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Peacemaker Season 2 Review
Spoilers for Peacemaker Season 2 The final episode of Peacemaker season 2 aired a few days ago, and the reaction has been somewhat mixed. Some fans felt the episode was a let-down and that it was disconnected from the rest of the season. I’ve seen it described as season 3 episode 1, instead of as…
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Batman in the DCU
The Brave and the Bold movie and my pitch on how to introduce Batman to the DCU You can’t have the DC universe without Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman (the DC trinity). Warner Bros. discovered this in the final days of the DCEU and James Gunn fortunately appears to understand it well. He’s just released…
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Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 1 Review
Spoilers for Peacemaker and Superman The new season of Peacemaker is underway, and it’s great. Was there any doubt it would be? The DCU takes shape The new season comes on the heels of James Gunn’s Superman movie and serves as a continuation of the story. I’m fairly happy about that; normally, we have to…
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Superman Review. The Future of Superhero Movies?
Spoilers for Superman It’s taken me a while to write about this, but ah well. The new DC film universe is officially underway, and I’m endlessly excited. James Gunn’s Superman was released in July, and it’s a lot of fun. I’ll confess my expectations were impossibly high and did leave me slightly disappointed at first.…
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There should be a Mob vs the Illuminati Batman Comic (Falcone vs the Court of Owls)
The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder is one of the best Batman Stories of recent years. It was part of the New 52 publishing initiative, a reboot of DC continuity that was a little controversial with fans, but which did have good stories: the Court of Owls chief amongst them. It’s basically Batman vs…
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Dawn of the DC Universe
(Some Spoilers for Creature Commandos) In 2025, James Gunn’s DC Universe (DCU) will begin in earnest, and every sign so far suggests it will be great. Confession time: I’ve never been a big Marvel fan. I watched and enjoyed the MCU’s Infinity War Saga, which began when I was around 8. But I started losing…
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What does The Penguin conclusion mean for The Batman Part 2?
Spoilers for The Penguin The Penguin had its season finale a week ago and surpassed all my expectations. It was fantastic. Brutal, too. But the Matt Reeve Batman universe isn’t finished yet. It will continue, in 2026, with the Batman Part 2. A film that will likely have to deal with the consequences of Oswald’s…
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The Penguin Mid-Season Discussion
The Penguin episode 5 is out, and I want to talk about it: both the episode and the show more generally. Spoilers Ahead (though I’ll try to keep them light) The Penguin episode 5, in summary, is very good. It’s not the best episode and had, I thought, some minor pacing issues. Oz/Penguin’s confrontation with…
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Batman’s Robin Problem
What should DC do with Tim Drake? The Bat Family is big. It’s great, it’s a natural continuation of Batman’s story, but it’s big. Arguably too big. Even excluding the more superfluous vigilantes, the “core” family has at least eight members: Batman, three different Batgirls and four different Robins (now with various hero identities). That’s…
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Animated Batman (Shows) Return
A new animated Batman show, The Caped Crusader, was released a few days ago, and while I’ve only had the chance to see the first episode (life and university work are getting in the way again), I do want to talk about it—very briefly—because I have a lot of thoughts! Though, mostly, I’m just happy…
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Realistic Superheroes
Reflection on The Boys and the Realistic Superhero genre. In recent decades, a number of films, TV shows, and comic books have attempted to depict a Realistic Superhero story. There have been so many now that it could almost be called a genre – or at least a subgenre. Even conventional superhero stories are starting…
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A Smallville for Batman.
(It recently occurred to me that my blog posts constantly cycle through Zelda, Mario, and Star Wars. So now I’m also going to talk about Batman.) Spoiler alert for Gotham (2014) Batman’s origin has been done to death. But there is a reason that people keep coming back to it. It’s an interesting story (if…
Thoughts and Fiction 