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I had family in town, so I still haven't finished Iron Fist.

We did watch Doctor Strange though. So... Yeah.

I'm good with Castiel and Crowley appearing less, and people like Claire appearing more.

He wasn't contracted for that episode.

I got it!

Everyone assumes that the flashbacks will be ending this year. What if they don't? Five years ago, Laurel was alive. So season 1 becomes the flashbacks!

I just saved the producers a ton of money!

I'm also curious as to why Eobard would have made Felicity a masked hero in his world.

I don't think we're supposed to think too much about LoT. We're just supposed to look at the pretty pictures and not wonder about why, say, this "rewritten" reality was so easily zapped out of people with a McGuffin gun. I mean, reality itself was supposedly rewritten. They weren't just new memories that were implanted. It would have been more interesting to have the Legends exist outside of this new reality, since they were in the timestream when it was altered, so they aren't different, but they still have altered versions of themselves to battle. Maybe those doubles would even exist once they fixed things, so there would be two of everyone, thus explaining why none of them really matter to the timeline. Then we could see Sara or Ray show up on the other shows without having to involve the Legends.

Spoilers for next season of Arrow!!!
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It's been reported that Katie Cassidy will be returning to Arrow as a series regular next season. The official report says that she will be playing Black Siren next year, after appearing in the final two episodes of Arrow this year, and the season finale of LoT next week (where she will be playing normal Laurel).

Is it possible that this is a misdirect, and LoT will actually be bringing Laurel back to life? Or would that even be what we want to happen at all? Is Katie more interesting as Black Siren than Black Canary?

As someone who lives down below, I'd like to vote against hanging any buildings over our heads.

A new Spider-Man trailer is out. I'm curious to know what you all think.

https://youtu.be/DiTECkLZ8HM

I've tried flashing new ROMs in the past, with a mixed record of success. I have never had trouble with Samsung's interface though, so it hasn't been a huge point for me. Either way, I definitely prefer to have the option. My S4 is locked, preventing me from flashing any ROMs, which annoys me. But that's more of an AT&T thing, I think.

What I am really looking for in a new phone is something that will last me a while. When I get a phone, it's the phone that I'm going to have for the next four or five years. I want something that won't be obsolete within a month. I still like my S4 in a lot of ways, but I know that the processors now are faster, the battery life is longer, screens are crisper, the phones are resistant to water and dust (which is a nice feature, considering that I really don't use a case very often). I don't plan on using fingerprints or anything like that, so that's not a big deal for me, but if the new Bixby AI is everything that it's supposed to be, that could be a pretty big deal as well.

I just like Samsung products. I like their phones, their watches, their TVs, etc.

I think the SD card merging thing has been resolved in more current models, but I could be wrong. I would love that.

It might be worth holding off for a while though. There's a rumor that they will be announcing another phone later this year that could be more impressive than the S8. Even if it's just a Note, the S-Pen might be worth the wait. My brother has a Note and it seems like a really nice feature to have.

But yeah, there's a chance that I'll eventually flash a custom ROM. I just don't always have the best of luck with them.

I know what a homecoming dance is. I just didn't expect a superhero movie to have a school dance as its big draw.

Winter Soldier. The First Avenger. Civil War. Age of Ultron... Homecoming.

I guess it can be pretty harrowing, trying to pin a boutonnière to a super suit. And it's going to be a tough moment when it's time to take pictures and he doesn't want to remove his mask.
Finally, the film will end with a chase scene after Spider-Man gets his date home after her curfew, and her father chases him through the city with a shotgun.

Second thought, I might love this movie.

Seriously though... Don't the new Spider-Man posters look more like the posters for an animated movie than live action? Bright colors aside, they don't even look photographic and the composition is weird. Someone went a little crazy in Photoshop.

I haven't been keeping up with news on this movie. What does "Homecoming" refer to, aside from Disney getting the ability to integrate him into their franchise? Does the story involve him coming back to New York after some great amount of time? I'm a little confused.

I haven't seen Sleepy Hollow this year. After season 1, the show took a huge dive. I may check it out if it's on Netflix though.

