvel’s movie success than DC’s?
Keep in mind that the Atom, whose super-power is shrinking, does not wear armor like this in the comic. He wears a normal, ordinary spandex superhero costume. The armor has been created for the show. So…uh…does DC Comics know they’re doing this?
Also, way to put zero effort into protecting your secret identity, pal.
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Arrow is Treating Sidekicks Right
How great is Arrow these days? The drama is intense, the characters are as strong as ever, and Oliver’s fight with R’as al Ghul was a highpoint of the entire series. But you know what I’m loving the most? Roy Harper, the sidekick!
Arrow is doing almost everything I could possibly want from a superhero sidekick on live action TV.
The awesome costume is a big plus
I never thought we would see the day. I never in my wildest dreams imagined Arrow would follow through with the introduction of Roy Harper and turn him into a solid, successful superhero in his own right. Granted, Roy Harper is kind of a train wreck in the comics, and there is plenty of time for the show to go down that route. But right now, Arsenal is the sidekick superhero I’ve dreamed about.
If only Arrow was actually about Batman and Robin, but we don’t live in a perfect world.
Besides, it’s been done
The only thing Arrow needs to do now is push Arsenal one step further and make it so that he isn’t a complete failure just because Oliver isn’t around.
Join me after the jump for the full story!
Game of Thrones is Still Happening
As evidenced by this awesome new trailer for Season 5!
Looks pretty neat to me! Cool stuff happening for Tyrion, which I’m sure we all like. I’m glad Varys is still alive, I like that guy, and Varys and Tyrion make an awesome team. Plus those dragons are still around. Yeah, this looks like it’ll be a pretty cool season. Probably debuts in April, I think it said. I hope I’m still around by then!
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Hellcat is Joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
There’s some new exciting casting news out of the upcoming Netflix Defenders shows: Rachel Taylor has been cast as Patsy Walker in the Jessica Jones show, and Patsy Walker is the superhero known as Hellcat! That’s just purrfect! I mean…wait…no, I can do better than that. Casting Rachel Taylor is…the cat’s meow? Oh jeez, I think I’ve bottomed out…
How is it possible that I’m out of good cat puns this early into my career?!
Patsy Walker is going to be a syndicated talk radio host and Jessica Jones’ best friend, so that’s pretty neat. You may remember Taylor from Grey’s Anatomy or, as I know her, the Aussie hacker from the first Transformers movie. Whatever happened to her character? Am I the only human being on the planet who wants to know what happened to all the various human Transformers movie characters who simply disappeared between films?
Regardless, I’m sure Taylor will be awesome on the show. And casting Hellcat (though there’s no promise that she’ll become Hellcat) opens up a world of possibilities. Just imagine what minor Marvel characters could pop up on these shows and maybe join the eventual Defenders.
I think I smell a new listicle coming…
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Doctor Who Joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Now that’s a misleading title, isn’t it? But I’m trying my hand at Internet headline trickery today with the news that David Tennant has been cast as the Purple Man in the upcoming Jessica Jones show on Netflix.
I wonder if they’ll paint his skin
I’m a big David Tennant fan, so I’m sure he’ll be particularly awesome in the role. I never read the original Alias story for Jessica Jones, but the Purple Man is particularly evil. He’s got the super-power to control other people like puppets with nothing but his mind…and those kinds of powers get pretty intense and evil in an R-rated story. We’ll see how far Marvel and Netflix want to go with Jessica Jones.
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