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6 Things I Love That Everybody Else Hates
Wow, people really seem to hate Ben Affleck. When it was announced last week that Affleck had been cast as the new Batman, the Internet exploded! And after that, I think there were more articles about the negative fan reaction than there were articles about the actual announcement. It seems the Internet really, really doesn’t want Ben Affleck to play Batman.
But why not? I like Ben Affleck just fine, and I’m excited to see what he’ll do with the character.
Give him a Boston accent, probably
So that got me thinking, what are other pop culture things that I love but everybody else seems to hate? I know there are more than a few movies on that list, but what else? Being the student of the Internet that I am, keeping track of the various hate rage is just something that comes gradually. We all know that the Internet loves bacon and Joss Whedon, and we also know that everybody hates the Star Wars prequels and, apparently, Ben Affleck. These are just accepted facts of pop culture society these days.
Well I’ve put together a list of six things I absolutely love that everybody else seems to hate. And I’d love to hear some of yours in the comments.
Wonder Woman: American Badass
DC Nation is back on the air, which means a new slew of awesome short cartoons. And while I will be sharing the newest Super Best Friends Forever soon, first I thought I’d give you the 3-part Wonder Woman is Awesome cartoon! It’s pretty badass. And it’s nice and short, so definitely worth your time.
Also, as writer Dan Slott tweeted recently, how funny is it that Groot and Rocket Raccoon will be in a big budget movie before Wonder Woman? Funny and tragic!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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The New Doctor is…a Guy I Know Best from Doctor Who!
The new Doctor was announced on Sunday, and I’ll let him introduce himself. Though don’t watch or read if you don’t want to be SPOILED!
I looked up him up on IMDB and saw that I know him best from a previous episode of Doctor Who, as the father in the Pompeii episode in season 4. So cool. He’s got a fun voice and a neat look. And clearly they’re going for a Doctor with more character than looks this time, which is an OK choice. Between David Tennant and Matt Smith, the new series definitely wanted a young, hunky Doctor. But when you look back at the classic series, a lot of the Doctors were older men. So I think it was a specific choice to go older and more whimsical-looking than keep things hunky.
I’m slightly disappointed that they didn’t go with a female Doctor or a Doctor of color, but only slightly. I didn’t expect them to do something so radical. But it would have been neat if they had.
Anyway, I am optimistic about this guy, so we’ll just have to stay tuned to see how he does! What do you all think of him?
Flash TV Show? Say Whaaat?
I don’t normally write about this kind of news, since it’s pretty much just rumors and guess work at this point, but this has been an incredibly slow week for comic book and geek news! It also happens to be my first vacation of the year from my day job, so I’m just sitting around playing Skyrim anyway. So I figured you peeps might like to chew on the news that the Flash might get his own TV show!
No speed puns felt appropriate
According to Deadline, the production team behind the successful Arrow show are going to start working on a live action Flash TV show – not unlike the live action Flash TV show that aired back in the 90s, and featured Mark Hamill as the Trickster. Never heard of that show before? It was a treat!
According to the report, the Flash will guest star in a Season Two episode of Arrow, then spin-off into his own pilot. Not quite sure how they expect to explain super-powers in the Arrow universe, but I’m sure they’ll come up with something.
I would be totally down for a live action Flash TV show, especially one set in the Arrow universe. I like Arrow as much as the next guy, so expanding it to a whole live action DC Universe sounds fantastic. There’s also a Flash movie planned for 2016 or something, right? I hope they don’t butt heads. I know DC and Warner Bros. have always had trouble when it comes to giving their superheroes conflicting TV shows, movies or cartoons. It never makes much sense to me, but I am completely in favor of seeing them expand from Arrow‘s success.
Maybe now someone will buy my pilot script for ‘Boy Wonder’.
Daria’s High School Reunion
Anybody else watch Daria when you were younger? I loved that show! Even more than Beavis & Butthead.
Leave it to College Humor to be both awesome and nostalgic. Though why Quinn would be involved in Daria’s class reunion doesn’t make any sense. Silly College Humor. At least they nailed it with Aubrey Plaza as Daria. Good times with that one.
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