Wow, so the last week there have been a lot of announcements
and reveals so I figured I would put up an article to sum up some of the things
that stood out to me the most. Let’s
start with TV first.
The
first show to be announced was Fox’s Gotham. This one has the potential to go
far…if it doesn’t go all Smallville on us. It’s a Batman origins story focusing
more around Jim Gordon, first introduced as a newly transferred detective and
new to the city. From the looks of it right off the bat (couldn’t resist) he
will be put on the case of murdered billionaires Martha and Thomas Wayne. So while we get all the day to day crime
drama of Gordon fighting the criminals of Gotham, we will also get an insight into
the childhood of Bruce Wayne. Tempting
us also into this tale is the already announced appearances of The Penguin, The
Riddler, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Fish Mooney, Two Face and Scarecrow. All of
these secondary characters and villains will also be developing from their
origins, some also from their childhood.
This show has some serious production value and has a lot of potential
but if it becomes too popular the writers might try to stretch it out too far
just like Smallville and the entire plot could implode. But I will definitely be paying close
attention because who can say no to the bat.
Next up
is The Flash. This one is going to be coming to us from the CW studios, the
same that brought us the very popular Arrow.
This will be the origin story of Barry Allen, a young man who gets
struck by lightning and gains the power to move faster than, well almost
anything! Unlike Gotham, this one doesn’t have the same sense of urgency. Since it’s not going all the way back to his
childhood the characters should be able to grow at a better pace and should be
easier to watch as a result. The best part is that faster than the speed of
light (I need help) they will be crossing over with Arrow giving two minor
members of the Justice League a stage to be developed side by side. If this works you can bet on a Justice League
series happening.
The
last one is the dark horse but it’s definitely got my money on it to win.
Despite the lack luster acceptance of its 2005 movie release, the DC comic
Constantine will get its own series this year.
NBC will be releasing this hour long drama of awesome eye candy. This time John Constantine will be blond and
British like he was meant to be. The special effects and cinematography seem
right on par with the comics so this looks like a very well deserved second
chance for the demon hunter(like he needs one…). I admit I really liked the movie but this
just looks superior on every level. All
in all, I am really excited about all three of these.
In
movie news we can go straight back to the Bat.
The first pictures of the new Batman costume and the Batmobile were
released and damn they look good. The suit is a much burlier, kind of Arkham
Asylum style suit and the Batmobile looks just like a fresher version of the
comic book archetype. So the good news is this defiantly points to a more comic
based character for Batman. The original
Nolan version was a really good attempt at making the Batman seem as realistic
as possible. A lot of fans have been
worried that he would try to use the same Batman in the new Batman vs Superman
movie, especially since Affleck was cast. But if it does stick more to the
comics then this should be a very Bruce Wayne free story, at least after the
first one. With the announcements of Cyborg and Lex Luthor, along with the
rumors of Wonder Woman and Flash cameos, this is really gearing up to be more
of a precursor to a Justice League movie series developing. In that series
Batman is just Batman, Bruce Wayne really doesn’t show up.
Last
and pretty least is Transformers: Age of Extinction. While I feel the last two movies in this
series are just examples of how good writing isn’t really needed to fill seats
sometimes as long as the CGI is good. This new installment seems to want to
keep that trend going. Transformers are hopelessly out numbered, shunned by all
humans except a hot girl and guy (this time they are father daughter so I
really hope they remember to remove the sexual tension) and constantly over
dramatically stating the plot. So what
is newsworthy about this? Well the new trailer finally shows who the
Dinobots will be fighting for! In the original trailer they show the T-rex
fighting Optimus Prime but it’s revealed in the new trailer that that was a
kind of test and the Dinobots will be fighting alongside the Autobots which
probably won’t salvage the movie but will defiantly make it a lot more fun to
watch.
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