Considering how the Marvel-DC rivalry has persisted for decades and has only heated up with both publishers inspiring various movies of their own in recent years, it probably won't cool down anytime soon - if ever. In my opinion, it's okay to like both, yet others will forever keep their swords drawn.
Now that I sit back and think about it, I've really come to realize how past Arrowverse crossovers just haven't affected Supergirl in the same way they have other DC TV series. More often than not, Kara Zor-El pops over to Earth-1 and helps her superhero friends dispatch whatever the threat may be, before going back home to Earth-38. But in the case of its sister shows, we've seen Legends of Tomorrow's Martin Stein meet his demise, not to mention Arrow's Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak joining The Flash's Barry Allen and Iris West for a double wedding.
Though this is one we all should've seen coming, it sure did take time to receive any sort of word on John Wesley Shipp appearing in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event. Given his key involvement in "Elseworlds" last year, his inclusion seems only natural.
While we're all impatiently waiting for a remake of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Capcom did the next best thing by tiding us over with the first trailer for Project Resistance earlier this week. At first, we suspected it to be the next entry into the Outbreak line of spinoffs. But even though the debut footage shot down that idea, it quickly became apparent that we're receiving the spiritual successor.
Just when I thought superhero TV couldn't get as equal to or any cooler than what the Arrowverse has planned for the next year, Titans' second season premiere effortlessly knocked off my socks. Long story short, the threat that was Trigon is now in the rear-view mirror and Deathstroke has emerged to take his place as the big bad. Oh yeah, Bruce Wayne is hanging around, too, and you can't argue with that.
To be honest, I was never quite sure that we'd ever see She-Hulk as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even with all the characters who've already been introduced, one can never be quite sure of which players the studio will adapt next - especially with the complicated situation involving the Hulk himself. I'm sure you know something about how Disney and Universal essentially have joint custody over the Green Goliath, so there's no need to talk about him at length when we're here to discuss his cousin.
At this point in time, Margot Robbie is certainly no stranger to comic book movies, as she's already filmed for the iconic Harley Quinn twice. The first time was for 2016's Suicide Squad, with the second being the upcoming Birds of Prey. In fact, she's giving it a third go-round as well in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, but that one has yet to go in front of cameras.
Considering how Gotham concluded its five-season run this past spring, I'm not sure if I'm ready to think about any sort of primetime rival just yet. On the other hand, I'm totally down for DC continuing it as a comic book series just as they once did with Smallville, but that's a discussion we've already had at length.
To date, no live action Batman movie has been a strict adaptation of any specific comic book, nor have any of them drawn inspiration from a singular literary work. More often than not, directors have looked to multiple story arcs for inspiration, with classics such as The Dark Knight Returns, No Man's Land, Year One and The Long Halloween already having been mined for material. Actually, Christopher Nolan sometimes went deeper and pulled from tales that were contained to single issues, having cited Batman #1 (1940) and "The Man Who Falls" as influencing his screenplays.
Considering how months have gone by since Robert Pattinson was confirmed as the new Batman, you'd think people would stop regarding him as "the guy from Twilight" whenever this comes up in conversation. For some reason though, a remarkable percentage of the population has failed to realize that he's an accomplished actor who's starred in many other films.
