DC Movies - To Infinity and Beyond
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Wasn't that the original intent of the Dark Knight Returns? Year One is Miller's mainstream take on Batman.
I actually liked Vandervoort a good deal (I like Smallville probably more then it deserves, especially in later seasons when it started adding more comic elements). Honestly, its Helen Slater who I find to be the weakest live action Supergirl. I don't think its Slater's fault, but in the Supergirl film she's written like a complete space cadet, just kind of wandering from scene to scene barely aware of whats going on. The Phantom Zone scene and the final fight with the Witch are where the character seems to finally be fully aware and active with the plot, but Supergirl spends too much of that movie as barely a character for me to rate her as anything but the bottom of the list.
I don't hate the film version of the character or anything, and I'm sure Slater could have done a good job in better circumstances, but the character as written is just not good, at least in my opinion.
No, but please. I'm just watching the first episode and it is really great! Plus, with a weekly release schedule I can keep up with a thread for a change.
My favourite line so far:
"Is he a nurse?"
"No, but he's got nurse-like qualities."
My favourite line so far:
"Is he a nurse?"
"No, but he's got nurse-like qualities."
I'm waiting until Superman shows up before I start watching that.
That Batman universe does not need supers.
Of course it does. Everything better with Superman.
I’ll also watch the Penguin show once he gets his army of killer penguins as well.
I'm personally waiting until they reveal his name is still Oswald Cobblepot before watching that Penguin show. Seriously, "The Penguin" isn't a goofy nickname, but Cobblepot is too "kiddie" a last name? The people making that show have their heads so far up their own asses they'll soon be complaining about Marvel Movies/Shows 
Isn't that how the name always was? It was an insult that Oswald eventually owned.
Hmm, not quite. Looking at his debut story, at first we see Dick laughing at his appearance and Bruce chiding him before conceding that he does look like a penguin at that. Later, when he hooks up with the local gangsters, they ask him what his handle is, and he says, "Oh--ah--I have so many! Why not call me the Penguin? It does fit--hee--hee!"
So he is owning a nickname given him by others, but he seems to welcome it rather than feeling insulted. After all, as originally portrayed, he deliberately cultivates his comical, foppish appearance so that people won't take him seriously, which is the cover for his ruthless criminal intellect.
Found it on Wikipedia. This is his "Silver Age" origin:
en.wikipedia.org