Category Archives: Television
Firefly and The Avengers Together At Last
The creative genius that is Hud1313 has brought us a look at The Avengers to the style of the Firefly opening theme. Two great Joss Whedon creations in one! Stuff like this is what the Internet was made for, so enjoy!
Black Dynamite Trailer Brings the Funk and the Hos!
Ever seen the movie Black Dynamite? I saw it last year, it’s quite good. A hilarious parody of blacksploitation. Well now you can get a taste of that awesomeness with the trailer for Cartoon Network’s upcoming Black Dynamite cartoon! Can ya dig it!? The show seems to have a Boondocks influence to it, especially in the animation.
It’s Not Easy Being a Brony
I’m a brony. And I’m not ashamed to admit it either. I love me some My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. That show is awesome! But seeing as how I’m a 28-year-old man who lives alone, some might say this is not a good thing. Well to hell with them! The show kicks ass.
And I’m definitely not the only brony (or pegasister) in the world! Sing loud, my pony-loving friends! Sing strong!
The song was put together by a punch of people at a recent convention, I think. Check out the Youtube credits.
Also, for anyone following along from my earlier List of Six this morning, my car is fine! It was fixed and is back on the road!
The Best Game of Thrones Trailer Since the Real Ones
I am a definite Game of Thrones TV show fan. I’d probably talk about the show more on this blog, but I’d be too afraid of spoiling even a second of this awesome program! If you can watch it, definitely watch it. This fun mash-up trailer takes two characters from the show and positions them as stars of a romantic comedy. It’s a neat little bit of Internet trickery, and I wish I had the talent to make something like this. The video by twinvortex is a little choppy, but don’t hold that against them. It’s fun!
Also, how awesome was the Season 2 finale and cliffhanger!?
Thanks to Topless Robot for the find.
Batman Finally Comes to Smallville
But only in comic book form.
Tiny picture
The popular TV show Smallville was about the early years of Clark Kent, and how he eventually embraces his super-powers and becomes Superman. It started as a high school drama, but after running for 10 seasons, he eventually grew up, became a reporter for the Daily Planet and married Lois Lane. They told pretty much his entire life story!
I was a fan for a lot of years, and periodically checked back in to watch some of the good episodes. Before too long, DC started guest-starring a ton of other superheroes in the show. The Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Hawkman, the Wonder Twins and many more all made cameo and guest appearances.
But in all 10 years of Smallville, never once did Batman appear. (Or Wonder Woman, for that matter).
I’m pretty sure it was a legal issue. The rights to Batman, either on TV or in movies, were tied up in another creative arm of Warner Bros., and they just couldn’t bring him into the show. It was a travesty of epic proportions. Not to mention stupid. What moron was holding the red tape to keep Batman and Wonder Woman from appearing on Smallville? I hope he sleeps poorly at night.
Anyway, after Smallville went off the air, DC decided to continue the story in comic book form, considering Superman is a comic book hero and all. I don’t read it, but I guess it’s doing alright. And now that Smallville is no longer on TV, there is no longer any red tape to keep Batman from finally appearing in Smallville continuity! I think that’s a pretty awesome idea! The story is going to be written by writer Brian Q. Miller, and it’s going to be called ‘Detective”. It’s about Batman and his sidekick tracking a suspect in the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, and they bump into Superman. So that’s pretty neat.
All of you Smallville fans waiting for your chance to see Batman, here it is!
Batman’s sidekick in Smallville continuity isn’t going to be Robin though. Miller is picking and choosing from the Robin mythos to make a new Nightwing, alias Stephanie Brown. She’s a little too complicated to explain, but let’s just say she was once Robin in the normal Batman comics. And Miller once wrote her comic book series. So now he’s decided to bring her back because he likes the character. Miller told TVGuide:
“Bruce can be somewhat of an angry man. Stephanie’s personality is so can-do and unsinkable and bright, so it’s very much on purpose on Bruce’s part that he has a good cop going out on patrol with him every night.”
So basically I just think this is all pretty cool. I’d actually like to see the Smallville version of Batman. Here’s a better look at the comic book cover, albeit in black and white:
Big picture, but black and white. I don’t know why the Internet won’t give me a big, color picture
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