flawed-escape: 2016

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Batman Beyond Rebirth #1

I feel like I'm missing a big chunk of the picture picking up this issue. ...which is frustrating.

Only having dived into the Batman Beyond animated series a couple months ago I was a little disheartened to find the series abrupt end at Season 3. I watched the Return of the Joker special but that was not enough and so I've dived further down this DC rabbit hole and tried to bridge the gap with the Justice League series and its sequel Justice League Unlimited. FYI this renaming is too confusing. I've only recently completed the two seasons of the Justice League and am just starting the Unlimited series. I know there will be a crossover with Batman Beyond and that will be my glorious cake. However, until that time comes, I can't help myself and have jumped to the comics.

I haven't read comics in years, when I last gave up on Season 9 Buffy and A&F. Alas, the wait for each issues was too long!

With this issue I can't be more confused. There are so many questions to be asked and answered. Some I'm hoping to be answered when I complete the strangle entangle that is the Unlimited series. So I won't bore you with them here.

Let's jump to the art.

Cover art: as always there are two covers.

The first is a close up of the traditional Batman Beyond in the black suit, bright red bat symbol across the chest and white menacing eyes; in front of a matching red backdrop, which interesting enough is a tad smeared and dirty in contrast to the clean lines of Batman. The cover is clean and simple. Our Batman of the future is back!

The second cover is more out there. The exaggeration of form and muscles, the spikes, the overall mechancial enhancements of the suit. A very metallic, spidery looking Batman for all I can say. Is this spider-bats? Aside from the pointy spikes, two things I did notice: the red glowing eyes and the red soles to his boots. The red soles aren't a thing that continues into the rest of the comics but the red eyes are. When did he get red eyes?! ...and err... I don't like them.

Venturing further, the art in the rest of the comic was great. The colour, compostion and illustrations were amazing throughout especially the action scenes. The grainy flash back panels were also a contrast used to great effect.

I won't comment on the plot for now as I'd like to evaluate it from the full arc. There's still so many questions to be answered... and so I guess I shall leave you here. Ta.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

The Flash is back, yo

I feel like I've been waiting forever for good TV to return! The hiatus' are a real damper.

But The Flash is back!

Flashpoint ~ Season 3 Episode 1

Wow! Though ending on a cliffhanger, it hit every beat to pick up where we left off. The humorous bits, balanced with the emotional tear jerkers and the thrill of the action. I have missed this show!

Call me rusty but I think I would normally put in a quote right about now, but I don't think there was any standout to mention... Well, maybe:

"God I wish I could kill you. But today... I get to be the hero." ~ The Reverse Flash.

Saturday, October 1, 2016

October Sunshine

I do love a long weekend!

Feeling a little nostaglic as I find myself walking down memory lane frequently this last week. I found myself thinking of people from the past which I had not for years. It's unfortunate but such as life. People coming in one door, linger and walk out the next, to make a multi-doored room a metaphor for life. Pfft!

Plans? Nope. I loathe, have always loathed planning. If I had money to burn then I guess I would hire a planner. Ha! I do however, have a birthday to attend tomorrow. A little cuz turning one. Aww.

The rest of the weekend, if I can fight off the beast we call procastination, then maybe I can tick off some items on my to do list. Or maybe create some new projects ...which likely will become half-baked months down the track. Nooo!

Ta for now!