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Man vs. machine vs. suck.
Posted: Feb 27, 2021 10:36 AM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
I have written reviews for almost a thousand movies. Whether I should be proud of that or somewhat embarrassed is not entirely clear. I mention it to provide some context. Of that number of films, some of them were profoundly moving and some so awful they would make you doubt the existence of a kind and loving God. In all of them, however, this ranks as one of the more difficult reviews I’ve ever done. Robocop (1987) is, with one caveat, a frickin’ masterpiece. If its remake was terrible, I could easily and joyfully mock it. If it was good, it would be a delight to ponder the differences and similarities. But Robocop (2014) is…just…so…bleh. It is more than a mere cash grab, yet its creative vision would need a telescope just to read the top letter on an eye chart. It tries to follow its predecessor by saying something, though it never quite figures out what that is. It is made with the common
The Caped Crusader? Nah, more like the Caped
Comedian, star of a new Batman podcast being launched by
HBO Max. No, this isn’t a joke, but a real thing being developed by the WarnerMedia streaming platform, set to star
Jeffrey Wright as the Dark Knight himself.
Wright is trading the signature Commissioner Gordon mustache for a cowl in
Batman: The Audio Adventures, a new HBO Max podcast that offers a “comedic take on the Dark Knight,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wright, who is set to make his debut as Commissioner Gordon in Matt Reeves’ 2022 film
The Batman, will lend his voice to play Batman.
Jeffrey Wright Cast As Batman In New HBO Max Podcast Project
The Batman, is set to provide the voice of Batman himself in
Batman: The Audio Adventures, a new podcast from HBO Max. The podcast, which hails from veteran
Saturday Night Live writer Dennis McNicholas, will be a comedic take on the Dark Knight, and will air on HBO Max in multiple parts sometime in 2021.
Batman: The Audio Adventures is presumably not set in the same continuity as
The Batman and its planned, Gotham Police Department-centric, spinoff series for HBO Max. It is also not tied to the planned DC podcasts coming from Spotify as part of their overall deal with WarnerMedia.
If there was any kind of theme to the season, it was moving forward, most obviously shown when
Voyager itself was thrown forward 10,000 light-years by Kes on her way out the door at the top of the season, and then the ship gaining another 300 light-years thanks to a juryrigged quantum slipstream drive at the end of the season. Just in general,
Voyager emphasized making progress, not pausing long in any one place, and while there were recurring antagonists like the Hirogen, most of the nations encountered by the ship were left behind in short order. And even the Hirogen encounters were all bunched up.