Maybe. But they're not even showing Superman at this point, so you never know! I just enjoy the anticipation. I really like having stuff to look forward to.

Joy. Fun. Happy! Excitement! Excessive positivity!

The first Justice League poster released was a picture of Aquaman with the words "Unite the Seven" written on it. So... Who would be the seven?
Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
The Flash
Cyborg
???

People think it is Green Lantern, but I think Henry Cavill is teasing that a little hard if it's supposed to be a mystery.

Black Adam? Dwayne Johnson was cast a long time ago, for a movie that won't be coming out for a while. And they have a Black Adam, but no word on Captain Marvel himself. So... Maybe?

Or it could mean something else entirely, I suppose.

They should reveal him, but maybe later. He could be "dark" Superman when he returns, so maybe have him facing away, or hovering above the others. But we all know he is in it. Henry Cavill keeps posting about it, so it isn't any kind of mystery. They should just own it and use it in their promotional material somehow.

Also, I am capable of having fun! I just have a hard time enjoying low quality material. I have an analytical mind, and "fun" doesn't automatically mean half-assed or poor quality.

So stop cyber bullying me!!!

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I didn't mind Kara when she appeared in the other crossover, but with this one, I don't think the crossing over worked well. Both she and Barry were acting like mentally ill children, which got old fast. It seems like they're just trying to give Barry and Kara the old Barry/Felicity dynamic, but it's not working. And I don't get Barry making comments about Superman. He knows nothing about Superman. At all.

The cast is talented, no doubt. Jeremy Jordan (Winn) is a Broadway actor, so he didn't really surprise me (I watched a musical movie with him on Netflix not too long ago). And Carlos Valdez does a lot of singing, so I expected him to do okay too. The thing is... it just didn't fit this show.

Yes, Grant can tap dance. No, Barry can't. Seeing him do it just removed me from that scene.

The thing about musicals is that the music has to be an incredibly vital part of the characters. This is their dialogue, revealing something about their inner selves. This episode only had two original songs, which means that most of the music was pasted into it. You would never copy and paste dialogue from an old movie, into your own script. It doesn't work. It never works. Yet, people keep doing it!

The Buffy musical worked despite the fact that most of the cast couldn't sing, because it was still such a big character exploration. This episode didn't work despite the fact that the cast could sing, because it had nothing to do with the characters. It was a waste of time. (and why would Barry's own mind create a world where Joe and Stein are a couple? That's just... weird. And I'm not sure why he'd include Malcolm at all. Have they ever even met?)

Blah. I hated this episode. Only one of the original songs was remotely good. The Super Friends song was so forced and contrived, it was painful to watch. On top of that, the Supergirl world just doesn't mix well with the Arrowverse. It's silly, like Lost in Space meets Angel. Maybe next time they want to bring Kara into one of the Arrowverse shows, they should just add Power Girl to the mix.

The Flash musical:

No. Please stop. Make this episode go away. Undo it, undo it! It is so painfully bad.

I have watched the first two episodes of Iron Fist. I have thoughts.

1. I don't know what the critics are smoking. This show is closer to Daredevil quality than JJ or LC were. Are they really just pissing and moaning over race issues?

2. Honestly, I know nothing about this character going in. He definitely has Bruce Wayne/Oliver Queen stuff going on, but it's working well so far. I'm interested in following this.

3. I can't judge the whole series yet. There could well be a slump coming up. That seems to be a thing with these shows. But if they can hold this quality of character/story, I will be happy.

4. I do have some issues. It felt weird to have the doctor look at Danny as though he were crazy for referencing other dimensions when they exist in a universe full of alien invasions and mythical gods using a magic hammer to fly. Also, Danny probably could have helped himself by replacing a few "could we just talk?" lines with some "you once poured pancake batter on my head" type lines.

5. I find myself sitting here, waiting for Claire to show up. I know she's around here somewhere.

6. Why am I numbering these thoughts?

Agreed. And the animated movie (which may be Miles Morales, not Peter Parker) will have to be worthy of a theatrical release. Most of these animated movies are straight to DVD, so it is odd to release this in theaters. It seems like they're upset about Disney getting Spider-Man, or they're trying to hold onto the rights... I don't know.

