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Farewell to a Hero's Father—A Tribute to Eddie Jones
Jonathan Kent is an iconic role in the DC universe. The father of the young alien from Krypton, Clark Kent, played an important part in shaping the morality and humanity of the boy who would become the world's superhero. Though Eddie Jones wasn't the first actor to take on the challenge of becoming Superman's father, his portrayal of the character left a lasting impression for fans of the 1993 television series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
Rachel CarringtonPublished 5 years ago in Geeks'Superman: For Tomorrow'
In 2004, DC Comics published a highly ambitious storyline featuring some of the best artists and writers of the DC Comics company: Jim Lee and Brian Azzarello. The storyline featured a highly grim superhero, Superman, confronted with threats of varying nature—personal, political, scientific, and messianic. In the comic book storyline, Superman is tried and put to trial for his attempt at realizing a utopia, a pocket dimension called Metropia designed for the purpose of creating a paradisiacal dimension should the project of Earth fail. Superman in this storyline titled For Tomorrow is as much a man of belief, as he is a man of science and evidence.
Patrick OuandjiPublished 5 years ago in GeeksDoomsday
In Justice League Unlimited, the DCAU presents Doomsday as a Superman clone. This differs from the comic version where Doomsday is actually a clone from Krypton, by scientist Bertron. In Justice League Unlimited, Doomsday is a Superman clone from STAR LABS by Emil Hamilton, Superman's foremost scientist and traitor. Doomsday, in the episode "Doomsday Sanction," is revealed to have been cloned in order to hate Superman. Geneticist scientist, Dr. Milo, frees Doomsday in order to get revenge on Amanda Waller and Emil Hamilton, only to get killed by Doomsday.
Patrick OuandjiPublished 5 years ago in GeeksInvestigation: Brainiac-Luthor Crisis
This is a disclaimer on Justice League Unlimited that is not claiming to report real facts or charges of terrorism. It is an investigation on the Brainiac-Luthor crisis. The events of the Justice League Unlimited are of great importance for the super powered development that forms the perception of our current entertainment climate. It is meant for our own reflection on the priorities of the US government and of its attempts.
Patrick OuandjiPublished 5 years ago in GeeksAn Ideal of Hope
Art expresses something of the symbol of the natural world, it is an imitation of life, for it seeks to convey through symbol, audio, and visual image, a reflection, a truth, and the goodness of life itself. In contemporary life, there subsists a strained relation between the artistic expression and aesthetics—the philosophy of beauty—and it is certain that, this results from the loss of the religious sentiment of life: the contemplation of Beauty, found in the permanence of God, has ceded the place for praxis, that is, technology and a certain affection for only the consumerist production of things.
Patrick OuandjiPublished 5 years ago in Geeks'Doom Patrol': The Right Kind of Weird
Into the Donkey's Mouth Every so often, there comes a show that captures your imagination. Then some shows accelerate your imagination like a hamster on coke, duct-taped to a bottle rocket. And It won't be a shock to you, dear reader, that I'm referring to Doom Patrol as a coke-addled hamster whizzing by over 100 mph.
A.R. MinhasPublished 5 years ago in Geeks'Batman Returns' - That Other 'Nightmare Before Christmas'
With the success of Batman in 1989, a sequel was inevitable. That sequel was Batman Returns, released in 1992. For this sequel, director Tim Burton was given more creative control. The result is a more Gothic interpretation of Gotham and its villains. With a plot leading up to Christmas and music by Danny Elfman (again), this feels like a taste of what was to come in Tim Burton's 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. I could imagine Danny DeVito's Penguin as a resident in Halloween Town. The stitching aesthetic of Catwoman's suit reminds me of Sally. My nostalgia for Nightmare might be partly why I prefer Batman Returns over the previous film. To me, the pacing also feels better as Batman faces three main villains.
Steven ShinderPublished 5 years ago in Geeks'Batman' (1989) - Looking Good at Thirty
Thirty years ago saw the release of the Tim Burton-directed Batman movie, starring Michael Keaton as Batman, and Jack Nicholson as the Joker. When you watch it, you see a Gotham City that, despite having some characteristics of the present time of the film's release (such as Prince's music and Vicki Vale's 1980s fashion style), is heavily dominated by aesthetics of the 1940s, a trend that would carry over into the 1992 Batman: The Animated Series. It seems like a surreal, anachronistic marriage of time periods, but it works. Even when one watches it today. The film feels very much like a comic book, with little regard to when exactly it is supposed to take place and what would be authentic to a specific point in history. And while the film no longer resembles the present, it has aged very well.
Steven ShinderPublished 5 years ago in Geeks'Heroes in Crisis': The New 'Identity Crisis'
Note: This article contains spoilers to both Identity Crisis and Heroes in Crisis. Identity Crisis was a DC Comics miniseries in 2004. It was a murder mystery: Sue Dibny, the wife of the superhero Elongated Man, is found dead. The Justice League immediately assumes it was the doing of the villain, Doctor Light, who years before had raped her (a fact they made up for this story). Caught in the act by the League, they decided to have Zatanna the Magician erase his memories of their secret identities, and in the process "fix" him of his deviant tendencies. But this ended up screwing up his mind. Just then, Batman arrives. Disapproving of their actions, the League erases his memories of the event as well.
Wilfredo MartinezPublished 5 years ago in GeeksRobert Pattinson as the Batman
Like most girls, I fell in love with the highly creepy romance of Twilight; for some reason a glittery Robert Pattinson was something young girls couldn’t help but love. Now that time has passed, and it has recently been announced that Pattinson will take on the role of Batman in 2021. Yes, there have been hundreds of Batman films, but the DC world really needs someone to fix the mess that was Batman vs Superman and Justice League. Perhaps a new Batman will be its savior?
Blanca CantuPublished 5 years ago in GeeksMother Box
The Mother Box guarded by the Amazons in the Justice League movie. Justice League (2017), directed by Zack Snyder and written by Joss Whedon and Chris Terrio, may not have enjoyed great commercial success. However, it is notable for introducing important DC Comics characters, expanding the DC Extended Universe into the multiversal world of the New Gods. A central element of the story revolves around the Mother Box. In DC Comics continuity, this sophisticated artifact is created by the New Gods, a race of metaphysical beings born from the First World at the beginning, Urgrund, forming with New Genesis and Apokolips, a Fourth World. This fictional technology is possessed by the New Gods and enables them to bridge time and space for multiple applications. The Mother Box, is essentially a sentient super-computer that grants its New God user fantastic abilities such as levitation and flight, teleportation, and matter and energy manipulations.
Patrick OuandjiPublished 5 years ago in GeeksZombie Outbreak in the DC Universe!
May 1st kicked off the DC's newest event with DCeased #1, which gives us the beginning of what will be a zombie outbreak in the DC Universe! This event is basically DC's version of Marvel: Zombies, and will likely give us zombie versions of our favorite DC superheroes. The first issue is written by Tom Taylor, the writer of the critically acclaimed Injustice (Years 1-3) comic book series. Meanwhile, the artists are Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano and James Harren.
Just a guyPublished 5 years ago in Geeks