If you've been following Suicide Squad throughout the Rebirth era, then you'd know that despite the team consisting of pretty much the same lineup seen in the feature film, it's a very different beast. Heck, keeping Enchantress on board and romantically pairing her with Killer Croc is only one example that illustrates my point.
Despite Avengers: Infinity War not arriving in theaters until 2018, that certainly doesn't mean 2017 is any slouch when it comes to serving up significant entries in the franchise Marvel Studios have established. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is now behind us, but before we get to the barn-burner that Thor: Ragnarok looks to be, our next stop on the road is that of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
With various spinoffs on the way such as Annabelle: Creation, The Nun and The Crooked Man, it should come as no surprise that Warner Bros. are committing to The Conjuring 3, which we learned of just yesterday. Having become the Avengers of this macabre cinematic universe, it's only understandable that the studio keep pumping out entries in the mainline series for as long as moviegoers continue taking the bait.
Although 3D showings are expected when it comes to theatrical releases for summer tentpoles and horror films these days, let's not forget about those decades sandwiched between now and the science fiction boom of the 1950's. In that time frame, you did get the stereoscopic experience here and there, but it was a bit more rare. Not surprisingly, studios would take advantage of the format with third entries in given franchises, as was the case with the focus of this article, Friday the 13th Part III.
A few years back, a subplot was introduced on Arrow, which revealed that, unbeknownst to him, Oliver Queen had a child all along. In the time since, he's learned of William's existence but has decided to stay out of his life, due largely in part to the dangerous nature of the titular hero's crusade. Not surprisingly, the young lad has been kidnapped twice, first by Damien Darhk and, more recently, by Adrian Chase/Prometheus.
Over the course of the first five seasons of Arrow, we've seen this iteration of Oliver Queen undergo quite a bit of character growth, to say the least. As such, he wasn't the superhero we knew from the comic books right out of the gate, which, at times, has forced people to compare him to Batman. In fact, he didn't even adopt the name "Green Arrow" until season 4. Still, this isn't the ten-year slow burn that Smallville was, so I'd say there isn't room for too much complaining.
With Wonder Woman currently smashing box office records, it's only expected that those largely unfamiliar with the comics will soon flock to bookstores to check them out. Among them will likely be some younger readers and, luckily, that age group is covered thanks to DC Super Hero Girls.
Although we're still waiting on the House of Ideas to deliver on the hyperbole that said they'd "change the comic book industry" and whatever the hell the parameters of their Marvel Legacy initiative exactly are (right now, it's sounding a lot like DC's Rebirth mission statement from a year ago), there have been significant developments thus far. One in particular that caught our attention is that of Sam Wilson once again taking up the mantle of The Falcon.
While we certainly love our DC TV shows around here, we're not afraid to question if it's really worth it for Greg Berlanti and company to add more to their plate, so to speak. But when a trailer for something like Black Lightning drops, it becomes very tempting to continue gorging on the genre.
When Young Justice was lamentably cancelled after two seasons - on a cliffhanger that introduced Darkseid to the series, no less - many of us were rightfully up in arms. So, you can imagine the collective joy felt by the DC fan base upon hearing that the show had been resurrected for a third season, no doubt due to years of demand and maybe some healthy DVD sales.
