Apr 26, 2016
Starling Tribune – Special Edition – 2016 Batman V Superman Film (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)
The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network
This year that film that many comic fans have been waiting their entire lives for released: Batman V Superman. The Reporters viewed the film or read extensively about the controversial film and in this off week from Arrow, The Reporters Stargate Pioneer, Chris, Guest Ferris and Guest Michelle Ealey take the time to run down their thoughts about the film.
Title: “Batman v. Superman - Dawn of Justice”
Released: March 20, 2016 (USA premiere), March 25, 2016 (Wide release)
Director: Zack Snyder - Man of Steel | Sucker Punch | Watchmen | 300 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Writers: Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer
Runtime: 2hrs 31min
Budget: US$250M
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Trailer: All Trailers: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVfin74Qx3tXHb_xmybs8_ntXSUv8tfrz
Stats: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman2015.htm
Box Office: Summary as at April 19, 2016
Domestic: $312,780,395 37.5%
+ Foreign: $521,100,000 62.5%
= Worldwide: $833,880,395
All four Reporters run down their take on the film and other than a few gems no one was head over heals for the movie. Stargate Pioneer vows never to watch another Zack Synder movie in the theater again. Michelle looks forward to Wonder Woman. Ferris loved the Batman action. All of the reporters agreed that Superman was gravely a mis-understood character. Lex Luther was not a great portrayal. Alfred was one of the few gems while Doomsday was mostly “Meh.” Chris, since he has not seen the film, had a unique position to cover only how the media covered the film. Did the movie succeed in setting up future DC films? Which universe is more worth it to the viewer right now? DC television or DC films?
ARROW NEWS:
Marc Guggenheim admits that S04 struggled w/ Flashbacks (Date: 17 Apr 2016)
Wendy Mericle & Marc Guggenheim open up and discuss that the flashbacks in Season 3 and 4 were meandering, and they experimented with not tying them directly to the current storyline with limited success.
Link: http://tvline.com/2016/04/17/arrow-season-5-flashback-story-oliver-russia-bratva/
John Ramsey on how PTSD is impacting the team (Date: 20 Apr 2016)
Post-traumatic stress syndrome has happened to the whole team after Laurel's death. He's no exception, and so we're seeing a Diggle that we've never seen before
Link: http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/arrow-david-ramsey-how-diggle-handling-laurels-death/
Arrow wraps Principal Photography on S.04 w/ Wrap party (Date: 17 Apr 2016)
Stephen Amell sings “Don’t Stop Believing”, and Neal McDonough jams on harmonica
Will Felicity Rejoin Team Arrow or Ollie? (Date: 13 Apr 2016)
Marc Guggenheim tells TVLine, “There are two issues” at play for Felicity, who exited the team shortly after ending her engagement to Oliver. “She’s broken up with Oliver and she’s also broken up with the team
Link: http://tvline.com/2016/04/13/arrow-season-4-spoilers-felicity-oliver-reunion/
Article on “the Rise and Fall of Felicity Smoak” (Date: 20 Apr 2016)
Polarizing OpEd piece on Yahoo: For quite some time, Felicity was everyone’s favourite character. She could do no wrong. The audiences loved her.
Now, she’s near universally hated.
So what changed?
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/arrow-the-rise-and-fall-of-felicity-smoak-090055760.html
ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS
Stephen Amell knows his celebrity abs!! (Date: 14 Apr 2016)
On the red carpet of the MTV Movie awards, Captain Amell goes 4 for 4 on guessing celebrity Abs! Boom baby!
Video: https://youtu.be/a-nKMxoe7PU
John Barrowman Talks Dark Archer comics (Date: 19 Apr 2016)
Our inspiration came from questions I’ve always had about Malcolm from the beginning of the series. The main one was where did all his wealth come from?
GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS
Green Arrow Rebirth Preorders go Live!!! (Date: 15 Apr 2016)
June 1, 2016 - As Oliver struggles with how he can fight "the man" when his huge fortune makes him the man, he and Black Canary uncover a deadly new threat to Seattle that cuts the Archer to the bone.
THEY SAID IT: "My touchstones are [former GA writers] Dennis O'Neil and Mike Grell, while trying to make the series my own," says writer Benjamin Percy. "Green Arrow will be a politically and culturally relevant series. Expect stories that aim a broadhead into the zeitgeist, that are ripped from the headlines."
Video:
Dark Archer (Digital) Issue #8 (Date: 20 Apr 2016)
Pursued by dangerous beasts, Malcolm and Lourdes discover an ancient magic inside the Ashkiri temple.
Video:
NEXT EPISODE --- Canary Cry
Promo for Next Week: Episode 19 - “Canary Cry” (Date: 27 Apr 2015)
Episode: “Canary Cry” [Season 4 Episode 19]
Air Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Promo: https://youtu.be/lJ1TG261umc
Summary: No credits released on IMDB yet
Director: Laura Besley New TV Director 1st Arrow | 1 SVU | 1 NCIS | 3 Criminal Minds
Writers: Wendy Mericle
Beth Schwartz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862550/?ref_=ttep_ep_cur
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This podcast was recorded Thursday April 21st, 2016.
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