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A new costume and series for Supergirl this summer: 'The Maiden of Might Joins DC’s Summer of Superman Publishing Initiative!'

Essay at DC on Supergirl's take on Martian Manhunter for Black History Month. excerpt:

There will be an 'art of and making of' book for the film as well: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Art-and-Making-of-Mickey-17/Simon-Ward/9798886638073 i09 also has some preview pages.

According to this article, it's because McCabe will be doing Hamlet with The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Me at this Domingo saga: So glad they did a star-studded sequel! I don't know where else they'd go from here, but I'm still down for more if they can think of a way to top themselves.

------- Reviews are mostly positive so far: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mickey_17

https://www.mickey17movie.com From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living. Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun (“Minari,” “Beef”), with Academy Award nominee Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), and Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”). The film is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winners for “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave”), Bong Joon Ho and Dooho Choi (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”). It is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins. The director of photography is Darius Khondji (Oscar nomination for “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Okja”). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (Oscar nomination for “The Favourite,” “Cruella”). It is edited by Yang Jinmo (Oscar nomination for “Parasite,” “Okja”). The music is by Jung Jaeil (“Parasite,” “Squid Game”). The visual effects supervisor is Dan Glass (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”). The costume designer is Catherine George (“Okja,” Snowpiercer”). Warner Bros. Pictures presents A Plan B Entertainment Production, An Offscreen Production / A Kate Street Picture Company Production, A Film By Bong Joon Ho: “Mickey 17.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters only nationwide on March 7, 2025, and internationally beginning on 5 March 2025.

I didn't want to mention it until there was more info on Jamie(?); but this did cross my mind.

Just saw this play out: A meetup in a parking garage goes wrong. Does a meetup (or ANY scene) in a parking garage ever go right?? Even if it's not *murder* (which is at least half the time), it usually involves getting bad news.

I mostly liked this episode; Rose being present does seem to elevate things. It also helped that Kylie was integrated into the main plot, and also had her own C-plot. I liked that they focused on only one experiment/concept and applied the implications to several of the plots. And that several characters had some growth over the episode. Since this show seems required to include certain story components in each episode, I wish they could all be as well composed as in this one. A couple of downsides, however: it was obvious that the daughter made the video (to me, anyway); and it was obvious that reporter was going to get killed. Because does anything good ever happen in a parking garage on TV??

NBA Superman promo with Gunn and Corenswet, and Shaq:

Fashion highlight: Robyn's print bomber jacket (and the hairstyle she was wearing with it). https://wornontv.net/494221/ I don't remember exactly when they started this Salazar arc, but I guess he's the big bad for the rest of the season. I know they'll write it so that everything happens in NYC, but he's not actually a local criminal, right? I guess we can blame it on teens being teens, but I thought Dee was a little bit smarter/more responsible? At least she should have pushed back more when Cam wanted to actually drive the car. And yeah, the resolution with Robyn seemed ... shortened? Maybe this is something that they're going to continue next episode? I did like Vi's C-plot; I wish we could have seen her painting as well, though! So Robyn and Dante are officially back 'on'; I should be happier, but I still don't trust these writers with that relationship.

We really need a "digust/gross"/puking reaction. ---- Going back to the Mara talk, or generally about the Progressiv characters; it's just crazy to me that Flo has been around so long, that she has her own cast of side characters! Really can't think of another similar situation off the top of my head. (I guess Geic o expanded from one caveman to several; but they all weren't recurring.)

[I think the title was just "Lowe" ?] Welp -- no maulings. Okay, so far the cases of the week are interesting; but the mains are still fairly 'meh' to me. Although Hot Warden got a tiny bit more interesting with his super-secret meetup at the end. I know she was gonna get caught, and they (apparently) have to have a heroic takedown, but I did roll my eyes a bit at Lowe losing a fistfight (when she had a gun!) with Profiler Lady when she's been killing dudes twice her size literally the entire day. If they really don't want local law enforcement so involved, they better start putting more people on that plane. Things I'd like to see - but I bet we'll never see: An escapee who just wants to live quietly and not kill any more. An escapee who tells EVERYONE about their time at a secret government prison.

Can't believe the song 'The Prayer' got attached to Quest For Camelot, which I thought was crap even as a child. Well, I guess they also get some points for having a disabled protagonist.