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9 on Stargirl 1x09 Review - A Splitting HeadacheAny Justice League fan knows that having a telepath like Martian Manhunter on your side makes the job of superhero-ing a heck of a lot easier. Courtney Whitmore may be wildly inexperienced, but even as a teenager she figures this out right away after she realizes Henry King Jr. is a powerful psychic just like…
The Doom Patrol is not a superhero team. These characters aren't heroes. They're people who have lived too long with too much trauma to bear. Doom Patrol is the story of these burdened people trying to cope with the incredible pain they've lived through, with that pain often amplified by their powers. When that pain…
The list of things we couldn't have predicted about 2020 is far too long for any one list to encompass, but here in our little corner of the world, one of the biggest surprises was the departure of Ruby Rose as Batwoman's Kate Kane after just one season. The studio promised to recast Batwoman and…
Lots of old comic book characters look silly because, well, comic books are (and often still are) pretty silly. Take Dr. Tyme, for example, who debuted just ahead of the American psychedelic era, in 1964. Here's a picture of him from the comics: Many superhero shows would be tempted, when including a character like this,…
Whenever someone's writing a superhero show, I imagine there's a big whiteboard in the writers' room and they have ideas on the board. Things they want to do on the show, big themes, that kind of thing. And I imagine that the first thing every showrunner writes is the phrase "We're not so different, you…
Note: We'd planned to review Doom Patrol as it released episode by episode, but WB surprised us by unleashing the first three episodes at once on June 25, so our reviews will be a little bit out of order. I'm constantly comparing Doom Patrol to everything I know about the X-Men. It sounds like a bad idea, right?…
Is the child of a hero destined to become a hero themselves? What about the child of a villain? Legacy crops up all over the place in Stargirl. Superheroes have items bound to their DNA, and supervillains pass their powers down. The children feel the effects of their parents' pasts even when they don't realize it,…
When a villain tries to have a wedding, it's going to break bad. Villains, like superheroes, don't get normal lives. They sign that away when they decide to do things like commit kite-based crimes or acts of extreme environmental terrorism. I'll spoil you right now and say that, no, Kite Man and Poison Ivy do…
Heavy is the robot head that wears the crown, and the king is back. Doom Patrol is, bar none, the best superhero TV show quite possibly ever, and thus begins the second season. The show picks up where the first left off, with the Patrol miniaturized after escaping the painting in which they almost died at the…
Michael Keaton loves being Batman. He loves it so much that he made a movie about playing a caped superhero a few years back. He also referenced it in a college speech. Now, Michael Keaton is in talks to reprise his role on the silver screen as none other than the Dark Knight himself, Batman,…
Helicopter parents can be deeply damaging for a child to grow up with. What about when your helicopter parent is a villain willing to literally kill to make sure you get what they think you're entitled to? We meet two more of the Injustice Society's semi-retired members this week as the new Justice Society of…
When people ask me what my favorite show is, one of a small group of shows will come out of my mouth, and Doom Patrol is near the very top of that list. It's that good. That means that Doom Patrol's second season has a lot to live up to. Because this is a preview, we'll be avoiding spoilers…
One of the biggest gripes people have with the Star Wars prequels is Anakin's unconvincing turn to the dark side of the Force. The subsequent animated series' helped flesh it out, but the movies on their own make the turn look sudden and childish. Today, we're talking about a different Darkseid and a much more convincing…
Something pop culture often struggles with is calling out a problem and then actually criticizing it. Stargirl is just a teenager and she's making rookie mistakes, but it feels like the writers are making the mistakes at least as often--if not moreso--than Stargirl herself. Spoilers follow for Stargirl Season 1, Episode 5, "Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite." "Hourman and…
Who are the hardest-working people in Hollywood? You might think of The Rock, Robert Downey, Jr., and other actors But the first name that pops into my mind isn't a real person--it's DC's clown prince of crime, the Joker. Now, I want to be super clear: I love the Joker. I love Hamill and Nicholson's…
When we talk about Batman and the Joker, one thing people love to bring up is that both of them are strictly human. And yet, we treat them almost like avatars of justice and chaos at the same time. That's especially the case with the Joker. We see Batman during his downtime in the Batcave…
Things are never exactly what they seem in Doom Patrol, and the first season had each of our characters unraveling the mysteries of their personal lives and their unique burdens and abilities. They went from housemates to friends as they fought and defeated Mr. Nobody. Now, the second-most dysfunctional superhero team in comics (after the X-Men)…
So far, all episodes of Stargirl have a few things in common. Themes of family and loss connect the storylines, the visual effects are great, and I hate Courtney's stepbrother in every scene he's in with a wild, burning passion. In that way, the latest episode is no different. Spoilers follow for Stargirl Season 1, episode 4,…
I said in my review of Stargirl episode 2 that family is a huge part of this show, and this week only serves to hammer that home as we're introduced to the families of two villains while our hero's family tries to have family dinner night. Spoilers follow for Stargirl season 1, episode 3, "Icicle." "Icicle" One of my…
What if your new stepdad had a huge muscle car-themed mech suit? Underneath all the superhero stuff, there are themes of loss and of found family woven throughout Stargirl. This week dives into how both of these affect Courtney and her family as it also begins to develop the villains Courtney will be fighting. Spoilers follow…
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