Before the backdrop of a magmatic cavern stand three adventurers: a warrior, a mage, and a trickster who, with a roll of the dice, are preparing to defeat a tentacled chthonic beast. Across the stage, the Dungeon Master smirks as he cues up the visuals that will soon appear on the massive LED screen behind him. The roll is a success, leading to the question every Dungeons & Dragons player longs to hear:
“How do you want to do this?”
Sarah David Reynolds as the Tavern Keeper; (R) Dagl as...
“How do you want to do this?”
Sarah David Reynolds as the Tavern Keeper; (R) Dagl as...
- 5/14/2024
- by Christopher Cruz
- Rollingstone.com
Warning: spoilers for Doctor Who episode “The Devil’s Chord”.
Just before Doctor Who baddie the Toymaker was defeated, bound with salt, and imprisoned in a deep, deep vault at the end of 2023 episode “The Giggle”, he issued a threat. “My legions are coming,” he told the Doctor(s).
Well, now the Toymaker’s legions are here.
First, the Christmas special saw a galleon of baby-eating goblins fly in to cause coincidence-based-mischief in “The Church on Ruby Road“. Next, the Toymaker’s offspring Maestro put the willies up the Doctor by wreaking havoc in “The Devil’s Chord”. “That thing must be part of the Pantheon,” the Doctor said about Maestro. “Oh, God.”
The Pantheon of Discord
Oh, God is right. Played with lip-smacking commitment by Jinkx Monsoon, Maestro is the god of music. (But less in a ‘jam along with this Dream Theater B-side’ than in a ‘destroy the...
Just before Doctor Who baddie the Toymaker was defeated, bound with salt, and imprisoned in a deep, deep vault at the end of 2023 episode “The Giggle”, he issued a threat. “My legions are coming,” he told the Doctor(s).
Well, now the Toymaker’s legions are here.
First, the Christmas special saw a galleon of baby-eating goblins fly in to cause coincidence-based-mischief in “The Church on Ruby Road“. Next, the Toymaker’s offspring Maestro put the willies up the Doctor by wreaking havoc in “The Devil’s Chord”. “That thing must be part of the Pantheon,” the Doctor said about Maestro. “Oh, God.”
The Pantheon of Discord
Oh, God is right. Played with lip-smacking commitment by Jinkx Monsoon, Maestro is the god of music. (But less in a ‘jam along with this Dream Theater B-side’ than in a ‘destroy the...
- 5/13/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
There are numerous Batman projects ranging from movies to TV shows and live-action to animated including one that includes Mark Hamill’s Joker. Each has their own standing and all of them are either unanimously loved or hated by audiences.
One of the most iconic names attached to the super includes Kevin Conroy, Christian Bale, and many more.
Mask of the Phantasm
There have been projects that worked for the best and those that didn’t. Many were liked by the fans while others ruthlessly got thrashed. Among this lot was an underrated gem, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
Suggested“There was great controversy”: Not Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill Only Agreed to Play the Joker Due to Another Batman Actor
While most would regard the film as a classic tale, the 1993 film took a long time to rise to the ranks. So much so that when it was first released,...
One of the most iconic names attached to the super includes Kevin Conroy, Christian Bale, and many more.
Mask of the Phantasm
There have been projects that worked for the best and those that didn’t. Many were liked by the fans while others ruthlessly got thrashed. Among this lot was an underrated gem, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
Suggested“There was great controversy”: Not Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill Only Agreed to Play the Joker Due to Another Batman Actor
While most would regard the film as a classic tale, the 1993 film took a long time to rise to the ranks. So much so that when it was first released,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Adya Godboley
- FandomWire
We live in a golden era of sci-fi on TV, where "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" come in multiple flavors, "Stranger Things" is an event every season, and the CW recently wrapped up an entire universe of DC Comics superheroes on the small screen. Fortunately for all sci-fi fans, this is a time where the people who make such shows grew up loving them, and critics who review them were raised on the concepts and get it. This is all a relatively new phenomenon.
As recently as the '90s, TV critics weren't necessarily big on high-concept sci-fi, and the people making these shows didn't always know what they were doing either. Even if they did, producers over their heads weren't necessarily making the best decisions either. Superheroes on TV were entirely different three decades ago, and the weekly format was just discovering the notion of season-long arcs. There were growing pains to be sure,...
As recently as the '90s, TV critics weren't necessarily big on high-concept sci-fi, and the people making these shows didn't always know what they were doing either. Even if they did, producers over their heads weren't necessarily making the best decisions either. Superheroes on TV were entirely different three decades ago, and the weekly format was just discovering the notion of season-long arcs. There were growing pains to be sure,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- Slash Film
In addition to his iconic role in the space saga Star Wars, Hollywood star Mark Hamill is renowned for his prolific voice-acting career. Over the decades, he’s voiced multiple characters across various shows and movies, most notably being the DC villain Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.
Hamill further delved into DC territory with his portrayal of Trickster in the live-action series The Flash. And his talent transcended beyond DC, as he also took on the roles of two underrated Marvel villains in the animated Spider-Man shows.
