6 Obscure DC Characters I Want to See in James Gunn’s New DCU
James Gunn and Warner Bros. are full speed ahead on their relaunch of the DC Cinematic Universe, and I’m all for it. I might be a Marvel Zombie through and through, but I love all comic book companies equally. Plus I really love James Gunn’s superhero movies. He makes hugely entertaining movies, and I can’t wait to see what he’s cooking up.
Gunn announced the casting of Milly Alcock this weekend as the new Supergirl. He’s also announced characters like Metamorpho, Hawkgirl and the Creature Commandoes as showing up. And considering the obscure nobodies he put into his Suicide Squad movie, I think it’s fair to say that Gunn likes obscure characters. I also like obscure characters! So I’ve put together a list of obscure DC heroes and villains I’d like to see somewhere in the new DCU. I don’t care where, and I don’t care who plays them; I just want to see these awesome people show up somewhere!
Join me after the jump for the six obscure DC characters I’d love to see on the big (or small!) screen in the new DCU. And feel free to share your own characters in the comments below!
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James Gunn and DC Comics continue their attempts to build a new cinematic universe, and they just announced the casting of Supergirl this weekend. She’s going to show up in the Superman: Legacy movie, and then get her own film, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
It’s Milly Alcock from the Game of Thrones prequel!
I have yet to watch House of the Dragon, so I can’t speak for Alcock’s acting or character presence. But I have the utmost faith in Gunn pulling off this movie and this whole universe. Should be a lot of fun.
Meanwhile, I still need to read the actual comic, Woman of Tomorrow. I read the first few issues when they came out, but then I fell off. I bought the tpb and just haven’t gotten to it yet. I have some time before the movie comes out, right?
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Forget Those Other Movie Trailers, Here’s One for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
I’m as big a Ghostbusters fan as the next average Joe. I don’t take that fandom to the extreme like some people, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. I think these new movies are banking very, very hard on nostalgia, whereas the original was successful without that. Anyway, check out this new trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire for yourself.
Looks packed to the gills with nostalgia. Like, it’s insane. There is so much god damned nostalgia in this movie. Is it even its own movie?! Yes, there’s a new monster bad guy that doesn’t seem — so far — to have anything to do with Vigo the Carpathian. And the city freezing over is new to the movies. But Walter Peck is apparently mayor. Janine is in uniform. Slimer. They’re quoting the song lyrics. It’s a little too much, even for me.
But I’m not made of stone. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire comes to theaters on March 22, so in two months!
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Movie Trailer Monday!
It’s Monday. I’m off from work. Just home relaxing, sleeping in, and sharing a couple of movie trailers that showed up on the internet over the weekend. That’s how I roll. That’s how the world should roll.
We’ll kick things off with Despicable Me 4, which is apparently the highest grossing animated movie franchise of all time? God damn world.
Looks OK. Mostly it looks full of too much new stuff. New baby, new villain, new…sidekick? Who is that woman with the poofy red hair in the final scene? This trailer is just about hijinks instead of story, which is a shame. I’d like some story…not that I really care, honestly. I’m no Despicable Me purist or anything. Also, why aren’t the girls aging at all? That would be fun to explore.
Despicable Me 4 comes to theaters on July 3.
Next up is Monkey Man, wherein Dev Patel stars and directs his own John Wick.
Looks fine. Looks full of action. And that’s what it wants to be. Dav Patel and producer Jordan Peele should be able to make something good, I should think.
Monkey Man comes to theaters on April 5.
Lastly, it’s Ricky Stanicky!
John Cena and Zac Efron having fun in a straight-to-Amazon Prime movie? Could be worth a watch. Could be garbage. We’ll never know until it comes to Prime on March 7 and somebody remembers to watch it.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 1/27/24
Welp, here we are at the end of January. The month just flew by, and February promises to be rather exciting for yours truly. I will announce more when I can, don’t want to jump the gun. Let’s just say this is gonna be a good year for your ole pal Henchie and making comics.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #116 for actually taking me by surprise.
Meanwhile, I have cast aside the madness that was Project Zomboid and now I’m settling into Super Mario Wonder. I splurged on that game before Christmas but then got distracted. So hopefully I’ll have fun with that. Also, I just finished the second season of The Bear and I wish I’d watched it sooner because it definitely would have made my year-end list for favorite TV show. Hot damn that was good television!
Comic Reviews: G.O.D.S. #4 and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #116.
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