A More Hopeful Justice League?

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Geoff Johns certainly plans to brighten up the DC film universe, anyway, if this news story is anything to go by.

While there’s not exactly a massive amount of detail in that story, there is this:

Johns and his co-head Jon Berg worked closely with Justice League director Zack Snyder and screenwriter Chris Terrio to make the film closer to their vision of the DC Universe.

“We accelerated the story to get to the hope and optimism a little faster,” Berg explained.

To my mind, that sounds like Johns and Berg looked at the reaction to Man of SteelBatman vs Superman and even the not-as-light-hearted-as-the-trailer-made-out Suicide Squad and have said “Enough with the dark and the rain and the grimness of it all!”

Even the above picture is brighter and sunnier than anything we’ve seen from the DC films so far and that, this news, and the excellent Wonder Woman trailer all have me hoping that the Zack Snyder/David Goyer grim as all hell era is behind us.

Finally – A Reason To Subscribe To Netflix

I know, I know – people have been saying just how good Daredevil is and, honestly, I’ve been tempted.

Friends have raved about Jessica Jones and while I know nothing about the character, I’ve heard nothing but good things about the show.

The internet’s been excited about Luke Cage and the possibility (or is it a certainty?) of a Punisher series spinning out from Daredevil and again, I like those ideas.

A friend in work has said if I don’t like Stranger Things she’ll have to conclude that I’ve been replaced by a pod person.

I honestly thought about signing up and watching these shows over the last couple of weeks . . . it’s just that Netflix is another service to pay for and I already pay for Amazon Prime and Virgin TV which gets me most of what I watch.

Now, however, there’s news of another show that is coming to Netflix that has persuaded me to part with my hard-earned each month:

Mythbusters

The ex-Mythbusters team of Grant Imahara, Kari Byron and Tory Belleci have a new show called Mythbusters in Wonderland – sure, not the best title but they’re back on screen. I’ve long been a fan of Mythbusters and as much as I like Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, when Grant, Kari and Tory left a few years ago, a lot of the fun left the show so I’m keen to see what they do, so much so that I’ll be joining Netflix.

Sure, comic book based series couldn’t quite tempt me but entertaining science nerds? Sold!

RIP Gene Wilder

Lots of plaudits coming out for Gene Wilder and commentator after commentator mentioning that he was the perfect Willy Wonka.

For me, though, he was always Young Frankenstein:

JSA Logo

The logo for the Justice Society in the upcoming series 2 of Legends of Tomorrow has been released:

JSA Logo

I like it – it’s nice and clean, with a clear 40s/50s typeface.

Looking forward to this.