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03 Jun

Link Tank: Jack Quaid on Lower Decks, Superman, and The Boys Season 3

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Jack Quaid has been slowly invading fandoms. His latest feat? Voicing Superman in HBO Max’s upcoming animated series My Adventures With Superman. “Whichever fandom you belong to, there’s a good chance Jack Quaid is involved. After two seasons playing vigilante Hughie Campbell on Amazon’s smash-hit series The Boys, Quaid joined the Star Trek franchise, lending his nervous vocal stylings to the role of Brad Boimler in Paramount+’s animated Lower Decks.“ Read more at Inverse. This June marks the 51st anniversary of the first ever pride march in the U.S. Learn some historical facts about Pride Month, and how it came…
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02 Jun

Superman & Lois Finally Gave Lois Lane The Story She Deserved

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This article contains SUPERMAN & LOIS episode 8 spoilers. Superman & Lois has done so many things right in its first season, using familiar comics characters to explore an uncharted onscreen corner of the Superman mythos, focusing on the struggles of small town businesses in an increasingly corporate America, and embracing bold and risky storytelling decisions like introducing hero John Henry Irons to the DC TV universe – just initially disguised as both a villain and a Luthor. If fans and critics (or, more specifically, me, who is both) have had one lingering complaint throughout Superman & Lois Season 1, it’s that…
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26 May

Superman & Lois Episode 7: Inside the “Man of Steel” Ending That Changes the Series

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This article contains Superman & Lois episode 7 spoilers. Superman & Lois Episode 7 It took seven episodes, but we’ve finally learned the secrets of the mysterious stranger who up until now has only been known as “Captain Luthor.” Since the first episode of Superman & Lois aired back in February, fans (and journalists) have been buzzing about the identity of the man under the armor who has been giving Superman a hard time, and lately, spending a lot of time with Lois Lane.  And while everyone just took the armor’s AI at its word that this is a “Captain…
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19 May

Why Superman & Lois Went Full Friday Night Lights

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This article contains spoilers for Superman & Lois episode 6. There’s a moment in “Broken Trust,” Superman & Lois episode 6, that will make you confused about what show you’re watching. Volunteer assistant football coach Clark Kent is in Metropolis with the boys for their first game against their old school, and the first time Jordan is seeing his ex-bullies since he gained his powers. Like any kid who found their confidence after time away from their tormentors, Jordan is revelling in showing them up a little – he lays a massive hit on one of the Metropolis High players…
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11 May

Man of Steel 2: Zack Snyder Teases Superman vs. Brainiac

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Zack Snyder’s 2013 Man of Steel was always intended to kick off a shared universe of DC superhero movies. And watching it today, it still feels like a really solid foundation for exactly that. It’s a “first contact” film in many ways, effectively showcasing how humanity reacts to someone more than human arriving in their midst, and Snyder’s signature style is tempered somewhat by an almost Nolan-esque patience and approach to the worldbuilding around Superman. Unfortunately, Man of Steel was critically divisive, and “only” took in $668 million at the worldwide box office. A more than respectable blockbuster figure, but…
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08 Apr

Batman v Superman Writer Describes Post-Release “Mood of Fear”

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Now that Warner Bros. has seen consistent success with its line of DC superhero movies, the future of the DCEU seems assured with a healthy slate of films on the horizon, and with the Snyder Cut of Justice League finally released into the wild, you would think it might be time to finally stop worrying about the franchise’s early missteps, notably the difficulty that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had getting out of the gate and the subsequent effect it had on Justice League. But then screenwriter Chris Terrio comes along and delivers a bombshell interview to Vanity Fair…
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24 Mar

Superman & Lois Episode 5 Review: The Best of Smallville

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This Superman & Lois review contains spoilers. Superman and Lois Episode 5 This is the first episode of Superman & Lois that maybe felt like it was spinning its wheels a little. To be fair, this entire season has been unfolding at what can best be described as a deliberate pace. It’s an understandable decision since the entire concept of this show is meant to take fans of the Superman mythos pretty far out of their comfort zones, so there’s still a lot of heavy lifting that has to get done each week, especially as we get used to the…
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17 Mar

Superman & Lois Episode 4 Review: Haywire

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This Superman & Lois review contains spoilers. Superman and Lois Episode 4 One of the most tired arguments in comics is about whether or not Superman is too powerful to tell good stories with. The plethora of exceptional, meaningful, moving Superman stories out there should put that argument to bed for good, but if they haven’t, feel free to direct anyone making it to “Haywire,” the fourth episode of what’s shaping up to be one of the best Superman arcs ever. To my mind, the key Superman conflict has nothing to do with his power level and everything to do…
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10 Mar

Superman & Lois Episode 3 Review: The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower

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This Superman & Lois review contains spoilers. Superman and Lois Episode 3 “Morrissey’s a xenophobic has-been.” This one line, delivered with deadpan perfection by Alex Garfin’s Jordan Kent pretty much sums up why Superman & Lois episode 3 is so good. Wait, really? Yes, stay with me for a minute… I loved the first two episodes of Superman & Lois. There’s no question about that. But there was a very slight nagging feeling in the back of my mind, that maybe this show was going to be a little too serious for its own good. That maybe in the process…
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03 Mar

Superman & Lois: The Mystery of Captain Luthor and 7734

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This article contains Superman & Lois spoilers. Superman & Lois episode 2 gave us a lot more information on our potential bad guy, and it’s quite a doozy. Superman’s Iron Man-esque foe isn’t Lex Luthor, he’s a Luthor from a parallel Earth, by implication stranded on this one by the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. And while Superman & Lois draws a lot from the comics, is this Captain Luthor like another big multiversal Luthor we know from DC Comics as well? Or is he someone entirely different?  The evidence right now points to someone new. Or at…
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03 Mar

