peter safran
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DC’s Elseworlds Imprint is Making a Multiversal Comeback
In the same way that Marvel Comics has imprints for stories featuring alternate universe versions of its characters, DC Comics has that in Elseworlds. But that line disappeared after 2010, and was semi-replaced with similar enough imprints like Earth One (which was similarly short-lived), the Black Label, and the young adult graphic novel line. At…
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Could The Flash’s Alternate Ending Have Changed Its Fate?
One of the year’s most maligned movies, The Flash, hits the Max streaming service today. And, since the film was basically a box office disaster, grossing only $108 million domestic against a production budget well over $US200 million, this will probably be how most people see the movie. The Flash had production issues from the…
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Aquaman 2’s Reported Production Problems Already Seem Lost At Sea
Did you know that Aquaman (2018) is the highest grossing DC Universe movie? At least according to The Hollywood Reporter, it is the “highest grossing” DC movie of all time at 1.148 billion dollars. Which, absolutely bonkers considering what a weird over-developed riot of CGI that film was. And of course the sequel, Aquaman and…
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Uh, Gal Gadot Might Be Returning as Wonder Woman? Maybe? Somehow?
Around 420 million years or so ago, shifting land masses pushed the pre-historic Iapetus Ocean under the mountains of Appalachia, trapping all of its salty brine underneath. Although it’s only the barest fraction today, in the 19th century, the West Virginia salt industry produced 3.2 million bushels at its height, or tens of thousands of…