My Thoughts on the DC Extended Universe

by Alex Goode

The DC Extended Universe, shortened to DCEU, is a movie universe based around DC characters that was created to rival the MCU. At this moment in time, there are five movies that have been released (with more planned on the way. There's Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, and Justice League. The sixth installment, Aquaman, is set to be released on December 21st of 2018. When it comes out, I'll do a review of it. Personally speaking, I enjoyed these movies. Yes, they're flawed and poorly timed out, but I can't help but enjoy them on the whole. Even Suicide Squad. Sue me. However, I do see that they aren't the best interpretations of the characters. In fact, objectively, a few of them are outright bad. Most people have said the problems with the DCEU before, but I'd like to give my own take on all of the movies individually and express what about them works, and what about does not work. Keep in mind, these are just my opinions. It's fine if you disagree with me.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Review

by Alex Goode

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace was the fourth and final installment in the Christopher Reeve era of the Man of Steel movies. It was directed by Sidney J. Furie, and released in 1987 to breathtakingly negative feedback from virtually everyone who saw it. It saw the late Christopher Reeve return to play Superman, Gene Hackman return to play Lex Luthor, and the late Margot Kidder return to play Lois Lane. To everyone who says that Suicide Squad is the worst superhero movie, I implore you to look back at Superman IV! This movie is frequently cited in various "Worst Films Ever" lists, but it has developed a bit of a following recently due to how infamously bad it is. I'm here to take a look back at it and see if it really is as bad as everyone says. I discovered recently that I have all four of the Reeve movies on DVD, and the first thing I did when I found them is watch The Quest for Peace because I truly have no life. Asking if  Superman IV "holds up" is the same thing as asking if Rob Zombie makes nature documentaries, so I'm instead just gonna rip into it for a bit like what everyone else on the internet has done at least once. It's fairly obvious that I'm gonna end up Throwing The Harpoon at this movie, but let's be fair and give it a proper review first. Then we'll stab it with a harpoon. Spoilers, in case you haven't seen this 31-year-old movie.

CW's Supergirl - The Review

By Marc Goode

As a long time chord cutter, my home relies on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu for our television entertainment.  In doing so, binge watching shows is a common thing for me, and this is exactly what I did with Supergirl on CW.  It is just that good.

I'll be honest, when I first started the binge on Netflix, I really struggled through the first 4 episodes.  I'm the type of person that I give a new show 4 episodes, if it doesn't hook me, I move on to something else.  Boy, am I glad that I didn't do that and gave the show one more episode.