Superman & Lois Episode 2 Review: Heritage

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This Superman & Lois review contains spoilers. Superman and Lois Episode 2 There was a time, long ago, when big genre TV shows would get two hour premieres. Not the kind of two hour premiere that Superman & Lois had, where an episode that was actually a full hour without commercials got stretched out over a longer time slot with additional commercial breaks and a behind-the-scenes special. I mean a genuine 90 minute pilot that sat in a two hour timeslot. Those days are long gone, but I’ve long suspected that The CW structures the first two episodes of its…
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03 Mar

Superman & Lois Episode 2 DC Comics and Movie Easter Eggs and References

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This article contains Superman & Lois spoilers. There’s no question that Superman & Lois really knows its stuff. The first episode was a genuine love letter to Superman history, and proved once and for all that you can do a faithful, reverent take on the Man of Steel legend without just retreading stuff people have seen a thousand times. Superman & Lois episode 2 digs a little bit deeper for its lore, but once again pulls tons of terrific deep cuts from both DC Comics and the character’s history in movies and on TV. Here’s everything we found… Captain Luthor…
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27 Feb

Superman Reboot: Ta-Nehisi Coates Can Get Character Back to His Essence

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is writing the next Superman movie. That good news has come alongside an avalanche of rumor and speculation. THR, for one, reports that unnamed sources say “the project is being set up as a Black Superman story.” Meanwhile Shadow and Act, a website centered on studying African diaspora in the arts and media, confirmed Coates’ involvement while also noting this is a full-fledged reboot with the search for a new Kal-El having yet to begin. Social media predictably has already exploded with predicable reactions.  However, debates about who should play Superman run the risk of obscuring the full…
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24 Feb

Superman and Lois Premiere Ending Explained

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This article contains Superman & Lois premiere spoilers. We have a spoiler free review here. Superman & Lois episode 1 was an untraditional Superman story. Its hour-plus runtime does a lot of work introducing the twins Jonathan and Jordan Kent, setting up the rationale for why the family has to move back to Smallville, and generally explaining Superman’s place in the Arrowverse these days. But throughout it all, Clark keeps having to leave his family to take on a mysterious figure in armor who has been attacking nuclear facilities. This individual speaks Kryptonian, and has been leaving messages for Superman…
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24 Feb

Superman & Lois Episode 1: DC Comics and Movie Easter Eggs Revealed

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This article contains Superman & Lois episode 1 spoilers. We have a spoiler free review here. Superman & Lois episode 1 does it all! Callbacks to the comics that go all the way back to 1938! A visual reference to the character’s very first onscreen appearance! Random and obscure nods to comics from the ’90s! Oh, and a whole bunch of love for the granddaddy of all superhero movies, 1978’s Superman: The Movie. Basically, if you’re a Superman fan, the first episode of Superman & Lois is like a love letter to nearly every era of the comics. Here’s everything…
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24 Feb

Superman & Lois Episode 1 Review (Spoiler Free)

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Hollywood has spent the last three decades trying to reinvent Superman. After the Christopher Reeve franchise fizzled with 1983’s awkward Superman III and 1987’s truly dreadful Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, there seemed to be a prevailing impression that the character was broken, and that audiences just wouldn’t respond to a traditional interpretation of the hero. Hence nearly two decades of development hell as increasingly unrecognizable Superman screenplays failed to get made, 2006’s uneven Superman Returns, and 2013’s moody and violent Man of Steel and its unfortunate sequel. Even on TV, at least in live action, it seemed like…
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23 Feb

Superman & Lois Star Tyler Hoechlin Auditioned for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel

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It’s hard to believe that it has been almost five years since Tyler Hoechlin made his first appearance as Superman in the Arrowverse. Since that initial guest appearance on Supergirl, Hoechlin’s Superman has become a staple of the wider DC TV universe, playing a central role in crossovers like Elseworlds and Crisis on Infinite Earths, and he’s about to headline Superman & Lois, the first Superman-dedicated show in a decade, and the first in 25 years to actually feature the title hero in costumed action. But Hoechlin could have donned the red cape several years earlier, as he had auditioned…
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23 Feb

How Godzilla vs. Kong Beats Back Batman v Superman Comparisons

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When Godzilla vs. Kong debuts in theaters and on HBO Max on March 31, it marks the fourth film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, along with the third appearance of this American iteration of the swole lizard, and the second for this hairy ape from Skull Island. In terms of franchise team-ups, it’s a couple films shy of an MCU phase, but director Adam Wingard said he set out to create a “legitimate sequel,” and avoid the problems of Toho’s 1962 film, King Kong vs. Godzilla—as well as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Though Wingard is known for R-rated horror films…
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16 Feb

Superman & Lois: Behind the Scenes of The New DC TV Show

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When you think of Superman, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it the cape? The tights? The ability to “leap tall buildings in a single bound?” Whatever Superman’s most recognizable trait, it’s probably the way the character makes you feel that stays with you. The premise that someone so powerful would choose to use that power solely for good is an optimistic one. Despite being one of the most powerful figures in the DC Universe, it’s Superman’s capacity to inspire hope that is his defining characteristic.  “Part of why I find the character of Superman appealing as…
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10 Feb

Superman & Lois: Release Date, Trailer, Cast, Episodes, and More Details

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You loved them in their guest appearances on Elseworlds and Crisis on Infinite Earths, and now Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman and Elizabeth Tulloch’s Lois Lane are finally getting a show of their own with Superman & Lois on The CW! Here’s a quick breakdown of everything we know so far about the newest addition to The CW’s universe of DC TV shows… Superman & Lois Release Date Superman & Lois will premiere on The CW on February 23. Superman & Lois Trailer The first trailer for Superman & Lois gives us an introduction to the Smallville setting, shows off Lois and…
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