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The CW brought back the Superhero fight club, and this time it includes Supergirl!!! You can watch the YouTube teaser above, but for the full video you will need to download the new CW app. Which with free access to access to all the CW’s shows I am guessing you were going to do that anyway.
While cinematically Batman has been having a rough time lately, in the world of video games he has been doing quite well thanks to Rocksteady Studios’ Arkham series. It looks the Dark Knight’s excellent gaming run is going to continue with Batman: The Telltale Series. I played the first episode and witnessed the second during the PAX West group play and it is amazing! While the Arkham series was all about giving you the moves to feel like you were Batman doling out justice, Telltale Batman is all about getting in to the mind of Batman. What it is like to be Bruce Wayne making hard choices.
Gameplay wise Telltale Batman doesn’t differ that much from other Telltale games. It is still a choose your own adventure title with Quick Time Events (QTEs) for the ‘action’. While at first it seems odd to take the action out of a Batman story, this is the first game to really get in the head of Batman and let you pick how he deals with the threats against Gotham, or even better whether Batman is Bruce Wayne’s alter ego or the other way around. It is like the ultimate motion comic.
Stylistically Batman: The Telltale Series looks a lot like Telltale’s other comic book to game outings with a heavy cell shaded look. Though much like The Wolf Among Us this just adds to the game’s living comic book feel. It looks like one of Batman’s on page adventures. Which is to say pretty great.
I guess how much you like Batman: The Telltale Series will depend on how much you like Batman. If the Dark Knight is not your thing, playing a game where you get behind his eyes isn’t going to do much for you. If you are like me on the other hand, and love Batman, Batman: The Telltale Series is a must play. It is another impressive game from Telltale. At this point after Batman and The Wolf Among Us, DC should just give Telltale license to do all their characters.
I am not one for spoilers, but I have decided that I have to talk about how the first season of Preacher ended, so take this as your spoiler warning. The show ends with a town wide explosion. Which is similar to the comic book (in the comic it was only the church), but the comic book did it in the first two pages not after eleven hours of television. We had no attachment for anyone in the comics yet, so the explosion just set the tone for the wild and crazy graphic adventure. In the show we know everyone, so they just killed a bunch of people we have some sort of interest in.
What was the point of the first season then? To show that Jesse is kind of a jerky know-it-all? Trust me if they had followed the comic books people would have come to that realization anyway. I don’t think Preacher needed a prequel, or this prequel at any rate. It didn’t show us anything relevant or new about these characters. It did show us that they are going to try and be as weird as the comic books, but just at a much slower pace. Maybe the writers just wanted us to be asking the same question as Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy, “What is the point of it all?”.
I am going to have to apologize up front. Usually when I cast a character I have five choices, but with so many people already making either Marvel movies or DC movies I had to narrow my list down to three because everyone was already in something else. Still with the announcement that the Aquaman’s most well known villain Black Manta would be in the new Aquaman film, I had to voice my opinion. Here are my top three choices for Black Manta:
3: Denzel Washington
I know that he is 61 and he will be 62 by the time Aquaman starts filming, but he would add some weight and star power to the picture, and Denzel can do anything regardless of his age. Put him in the suit and I wouldn’t stand in his way.
2: Jamie Foxx
His last outing as a superhero villain did not go well in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but he is a talented actor, and playing a more serious villain like Black Manta would play to his strengths. He could definitely throw down with Jason Momoa.
1: Michael K. Williams
The fact that Michael K. Williams is not already working on a major comic book movie is crime, but he would be perfect for Black Manta. If you doubt his acting chops check out Boardwalk Empire or The Wire and you will be sold. No one would be safe underwater with Michael K. William’s Black Manta on the loose!
Those are my three choices for Black Manta! What do you think? Who would you pick to play opposite of Aquaman?
According to IGN actress Sarah Grey is now the CW’s Stargirl on Legends of Tomorrow. Stargirl is a key member of the Justice Society of America. If you don’t know who Sarah Grey is here is a headshot for you:
Now I know nothing about Grey’s acting talent, but what is exciting is that my hope of the CW becoming DC’s live action Earth 2 are coming true. Why do I say that you ask? The Justice Society is the Justice League from Earth 2, so if they are going to be Legends of Tomorrow’s primary superhero crime fighting force that means the CW is owning its second Earth status. Which is great. I am all for the TV series being the timey wimey crazy DC earth. Not to mention if they are officially Earth 2 it still leaves the opportunity open for a TV/Movie meet-up! They are announcing more Justice Society characters as they get closer to Legend’s second season, and I can’t wait!