New Flash Trailer is Even Heavier on the Batman Memberberries
It’s just not working on me. Drenching this Flash movie in so much Batman nostalgia isn’t doing anything for me. I liked those original Batman movies when I was a kid, sure. But having Michael Keaton back as Batman means nothing to me. Especially not when it’s happening in the middle of a Flash movie, and especially especially not when it looks like he’s just going to stand there and spout familiar quotes from those movies.
First it was “I’m Batman.” And now we’ve got “You want to get nuts? Let’s get nuts.” That’s not a Batman catchphrase! Unless, in his continuity, he took it from that one time he said it and turned it into a catch phrase?
Look, I’m gonna go see this movie in theaters. But jeez louise, there’s so much chaos in this trailer. And there’s so much just slavish praise of Keaton and his Batman. It’s just coming off as really cringy to me. But I suppose what do I know? We’ll find out when this thing comes to theaters, and either lives up to all the hype or crashes and burns like the rest of them.
The Flash is coming to theaters on June 16!
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Nintendo is Getting In On The Kitty Cat Video Game Scene
I still need to play Stray. A video game where you’re an adorable cat wandering through a city? That just seems like fun! Plus I spent all that money on a Playstation 5. But before I even get to that, how about this new game from Nintendo: Little Kitty, Big City.
Seems like Nintendo took the idea of Stray and its popularity and turned it into a sandbox game. Seems like a winning strategy to me! And this seems like a really cool game to me. It’s adorable, it’s open, it’s Nintendo; I spent all that money on the Switch, after all. Might as well try Little Kitty, Big City. It comes out…next year! Oh, I’ll probably get to Stray before that.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 4/22/23
We have another mighty fine week of comics for you fine folks. This is one of those weeks where all my favorites come out, like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Nightwing, and even that new Superman. I love a week when all the comics are catered to me!
Comic Book of the Week is an upset this time, with the arrival of She-Hulk #12 to deliver the exact sort of Marvel superhero comic I want to read: a book club meeting! Fair warning, I really go off on this one.
Meanwhile, I very much enjoyed the third season finale of The Mandalorian this week, and I’m gonna do a list of my thoughts/review of the whole season on Wednesday. So be sure to come back to that as I blow all the haters out of the water. I’m also considering the Burning Shores DLC for Horizon: Forbidden West, but am otherwise still grinding my way through Gotham Knights.
Comic Reviews: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #107, Nightwing #103, She-Hulk #12, Superboy: Man of Tomorrow #1 and Superman #3.
Read the rest of this entryThere’s Gonna Be a Fast X, Obviously
I have not seen very many Fast and Furious movies. They just weren’t my thing. But now that I review movies for my day job — including my very excellent movie review podcast! — I watch all the big movies that come out. So you best believe I’m gonna head to the theater for Fast X.
Honestly, it looks like any other Fast & Furious movie. All the familiar heroes, up against a ruthless new villain, with fighting and explosions and cars. But I guess this one is gonna be bigger and badder than ever before? We’re just going to have to assume that’s true. This one should be a hoot, no matter what.
Fast X comes to theaters on May 19, which is only a month away!
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Our First Teaser for The Venture Bros. Finale Movie
I’m a big fan of The Venture Bros. At least I was, back when it was a show. It was really good, but I was also frequently annoyed at how long it took for those new, short seasons to come out. They were good, but never meaty enough to justify the wait. The Venture Bros. was one of those shows that, instead of delivering big, cool story things, just kept adding more small story things.
Then it got cancelled. But the movie is coming later this year! Here’s a sneak peek.
Looks fine to me! And I can even remember how the last season ended, so this short scene makes sense. One hopes this movie finally does the thing and puts this universe to rest. Though it probably won’t. Not settling all the big, ongoing stories is probably the point at this point. And that’s fine. Just getting this movie will be enough of a hoot.
The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart is coming out sometime later this year.
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