Supergirl and Superman’s pleasant days of stopping crime and disaster take a more serious turn when Project Cadmus sends Metallo against them.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Legends of Tomorrow: “Out of Time”
The Legends have returned, announced a (mostly) lighter tone for this season, and find they must kidnap Einstein in order to keep Hitler from developing the atomic bomb first.
No, really. That’s the plot.
The characters also skip across several places and times, Ollie Queen makes an appearance, and we’re introduced, briefly, to the Justice Society of America.
Flash and Arrow Discussion: “Paradox” and “The Recruits”
The new seasons of Arrow and The Flash continue, with Barry’s actions affecting both universes. “Paradox” is marked by angst and soft reboots, but it does feature appearances by the actual Jay Garrick Flash and the sinister Dr. Alchemy. “The Recruits” showed us Ollie’s past orientation into the Russian brotherhood and his present-day testing of some new recruits. Ragman puts in an appearance– a clear signal that anyone in the DCU might turn up– and Diggle finds himself bound for trouble.
Comments? Reviews? Easter Egg sightings?
Supergirl Review: “The Adventures of Supergirl”
Superman joins Supergirl for the second season premiere, which celebrates everything the DC Cinematic Universe is not.
Up, up, and away!
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Are students at your local school using electronic waste to build 3-D printers? ‘Cause these kids in Hong Kong are:
And 3-D printed bones, as it turns out, can foster new growth.
Unrelated: various people’s views of New York Comic Con, below.
Novel Review: The Girls
Last year’s pop-thriller was Paula Hawkins’ intriguing mystery, The Girl on the Train; they just released the movie adaptation. This year, the bestseller sort-of-a-thriller presents a fictional version of the Manson killings. Since there’s no mystery about the killers’ identities, Emma Cline’s The Girls examines what might make an upper-middle-class teen join a madman’s cult.
Arrow Review: “Legacy”
Arrow returns, with Ollie in office, new vigilantes on the street, and a new villain in town.
The Flash Review: “Flashpoint”
The Flash returns, as Barry Allen comes to terms with the alternate timeline his actions have created.
October Review: The Blair Witch (2016)
October falls again! Expect polychromatic corn, terrifying masks, and (this year) a spike in the sale of cornhusk-colored wigs and pumpkin-colored foundation. And expect the Bureau to run reviews of horror movies old and new, counting down to the haunted thirty-first.
We’re beginning with a release from this autumn, a sequel to the film that initiated the found-footage horror genre, and demonstrated the power of the internet to convince people horrific fantasy was real.1 And that sequel begins with evidence that Heather Donahue did not die those twenty years ago…
Our full schedule for October appears below.
Novel Review: The Fifth Season
When the world ends three weeks later, it happens on the most beautiful day Syenite has even seen. The sky is clear for miles, save for the occasional drift of cloud. The sea is calm, and even the omnipresent wind is warm and humid for once, instead of cool and scouring.
We’re a bit late to the party, but we’re finally reviewing N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo and New York Times Notable- winning fantasy.