Quick Question?

Did anyone like Wednesday Comics?

I don't think I enjoyed them that much. Though the Metamorpho wasn't that bad.

Wonder Woman Fans?

This one's for you!

Smallville Returns, Less than Spectacular Support

Yes, yes. Smallville has returned for a groundbreaking ninth season (isn't Tom Welling a little too old to be pre-Superman now?). Sadly, the show has had a schedule change, to 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. Central on Fridays (pretty much the dead end zone of all that is television).

Even us here at Haphazard Heroines missed the first two episodes because, well, we were out doing something else! We're not Perez Hilton, you know :D

SPOILER AHEAD!

The first episode this season, Savior, takes place three weeks from the end of season eight. Now, remember, Lois had transported herself via flight ring to the future, Jimmy is dead, Clark had turned his back on humanity, Chloe is barely living, Green Arrow and the others have dropped off the radar, Tess Mercer was hunting down Kryptonians, and the world was saved from Doomsday.

Okay, now that we're all caught up...

The first episode shows Clark, now only Kal-El, in his new uniform, black trench coat and black shirt with the family crest on it (the infamous 'S'!). He is very, very distracted from his previously uninterrupted work with Jor-El due to the mysterious reappearance of Lois Lane, whom he admits to enjoy talking to (Chloe seems hurt). He saves her, she doesn't realize she's been gone and still likes the Blur way more than she should. She meets John Corben (to all you DC fans, the name should be a tip off, dontcha think?), who ends up taking Clark Kent's spot at the Daily Planet (Clark is "visiting family indefinitely"). He's a tool.

So, now we have a distracted Clark, an even more curious Lois (possible? unsure...), a slightly annoying John Corben, a sad and a little disappointed Chloe, and...other characters.

Now, Tess Mercer has been chilling with the Kryptonians who pretty much vanish into thin air after crowning Zod their leader once again (some had strayed from the path!). She, being Tess, has to know what's going on (bring back Lex! We all know he's not dead!)

Blah, blah, blah. Lois hunts down Green Arrow and deems him a loser, blah, blah, blah...wait, what? I do loves me some Justin Hartley.

Oh, and there's an assassin hunting Clark. He kills her though (supposedly).

End of the episode - Chloe asks for Clark to go back in time and save Jimmy. He states that he can't, that he's seen what happens when he tampers with time (ummmmm his father dies?), so he says no. Chloe bites back that there is nothing human left in him before leaving the Kent barn, where the fight between the assassin and Clark went down. Lois dreams that night of things that we must assume happened in the future. Including sex with Clark. Yowza!

Second episode - called Metallo. Hmmmmm :D

Long story short, Corben becomes the infamous Metallo, beats the living crap out of both Lois and Clark (who can't get near him - kryptonite battery), Chloe starts up the Watchtower again, and Clark admits that he can't protect society if he isn't one of them.

He restarts his career as Clark Kent, Daily Planet Reporter (future husband of Lois Lane?).

Oh, and Tess gives Lois's job back to her, though she's spying on her. Eep!

I really enjoyed this part.

Enjoy, all of my little Smallville addicts. I am one of you!

5/5 I think :D

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies is out, and it stays pretty true to the comics. It's nice, actually. I just wish they'd had Starfire say a bit more and Superman say a bit less :D I just love hearing Kevin Conroy and Clancy Brown though (sorry Tim Daly). Voice acting kudos to them!

*Spoiler*

It is nice, though, when Batman sacrifices himself for Earth, how Supes refers to him as his "best friend" as he beats up Lex Luthor. That really tweaks the heartstrings.

Watch the movie here.

Superman Being Taken Away From DC?

I do NOT believe this!

Time to revolt? Yes, yes, yes!

If I am wrong in any of this, please let me know.

Supes - In GL Too?

Today is the day Superman might get a real comeback by forcing himself upon everyone who loves comics.

See here to learn all about the incredibly juicy information on the lawsuit with DC and Warner Brothers against the heirs of Jerry Siegel. Here's a bit to whet your Superman-loving appetite.

"The judge, who conducted a 10-day bench trial, also noted that Warner Bros. chairman Alan Horn had testified that he hopes to make another “Superman" movie but added that the property wasn’t under development at the studio, that no script had been written and that the earliest another “Superman” pic could be released would be in 2012."

Have at it!

Tron Legacy Date

Wow, this blog has been about film a lot lately.

Remember: December 17, 2009.

That's when Tron Legacy comes out. The sequel to the Tron from 1982, it's going to go head to head with Michael Gondry's Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen.

Which do you think will do better?

For more information on the original Tron, click here.

Yes, it is True. Superman Gets Another Movie!

Stupid, stupid, stupid. The last, like, three didn't do too well in the DC Comics viewer demographics.

This is the official plot synopsis that has since been removed from Slashfilm,

“Ramping up the action of its esteemed predecessor, the sequel to ‘Superman Returns’ promises to raise the stakes and take the audience to heights of action that no other superhero movie can achieve.”

Now, Bryan Singer may or may not be included in the reboot, but a while ago, the Wall Street Journal announced that there will be asequel in the near future.

Warner Bros. also put on hold plans for another movie starring multiple superheroes — known as “Batman vs. Superman” — after the $215 million “Superman Returns,” which had disappointing box-office returns, didn’t please executives. “‘Superman’ didn’t quite work as a film in the way that we wanted it to,” says Mr. Robinov. “It didn’t position the character the way he needed to be positioned.” “Had ‘Superman’ worked in 2006, we would have had a movie for Christmas of this year or 2009,” he adds. “But now the plan is just to reintroduce Superman without regard to a Batman and Superman movie at all.”

Oh, and Kevin Spacey is confirmed for the movie (good or bad news? I'm sick of Luthor by now).

For now, let us see how the production goes...