Batson's Blog

Wrestlemania is just a few weeks away and it seems like it's going to be a lengthy show. After the Royal Rumble's main show was approximately 5 hours, there's no way that Wrestlemania won't be just as long. I'd like to see them place several matches on the pre-show (and start early so that the East Coast doesn't get done watching it at Midnight) so that it's not such a chore to sit through. Anything over 5 hours and it's bordering leg cramps, people going home from viewing parties so they can get up for work the next day and losing interest. So how would you book Wrestlemania? To be honest there aren't a lot of matches I'm really looking forward to seeing.  There are some matches I'd like to see happen but I know they're not going to. I have a dream card, but, realistically, it probably won't happen.  For example, I think this year would've been a great time to do The Undertaker vs. Shinsuke Nakamura .  I can say with ...

For a while there you couldn't turn on the TV without seeing some kind of superhero show. It seems that the end of a TV superhero era is upon us, however. Rumors are that Arrow (on the CW Network ) will be cancelled  after the next season. Along with that, Legends of Tomorrow is also apparently on the way out. There are even rumors that Supergirl may be replaced by a Superman TV show. Netflix just announced the cancellation of Jessica Jones and The Punisher . This is after Daredevil , Iron Fist and Luke Cage were all cancelled last Fall. And any Gotham fan knows that this show is going away after the end of this season, too. Relax --- it's all cyclical: While many fans are probably upset by the abundance of cancellation news, I'm not. I'll miss Daredevil and Gotham . To be honest, I haven't had the chance to keep up with Jessica Jones' second season, Luke Cage's second season, the last season and a half of Arrow or finish the first...

There have been rumors for the better part of a year that, after three movies, Ben Affleck was done playing the role of Batman . Affleck faced a lot of criticism when it was first announced that he had the role (I never bought into that criticism myself). He silenced a lot of the haters after starring roles in Batman v. Superman and Justice League (and his brief appearance in Suicide Squad ). I guess he's been to rehab and may have some other personal issues happening --- or creative issues with Warner Brothers. I was hoping that he could have a minimized role in the DCEU, but he confirmed on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel that it's not happening. He's done. The question is: what do they do about Batman now? There are a few options, just as they had when rumors swirled last fall that Henry Cavill was done playing Superman: 1) Recast a new Batman for the DCEU This is my least favorite option. It really isn't an option in my opinion. It destroys...

Pink revealed on Ellen last week that she’s coming out with a new album in April. Well, damn!   The Truth About Love came out in 2012 and Beautiful Trauma was just released in 2016.  Usually there’s a space of a few years between her albums. Since I realized I purchased but never actually listened to all of the songs on Beautiful Trauma , I figured I’d better take a listen before her new material is out. The post-motherhood Pink has been kind of hit-or-miss.  She turned a direction with her Greatest Hits …. So Far! album.  The new tracks on that release ('F**kin’ Perfect,' 'Raise Your Glass') had attitude but didn’t feature the rebellious nature that her previous work had.  They were rebellious, but in a more positive way.  Those songs lead into ‘Just Like Fire’ and ‘What About Us.’   Gone is the poetic angst that put her on the map.  It’s replaced by a fighter for equality and her perc...

I actually watched the Grammys this year. I was a fan back in 1999 and 2000, when I was still pretty young. Then I saw Faith Hill's awful performance (in 2002 maybe?) and realized a lot of these performers weren't very good at singing live. I also started noticing that none of my favorites ever won. Pink didn't Best Pop Vocal Album in 2001. Norah Jones did. Matchbox 20 was nominated in 2001 for Best Rock Album, but they didn't win. Foo Fighters did. Kesha didn't win Best Pop Vocal Album in 2018. Ed Sheeran did. Daughtry didn't win Best Rock Album in 2008. Foo Fighters did. Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco didn't win Grammys in 2019 and 2017 for Best Rock Album. Those awards went to Greta Van Fleet (who?) and Cage the Elephant (again, who?). You probably get the picture by those few examples. There are always a handful of performances that are fun each year --- especially the unexpected team-ups that nobody saw coming. ...