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Smallville Season 8 finale review - what did you think?

9 June 2009 5:27 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

It's Been nearly a month since the USA watched (and then discussed) the climactic last episode of Smallville's eighth season, so avoiding the spoilers online has been a minefield.

One TV news site spoke of an unnamed character's fate and proclaimed 'Spoiler alert' but then showed an image of the person right next to the headline. So that gave the game away immediately and took some of the surprise out of the episode. Thanks, guys!

Well, the UK has now seen the Season 8 finale too. So here is my review - with spoilers - and the chance for you to chime in with your own comments.

Was this finale worth waiting for? Is the show still great to watch or has it gone off the rails? Have your say below...

The episode started with the arrival of Cosmic Boy from the future. He warned Clark that he will die the »

- David Bentley

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Superman: Doomsday Tops the Comic-to-dvd Market

5 June 2009 3:04 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The explosion in comic book-related films in the last few years isn't confined to the big screen, or to live action. Both of the "big two" comic book publishers, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, have released a number of high-quality direct-to-dvd animated features based upon their characters.

While Marvel Comics may be the king of the comic book rack, DC Comics is the champion in comic book-related animated DVD sales, according to The-Numbers.com:

1. Superman: Doomsday - 9.4 million

2. Batman: Gotham Knight - 8.0 million

3. Ultimate Avengers 2 - 7.8 million

4. Ultimate Avengers - 6.7 million

5. Hulk Vs. - 5.4 million

6. Invincible Iron Man - 5.2 million

7. Justice League: The New Frontier - 5.2 million

8. Dr. Strange - 3.9 million

9. Wonder Woman - 3.4 million

10. Next Avengers - 2.9 million

Marvel's next animated release is Thor, designed to raise interest in the character slated for a live-action feature film in 2010. DC is releasing the animated origin story Green Lantern: First Flight in July. »

- BrentJS Sprecher

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Film Junk Podcast Episode #217: Fighting and Best Worst Movie

27 April 2009 9:11 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

0:00 - Intro / In-house Stuff 8:30 - Review: Fighting 19:35 - Review: Monsters vs. Aliens 26:25 - Review: Fast & Furious 37:55 - Hot Docs Review: Best Worst Movie 54:30 - Hot Docs Review: Reporter 1:05:35 - Hot Docs Review: Zombie Girl: The Movie 1:14:45 - More Hot Docs Previews: Yes Men Fix the World, Action Boys, Winnebago Man, Carmen Meets Borat, Sweety, Broke, Laughology, Burma VJ, Big River Man 1:33:20 - What We Watched: Superman: Doomsday, Hulk vs., New World Order, Deadly Eyes 1:43:45 - This Week's DVD Releases 1:44:10 - Outro » Download the MP3 (50 Mb) [1] » View the show notes [2] » Vote for us on Podcast Alley! [3] Subscribe to the podcast feed: [4] [5] [6] [7] [1] http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.libsyn.com/media/filmjunk/filmjunk217.mp3 [2] http://www.filmjunk.com/podcast/#apr27_09 [3] http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=29441 [4] http://www.filmjunk.com http://feeds. »

- Sean

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Green Lantern: First Flight Trailer

9 April 2009 1:38 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

As we all know, the live action Green Lantern movie is still at least year or two away, but in the meantime Warner Brothers is hoping to get your money for a new direct-to-dvd animated feature starring the Emerald Crusader. Green Lantern: First Flight is the latest in the Warner Premiere series that also includes Superman: Doomsday, Justice League: The New Frontier, Batman: Gotham Knight and Wonder Woman. I haven't been a huge fan of these animated features thus far, but I do think the Warner ones do have a slight edge over the Marvel ones from what I've seen. Green Lantern: First Flight is directed by Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Superman: Doomsday), and features the voices of Christopher Meloni, Tricia Helfer, Michael Madsen and John Larroquette. Look for it in stores on July 21st. Check out the trailer below. »

- Sean

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New Trailer & Release Date For ‘Green Lantern: First Flight’

8 April 2009 11:08 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

There’s a brand new trailer and a new release date for DC Universe’s next animated feature, Green Lantern: First Flight. The trailer looks pretty epic, and if anything, should serve as a good blueprint for the upcoming live-action Green Lantern movie, which is still in the casting stages.

