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Today, we talk about a report that a member of the Green Lantern Corps will appear in the 2017 Justice League film. We also briefly discuss the recent Catwoman rumor and talk about the promotion for the upcoming CW crossover event.

00:19 A Green Lantern will appear in the Justice League movie - The Wrap

“A member of the Green Lantern Corps. will be seen in "Justice League" in a key sequence.“

Do we think we will see a Green Lantern? Who could it be and how could they fit into the story?

Also: “Assassin Deathstroke will make a small cameo in "Justice League." Joe Maganiello will play the character before reprising the role in "The Batman."

04:17 Catwoman not in The Batman film - Erik Davis on Twitter

Sienna Miller told me tonight that she wants to play Catwoman in Affleck's Batman movie. "She's not in the script but I wanna write her in!"

06:16 Exclusive Clip of DC TV Crossover - Entertainment Weekly

Also photos from Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow were released

Supergirl comes through a breach with Vibe and Flash

Shows how she’s “super”

Arrow photos show some interesting things

Last week's Legend's of Tomorrow sort of set up the crossover

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*Spoilers* for The Flash Season 3, Episode 6 “Shade” in this review and recap.

As always, we begin this podcast with our non-spoiler review followed by a spoiler recap of the episode.

Basic Summary:

Wally is having visions from the Flashpoint timeline about being Kid Flash

HR tells Cisco and Caitlin they should reopen STAR Labs as a museum - Cisco tells him he is known as a murderer on this Earth

Barry tells Wally and Iris about their Flashpoint lives

Shade shows up and kills a stockbroker

Joe can’t find Wally

HR has a face changing device - kind of funny

Barry tells STAR Labs about the shadow killing the stockbroker - HR tells them they had the same meta on his earth called Shade

Caitlin tells Cisco about Frost skills - she took his cuffs

Cisco vibes future - fight between Vibe and Killer Frost, but he tells her he didn’t see anything.

HR gives them a “neural adjustment” so they see HR, the rest of the world sees his partner. (Smart, we get to keep the actor we love, he gets to out in public)

Cisco tells Caitlin the truth about what he saw when he vibed her.

Alchemy wants Wally, so they lock him up

HR is flirting with Cecile

Shade shows up at the movies

Alchemy talks to Wally in his head - scratches Alchemy into the glass - tells Wally to find him

Handcuffs and headlights stop Shade

Iris lets Wally out - she then has to punch him to stop him

Cisco tattles on Caitlin - Barry tells Caitlin it’s his fault

Wally offers to be bait to catch Alchemy

“Where’s Julian?” - “He didn’t come in today”

Alchemy puts Wally in some kind of cocoon

SAVITAR - God of Speed

“Tune in next time” real cliffhanger ending

Questions:

Will we see bad Wally?

Where did Julian go missing?

What will happen to Caitlin?

What crazy powers will Savitar have?

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*Spoilers* for Supergirl Season 2, Episode 6 “Changing” in this review and recap.

As usual, we begin with a non-spoiler review, followed by a spoiler-filled recap of the episode.

Basic Summary:

Frozen wolf in Norway, but it survived for 5,000 years, doctor sticks his hand in, gets grabbed

Kara and Mon-El get drunk - drink is “deadly to humans”

Maggie tells Alex to come out to her family

DEO is told to investigate the incident in Norway

They take the doctor back to the DEO, he’s the only one who survived. There’s some slug thing living in him, that goes into his brain

Supergirl and Mon-El train together

Alex comes out to Kara

The doctor is investigating his blood, the organism is taking over, changing him. He gets fired

Winn finds the video of the autopsy, they see that Dr. Jones is infected

Dr Jones sucks Supergirl’s power out, like a parasite

Winn figures out what the alien is

James shows up at DEO, he wants to get in the fight

James says he needs his suit - Winn says it’s not ready

DEO reports an alien attack - It’s Mon-El being a loan shark (Muscle for Hire)

Kara is pretty mad at him for wasting his abilities

Dr. Jones shows up to attack someone else - J’onn was impersonating him, Supergirl is there to stop him

Dr. jones sucks out more of Supergirl’s and J’onn’ power - changes into big scary monster thing (Parasite) - they look all dried out

James shows up at DEO - Winn gives him his suit

Alexs goes to the bar to get M’gan because J’onn needs a blood transfusion

Mon-El is at the bar, Alexs tells him to be a hero

Parasite attacks a car, Mon-El is there to fight him

Guardian shows up too!

