Batson's Blog

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...

I finally jumped on the super heroes on TV bandwagon.   I’ve been watching Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for 2 seasons (I still need to catch up on season 3), but I hadn’t been watching any of the other series on the small screen.   There’s Gotham , The Flash , Agent Carter , D.C.’s Legends of Tomorrow , and, now, CBS’ Supergirl .  That's not counting Netflix's Daredevil and Jessica Jones (I watched both of those over the Christmas holiday, so expect blogs on both coming soon as well). Last Black Friday, I decided to give Arrow a shot.   I could’ve just watched it on Netflix, but, the beauty of Black Friday are those nice DVD sales.   Series like Gotham , The Flash and Arrow were all on sale for $10 each, as opposed to the usual $15 - $40 range. Finally, I had some time to watch the first season of Arrow . As much as I like super heroes, I’m not familiar with the Green Arrow character and his backstory, so this was kind of like a fresh, n...