The recent Swamp Thing series was imperfect - the pacing was pretty slow and some of the performances veered over to the cheesy side - but I still don't believe it deserved to be cancelled so abruptly. Swamp Thing himself was realized well and the show seemed to be finding its footing and building to some interesting storylines by the final episode. The sets have been destroyed and talent as moved on to other projects, so the show will not be returning. Swamp Thing may well be a part of the upcoming HBO Max Justice League Dark series, it will be interesting to see if it will be a new iteration of the muck monster or a continuation of the previous show.
That's 2 lonely series Swampy has had. One more than Supergirl or Arrow if not in number of episodes. As CGI gets cheaper maybe he'll last longer. Third time's the charm.
ReplyDeleteCastle not armed with concentrated DDT? Not likely. Round up away.
Yay Swamp Thing & on Mardi Gras Day too, awesome!
ReplyDeleteRoss 3165 loc has been hacked.
ReplyDeleteSurprised that Dr Manhattan didn't remake Swampy back into Alec's body since he wanted to redo so many things.
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ReplyDeleteCrap its a typo, Ill fix when I get home.
ReplyDeleteNo biggie! But, while I got you here, I have one minor suggestion.
ReplyDeleteThis coming May 27 would have been the 99th birthday for Sir Christopher Lee. In honor of that, do you think you could do a photo-capture cover where his versions of Dracula and Fu Manchu go after each other? Say, for control of the 7 Golden Vampires of China?
I'm with you, Ross. Swamp Thing was well-done enough to deserve a second season, and it probably would've gotten one had the North Carolina government not been so duplicitous (not quite the right word for it, but it's in the ballpark).
ReplyDelete@Cary: How about the Dooku/Saruman match-up I suggested a couple of days ago?
@Bob Greenwade: that'd be acceptable as a consolation prize, I guess.
ReplyDeleteProvided Ross entitled it "World of Starwarcraft." ;-)
@Cary: You're starting to sound like Sheldon Cooper! :-(
ReplyDelete@Kevin: I have to wonder how Abby and the Punisher crossed paths in the first place? Did Anton Arcane hire the Assassins' Guild (Gambit's ex-girlfriend's employers) to try and take out Castle?
Why wouldn't he hire the league of assassins?
Delete@Isaac: well, for starters, they'd be geographically convenient, seeing as they're based in New Orleans. Then, there's the fact that they're currently centered on avenging Ra's Al Ghul's bruised ego. What with Talia defecting to head up Leviathan and Tim "Red Robin" Drake having cybernetically crippled LOA in the wake of the Council of Spiders affair.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: I assume, by "they," in the first sentence, you mean the Assassins' Guild of Marvel Comics. While "they," in the second sentence, refers to their much-older DC counterparts.
ReplyDelete@Cary: exactly!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: just checking.
ReplyDelete@Horsefeathers Three shows. There was also a cartoon.
ReplyDelete@ShadowWing: Yeah, I know about the cartoon from a YouTube video! The theme song was a parody of "Wild Thing" by the Troggs! 🙂
ReplyDelete@Daviticus: that makes everything groovy. ;-)
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: LOL!
ReplyDelete@Horsefeathers: Industrial-strength weed killer would be better.
ReplyDelete@CD: maybe it happened on that perfect parallel Earth as part of the post-Flashpoint 52.
@Carycomic: I think you mean "...post-Doomsday Clock."
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