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One thing I forgot to mention - H.R.'s idea may have been a nice bit of foreshadowing. A Star Labs museum wouldn't really make much sense as a cover for team Flash, but what about a Flash museum?

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Flash_Museum

The Flash museum has been a staple of Flash lore for decades, and it's always housed trophies, working villain weapons and even the actual cosmic treadmill for when Flash needs to use it.  The Flash museum in the comics is very much like Star Labs is on the show; Cisco and co just haven't dressed it up for the public yet.

The reaction to this election continues to astound me.  Legendary comics artist George Perez is now stating he will no longer attend comic conventions in states that Trump won.  Nice of him to consider all of the people in those states who actually think like him and did not vote Trump.

Of course, in the end Perez is hurting himself the most.  For an artist of his caliber, it's not unusual to make ten grand over a three day convention weekend.

MORE power Mister Mallory!!!

Well, it can't be the George Romero universe.  The zombies would be starved; very few brains left to eat out there.

This by far the best predictor of who will win Tuesday:

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news- … d620802860

lol

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a … ers-940681

It won't happen.  People will continue to vote for the same garbage over and over expecting that their lives will somehow change for the better the next time.  It's insanity.

Well, the problem I see is that people are still treating this like it's a conventional election; it's not.  Trump has already done dozens of things every one of which would have destroyed a candidate under the political rules we've known, but Trump survived each of them and stayed competitive.

One telling thing is something I saw on CNN earlier; Erin Burnette mentioned that they spent yesterday and today finding people from past focus groups to see if their opinions had changed since the video.   The opinions hadn't changed except for one guy who said he was kind of iffy but still on the Trump side.

There are 29 days left in the election.  Anything can happen; and as bad as it is, the history of this cycle shows that Trump can weather anything so far.  I believe he'll weather this too; and frankly, his newly revealed lude behavior may even gain him votes with male voters.  The talking heads seem to believe in this American ideal where all people simply must believe in a certain moral value.  They don't.  They may not admit it in public, but when they're behind the curtain voting, no one is going to know.  That's why polls are pretty useless in this cycle - just look at Brexit, Columbia and even the U.S. primaries.

The only thing this has solidified for me is that I will never vote Republican again. These self-righteous fools have finally cut it for me and shown who they are - a right wing of the Democratic Party.  You may as well cut out the middle man and just vote Democrat.

Much to Jerry's chagrin, a con would likely be more interested in his wife; but that could lead to him appearing as a package deal.

It could still happen, but I was hoping the speculation would be true about Affleck's film being set as an "Escape from Arkham Asylum" type movie.

Well, from a comics perspective, the original Flashpoint was used to merge the Wildstorm characters into the DC Universe (those characters having never existed in the DCU).  There was no connection to Barry's mother at all; it was instead a third party named Pandora taking advantage of the temporal chaos Barry caused and using it create a world she wanted.

There's a hint in the comics that the ultimate puppet master of the Flashpoint changes will be the Legion of Super Heroes villain Time Trapper; and the Trapper has often concentrated on Superman because he was the direct inspiration for the Legion.  If the Trapper is manipulating things in the Arrowverse, then maybe he believes the merger will somehow cause Superman problems.

Maybe they can finally do something worthwhile with Brainiac.  For Superman's #2 foe, I'm amazed he hasn't gotten more attention in live action (the Smallville appearance is pretty much it).

As for Suicide Squad, it was a step in the right direction.  Will Smith did better than I thought, but at the end of the day his acting was really just Will Smith and not the character.  Ben Affleck has the same problem.  By comparison, Margot Robbie became Harley Quinn.  She did an amazing job.  And Jared Leto became something, but hell if I know what it was.

For all of Trump's faults, how many people around him have actually ended up dead?  Meanwhile, Hillary has many dead bodies in her wake (the most well known probably being her attorney Vince Foster who committed suicide with a magic gun)

I don't think either would use a nuke, but I do believe one of them is a killer.

I just hope that you're prepared to shoot someone to save your own life or someone you love, because one day you may not have the police to come do your dirty work when you scream for help.

