Hello and welcome to the 02/18/15 edition of The Comic Shop!
Just a few entries to go until #50! Not sure what I'm going to do for it, but it is a significant milestone for me that I have kept with this for as long as I have so I feel like celebrating. On to today's entry....
Confession....... I stopped watching "Gotham" at the midseason break. It's all a matter of opinion for sure, but the show just doesn't meet criteria for something that I want to make time for. These superhero tangent shows in general don't give me the warm & tingle in my nether regions. Agents of SHIELD took a good long while to for me to warm up to, but I think I've pinpointed why I prefer the full out superhero content of shows like "Arrow", "Flash", or even "Daredevil".
It all goes back to a Frank Miller quote about how he approached writing superheroes, "I don't need to see sweat patches under Superman's arms. I want to see him fly." I apply this philosophy in my approach to determining if anything is worth my time. What makes superheroes interesting is not their origin or their villains origins, but that they have extraordinary skills and abilities and they continue to choose them to do good for mankind. I don't need to see Cobblepot rise through the ranks to appreciate why he is a pragmatic sociopath. As I've said a million times I would've much rather seen a "Zero Year"/"Year One" hybrid adaptation in the "Arrow" style. I think it would've been a feather in the cap of WB/DC TV and further helped them to cash in on the Dark Knight. They didn't choose that course of action and I'm fine with that, but I will not be speaking anymore about this show until I invariably binge-watch it when it comes to Netflix. Then under article II of The Comicstitution I reserve the right to completely flip-flop my opinion.
As I posted on FB (https://www.facebook.com/thecomicshopblog/)....Wednesday night's episode of "The Flash" entitled "Fallout" was easily the best episode of the series so far. There was so much accomplished in the name of moving the plot forward, and teasing some future potential events. Just an absolute packed-to-the-gills hour of television. I would still be a fan of all of these hour-long dramas going to the "Breaking Bad" - "Sons of Anarchy" route of having only 13 episodes per season. There is still a LOT of filler to make up 22-23 episodes, but it's a relatively small complaint as I am really enjoying the ride with the CW shows so far.
Movie news......Gina Carano, and Morena Baccarin have been added to the cast of the upcoming Fox film "Deadpool". That will make for two very appealing additions for the fellas in the audience. I'm sure there will be more casting announced soon.
Young Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee will don the blue paint and teleport through walls as Nightcrawler in "X-men: Apocalypse". It is truly unfortunate that Alan Cumming and Director Bryan Singer had a falling out of some kind as Cumming was one of the true standouts of the first run of X-Films. Time will tell if this young man has the same charisma in the role.
Not much else I want to touch on at this time.....hope you all remain safe as we continue to have sub zero temps and annoying snowfall here in the midwest and all around the country. Happy Reading and see you next time at The Comic Shop!!
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