Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Review

I love the DC animated universe stuff. Taking great books and making pretty good animated movies based on it. From what I read, they stay as close as they can to the source material but I'm not that big into all the comics. My problem is I can't just start in the middle of a story, I like to see the beginning and grow with it. Sure I could buy the trades and get caught up but I'm not made of money, so I just haven't done that yet. With the cartoons, I could get the basic back story, get to know the hero, who they are, who their villains are, and get an idea of what I should expect. There, now you know my history with the DC Universe. I watched the 90's Batman and Superman Animated Series, and the Justice League/Unlimited that followed. With that, I feel I know the characters well enough. Crucify me if you want, fanboys, but I don't have all the time in the world to read everything I missed.

 You think Flashpoint Bats reads the Red Eye?

Flash is one of my favorite DC Heroes, after Bats and Supes of course. So when I saw the trailer for this, I was excited. But to tell you how little I knew of the Flash's books, I thought this was going to be the reverse origin story. The one were Flash goes back in time and becomes the bolt of lighting that turned Berry Allen into the Flash in the first place. I was wrong, this was much better. Showing alternate realities changed by one event. Showing what would happen if Berry Allen never became Flash, if Bruce Wayne was shot and Thomas Wayne lived, if Superman crash landed in Metropolis and not Smallville, if the Hal Jordan never got the power ring, and so on. A wonderful "what if" story.

"I should have my own movie."

The acting is phenomenal in this, but I didn't recognize anyone. Kevin Conroy as Batman, sure. As well as Nathan Fillion was Green Lantern but he was barely in this. Oh and like one line from Ron Perlman as Deathstroke. Other then them, no one else popped out at me, and looking at the IMDB didn't reveal much else either. That takes nothing away from this film, it is still a ton of fun and awesome to see what hero or villain is gonna show up next. So if you want a fun action packed film with a little mystery and a different take on your favorite heroes, check this one out!

Man Of Steel Review Podcast

Ok gang, we had issues with recording this one. This is our second attempt, that is why it is late. As well as I had to go out of town for a family reunion so I had no time to edit. But Here It Is Finally! Our thoughts on Man Of Steel, we did have a guest but that audio got chewed up by the gods. Sorry Marc of Unshaven Comics, we'll have you on for the comic movies this year! Promise!

Episode 22 - Man Of Steel

Movie of the Week: Superman Unbound

It's a fact that I like cartoons. Animated features are always cool to check out, and Netflix has a bunch so you can always go there. But over the past few years, DC Comics and Warner Brothers have been putting out some great straight to dvd movies. They offer more than the live action market which is just Batman, Green Lantern, and soon the new Superman movie. Most of these animated movies are retellings of popular trades released some time ago. Like the Batman: Year One series or several other Superman stories.

What I like about these is that you can just jump right in. No bullshit explaining who Superman is or what he can do. They expect you to know that by now, and no, not every straight to dvd movie is a sequel to the last. So you don't have to have seen that one. They are much like an animated tv show, only in a 90 minute chunk.

Superman Unbound is based on the Superman: Brainiac story. It brings in Supergirl, the city of Kandor, and of course the villain Brainiac. While the trailer below is a bit silly, what with the "Welcome to Erf" line, it is an over all enjoyable experience. So if you enjoy DC Comics, or their movies, or even watched their cartoons as a kid, you'll like Superman Unbound! Go rent it, or wait for it to eventually come on Netflix.