In our lifetime, we've had the privilege (depending on whom you may be asking) of seeing such film franchise crossovers as Alien vs. Predator, Freddy vs. Jason and even Lake Placid vs. Anaconda. But whereas the comic book realm has been home to ambitious mashups involving the likes of the Justice League and the Avengers, Mega Man and Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as, believe it or not, Archie and the Punisher, things this outlandish can be hard to achieve on the motion picture side of things due to vast amounts of legal red tape.
Whenever you have a character such as Batman who's been around for 79 years, it's only natural for him to be portrayed by a variety of actors over time. As such, it's not uncommon for each of the men occupying that exclusive club to be asked opinions regarding the rest making up the brotherhood.
To this day, there are legions of people stating that Batman: The Animated Series remains the definitive take on the Dark Knight. After all, it faithfully adapted many comic book storylines and featured a killer voice cast that allowed for the material to become the stuff of legend. Because of this, there are those who can't accept anyone other than Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as the Caped Crusader and the Joker, respectively.
Now that Avengers: Infinity War has raked in $1.9 billion at the worldwide box office, I think everyone is in the clear to discuss spoilers. Regardless, the ending witnessed in Marvel Studios' latest theatrical exhibition has remained a talking point on social media for weeks, being both the focus of debate and inspiration for countless memes. Seriously, I've even seen the likes of John Cena getting Thanos'd!
When Ryan Reynolds was announced to play Wade Wilson in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I'm reasonably certain that none of us thought the filmmakers would've so drastically missed the mark when it came to that character. I mean, the sarcasm and badassery he's known for were on display near the beginning of the flick, but who in the hell thought it'd be a good idea to seal up the Merc with a Mouth's piehole and essentially turn him into Mortal Kombat's Baraka in the third act?
If you were around during the 1990’s, then it stands to reason you remember how big of a deal the X-Men were at that time. I mean, not only did you have the animated series creating new fans every day, but there was also an expansive toyline and the comic books were arguably booming more than they’d been for some time.
With superhero crossovers being all the rage these days - especially when it comes to the DC TV side of things - many fans were understandably champing at the bit for Black Lighting to unite with the Arrowverse upon its addition to The CW's prime time lineup. Not to be a downer, but we've been given several reassurances that such a thing is not on the immediate horizon in the time since Jefferson Pierce started tearing it up on the small screen.
If Black Lightning is to share anything in common with its DC TV brethren, it's that the series started out with several built-in superheroes orbiting the titular character. Similar to how the future Speedy in Thea Queen was present in Arrow's pilot episode, and how the would be Vibe and Killer Frost did likewise on The Flash, Jefferson Pierce's two daughters were fated to one day dispense justice on the streets of Freeland.
Had the character of Red Forman made popular by That '70s Show attended a showing of Avengers: Infinity War, there's a very good chance he would've shouted "dumbass!" at the screen when Star-Lord allowed his emotions to impair his better judgment, thus preventing the other heroes from liberating the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos' grasp.
Though the second cliffhanger that would've teased season 5's big bad was unfortunately cut for time, Tuesday's season finale of The Flash was at least able to satisfy viewers by revealing the true identity of the Mystery Girl. As it turned out, she's actually Barry and Iris' daughter, Nora Allen, from the future. Needless to say, a revelation such as this helped boost ratings.
