Now that the "Super Season" is about ready to resume, it's time that we all gear up for the returns of the various shows making up the Arrowverse. And when we say "gear up," some folks are obviously going to take that quite literally.
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Being someone who’s been a loyal fan of Supernatural since the pilot episode first aired all the way back in fall of 2005, I’m not ashamed to admit that I would have never predicted how long the horror series would endure. Even with creator Eric Kripke bowing out as showrunner after the fifth season, it’s somehow managed to keep us all on the edge of our seats, with season 13 set to resume next week.
In the view of myself and a fair amount of the viewing audience, The Flash season 4 has thus far proven to be a mixed bag. For the first six episodes, the producers tried so hard to stray from the darkness of season 3 that they made pretty much every line of dialogue a quip, effectively reducing the show to a farce in short order.
To this point, Supergirl season 3 has proven to be a different beast from its predecessor. Last year, we were given a science fiction tour de force as the series fully embraced its comic book roots, often feeling like a live action answer to Superman: The Animated Series. This time, however, the focus has been placed more on drama, perhaps in an effort to keep the show's budget in check.
Even though we have about a week to go until some of our favorite DC TV shows return for the back half of the current season - with an encore presentation of the Crisis on Earth-X crossover slated for the interim, mind you - we're able to peer ever so slightly into the future now that more synopses are creeping online. Don't forget, episode descriptions tend to make their rounds three weeks ahead of time, but thankfully don't really spoil whatever episodes come before.
To say that we as fans of superheroes are enjoying an embarrassment of riches these days is an understatement. Not only are a wide array of these characters flooding cinemas, but they're also populating airwaves as of late. But while a two-hour movie can be taken in at leisure, much more time must be devoted to ongoing television series. So, that begs the question: Do we really need another superhero show amongst the already crowded CW prime time lineup
If you’re one to follow the Arrowverse and tuned in for the recent midseason finales, then you’re well aware of how each of them left off on crazy cliffhangers that knocked us on our rears. Of course, Supergirl was the show that got the ball rolling, and it did so in brutal fashion.
Although many superhero movies have graced the silver screen since The Dark Knight Trilogy concluded its run back in 2012, it could be argued that very few to follow have laid claim to having the same cultural impact or have garnered as much praise. Really, in addition to Batman Begins being the film that put the reboot concept on the map, it, and the trilogy as a whole, showed that comic book flicks were capable of doing much more than just selling toys – they could tell stories as rich and as layered as what can be found in the source material itself.
After damn near stealing the show in Captain America: Civil War, it’s not hard to believe that legions of moviegoers are ready to lay down money for tickets to T’Challa’s first solo flick. Because aside from astonishing us with stellar visual effects and sweet costumes, the excitement that comes along with meeting the various supporting characters who inhabit Black Panther‘s corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is sure to be part of the fun.
