Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
December 22, 2013
November 5, 2013
October 15, 2013
INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Superman 75th Anniversary Animated Short
Intercepted footage of Zack Snyder and Bruce Timm's SUPERMAN: 75TH ANNIVERSARY ANIMATED SHORT.
The two-minute short goes through nearly every incarnation of Superman since Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the character.
Superman was originally conceived as a super-villain in 1933 by Siegel and Shuster, who were still in high school. The pair later re-envisioned Superman as a hero and was introduced in Action Comics #1 in 1938.
September 25, 2013
INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Casting the Batman
Intercepted footage of CASTING THE BATMAN from The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector's Edition box set out tomorrow.
Cillian Murphy seems like he would have made one creepy Bruce Wayne.
September 21, 2013
September 19, 2013
DATABASE ENTRY: Lauren Cohan is Magic
September 13, 2013
August 13, 2013
INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Bryan Cranston on The Flash
Intercepted images of Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston guest starring in an episode of the '90s TV adaptation of the DC Comics character written by Jule Selbo and directed by Bruce Bilson.
Bryan Cranston has always been the danger long before he was Walter White. Cranston plays a sinister criminal out to kidnap his baby daughter, but The Flash intervenes.
August 8, 2013
July 28, 2013
July 24, 2013
July 22, 2013
July 20, 2013
DATABASE ENTRY: To the Batmobile!
A comic book series based on the '60s Batman TV series.
July 10, 2013
DATABASE ENTRY: Bat and Cat Play
Batman is into some kinky shit with Catwoman.
July 8, 2013
June 22, 2013
Man of Steel Begins & A Well-Timed Air Conditioner
Unlike Christian Bale in Batman Begins, Cavill doesn't get all the best character-driven scenes that establish Superman's backstory in MAN OF STEEL BEGINS (2013). But, Cavill does do his best with what David Goyer and Chris Nolan--the two guys who wrote Batman Begins--are giving him.
And note that I'm calling the film "Man of Steel Begins" because after Chris Nolan successfully "rebooted" the Batman franchise with Batman Begins, the title of every franchise reboot and origin story afterwards must end with "Begins."
Between his ability as an actor, his charisma, and his heroic beard and abs, HENRY CAVILL IS SUPERMAN. We all just sort of wish he had more to do on screen, is all. And, like Superman, the rest of the film is well cast, but they also don't have that much to do in a sloppy narrative structure with flashbacks tossed all over the place. The flashbacks were framed well in Batman Begins, but not so much in Man of Steel Begins.
At least director Zack Snyder knows how to make shit look cool and that's one of the biggest things the film has going for it. Man of Steel Begins has a great cast and looks cool. Coming out of the cinema, you'll believe a man can make a Dragon Ball Z movie; those are the types of flying fisticuffs you get in Man of Steel Begins, even if the 30-40 minute third act action sequence does become a bit tiresome and your eyes go dry from watching shit blow up.
On a related note: there's a great scene during Man of Steel Begins when Clark puts on the suit for the first time to become Superman and tries to hone his powers by flying. Homeboy concentrates and launches himself into the air, the music swells, I hear a roar, and feel this strong gust of air blowing over me.
"Wow! This is amazing 4D!"
As it turns out, the AC just kicked on in the cinema right above me as Superman began to fly.
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