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0 on Supergirl 5x17 Review - The Secret Life of Lex LuthorWhether in movies or TV, actors often find their way behind the camera. Over on Arrow, David Ramsey (Diggle) and Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) both directed episodes, while The Flash has seen Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow) and Tom Cavanaugh (Wells) step behind the camera. This week's Supergirl marks show star Melissa Benoist's first time directing an episode…
Alright, so Jack the Ripper, Black Caesar, and Henry VIII walk into a hotel. What? No, this isn't the start of a joke, it's a story beat in an episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow. The heroes are pursuing the last piece of the Loom of Fate, and they're working double-time now that one of their…
Early into Batwoman's run, we met a wealthy megalomaniac named Tommy Elliot. Elliot, obsessed with the missing (presumed dead until they want to make a show) Bruce Wayne, was clearly off the deep end from the moment we met him. After a plot to kill Batwoman failed, Elliot tried to kill an elevator full of…
Everyone is handling the plaguetimes differently. Some of us are playing Animal Crossing (me, I am). Some, like Man of Steel actor Henry Cavill, are painting minis. Others are baking bread and watching Tiger King. Kyle McBain, though? He's building Gotham City. You might've spotted his scale model on Reddit about a week ago. We loved what he…
Batman is, no question, the ultimate badass. He's the smartest, hardest-working guy in almost any room he's in, and he's usually the most dangerous, too. But he's struggled over and over again with simple social tasks like making friends or asking for help, even when he desperately needs it. In the comics, it makes him…
The only word I can think of to describe how The Flash has felt the last few weeks is "stuck." It's very literal, too. In the real world, our noble but sometimes dumb hero Barry has been watching his speed drain away. Meanwhile, Iris has been stuck in the mirror universe. Only Ralph Dibny and Sue…
One thing TV shows and movies consistently struggle with is how to portray things like panic attacks. Panic attacks can arise from anything from a change in brain chemistry to the aftermath of a traumatic event and the post-traumatic stress that follows. They can last seconds or hours, and can plague people for years. In…
DC's Legends of Tomorrow is theoretically a show about time travelers trying to save the world and keep time intact. But it's also a show about characters actively trying to grow, characters trying to cope with their pasts, and forge new futures. It's a silly show, too, where the characters can find the set of the…
The CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover is done, but thanks to the state of the world we're in a Crisis on Infinite Television Shows. Shows are ending seasons early and moving storylines to next year, while others are just big question marks. After going on hiatus due to COVID-19, The Flash is back. I'd…
Different villains in the world of Gotham come from different places. Joker is the embodiment of chaotic evil. Ra's Al Ghul and Poison Ivy are different shades of ecoterrorist, each with their heart in the right place. Mr. Freeze is closer to those villains than the Joker. Like the Joker, you can blame an accident…
Looking around the live-action DC landscape, you can find something for just about everyone. The Arrowverse is sexy young-adult drama with comic-book flair. The Snyderverse is a dark and gritty place full of buff dudes. Doom Patrol borders on art film at times. Aquaman and Wonder Woman are the very definition of PG-13 superhero flicks. Stargirl, the latest…
Harley Quinn is a show about growth. And dumb hijinks. But mostly growth. Comic books often put a character in a situation and either ask 'what's the coolest thing this character could do' or 'what's the most dramatic thing this character could do.' Harley starts by acknowledging that all of this is absurd and then asks…
I'm hardly the World's Greatest Detective™, but I can usually deduce why an episode of Batman: The Animated Series exists. It exists to introduce a character, profile a character, or connect some greater part of the story together. This week's episode does none of that. It has a boring, one-off villain, it tells us nothing about…
As I watch each episode of a show I plan to review, I try to write down each plot point with as much detail as I can and some vague comment about my thoughts on it. It helps me remember the show in more detail. With Harley Quinn, though, I get really weird lines like…
Bruce Wayne, more than almost any character in comics--save perhaps Peter Parker--is defined by his tragedy. So what does it do to a character like that to take his tragedy away from him? Is it a dream come true, or a nightmare? This week on Batman: The Animated Series Remastered and Rewatched, we're looking back…
Oftentimes when a show makes huge changes to the status quo, the writers will often try to backpedal. You can't, for example, get rid of one of the show's iconic villains in a massive building implosion and then act like there was no fallout from that. Harley Quinn knows that. Harley Quinn throws the idea of normal…
Does it ever feel like your TV shows are crossing over? While Batwoman leaves Alice locked up in Arkham quoting Alice in Wonderland, Supergirl's episode this week is titled 'Alex in Wonderland.' And while this episode deals with being trapped in a simulation, the second episode of Westworld's third season is all about one of its main characters being trapped…
One of the best parts about Batwoman thus far has been the dynamic between Alice and Kate. The sisters, separated at age 13, grew into wildly different people thanks to their experiences, and watching how they alternately clash and come together has been a pleasure. This week, that comes to a head in the wake of…
In the beginning, there was Harrison Wells. And then, Flash willed the multiverse into being, and countless Wells appeared. Each year has had its own Wells. Harrison, Harry, Sherloque, Nash, and H.R. have all left impacts on Team Flash. Whether it's Harry bonding with Cisco, H.R. sacrificing himself for Iris, or Eobard Thawne being Eobard,…
I called my review of last week's episode "Goodbye Mr. Palmer." I was mistaken about which episode was the last for Ray Palmer and Nora Darhk after reading that actor Brandon Routh felt his exit was poorly handled. I should've double-checked my work. And so, I apologize, because his true goodbye episode is a proper…
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This is an archive of Batman-News.com from 2010 to 2025. For the latest news, check out BatmanNews.com