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WHO ARE THE JUSTICE LEAGUE?

Witness the rise and fall of the Justice League! The event years in the making is here with Dark Crisis. The Justice League is comics’ greatest super-team—made up of DC Comics’ legendary Super Heroes, they have saved the world countless times. No crisis was too much for them to handle…until now! The Justice League has been defeated by the Great Darkness and its army of DC’s most dangerous villains—now a new generation of heroes must rise to protect not only the Multiverse…but also the legacy of the DC Universe! A prelude to DC’s biggest story of 2022!

The Justice League is comics’ greatest super-team—made up of DC Comics’ legendary Super Heroes, they have saved the world countless times. No crisis was too much for them to handle...until now! The Justice League has been defeated by the Great Darkness and its army of DC’s most dangerous enemies—now a new generation of Super Heroes must rise to protect not only the Multiverse…but also the legacy of the DCU!

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Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the thirty-sixth edition, Neal Adams, Comic Writer, and Fighter for Creators' rights has passed at the age of eighty. The Arrowverse continues to dismantle as Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow are cancelled after Seasons Three, and Seven respectively. The Marvels and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania switches releases dats while Jon Watts, director of The MCU Spider-Man Trilogy, is no longer set to direct MCU's Fantastic Four, opting to take a break from the Superhero Realm. Final Fantasy 16 is confirmed to be in the final stages of development while James Corden plans to depart the Late Late Show in 2023!

Impact Wrestling releases Willie Mack while The Good Brothers and management are reportedly not close to a new deal for the two parties. Sonic 2 becomes the highest grossing video game movie in the U.S, beating Sonic. Andrew Garfield prepares to step away from acting for a bit to recharge while Universal loses up to a Million Dollars a day in the wake of Justin Lin's Directing departure from Fast X. Modern Warfare 2 is announced with a new logo as Mission Impossible's Two-part finale gets their official title! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the thirty-fourth episode of NRC, Thor: Love and Thunder is officially announced with a new trailer and story synopsis featuring the Goddess of Thunder, The Mighty Thor of Jane Foster! Fast and Furious' tenth movie is made official as FAST X, part one of two of the epic finale of the F&F Mythology! (Wait, MYTHOLOGY!?!) WWE loses control with Alexa Bliss becoming frustrated and KUSHIDA departing the company with the expectation of going back to New Japan Pro Wrestling! A New Tales From The Borderlands is made official by CEO Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software, Ezra Miller is arrested...again in Hawaii...time to stop. Hayden Christensen reveals he's binged The Clone Wars and Rebels in preparation for his return to the star wars universe in Obi-Wan Kenobi. Details on AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door emerges in the wake of the announcement while a report comes regarding Blackpool Combat Club and Daniel Garcia! Netflix begins a massive crackdown on Password Sharing after a 200k subscriber loss following Russian-Ukraine Responses and investment losses. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Neo-Reality Collective Reviews The Batman by Matt Reeves!

The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, 6th & Idaho, and Dylan Clark Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise. The film was directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig. It stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. The film sees Batman, who has been fighting crime in Gotham City for two years, uncover corruption while pursuing the Riddler (Dano), a serial killer who targets Gotham's elite.  Development began after Ben Affleck was cast as Batman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) in 2013. Affleck signed on to direct, produce, co-write, and star in The Batman, but had reservations about the project and dropped out. Reeves took over and reworked the story, removing the DCEU connections. He sought to explore Batman's detective side more than previous films, drawing inspiration from the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the New Hollywood era, and comics such as "Year One" (1987), The Long Halloween (1996–97), and Ego (2000). Pattinson was cast in May 2019, with further casting in late 2019. Principal photography took place in the UK and Chicago between January 2020 and March 2021.  The Batman premiered at Lincoln Center in New York on March 1, 2022, and was theatrically released worldwide on March 4. It was delayed twice from an initial June 2021 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received praise for the performances, cinematography, Reeves' direction, action sequences, and story, though some criticized its runtime. It is intended to launch a Batman shared universe, with two sequels planned and two spin-off television series in development for HBO Max.

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Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In Today's episode, Supergirl's Dreamer makes her debut in Superman: Son of Kal-El and greater DCU as The Batman arrives at HBO MAX! Elon Musk attempts to purchase Twitter for 43 Billion Dollars only for the company to pull a 'Poison Pill' on the situation. Cyberpunk 2077, still a long way to finish up, announces Expansion Packs for 2023 as Tetsuya Nomura talks Kingdom Hearts 4 'Real-World but an Afterworld maybe Underworld' Quadratum while TED, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, returns onto the streaming service Peacock as a TV Series with some noticeable stars! AEW's upcoming video game is at a provisional release of September 2022 but currently no projected release date or publisher. WWE issues the newest edict regarding Name Changes in typical WWE fashion in snarling the continuity as if there was one still standing. WarnerMedia Discovery looks to revitalize and overhaul DC Entertainment as Batgirl, The Flash, Black Adam, Wonder Twins, and Blue Beetle are set for the next year and a half! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

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