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0 on The Flash 7x06 Review - Flash-backThe Flash has begun introducing the other Cosmic Forces in earnest, and I'm excited about the potential it has to mix things up for the show. However, the show has a rough track record with taking interesting ideas and doing the least interesting story possible with them. Please don't disappoint me, Flash. Spoilers follow for The Flash…
It's hard not to think about the action figures I had as a kid when looking at McFarlane Toys' DC Multiverse figures. The coolest feature I could hope for on the four-inch-tall figures was a cloth cape for Batman or Superman. As time went on, figures got taller, but then toymakers were left to their…
Supergirl Season 5 sucked. This show turned me into a Supergirl fan thanks to Melissa Benoist's charismatic, positive performance and the writing the show gave her to work with. It powered me through lesser parts of earlier seasons, and thrilled me through the show's excellent Season 4. Season 5, though, was continually frustrating thanks to weird…
I've been struggling with The Flash for some time. For some reason, the showrunners continually go back to two wells: What if the villain was a speedster, and what if Flash lost his speed? Neither of these wells are particularly fresh at this point. But now, as The Flash gets started with its new season, I find…
This week, Batwoman Season 2, Episode 9, is really the first episode of Season 2. Season 1 of Batwoman stopped a few episodes short due to COVID-19, and Ruby Rose's departure likely doubled the time the writers' room needed to explain why there's suddenly a new Batwoman in town while also finishing out the previous…
When we shift Superman out of his classic origins and into the modern day, some things are going to have to change. The view of America that the original stories had looks very different in 2020 from what it looked like in the Silver and Golden ages. Superman and Lois is facing that instead of avoiding…
After the end of a big storyline, you need a chance to come down from the drama, right? What better way to do that than with a villain-of-the-week episode! As both Team Flash and Central City try to recover from the invasion by the Mirror Monarch, an old enemy shows up to give Flash a…
Batwoman Season 2 has, thus far, been kind of a meandering mess. This week, though, the show gives us a hint of what is to come for the rest of the season--one of the first encouraging moments yet this year. Spoilers follow for Batwoman Season 2, Episode 8, "Survived Much Worse." "Survived Much" When we back…
When you're making TV week by week, you have to roll with the punches. On old soaps, sometimes someone would have to pinch-hit for another actor for a day, and a voiceover would say "so and so is playing the part David on today's episode." The Flash got a whole flurry of punches to roll with.…
As someone who has watched almost every piece of Arrowverse content and reviewed a good chunk of it, I feel pretty authoritative when I say that the CW's DC shows have a shaky track record. Superman and Lois has been nothing short of great so far, but that shaky record means I'm in constant vigil, expecting…
Zack Snyder's Justice League is here, and we were lucky enough to watch it ahead of the final release on HBO Max this week, giving us some time to think about it. The film clocks in at four hours and two minutes including credits. It's such a sprawling project, and the story around its very…
Batwoman is losing its grip on me just seven episodes into the second-first season. My favorite character struggled to hold my interest for an episode focused on her and the new protagonist's ongoing story is kinda not very interesting. Spoilers follow for Batwoman Season 2, Episode 7, "It's Best You Stop Digging." "It's Best You Stop Digging" Welcome…
If there was a question as to whether or not the showrunners for Superman and Lois and actor Tyler Hoechlin 'get' Superman, this week's opening answered any lingering doubts I might've had thanks to a pitch-perfect opening sequence. Superman is as loving as he is strong, and friendly even to total strangers. Spoilers follow for Superman and Lois Season…
The Flash can be a tough character to write for much the same reason that Superman can be. They're both wildly powerful characters who can do things like rewrite time and reboot suns. There's tons of room for fun with their powers, but they can be difficult to get right. This week, The Flash gives…
Superman and Lois has a tough job this week, and its their own fault. The pilot was so good that it set expectations for the rest of the first season up, up, and away. The second episode manages to expand on the family dynamic of the Kent-Lane home while making sure all the characters, including…
The Flash was one of many, many shows in 2020 that ended suddenly, without a proper season finale to leave us satisfied for the next season. Instead, we got a cliffhanger with lots of slick editing. The show could pick up where the finale left off, or it could rush through the ending the team…
Relationships are shifting all over Gotham City--that's the running theme this week. The storyline around Safiyah and Coryana is becoming about more than just Kate, and Alice is finding new motivations. Luke is finally learning, and Mary has to tell the truth. This week feels like filler, though. Lots of pieces moving but nothing actually…
After the success of Shazam, director David F. Sandberg is hard at work on the sequel, Shazam: Fury of the Gods. We don't know much about the picture, but Sandberg has selected a new cast member, Rachel Zegler, according to TheWrap. DC and Sandberg have reportedly cast actress Rachel Zegler in an unknown 'key role.'…
I like Superman. I like Tyler Hoechlin's Superman. And yet, I was concerned going into the pilot of Superman & Lois, the latest entry in the nearly decade-old Arrowverse library of shows. Family stuff? Leaving Metropolis? I want to see Superman fight Metallo! Lex Luthor! Brainiac! Yeah, those were all concerns going in, but coming out…
With the re-casting of its main character between the first and second seasons, there's no way that a shadow wasn't going to hang over CW's Batwoman. We've talked about it before. This is technically Batwoman Season 2 , but it's season 1 in so many of the ways that count. But instead of ignoring it, the…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com