Supergirl is better goes to fight as well

She’s holding Plutonium 239 - it makes him blow up

Supergirl tries to x-ray vision James in his Guardian suit - It’s made out of lead

James and Winn agree to keep it a secret from Kara - Winn calls them the “Super Friends”

J’onn wakes up, he’s twitching because he got White Martian blood (but doesn’t know it yet)

Alexs shows up and kisses Maggie

Maggie tells her to just be friends

Ending: Mon-El gets abducted by Cadmus

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There is plenty of news in the world of DC Films and DC TV today. Ezra Miller and Willem Dafoe have been doing interviews and of course were asked about The Flash and Aquaman movies, respectively. We also have schedule updates for DC's Legends of Tomorrow and iZombie on The CW as well as new casting for The Flash tv show.

00:20 Barry Allen will still be an “amateur” in The Flash solo film - IGN

"I certainly think it will represent the next stage. What I find fascinating is that we’re still very much amateur-hour Speedster. I’d love for the series to track an evolution of Barry Allen’s early times as The Flash."  - Ezra Miller

Says overpowered Flash wouldn’t make the best story, citing the Kingdom Come story

02:05 Willem Dafoe to appear in the 2018 Aquaman film, as expected - The Guardian

Playing Nuidis Vulko beginning with 2017's Justice League movie

New 52 - Vulko is a former advisor to Atlantis, escaped to Norway, explains Atlantis to Arthur Curry

“Well, Justice League is very particular because it’s an ensemble movie and my character is being introduced here in order to be a principal role in Aquaman.” - Dafoe

“I think with Justice League I think they’re trying to play around with the formula. Zac[k] Snyder certainly has a heavy stamp on it.” - Dafoe

05:29 DC’s Legends of Tomorrow moving to Tuesdays in January - Entertainment Weekly

Recently extended to 17 episodes

Will air Tuesdays at 9 beginning January 24, following The Flash

Series finale is March 28

07:11 iZombie Season 3 will then take Legends of Tomorrow’s spot

Premieres April 4 at 8 with 2 hour season premiere

Then will air Tuesdays at 9 following that

Season 3 is believed to be 13 episodes

08:29 Greg Grunberg cast in The Flash TV series as Detective Patterson - Mashable

Recurring role - a detective who does not like metahumans

First appears in episode 7 "Kiler Frost", which is directed by Geeking Out co-host Kevin Smith

Known for Heroes, Alias and more

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With Zack Snyder's Justice League film now being just 1 year away from today, we decide to make some way-too-early predictions of what we could see in the movie. This includes predicting box office totals, cameos, plot, Superman's involvement and much more.

5 questions and predictions for the Justice League movie:

* Will the Wonder Woman film lead directly into Justice League?

* What do you think the basic plot will be?

* How will Superman be involved and how much will we see of him?

* What cameos or unannounced characters could we see?

* What do you think the Box Office total will be and when could we see the first official teaser or trailer?

We also ponder several more questions on today's podcast. While we know Lex Luthor, Steppenwolf, Lois Lane and more will be involved, how could they fit in to the story? Could we be getting more footage or a picture of Steppenwolf soon? How does the Knightmare scene from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fit in to Justice League?

Sources for some of our background information -

San Diego Comic-Con Footage/Teaser Trailer

Justice League Set Visit Report from JoBlo

Motherbox/New Gods “history lesson” rumor from Heroic Hollywood

Producer Charles Roven's quote on New Gods and Motherboxes

Producer/Co-head of DC Films Geoff John's Wall Street Journal Interview

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The upcoming Justice League Dark animated movie is moving closer to the early 2017 release date. An official trailer for the magical film has been released. There is also good news for the proposed FX TV series based on Y: The Last Man. We also got our first real look at the Dominators from the upcoming DC TV crossover.

