Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

October 2016

  • After the death of Hourman Rex Tyler, Vixen stows aboard the Waverider and takes out most of the Legends team until Nate Heywood stops her and becomes a human steel thanks to the serum redesigned by Ray Palmer. Seeing that makes me wish for a Captain Atom. This is inconsistent as the Waverider would have… Read more

  • The latest episode of Arrow shows prison breaks on both the present and in flashbacks. In the flashbacks we see Oliver committing a prison break in Russia. In the present Oliver and Lyla are trying to break Diggle out of prison, but Diggle does not want to be rescued and wants to pay the consequences… Read more

  • The latest episode continues Jesse Quick becoming a superhero speedster as she undergoes super-speed training under Barry that shows her that she’s almost as fast as him. The costume she uses is a recycle from Tangent from last season, but they painted some of it yellow along with the symbol. When out in the field… Read more

  • It’s not easy following the first two episodes with Superman in it. So how do they follow it up with? By having former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter as President Olivia Marsden, named after the wife of Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marsden. There was lots of debuts such as Mon-El, who is awake, along with… Read more

  • Pete Burns, lead singer of the pop group Dead or Alive, has passed away at the age of 57 due to cardiac arrest. His band Dead or Alive is best known for their hit You Spin Me Around, which was used in the movie The Wedding Singer. He was often compared to Boy George of… Read more

  • The episode refers to the remnants of the Clone Wars when an intelligent droid leads the Separatist droids against Kanan, Ezra, Zeb, Chopper, and Captain Rex. For Ezra, this was his chance to experience the Clone Wars. Kanan was a Jedi Padawan when the Clone Wars happened. The droid sets up a war games for… Read more

  • Today was the airing of the remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show with a sub-title Let’s Do The Time Warp again to distinguish itself from the original. Laverne Cox plays Frank N Furter, the role made famous by Tim Curry, who plays the Criminologist. There was a lot of color than darkness in this… Read more

  • The last time we had the Justice Society of America on live-action TV, it was in Smallville for its two hour movie. We see the Justice Society in action and in full form as they take on the Legends team and whipped their tails hands down. They are comics’ first super-team that set the standard… Read more

  • There are trust issues between Green Arrow and his new team, particularly Wild Dog, who defies his orders to go after the villain played by current TNA wrestling star Cody Rhodes. There is another between Mayor Oliver Queen and Star City as well as Felicity and Ragman. Oliver is doing well as Mayor and this… Read more

  • After the two-part premiere about Flashpoint, we have the return of Earth-2’s Harrison Wells and his daughter, Jesse Quick, who has super-speed. Wells is hoping for Barry Allen and Caitlin Snow to try to talk her out of the idea of being a superhero while Wally West feels disappointed about not having super-speed yet. There… Read more