Batman and Harley Quinn Review

The thing I can appreciate this film for more than anything is the return of Harley's OG Costume.

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again! Another DC animated film has come and gone: Batman and Harley Quinn. To me, it seemed as though there was some controversy even before the film came out. When footage was first shown of the movie, I noticed a lot of people wrote it off from the get-go, mainly because of one name attached to it: Bruce Timm. In the eyes of many, Mr. Timm did a bad with last year's Killing Joke animated movie, and it was because of that a lot of fans didn't want him anywhere near another DC animated film.

When it came to the Killing Joke last year, most of the complaints I saw about it revolved around the first 30 minutes (And keep in mind Timm didn't even write the film). But this film was an original story that Timm himself was involved in. It was these reasons that I was more optimistic for the film. And then the film came out...let's review Batman and Harley Quinn. Warning, spoilers ahead.

Shaman Thoughts: Reviving/Rebooting old cartoons

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again with another installment of Shaman's Thoughts: where I pretend to be a know-it-all for one post. We're over a week removed from San Diego Comic-Con, the nerd equivalent of the Superbowl, and the smorgasbord of concept art, comic announcements, and most of: trailers; and aside from Justice League and Thor, the two trailers throughout that weekend that stood out for me are Rocko's Modern Life and Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie. Between Rocko's updating to current times and the jokes surrounding it and The Jungle Movie's nods to past Hey Arnold episodes, what was shown during SDCC weekend made fans aplenty happy, but it also brought something up that's been on my mind for well over a year now. 

An ode to Archie Comics: Sonic the Hedgehog

Not so much an ode as it is a written tribute. Ode just made for a cooler title.

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again! July 19th, late into the evening, Sega of America announced that it ended its partnership with Archie Comics, the then publisher of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic, thus resulting in the cancellation of the comic. As this post is being written, The official Sonic Twitter has already announced that a new partnership has been made with IDW. Even so, I still wanted to give my own send off to the Archie comic in a short post.

Teen Titans The Judas Contract Review

                                    

Did you guys know I hate the red Nightwing suit? Cause I really do.

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back with another DC animated movie review. Today's film: Teen Titans The Judas Contract! Let's not waste any time and dive on in

Power Rangers Movie (2017) Review

After a month, my motivation to blog is free! It's time to write a movie review!

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again with a new movie review! As the title tells, we're gonna talk about the Power Rangers movie, my history with the franchise, and my thoughts on the movie. Let's not waste anymore time and dive into this sucker.

Shaman's Thoughts: Should Dragon Ball Reboot?

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again with something I haven't done in quite a while on this blog: A discussion about Dragon Ball. As of this post, Dragon Ball Super has kicked off the Universal Survival Arc: An arc that gathers all 12 Universes in the Dragon Ball series and puts them all in a tournament where their very universe is on the line. It's a huge arc, probably the biggest the series has done; and while it's only four episodes in, there has been pondering as to where the series, and the franchise in general, goes afterwords. Some have been saying that maybe we should do a timeskip, skipping past the ending of the Dragon Ball Manga (or the final episode of DBZ for those that need to be specific) and doing a timeskip ala Dragon Ball GT. But there is one idea that is swimming in the head of your dear Shaman folks that just won't get out. That is the idea that perhaps instead of Dragon Ball pushing forward with new stories, perhaps it should start from scratch with a reboot.

The Lego Batman Movie Review

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again with a brand new review! Today is Valentine's Day, a day of love, a day of being with that special someone and showering them with affection; and when I think of love, when I think of closeness, when I think of affection...I think of only one man: Batman; and yes, I waited to review this movie on Valentine's Day for this one joke. It's time to review The Lego Batman Movie!

Shaman's Thoughts: Samurai Jack Season Five Trailer

Wasn't going to write about this trailer, but considering I've watched it somewhere near forty times today...yeah.

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again and as you can see from the title, I'm giving my quick thoughts on the trailer to Samurai Jack Season 5. So, let's not waste any time and get into it.

Shaman's Thoughts: How to make the 'Arrowverse' THE DC Cinematic Universe (Part 2)

Yes, I used the same photo from the last post, fight me brah

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back once again with some Superhero talk! Earlier this week, I wrote a post in regards to how to make the 'Arrowverse' (Or CWverse if you prefer) the DC Cinematic Universe and how to fit the DCEU movies into them. If you want, you can check it out in my featured posts. Today however, we're more focused on building this crazy new universe I've created. 

Shaman's Thoughts: How to make the 'Arrowverse' THE DC Cinematic Universe

I resist the urge to vomit at calling it the 'Arrowverse'...

Happy New Year (9 days in is remotely new, right?) Ladies and Gents! It is I, The Shaman of Animation back again with some more Superhero talk; and today we're writing Fanfiction! No seriously.

Today's topic has been something that's plagued my mind for a month now, and with the Gotham City Sirens movie recently announced, I need to write it out and get it out of my head; a little while ago, I read that the DC Tv shows have made a billion dollars a year for Warner Bros. These shows include IZombie, Preacher, and Gotham. But also, the CW/Arrowverse which consists of The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl. This is as opposed to the DCEU and the fact that it's biggest movie (Batman v Superman) struggled to break even in theaters. 

Now this post isn't some DCEU bashing, I've done that enough on my various social media accounts. This is just me looking at things as they are currently at face value, who knows what could happen in a year's time. But as is, The DCEU is currently 1 for 3 financially (Counting Man of Steel because it didn't make the money WB wanted it to make) and 0 for 3 critically; and while I don't know how much money the CW Verse is pulling in as a profit, considering TV shows are cheaper to make than most movies it's safe to say that WB is making a pretty penny. Not to mention, they're generally more well received than the movies so far. So, the way I see it, instead of trying to push forward with a movie universe that continues to divide fans, let's go all in and expand on a universe that IS working.

Before the DCEU fans jump down my gullet, I'm not trying to nix everything in the universe. In fact, I want to take everything that DOES work and retrofit it into the Arrowverse, even expand on some (Okay, like maybe just one) ideas they brought to the table. This is just an idea/concept I'm working with so the details aren't hammered out. Sit tight folks, this is my attempt at merging the CW Universe and DCEU, leaving the CW Verse as our DC Cinematic Universe.