Into the DC Murderverse: Blue Beetle

 "Blue Beetle" (2023)

I'm going to be honest. I thought about not finishing up these last two movies in the Murderverse. I'm ready to jump into the James Gunn reboot because I've never seen "Creature Commandos" and I'm ready to cover season two of "Peacemaker." That being said, I decided to just finish, because, you know, this isn't a bad movie. It didn't do great at the box office, but it should have. And James Gunn has said that Jaime Reyes is going be part of James Gunn and Josh Safran's rebooted continuity. There's a follow up animated series in the works and I'm hoping we get to see more of the Reyes family and Ted Kord. 

Principal photography on "Blue Beetle" began in May 2022 and concluded in July 2022. The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, Adriana Barraza as Nana, Damían Alcàzar as Alberto Reyes, Elpidio Carillo as Rocio Reyes, Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord, Raoul Max Trujillo as Ignacio Carapax/OMAC, Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord, George Lopez as Rudy Reyes, Belissa Escobedo as Milagros Reyes and Harvey Guillén as Dr. Jose Francisco Morales Rivera de la Cruz. It also features the voice of Becky G as Khaji-Da, the sentient entity that lives inside of the Scarab. The film was written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. It was directed by Ángel Manuel Soto. "Blue Beetle" premiered on August 18, 2023.

"To Me, My X-Men" X-Men '97 Recaps: "Tolerance Is Extinction" Parts 2 & 3

 X-Men '97

We are back, baby. It's time to wrap up "X-Men '97" and man, watching these last two episodes just made me so excited for season 2. Even with the drama regarding Beau DeMayo's exit from the series. If you don't know about that, you should Google it. But let's now waste any time. Let's get right into things.

"Skrulls Everywhere" Secret Invasion Recaps: "Resurrection" & "Promises"

 Secret Invasion

Let's address the elephant in the room. It's been about a year or more since I've updated my blog. Life and all that blah, blah. I am excited to get back to it. And then I got less excited when I realized this was next in the rotation. Spoiler alert. I really hated this series. If you know anything about the comics, "Secret Invasion" was kind of a cool event that revealed Skrulls had been secretly infiltrating the world for years, taking the place of a lot of people including some of our most well known heroes. When they announced that they were going to be doing a TV series based on it, I was excited. Then, I became less excited when I realized it wasn't going to involve most of the MCU which seems to kind of defeat the point? Instead it's a showcase for Nick Fury? Umm... yeah, sure. I guess. Oof. Let's just dive in and get this over with.

"One Girl In All the World" Re-Watch: "I Only Have Eyes for You" & "Go Fish"

 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

We only have four episodes left in this season and you'd think that the last four were just ratcheting up the tension until the finale, but.... sadly, one episode out of the four is the definition of a dud. Let's get to it.

"Inhibited Programming" The Bad Batch Recaps: "Aftermath" & "Cut and Run"

 Star Wars The Bad Batch

We met the Bad Batch, a group of enhanced clones that their peers would call defective, in the final season of "The Clone Wars." It was in that group of episodes that they gained their fifth member, Echo. Looking back, it's pretty clear that those episodes served as a backdoor pilot for this series. I will say that when I first heard about this show, I wasn't sure if it could sustain a series. I haven't watched any of it because I wanted to watch it fresh for these recaps and I can say that after watching these first two episodes, I was wrong. I'm excited to go on the journey through this new Empire with this group of special clone troopers.

"I Am the Moon" Re-Watch: "The Bond of Destiny: Uranus's Distant Past" & "Art is an Explosion of Love: Chib-Usa's First Love"

 Sailor Moon S

We are finally getting a little bit of backstory about our newest lez tastic Sailor Guardians and its only been seventeen episodes. Not only that, but we are getting Chibi-Usa acting like an actual child. Let's get into it.

"Totally Schway" Re-Watch: "Once Burned" & "Hooked Up"

 Batman Beyond

Now that "Batman Beyond" has introduced some villains of its own that are unique to the show, they are starting to make second appearances. And that is what we have in these two episodes. Some returns. Check it out.