Weekly Catchup

What We’ve Been Watching:

  • Baking Impossible
  • Lilo and Stitch: The Series
  • Bangtan Breakdown
    • First live shows in Korea in 2.5 years
    • Tickets for Vegas went on sale, solely to fan club members; sold out 4 shows in under 3 hours (roughly 260k tickets, without including Live Play at MGM Grand Garden Arena)
    • Thoughts on possibility of more tour dates/world tour
  • Trailers
    • Lightyear
      • First impressions: Sox is everything
      • Looks like the movie will be exciting
      • Parallels between Buzz Lightyear (toy) and Steve Rogers
    • Bullet Train
      • Summary: Trained killer Ladybug wants to give up the life but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle in order to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected
      • Based of the book Maria Beetle (published in English as Bullet Train) by Kōtarō Isaka
      • Great cast (Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Zazie Beetz)
    • The Dropout

Intermission

The Batman Review

  • Initial Impressions
  • Where does Robert Pattinson’s Batman Rank?
  • Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman
  • Cast
  • Batman Earth 1 Comic – Martha’s Alternate Origin Story
  • Comics accurate portrayal – World’s Greatest Detective
  • Jeffery Wright’s Soon to be Commission Gordon
  • Music: The Batman: Composer Michael Giacchino
  • Interactive Experience – Solving the mystery alongside the characters
  • Riddler Interrogation Scene
  • The Penguin ….Colin Farrel … HBO Spinoff
  • The Batmobile redesign – Bat Gadgets
  • True to the Batman Animated Series
  • Should They Fully Reboot the DCU?