I feel that's what the Republican Party has been asking their constituents to do for decades (ever since Bush the elder).  I haven't felt them say "vote for me"; it's just "do you really want that other guy?"  Once he got beyond Hillary, that is where Obama succeeded in his first general election; the thrust was about voting for hope and change instead of the emphasis being against his opponent.  I do think Obama's hope and change line was bunk, but it was a positive message and worked.

Hillary in office won't feel much different than a 3rd term of Obama. If you're okay with the country's trajectory, then just keep riding it.  I do think Trump will be different; he already has been.  Is that better?  I don't know.  He's made a large number of mistakes (both in the election and his life), but I don't think he's the monster that the media (and his blundering) has made him out to be.

If you're worried about the world going to hell under him, then you don't realize just how bad we're already going to hell.  The Democrats and Republicans aren't going to be able to use business as usual to hold it together forever; and working with law enforcement, I can tell you unequivocally that since January violent crime in my area has spiked to levels I haven't seen since Hurricane Katrina.  The resurgence is not because of Trump; the largest contributing factor seems to be this Black Lives Matter business that has emboldened the criminal elements.  They know law enforcement is being rendered toothless by politics; there is no fear of repercussions.  It's been going that way for decades, but now it's dropped off a cliff.

I see where they've leaked the episode title for the Supergirl premiere - "The Adventures of Supergirl".  It seemed a little too generic until I remembered a story Peter David wrote in the comics.

Who was in the rocket?  Maybe it was Kara - the young version of Kara we saw in all of the flashbacks last season.  It would be the best way the television series could emulate the reaction to David's introduction of a character that shouldn't be possible.

http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com/ … meets.html

Add Knight Rider and Miami Vice to the bluray list:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Knight … ries/22436

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Miami- … ries/22437

So far Mill Creek is running the table on their new licenses - all have gotten blurays.  Sliders may see it happen yet.

I really don't know why this has shocked so many people; Marvel has been doing the "villain in disguise" routine with all of its heroes.  Superior Spider-man; Superior Ironman; Superior Hulk (Mr. Green) - now Cap is getting his turn.

My issue with Captain America continuity right now is that they had Red Skull steal the brain from Charles Xavier's dead body and transplant part of it into his head so that Skull can have mind control powers.  Besides being outlandish, it's just sad to think that's how Xavier has ended up.

I expect the direction to rely on the Peter David in the mid 90's, and that would basically make it Conan under the sea.  That's not necessarily a bad thing when you remember how many far out fantasy elements were in Conan, and the David run had that (most notably the alien invasion that culminated with a moon crashing toward earth that had a giant skull carved into it).

Supergirl getting five new cast members:

http://tvline.com/2016/06/08/supergirl- … -spoilers/

Characters Snapper Carr, Lena Luthor, Maggie Sawyer, a Cadmus "Doctor" (my guess being a female take on Dabney Donovan) and one more unknown called "brash, leading man".

Several of these characters could act as replacements to season one characters - Snapper replacing Jimmy or Winn; Maggie replacing Supergirl's sister; Donovan replacing Max Lord; Lena could even be worked as a more edgy Lucy Lane; and "brash, leading man" sounds something like a Cat Grant / Jimmy Olsen replacement.  And that doesn't mention that Cadmus has its own Martian Manhunter type character in Dubbliex (who could be anyone in disguise).  I see in this news some preparation for a large cast exodus.

On another note, it's pretty clear what the season theme could be - instead of Fort Rozz inmates, they'll be dealing with a different DNAlien from Cadmus each week.  But with the mention of National City and alien tech, it doesn't sound like they're sending Supergirl to Earth 1.

To get the tax credit, I think they also have to start using a few Canadian actors in prominent roles (for instance, Tom Cavanaugh on Flash is Canadian).  I would expect Superman to like hockey.

To make it somewhat more realistic, they could have instead went with the creation of the island Genosha; but Magneto wasn't really in the right place for that.  He created that new nation when mutant youth were attracted to more radical ideas and made Magneto their hero (sporting t-shirts and propaganda that said "Magneto was right").   Asteroid M was less political and more "just leave me alone", but I suppose they could combine the two ideas.

