Upon posting the first trailer for Reign of the Supermen the other day, I knew in my bones that much more info regarding the next DC animated movie was sure to follow. And as it turns out, my suspicion proved correct because Warner Bros. have pulled back the curtain on the highly anticipated followup to The Death of Superman.
If anything, tonight's episode of The Flash taught us a whole heck of a lot about how greatly Nora West-Allen screwed up the timeline when venturing back to the current era. I mean, not only did Cicada come into being much earlier than he should've, but he's a different guy than fated to be! Personally, I think the insinuation at the end of the episode hinting that someone convinced her to go back in time and interfere during last May's finale will have bigger ramifications than we could imagine (my gut says she's being manipulated), but we'll likely discuss this much more down the line.
Though I'm currently digging Legends of Tomorrow much more than I did during its earlier days, I must confess that season 1's "Star City 2046" may very well be my favorite episode to date. In that, the Waverider crew visited the Emerald Archer's stomping grounds in a dystopian future where Connor Hawke AKA John Diggle Jr. inherited the mantle, with Oliver Queen himself being a one-armed recluse. On top of that, Slade Wilson's son, Grant, held dominion as the second Deathstroke. Yes, it was pretty cool.
For the past few years, I've been pointing out how superhero shows have been seeing a decline in ratings, yet nobody in power is taking the trend seriously. Instead, networks seem to think piling on even more of these is the solution to countering genre fatigue.
When I was first really getting into comic books as a kid, one of the big things DC had going on at the time was Reign of the Supermen, a story that spanned multiple titles and featured four possible replacements for Superman following his demise at the hands of Doomsday. And now that it’s being adapted as an animated movie, you’d better believe that I’ll be checking it out for the sake of nostalgia alone.
Granted, we may be only two episodes into the current season of Arrow, but I'm pretty sure of how not many reading this will disagree with me in saying that the show has never been more different. Though I'm reasonably certain we'll eventually return to some semblance of the old status quo, I can't help feeling like Oliver Queen is living out his own version of Prison Break while the rest of his pals on the outside are taking up residence on NCIS: Los Angeles.
Right now, I imagine a fair amount of you are wondering what we should call the new Green Arrow prowling the streets of Star City. Of course, "new Green Arrow" does suffice, though if we're to apply a numeral, "Green Arrow III" seems most appropriate because we should count John Diggle's tenure in season 6 as he did don the hood for several episodes.
With the fall season now being in full swing, we've found ourselves back in a groove of sorts where we just expect for our favorite shows to air new episodes each week. Of course, this can't always ring true, as there are exceptions to be made at varying points.
When Colton Haynes was confirmed to return as a series regular for Arrow season 7 this past spring, the fanbase understandably began dancing in the streets. After all, who wouldn't want to see Star City's Dynamic Duo of Green Arrow and Arsenal reunite and kick some serious butt?
