Tag: The Flash

  • Kevin Smith Thinks Shelving Batgirl is a Mistake

    Kevin Smith Thinks Shelving Batgirl is a Mistake

    Filmmaker Kevin Smith weighed in on Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to shelve Batgirl on Friday’s episode of his podcast, Hollywood Babble-On. Smith and co-host Ralph Garman discussed CEO David Zaslav’s machete-like approach to getting the entertainment division back on track, particularly with its DC projects. You can see the conversation below: Most of what Smith…

  • Supergirl Movie May Be Axed Next

    Supergirl Movie May Be Axed Next

    Rolling Stone reported some more details of the Batgirl cancellation today – namely, the new regime at Warner Bros. Discovery decided that all DC films should be released theatrically or not at all. When it was determined that post-production to make Batgirl theater-worthy would be too costly or even impossible, it was canned. One of the story’s major…

  • Warner Bros. Discovery Not Bowing to Diversity Demands

    Warner Bros. Discovery Not Bowing to Diversity Demands

    That Batgirl news is making a bunch of angry activists polish their “I told you so” lectures. A few days ago, Bloomberg ran a story about Warner Bros. Discovery and its hiring practices under CEO David Zaslav – specifically, that they’re hiring too many white men. Zaslav apparently has a history of hiring a lot…

  • The Flash Will End its CW Run Next Year

    The Flash Will End its CW Run Next Year

    Barry Allen can finally stop running. The CW has announced that next year’s ninth season of The Flash will be its last. The series has been one of the CW’s highest-rated since it began and was one of the few to survive the network’s recent purge. Earlier this year, star Grant Gustin signed on for…

  • REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 20 “Negative, Part 2”

    REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 20 “Negative, Part 2”

    “Negative, Part 2” brings another season of The Flash to a close, and the good news is that it’s much better than “Negative, Part 1,” last week’s set-up first half. It explains some of the seemingly nonsensical plot points in that episode, although a couple of them still don’t quite hold up to scrutiny (and…

  • REVIEW: The Flash –  Season 8, Episode 19 “Negative, Part 1”

    REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 19 “Negative, Part 1”

    With only two episodes to go – or one two-part episode, depending on how you view these things – The Flash finally kicks the season’s main story back into gear with “Negative, Part 1.” Revelations and shocking moments abound, but it’s also a narrative mess, spewing exposition so rapidly that it becomes confusing, and doubly…