00:25  Justice League Dark animated film official trailer released - YouTube

The movie will be Rated R

It is scheduled for an early 2017 release

Constantine, Zatanna, Deadman, Etrigan the Demon, and Swamp Thing will be some of the main characters

Is there too much Batman?

02:58 Y: The Last Man TV Series (FX) has a showrunner - The Hollywood Reporter

(Vertigo) One of the best reviewed comics in recent memory

Michael Green will be the showrunner

Green will co-write the Pilot script with Brian K. Vaughan who created the comic

Green has lots of experience in comics, TV, and movies (Logan and Blade Runner 2049 films upcoming)

05:41 First real promo for 4-night CW crossover - YouTube

First look at the Dominators

Tons of superheroes and supporting characters involved

Quick look at Deathstroke for what will be Arrow's 100th episode

Monday November 28 - Thursday December 1

A special Invasion! preview will air on the podcast next week

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The Suicide Squad extended cut has been released digitally today. On today's show, Tom and Zac give a non-spoiler review followed by a *spoiler* filled recap of the extended cut. What did we think of the extra scenes? Should they have been left in? does the extra footage change the movie entirely?

Find out all of that and more in today's podcast. We also give a brief summary of our thoughts on the theatrical cut and compare the 2. We also discuss whether you should buy it digitally today or wait for the home media release.

00:40 What we thought of theatrical film

03:33 Non- spoiler thoughts of the extended cut:

2 hours and 4 minutes long before credits

“Deleted scenes”

Should you buy it digitally now or wait for blu-ray?

Where to buy the digital version

Does it come with bonus/special features?

07:54 *SPOILER* review:

Extended Scenes

Character Intros - Harley’s Arkham Scene - We see a little more of Joker talking to Harley when he’s going to electrocute her

Killer Croc vomits on the helicopter - “Party Foul”

Captain Boomerang “Spreading the word” is extended with some good humor. “What are you bloody Socrates with all the questions?”

More Rick Flag plus Deadshot interaction adds a little more to their story

Harley Sees motorcycle and has flashback about Joker - She doesn’t want Joker to leave, she’s done all the the trials and initiations “I’m not someone who is loved, I’m an idea” - Joker. She kills truck driver, then puts gun to Joker’s head, he tells her to do it. “My heart scares you, but a gun doesn’t?”(Harley Quinn)“If you weren’t so crazy, I’d think you were insane” (Joker)

Harley walks around to do “pyscho analysis” on some of the members - “I don’t want your crazy.” - Killer Croc to Harley

The bar scene is largely extended with everyone’s drink orders - “I actually think of myself as an asset relocation specialist”

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Big news from Suicide Squad and the team-up spin-off on today's podcast. The Suicide Squad Extended Cut is released digitally tomorrow and EW has an exclusive clip of the longer edition. With Suicide Squad set to be released on home video, we also have the final box office numbers from the film.

We also have a new screenwriter for a DC Film. Christina Hodson is writing an untitled DC movie, which is the Harley Quinn/Birds of Prey spin-off according to The Wrap. That film is expected to feature several female characters from the Batman family. This could potentially include Birds of Prey and Gotham City Sirens characters like Batgirl/Oracle, Huntress, Black Canary, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Katana.

00:21 Christina Hodson is writing an untitled DC movie - Deadline

Has written several films that have yet to be released

She’s writing Bumblebee, a Transformers spin-off

Writing The Fugitive reboot for Warner Bros.