Check out the trailer for yourself:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h1yAArJe8c

Not bad, right?

Green Lantern: First Flight is the re-imagined origin story of Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. The film will mainly be set in space, and will feature all sorts of aliens and intergalactic battles and all kinds of crazy power-ring creations (as you can see from the trailer).

First Flight is being helmed by DC Universe’s Lauren Montgomery, the same brilliant little lady behind DC Universe’s other great features, Superman: Doomsday and Wonder Woman. Lending their voices to the film will »

- Kofi Outlaw

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DVD Review: ‘Wonder Woman’ Continues Series of Interesting DC Universe Releases

6 March 2009 11:20 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0 Chicago – Even though I once had a weekly comic book addiction, I was never a big Wonder Woman fan. Maybe it was a trapping of my gender, but I always tended toward books with male heroes like Superman, Batman, and The X-Men. Having said that, I can still respect what the team behind DC Universe’s latest film have accomplished with “Wonder Woman,” another installment in an increasingly intriguing series of straight-to-dvd movies.

When you tell a lot of people that an animated straight-to-dvd movie is worth their time, a lot of them glaze over, smile, and nod. Trust me. “Superman: Doomsday,” “Justice League: The New Frontier,” “Batman: Gotham Knight,” and, now, “Wonder Woman” would make for a better superhero marathon than most live-action blockbusters of men (or a woman) in tights. If I had to rank the four, “Ww” would be the lowest, but that’s largely »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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First Look: ‘Green Lantern: First Flight’

3 March 2009 11:58 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

DC Comics has long been my favorite in the animation game. I loved the Batman and Superman animated series that ran during the 90’s; I also loved Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, which ran during the early years of 2000.

I’ve remained a fan of the more recent DC Universe direct-to-dvd animated features, which include Superman: Doomsday, Justice League: New Frontier, and DC’s latest animated feature, Wonder Woman. And, at first glance, it’s looking like I’m going to enjoy the next offering from DC Universe, Green Lantern: First Flight, when it hits DVD/Blu-ray this summer.

Green Lantern: First Flight is a re-imagined origin story of the Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. The film plays off the 1950’s sci-fi era, a time when the possibilities of space travel were a cultural phenomenon and test pilots like Hal Jordan were considered national heroes. The film »

- Kofi Outlaw

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New DC Universe DVD Title, Cover Revealed: ‘Green Lantern: First Flight’

1 March 2009 12:50 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Warner Premiere, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation have revealed the fifth title in their popular DVD series of DC Universe animated original “PG-13” movies. In addition, they have sent HollywoodChicago.com the cover for “Green Lantern: First Flight”. The July 28, 2009 release will follow “Superman: Doomsday,” “Justice League: The New Frontier,” “Batman: Gotham Knight” and “Wonder Woman,” which will hit stores on March 3, 2009 and will be reviewed here later this week.

“First Flight” tells the story of Hal Jordan’s initial mission in the illuminated hero’s first-ever full-length animated film. The title will be released as a special edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray Hi-Def, as well as single disc DVD.

The DC Universe titles have been acclaimed for the accomplished voice talent and “First Flight” will feature some great actors including “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit“‘s Christopher Meloni as Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern. Meloni »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Wonder Woman Review

7 February 2009 8:19 PM, PST | MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news »

I never got into Wonder Woman.  That was my older sister’s thing.  I dealt with her on the Superfriends, but that was about it. Also:  Superman: Doomsday didn’t do it for me, I was warned against Justice League: The New Frontier and Batman: Gotham Knight, although cool, was a collection of shorts, not a full feature. So do I sound like someone who wanted to see Wonder Woman?  After an exhausting day of schlepping a heavy backpack and eating nothing but a Honey Nut Cheerios bar I grubbed off of a co-worker?  Heck no.  This was one of the times when my really cool job that everyone is jealous about actually felt like a job. So here’s the punchline:  Wonder Woman is frickin’ fantastic.  Sixty seconds into this movie there are decapitations, Cyclopses, winged purple beasts and hot hot Hot warrior women.  And awesome dialogue:  “My spear is thirsty! »

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