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August 23, 2020
Patreon microfiction: Verdict of History (2020).
I had folks… disagree with me about ‘Verdict of History (2020).’ Which was honestly the idea. Sometimes you need to challenge your readers, you know?
Patreon!
The Reassuring THE BATMAN trailer.
You know annoying it can be when they make superhero films grim, dark, and edgy? Yeah, well, that doesn’t apply to Batman movies. As somebody pointed out somewhere: this project has a THE CROW vibe to it.
…I AM ABSOLUTELY DOWN FOR VIOLENT GOTH BATMAN. I didn’t think that was an option! And, hey: since you’re raiding my to-do list anyway, maybe we could get a THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM animated miniseries? Because tell me you wouldn’t watch that. Go on. Tell me*.
Moe Lane
PS: Villains are Riddler and Catwoman, and the first at least looks like he’d give the Joker a run for his money when it comes up to doing messed-up [expletive deleted] thematic villainy.
*Damn. I was hoping that there was a TDTCTG animated series planned, and I just missed it. But no joy.
August 22, 2020
‘Bang on the Drum All Day.’
I took the dang day off. I’ve been pushing out about 1600 words a day for the last few weeks, I could afford the bye day, and now I’m going to go get some sleep. Which last will shock the heck out of my wife, too.
Book of the Week: A Deadly Education.
A Deadly Education: Lesson One of the Scholomance is Naomi Novik’s latest novel, it comes out in a month, and I have it pre-ordered. Like you do. Well, like I do. I have high hopes for it, too. Again, like I do.
The GOTHAM KNIGHTS video game trailer.
Well. [expletive deleted].
Comes out in 2021, dunno if GOTHAM KNIGHTS gonna be exclusive for next-gen consoles. My oldest kid approves.
The WONDER WOMAN 1984 trailer.
Some actual clues as to what the heck is going to happen in WONDER WOMAN 1984, so: huzzah! And spoilers. And no Commies being punched onscreen, which is a shame. Still, I am down.
Via @geeksaresexy.
Not thrilled about the Audible delay for FROZEN DREAMS, either.
From what I can tell, apparently everybody in the world decided to record an audiobook this year, and they don’t have the staff to process everybody’s entry in less than 30 business days. Technically, it’s only been 17 business days for me, but I have to start assuming that the FROZEN DREAMS audiobook will not be ready on September 1st. There’s no deadline, strictly speaking, but I’d like it off my to-do list*.
Alas. At least it’s paid for. And you can still get the regular book, of course.
Moe Lane
*I’d also like whatever royalties accrue from it, too. Purchases this month will directly impact the November Kickstarter for the short story collection.
The final TENET trailer.
I really, really want to see TENET in theaters. Not entirely up to me, though. We’ll see…
August 21, 2020
THE FLASH’s gonna nerd out completely with multiverse stuff.
Apparently the Flash is gonna visit alternate versions of the DC universe in his movie. As GeekTyrant notes, I understand that they did something like this in the TV shows, which were pretty popular. Even with Ben Affleck coming back for one more Batman flick, though: is this really gonna work? I dunno…
Affleck won’t be the only Batman making a comeback; a few more of the alternate-dimension heroes who turn up in the Flash movie will be figures we’ve seen before. Michael Keaton’s Batman from the 1989 Tim Burton film is also set to appear in what Muschietti said was a “substantial” part.
…hold up.
Michael Keaton would be a rather old Batman at this point, you know. Like, Batman Beyond old. Or possibly… The Dark Knight Returns old? Either way: DC now has my attention.