Again, I think that people are blowing this up into more than it is. The studio is looking at options and seeing if there is anything that they can shift around and put out sooner. Their schedule is always shifting, usually for good reasons, so I don't think we should panic yet. If they decide to force an FX-heavy film out too quickly, they will regret it. They can't afford to get GL Corps wrong after the last movie flopped.

A movie without any huge visuals could be put together pretty quickly, and DC has many characters who could be used for a relatively low budget, visually simple movie. Their visual style for the franchise even supports something less grand. So that's an option. Even Nightwing could be more grounded and require less post-production work.

But odds are, they won't force anything that they're not certain of. Most of the options listed would require too much pre-production and post-production work. Anything Green Lantern, Flash or Justice League Dark will take too much work. Suicide Squad 2 is an option, depending on how much of a concept they already have. Same for Sirens, I suppose. They would only have nine months to do this... It isn't impossible, but I'm not going to invest too much in this right now.

I think the Eobard thing has been really confused.

Barry goes back in time and stops his mother from being killed
Eobard is kept in a cage during Flashpoint
Barry releases Eobard
Eobard kills Barry's mother (both Flashpoint Barry and Flashpoint Eobard vanish for some reason)

Everything is presented as going mostly back to normal...

Yeah, I don't get it. They even failed to bring it back to what we saw in the season 1 finale, where Barry warned himself away from saving his mother. It's a mess, but I guess we're just supposed to go with it.

He does seem to manipulate people, but then again, that was his pitch for being on the team when he got there. He knows how to push people toward their potential. But there could definitely be a downside. I guess we'll find out. Wells characters usually only last a season as a regular on this show.

I'm trying to figure out which is more annoying:

A. People talking about the Earth-One Harrison Wells as though he were a bad guy, when he died fifteen or twenty years ago and never hurt anyone. Wells was never a villain.

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B. People talking about Eobard Thawn on LoT as though he still remembers working with Caitlin and Cisco, when he was actually pulled from the night that Barry's mother died and should retain none of those other memories.

Bonus option:

C. Diggle's Spartan helmet, meant to conceal his identity, having lights on the inside which highlight his identity!

This is where the documentary "Chaos on the Bridge" comes in handy. It documents everything that went into Roddenberry's mindset when it came to TNG and the Trek universe. Basically, he was buying into his own PR, but there were also other elements that came into play, which caused the whole thing to turn into a mess. It's funny when you have studio people saying that they have no idea what Encounter at Farpoint is about, even to this day. It's total nonsense!

https://youtu.be/XbyB2fy6Uzc

I just imagine that this Thor movie will be painful. Thor's movies have been among the most boring of the franchise, and they're now adding the Hulk, who has been another of the weaker parts. Ruffalo just brings nothing to the screen. This has all the makings of a snooze-fest.

And now the Spider-Man movie is looking to be in trouble!!!!!
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-m … ay-a149622

Reshoots! The entire franchise is pretty much over! Reshoots!

I'm joking, of course. But it is funny how the article goes out of its way to explain how normal reshoots are.

Spider-Man still looks horrible in the MCU. Just my opinion. Definitely the weakest movie costume yet for the character.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/ben-a … 202009104/

Affleck has been in rehab. Probably explains why he has lightened his load a bit.

See, because Enterprise ended with the reveal that what we were seeing was just Riker in the holodeck, I've always wondered how much of it was real and how much was just a writer making a holodeck story.

And how much of the show took place on the holodeck, since Riker was playing the role of a Chef that we heard references too, but never saw on the show?

Yeah, I think they had the same problem with James Masters. He was 35 or so when cast for season 2 of Buffy, right? Then you add years of staying very thin for the role, plus smoking... By the end, he was definitely aging. This is why vampires are better in books and movies than in TV shows. I guess we are supposed to play along and pretend that they look the same as when we first saw them.

By the way, was there ever a time when Buffy hooking up with either of these dudes was anything but gross?

The crash was also pretty weak.