Mark Hamill voiced Joker in Batman: The Animated Series (1992). Credit: Warner Bros. Animation
Mark Hamill Voiced Two Spider-Man Villains
After taking on the roles of DC villains like Joker and Trickster, Mark Hamill secured the role of voicing Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Along with the Hamilton actor, Frank Gorshin was reportedly also considered for the role.
Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series
However,...
Hamill further delved into DC territory with his portrayal of Trickster in the live-action series The Flash. And his talent transcended beyond DC, as he also took on the roles of two underrated Marvel villains in the animated Spider-Man shows.
Mark Hamill voiced Joker in Batman: The Animated Series (1992). Credit: Warner Bros. Animation
Mark Hamill Voiced Two Spider-Man Villains
After taking on the roles of DC villains like Joker and Trickster, Mark Hamill secured the role of voicing Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Along with the Hamilton actor, Frank Gorshin was reportedly also considered for the role.
Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series
However,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
One of DC’s most popular and successful animated series was Justice League: The Animated Series that aired on Cartoon Network between 2001 and 2004. Based on the Justice League of America comics, the show which was a sequel to the Batman and Superman animated series, reached out to a wide audience who turned into hardcore buffs on the franchise.
A still from Justice League: The Animated Series
One of the main reasons for the popularity of the animated series was the various interesting trivia and facts that it carried with regard to DC storylines and its tributes to actors who played cult DC characters. One of them was Mark Hamill whose portrayal as Trickster in the 1990 series The Flash, was adapted beautifully into the show.
Justice League: The Animated Series Paid Tribute To Mark Hamill’s Trickster
Apart from his evergreen Star Wars gig, Mark Hamill was also famous for voicing...
A still from Justice League: The Animated Series
One of the main reasons for the popularity of the animated series was the various interesting trivia and facts that it carried with regard to DC storylines and its tributes to actors who played cult DC characters. One of them was Mark Hamill whose portrayal as Trickster in the 1990 series The Flash, was adapted beautifully into the show.
Justice League: The Animated Series Paid Tribute To Mark Hamill’s Trickster
Apart from his evergreen Star Wars gig, Mark Hamill was also famous for voicing...
- 3/28/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Introduced in the 1990’s Uncanny X-Men #266, Gambit quickly won the hearts of fans as he had interesting abilities and a multilayered backstory, which resonated heavily with series’ reader-base. With the ability to charge inanimate objects with energy and convert them into deadly weapons, Gambit captivated the X-Men fandom. A thief by profession, he was extremely agile and a strategist by nature.
Gambit from X-Men (1992)
The popularity sky-rocketed when he made a brief appearance in Hugh Jackman’s 2009 film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Fans were ecstatic to see The Trickster make an appearance, which led to Channing Tatum being offered to play the role in a standalone film.
However, Marvel decided to pull the plug on the film, as Edgar Wright, who was offered to write the script of the anti-hero, turned down the offer.
Edgar Wright Turned Down Gambit’s Standalone Film
Gambit has often been a polarizing character in the X-Men Universe.
Gambit from X-Men (1992)
The popularity sky-rocketed when he made a brief appearance in Hugh Jackman’s 2009 film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Fans were ecstatic to see The Trickster make an appearance, which led to Channing Tatum being offered to play the role in a standalone film.
However, Marvel decided to pull the plug on the film, as Edgar Wright, who was offered to write the script of the anti-hero, turned down the offer.
Edgar Wright Turned Down Gambit’s Standalone Film
Gambit has often been a polarizing character in the X-Men Universe.
- 3/22/2024
- by Tushar Auddy
- FandomWire
So far in the history of “killer bear” cinema, only Grizzly Park opens with an excerpt from The Bible. As “The Children Destroyed by Bears” goes (without getting too deep into other interpretations), a pair of bears mauled many kiddos after they insulted God’s prophet. The absurdity of such a tale would naturally lead to a movie just as, if not more inane. However, who or what exactly is pulling the strings in Tom Skull’s one and only directed feature is not so clear, at first. Is this fuzzy destroyer acting of its own free will, being manipulated by a human, or is there really an omnipotent force meting out bizarre retribution for naughty youths? In a movie as oddball as Grizzly Park, not a single one of those notions would be considered unsuitable.
After setting up a threat not of the bear persuasion — professional animal trainer Jeff...
After setting up a threat not of the bear persuasion — professional animal trainer Jeff...
- 2/16/2024
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
When it comes to superhero fiction, aside from the rogue gallery of the Trinity, which consists of Supes, Bats, and Spidey, the character Flash boasts the most versatile, well-written, and memorable coterie of villains, occasionally referred to as ‘The Rogues.’ As consideration of a live-action Flash movie started making rounds in the late 80s, a number of classic ‘Rogues’ like Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Trickster, Heatwave, and Mirror Master were considered to play the role of antagonist(s) throughout various drafts under different directors. Back in 2015, when finally a feature entry of the character as a part of the Dceu entered the pre-production stage, it was reported that the movie would adapt the seminal comic storyline Flashpoint. The news excited readers immensely as it presented the chance to see the fan-favorite antagonist Reverse Flash on the silver screen for the first time, as Flash’s arch-enemy is integral to the story,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
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