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WHAT BOTHERS WHAT BOTHERS ARROW’S STEPHEN AMELL ABOUT DC COMICS

WHAT BOTHERS WHAT BOTHERS ARROW’S STEPHEN AMELL ABOUT DC COMICS

AUTHOR: ADAM HOLMES
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Unlike Marvel and their shared media universe, DC has opted to keep the company’s movie and TV universes separate, primarily so that each project isn’t hindered creatively. The downside to this approach is that there isn’t as much synergetic collaboration between the two departments, which was primarily demonstrated when DC announced their cinematic universe plans last month. Arrow star Stephen Amell has a particular issue with the movie side of things.

While he relishes being a part of the DC TV universe, Amell expressed his frustration on this week’s Arrow After Talk about how last month’s announcement of DC’s movie slate was handled, specifically that it was the day after the second Flash aired. Here were his thoughts:
“I thought that the way that Warner Bros. announced the slate of DC movies could have been handled better. And I think someone like Grant Gustin, who has just launched an iconic character like the Flash to record-breaking numbers, numbers that far-surpassed Arrow’s numbers, he should have been given a wider berth than two episodes before another actor was announced to play his character.”

He also pointed out that the reaction to the second episode of a series is more important than the pilot because it indicates how many people enjoyed the debut and will be sticking around. By scheduling their movie news the day after Flash aired, it drew attention away from those crucial ratings. He says Gustin deserves better.
“All that being said, that’s because I’m protective of Grant, and that’s because I think that producing 23 episodes of superhero television is more difficult than producing a feature film, and it’s 23 episodes again, and again, and again.”

Among the big DC news that day was the casting of Ezra Miller as Flash in the titular character’s 2018 film. Gustin barely got two weeks under his belt as the Flash before he was overshadowed by the actor who would be playing the Scarlet Speedster on the big screen. By the time the movies comes out (and assuming the show is still on), The Flash will be in its fourth or fifth season, so many people will be well-acquainted with Gustin as the character by the time Miller debuts. While Gustin on the big screen is not to be, it wouldn’t have hurt Warner Bros. and DC to hold the announcement for another date, especially if they took the time to make an event out of it like Marvel did with their Phase 3 lineup.

Despite his irritation with the timing, Amell did state that he was excited with how DC will be introducing the Justice League on the big screen over five to six years, and said he’s spoke to DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns about the upcoming plans. At the end of the day, DC is a comic book company that enjoys crossing over characters from multiple universes, especially though their Crisis events, so there’s always the possibility that one day, we may see two different Flashes running side-by-side and two different Green Arrows drawing their bows.
STEPHEN AMELL ABOUT DC COMICS

Philly Resident Kickstarting His Real Batman Armor

Philly Resident Kickstarting His Real Batman Armo

By Dennis Upkins
11/15/2014

In comic books, James Gordon is one of Batman’s most loyal allies who aids the Caped Crusader in protecting Gotham from any arising threat. However in real life it is Jackson Gordon who is working to make Batman’s costume a reality through a Kickstarter campaign.

“[The goal is] to create a real world equivalent of a batsuit that would provide significant protection and be accurate to the character,”Gordon explained on his Kickstarter page.”My idea is to design my own version of what a real world equivalent of a batsuit should be, and then actually construct it.”

The Philadelphia based design student also emphasized that while the armor may be inspired by 1/3 of DC Comics’ Trinity, this project is not cosplay.

“It’s important to stress that this is not a costume, but rather an actual fully functioning replication of what a person would want in a modern type combat suit,” Gordon explained. “This suit is not being designed to take on gunfire, as that would cost exponentially more and is above my skill set, but rather towards hand to hand combat and weapon defense against bats, knifes, and other club like objects. I don’t plan on replicating his additional gear, such as the grapnel gun and smoke grenades, just the protective suit itself. While creating a protective suit is not all that difficult in and of itself, applying a theme to said suit, in this case batman, leads to a lot of interesting design possibilities, as there is a plethora of base material to consider for inspiration and styling guidelines to stick to to make the character recognizable.”

Only a few days in, the Kickstarter campaign has already reached its $1000 goal.

“Any additional funding will allow me to further my use of different materials and start adding gear to the suit like speakers and cameras in the cowl,” Gordon said.

The campaign concludes on Dec. 10.

Stop Asking Your Readers

I agree with you on this article that you wrote, even though I’ve never came across this myself. But other bloggers out there got to have their own voice to stand on. I look at it this way. Your not looking at anyone, or standing in front of a crowd telling your story. So there shouldn’t be any problems with this for anyone.

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Does Writing Positively Heave You Up?

SOCIAL BRIDGE ~ Jean Tubridy connecting with you from Ireland

It’s pretty noticeable that social media is full of positivity in a world that isn’t all sweetness and light.

Sometimes, I find that reading reams of positive stuff makes me feel like I’ve overdosed on chocolate.

However, I know that when I feel down, I tend to use what I call ‘positive’ writing  as a way to haul myself up. This is at the public level, at least. My private journals are probably a lot closer to the real me.

But overall, I find that the very act of writing a positive post tends to lift my mood.

Today is one of those down days, for a variety of reasons, and here’s where I went delving to find much-needed colour and bounce!

… laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life’s not a paragraph
 
And death i think is no parenthesis.
(e.e.cummings)
 

What’s your approach? Do you tell…

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