For many of us, there's that one actor who's defined Superman in our own mind. Whether it be George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Henry Cavill or one of the many others to have taken on the iconic role, odds are that there's one you look upon rather favorably. Personally, it's hard for me to choose just one, but the work that Tom Welling and company put into Smallville allowed for the show to become my favorite live-action take on the character.
If you're one of the many to have seen Wonder Woman in theaters, then you know how incredible Diana Prince's first big screen solo outing truly was. And it wasn't just the fantastic action sequences that elevated this movie to the plateau of one of the greater superhero films out there, it was the fact that director Patty Jenkins has a deep understanding of the character, something that came across throughout the film's duration. Really, it's no surprise as to how much box office success it's achieved.
Despite Gotham being a radical reinterpretation of the Batman mythos, we all pretty much know how it's going to end: With Bruce Wayne embracing his destiny as the Dark Knight. With the character currently being around 16 years of age on the prequel series, one would naturally expect it to be quite some time before he takes up cape and cowl. But oddly enough, this iteration aims to own the night much sooner than we'd normally come to expect.
To this day, there are a handful of iconic roles associated with the immortal Arnold Schwarzenegger, the most recognizable (arguably) of those being the T-800. Having successfully catapulted the bodybuilder-turned-actor’s career into the stratosphere with 1984’s The Terminator, director James Cameron came back for another round in 1991 with Terminator 2: Judgement Day, sparking endless debate amongst the geek community in the time since as to which film is superior. Personally, I lean toward the original, but appreciate the merits of both.
While the mainline series that is Dark Nights: Metal is allowing for Scott Snyder to display his vast knowledge of this DC Universe, we can't help but love how the various tie-ins that'll hit stands this fall have an Elseworlds kind of flavor to them. Well, there's that and the fact that each of them spotlight various evil versions of Batman.
Despite our knowing that Supergirl will be going through an existential crisis of sorts when we rejoin her this fall, we fully expect her to snap out of her funk before long. After all, Kara Zor-El is surrounded by many people who love her, including her sister, Alex, and some great friends in the form of James Olsen, Winn Schott and even Lena Luthor.
Throughout its first three seasons, we’ve seen Gotham forge its own path by reassembling the parts that make up the Batman mythos, generously reinterpreting more than a few characters. This has often been to the chagrin of staunch purists, but on the plus side, the producers can lay claim to always keeping us guessing where the story is going.
A few short years ago, Arrow was merely but a standalone show on The CW - and superpowers didn't exist in that universe. Obviously, that changed before long when Barry Allen was introduced in season 2, thereby serving as a springboard to his own hit series, The Flash. And, in the time since, what's been appropriately dubbed the "Arrowverse" has expanded with the likes of Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Well, the latter is technically part of a broader multiverse, but that truly illustrates just how far we've come.
If you're a fan of the Dark Knight with access to the internet, then odds are that you've read something by now regarding Matt Reeves' comments on The Batman stating that it didn't take place within "the extended universe." Obviously, this ignited more discussion and five-alarm flame wars on social media than you could shake a DVD copy of Batman & Robin at.
Well, it's certainly been one heck of an insane week for us Batfans. First, we found out that not only is the Joker getting a solo origin movie that doesn’t take place within the DC Extended Universe, but then we also learned that despite Jared Leto not appearing in that particular film, he’s still expected to reprise his role as the Ace of Knaves in Suicide Squad 2 and Gotham City Sirens.