Though we'll likely never see it, my favorite thing from the Genosha period was Xorn - the mutant who had a star for a brain and could manipulate gravity.  Turned out it just Magneto in an iron mask punking Xavier.  On the reveal, Magneto laughed about it - "I can't believe you thought someone could have a star for a brain; you're so stupid!"

The movie was so-so for me, but falls on the side of liking it more than hating it.  But the best thing about the movie is the fake 80's tv ad used as a viral promotion:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/05/19/ … gsters-ad/

And even better, if you call the 800 number at the end of the ad, you'll get a postcard concerning your application for the school:

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/05/29/ … nail-mail/

But for me, the foundational problem with the movie is that I never cared for Apocalypse.  In the comics he always seemed to me as a means to an end in changing other characters; and the movie team deserves some credit for recognizing that and using him the same way.

There also may be something to your thought about Jean and her coordinating the team.  There was some missing footage from the mall including a scene at the arcade with some kind of powers mishap and a scene at the record store where they find one of Dazzler's records.  Fox will probably end up double dipping again with a second blu-Ray release called "The Mall Cut" or something.

But on continuity matters, I give a lot of slack to X-men.  From the comics, it's almost a part of X-men's charm how wrecked its continuity is.  At least they seem to be setting up their Wolverine replacement in the post credits scene.  Jackman would be nearly impossible to replace, so they're making the right move if it goes as expected:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic … ise-debuts

Sinister could also give the avenue for Havok to return given Sinister's obsession with the Summers family in the comics.

Hunter started out as a good guy in the comics; he was a detective with the police department if I remember right. He became Zoom because his wife was killed and Flash refused to go back in time and save her.  Hunter decided to use the cosmic treadmill to do it himself, but it blew up on him since he wasn't a speedster; the tachyon discharge then made him "fast" (actually he just slowed down time around him like Turtle).

Zoom's m.o. was that he believed heroes became better through tragedy, so he was always trying to kill Wally's loved ones to "help" him.   They kind of gave a shade of that idea at the end of season two on CW.

I just found this article where it was even promoted like a big deal, and it was nothing.   At least have somebody scream Rock or something.

http://sciencefiction.com/2016/02/03/le … k-that-is/

Quesada made the comment back when DC was part of the massive juggernaut know as Time Warner AOL.  I think he picked out AOL because it was letters just like DC; but ultimately he was making a poke at DC being corporate comics with stories made by committee.  Ironic given that Marvel would later be absorbed by Disney.

As for the LoT finale, I wasn't really satisfied.  It's hard for me to put into words, but it feels like it was a story someone was making up as they went along - kind of like Jon Lovitz marrying Morgan Fairchild.  Yeah; that's the ticket.

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At least Hourman brings a lot of potential with him.  Rex's story intertwines with the android Hourman from the far future; the Worlogog map; his ancestry in Amazo; the tachyon hourglass; the Justice Legion of the 853rd century; the John Fox Flash of the 27th century; and Solaris - the star that was turned into a sentient computer.  Of course, they seem focused on the Justice Society, so I'm not sure how far they'll delve into Hourman's life.

One thing I wondered about, though.  I thought Flash's glimpse at the future at the end of season one was looking forward to a Legends appearance when the giant robot foot smashes through the warehouse roof.  I wonder where that will pop up now (if I'm even remembering it right).

The initial rumors have the first season set somewhere just after the 6th movie, "The Undiscovered Country"; and that's probably one of the eras I'm least interested in.  For me, it would feel like a step backward instead of a step forward.  Bakula's Enterprise had a similar problem, but at least it's history was new to us.  A revisit to the Undiscovered Country era is just going to be pure retread.

Maybe they're thinking they need to do it first before George Takei dies - all of his adventures as Captain Sulu are in that era.

I read an article awhile back that the insurance companies are going to be raising rates in October due to the failing Obamacare policies.   Could be an October surprise for a lot of people.

Rampant speculation on my part; but now that Nathan Fillion is freed up, I could see him as Mar-vell in a Carol Danvers Captain Marvel movie.

If Mar-vell's powers got transferred to Carol, he could play the powerless sidekick role (kind of like Rick Jones).