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0 on Batwoman 3x08 - 3x11 Review - The Poison Ivy ArcYou can try to avoid it, but eventually it'll get you. Despite being careful, I finally came down with COVID-19, and it knocked me out of writing for almost two weeks in January. While I'm pretty much caught up on other shows, Batwoman fell by the wayside. Instead of doing full reviews for each, we're going…
The idea of family is at the center of much of Superman & Lois' best moments. Whether it's the interplay between Clark and his sons, his battle with his brother Tal-Rho, or the tension between Clark, Lois, and Sam Lane, family is an everpresent part of this version of Superman. The Super family expands this week as…
Legends of Tomorrow is ostensibly a time travel show, but it rarely deals with time travel on a conceptual basis. That's because the impossibility of time travel makes it a logistical headache to plot for. In episode 710, though, the show took a moment to wonder what happens when you try to change a world-changing event. Spoilers…
The Legends, thanks to the weird, metatextual life they live, have had brushes with a few different genres of television, from a Star Trek ripoff to a Friends rip-off, to a show controlled by an alien named Gus Gus. So maybe it's time for a little dose of reality. Television. Oh no. Spoilers follow for Legends of…
Superman is lashing out at his family, falling out of the sky. Something is going on. Superman is acting weird. Spoilers follow for Superman & Lois Season 2, Episode 3, "The Thing in the Mines." "The Thing in the Mines" In fact, you might even say he's acting bizarro. I told you spoilers were coming. Lois (Elizabeth…
It's not so much that the Legends get weird anymore and more just that they're weird all the time. This goofy, meta show is never afraid to puts its actors and characters in bizarre situations to see how things shake out. Spoilers follow for Legends of Tomorrow Season 7, Episode 8, "Paranoid Android." "Paranoid Android" Sara (Caity Lotz)…
Superman is invincible. He cannot be vinced. If you take all the things he's done over the years in the canonical, classic stories, he is unto a god. He could take on Zeus, Ra, Odin, and just about any other god given physical form throughout mythology. That often makes him hard to write, but Superman &…
The Arrowverse was in dire need of an injection of energy and excitement, and that came last year in the form of Superman & Lois. The first season of the show cleverly turned some Superman tropes on their heads and gave us a complex version of the hero that embraces his human and Kryptonian sides in…
After a disappointing start to this eighth season of The Flash, the last two episodes turned my expectations on their head, putting together a great Flash/Reverse-Flash face-off that reminded me of what a great villain Reverse-Flash is, how good Tom Cavanagh is at the role, and that relationship enhances almost every other relationship on the show…
Earlier this year we looked at the 2020 model of the Secretlab Titan gaming chair, with detailing inspired by the 2020 Birds of Prey movie. Just like superheroes are continually leveling up, though, so is Secretlab. This time, we're checking out the 2022 Secretlab Titan, which promises to do everything the previous models did right,…
The Flash has been struggling for years now, and I've become increasingly hostile to the show in recent years, grasping for any little shining moment amid an increasingly murky collection of ill-conceived storylines. But The Flash is all about the impossible being possible, and yes--after years--The Flash is good. At least for a few episodes. Spoilers follow for The…
I should've seen it before, and now I'm conflicted. The Flash is playing with one of the biggest parts of the Flash: Rebirth comics, using it in another context. Spoilers follow for The Flash Season 8, Episode 3, "Armageddon, Part 3." "Armageddon, Part 3" One of the problems with The Flash is that even if it has a good…
There's a right way to interrogate the legacy of Batman and his army of adversaries in Gotham City, and there are hundreds of wrong ways. Batwoman is stumbling through the idea with a weird premise: none of these villains are responsible for who they are. Spoilers follow for Batwoman Season 3, Episode 7, "Pick Your Poison."…
A time-travel show with a diverse cast presents an inherent problem: throughout most of history, a bunch of ethnically and racially diverse people appearing as a group together in many time periods and places would've caused a host of problems for that group. Instead of shying away from that, Legends of Tomorrow embraces it as a…
The Armageddon mini-series is meant to be a sort of crucible for Barry. After fighting off Mirror Master and Reverse-Flash once again, everything seems to be going well for him. He's running faster and fighting smarter, and keeping his life in check. And then Despero shows up to kill Barry, he explains, to save Earth.…
Mary Hamilton was one of the smartest characters on Batwoman throughout Season 1. After joining the team formally, though, she's been somewhat sidelined. Now, as the Poison Ivy infection takes over, it could be her chance to be a more active character... or a tragic mishandling of one of Batman's most fun villains. Spoilers follow for Batwoman Season 3,…
As the Legends try to get back to the Waverider, the pieces are starting to come together about what's going on. And now I'm wondering if the team is going to pick up two new Legends rather than just one. Spoilers follow for Legends of Tomorrow Season 7, Episode 6, "Deus Ex Latrina." "Deus Ex Latrina" ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE —…
The first season of The Flash felt like a revelation. After years of Arrow tiptoeing around comic books, The Flash had its main character fighting Reverse-Flash and accessing the Speed Force. Since then, though, the show has struggled with how to keep its hero and villains interesting. This year, the showrunners are trying something different. The Flash Season 8…
This week's episode of Batwoman is both disappointing and intriguing. On the one hand, it mangles yet another Batman villain, but it also introduces a potentially interesting new take on another. Spoilers follow for Batwoman Season 3, Episode 5, "A Lesson from Professor Pyg." "A Lesson from Professor Pyg" Let's go over who Professor Pyg is…
Keeping any series fresh over 3 seasons is tough. You need to find new ways to evolve the characters and grow them over time in a way that resonates with your viewers and works with the characters. Doom Patrol, then, has an even tougher job. The writers have to do all of that, but they have to…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com