According to Umberto Gonzalez of The Wrap, it is the Harley Quinn/Birds of Prey film

02:55 Final Suicide Squad Box Office numbers - Box Office Mojo

Over 325 million domestically (48th all-time)

Over 745 million worldwide (75th all-time)

4th all-time Superhero Origin film

#1 opening weekend for August ever

04:19 Suicide Squad Extended Cut exclusive clip - Entertainment Weekly

Dr. Harleen Quinzel chasing down the Joker

Extended Cut releases digitally tomorrow 11/15

05:54 Cellist Tina Guo is working with Rupert Gregson-Williams on Wonder Woman Score - Facebook

Worked on the Wonder Woman theme song from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - "Is she with you?"

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The Dominators from DC Comics are about to become very well known, but few people know their origin. In fact, they were very obscure characters until The CW announced that they would be the villains of the upcoming crossover.

To get some details on these aliens, we are introducing a new segment to the show. Currently titled "DC Comics Characters 101", we will give an introduction to the characters and discuss their history in comic books, TV, and film.

To be able to challenge the combined forces of Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the Dominators must be a formidable group. Best known for their role in the Invasion! story line, they are generally depicted as geneticists who take an interest in Earth's metahuman population.

While they are primarily villains of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the future, they have crossed paths with some of the biggest heroes in DC Comics. In the Invasion! arc, that includes Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.

Who are the Dominators?

* Alien race - homeworld is known as the Dominion

* Physical appearance - yellow skin, red circle on forehead, sharp teeth and nails

* First comic book appearance - Adventure Comics #361 - October 1967

* They are called a “Race bred solely for conquest and domination”

* Geneticists - interested in manipulating metagene, research metahumans

Appearances in Film and TV

* Very brief cameo in Smallville Season 11 comic book

* Film - Briefly appear in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)

* TV - Villain in the Legion of Super Heroes cartoon (2006-2008)

* Will be villain of 4-Part CW crossover - Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow

The Dominators are described by Wikipedia as:

The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional alien race from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe. They are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead. They are master geneticists who can manipulate the metagene to enhance members of their own caste.

The Dominion is not the most well-known planet in the comic book universe, but it looks like we will be seeing more from it soon. We still don't know how they will look on the TV screen. According to Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim, “We’re using cutting-edge prosthetics and computer effects to achieve a feature film-quality look which is faithful to Invasion! artist Todd McFarlane’s interpretation of the characters.”

Do you have a character that you would like to see given the spotlight on our show? Fill out the contact form on the show's page and let us know who you want to hear about.

*Spoilers* for Supergirl Season 2, Episode 5 “Crossfire” in this review and recap.

Basic Summary:

Kara gets Mon-El a job as an intern at CatCo and a secret identity as Mike Matthews

There is a bank robbery, Kara gets shocked, James steps and beats some people up - is this the beginning of Guardian?

There is a group of criminals with alien guns

Cadmus hacks TVs at DEO and warns against aliens. Kara thinks Cadmus is supplying the alien weapons to the criminals

Mon-El is letting Miss Tessmacher do his work because he just doesn't want to or know how

Lena invites Kara to fundraiser because she considers her to be her only friend. Mon-El asks to tag along

Another attack occurs, this time with more alien guns

We see Cadmus leader - she is giving alien weapons to criminals and offers to give them bigger guns

James shows up DEO to talk to Winn - wants to know where the criminals will strike next

James is there to confront them, ready to fight with a baseball bat

Picks up a shield on the ground, showing a flash of what he will look like as Guardian

He saves people from building

James is sick of being a “sidekick”and wants to save people on his own

He asks Winn to help make him suit

Winn tries to talk him out of being a crime-fighter

Lena shows up at Kara’s apartment because she wants to get in touch with Supergirl

Criminal guy wants to take on Lena at her fundraiser

Lena wants Supergirl to protect the fundraiser

Criminals show up at fundraiser

Lena did all this as a trap - She and Winn work on some thingy to destroy alien weapons

Cadmus leader kills the criminals with her voice - crazy

Winn agrees to help James as long as he waits until he gets some tech

Mon-El gets fired as intern - Kara says he can pick his own job

Lena Luthor's mother IS LEADER OF CADMUS!!!

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