Stargirl: The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton
You know going in things aren’t going to be great from the somewhat spoilery title, “The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton.”
You know going in things aren’t going to be great from the somewhat spoilery title, “The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton.”
Say what you want about the DC movies, and believe me I know they have their problems, they did a pretty good job with casting in many of them. Gal Godot is a great Wonder Woman, Afleck worked surprisingly well as a world-weary Batman, and Jason Mamoa is very entertaining as Aquaman.
This episode also is the live action debut of the titular villain Jinx, a member of Titans’ enemies, the Fearsome Five.
The main character and his wife, among the few remaining characters from the first season, take most of this episode off, they bring back a minor character from the dead (thanks to more complications and ripples from Crisis), and there are a few inconsistences and just plain weird things happening throughout the show.
There are a lot of interesting interactions in the Dreaming and the waking world as the various cast members are “Playing House.”
Superman was the first superhero by just about every definition. He started the industry, and all the others, from Batman to the Avengers and everyone else, can be said to owe him a debt. There have been many takes on him over the years, and the newest (as I write this) is a cartoon called “My Adventures with Superman.”
One of those bright spots … was Blue Beetle. Hampered by bad timing and the “DCEU” coming to an ragged, uneven end, it was still an enjoyable movie that did a decent job with some complex history.
Starting on DC Universe, then leaping to HBO Max, but also notionally linked to the Arrowverse and the Titans, the Patrol has gone through some changes on screen and in the comics. Now, the third season of their truly unique show comes to an end with “Amends Patrol.”
As you might expect from the title, there are a few disturbing things going on in “Frenemies: Chapter Eleven: The Haunting.”
The weird mashup of various versions of Gotham City is an interesting place. They’ve taken elements from all sorts of different tellings of the various Bat-related stories, and made something new, with a collection of characters that are mostly from different times and places, with a few originals. With the looming threat of the Court…