Tag: DC Comics

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

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The stand-alone episodes of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow are easy to follow and read into than the two-parters. In “Marooned,” viewers are at the half-way point of the 16 episode season. Just where Vandal Savage is can be anywhere in time on Earth, and unfortunately Rip Hunter is clueless as to what to do next. Gideon cannot even calculate where this villain is because her database is not up to date. As luck would have it, a distress call from another time-ship, helps save the day.

After the gang splits up with a crew still on the Waverider (Palmer, Lance, Snart and Chay-Ara) and another to shuttle over to the other damaged craft in space (Rory, Stein, Jackson and Hunter), the landing party discovers it was raided by Time Bandits. Terry Gilliam was not involved in the production of this series and nor would he be interested. These pirates hail from DC comics lore only long-term readers would recognize (this group is led by Captain Jon Valor, Action Comics #23) and they help flesh out what kind of world Rip is from. The future’s ridden with problems since time travelling is commonplace. This reveal shows the Time Masters have a huge job of cleaning up any displaced gaffe on the time stream.

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By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

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The Future is not so great in “Star City 2046” on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. That’s not only considering the immediate problems that took place in 2046 but also it may have paved way for how Vandal Savage took over the world in 2116.

In the last episode, Chronos found the Waverider and blasted the ship out of the time tunnel. He should have been able to trace where in time the vehicle crashed. Just where it landed is described as a possible future instead of a definitive one. However, viewers can never be so sure when CW’s The Flash established the fact that alternate time-lines (Earth-1 and Earth-2’s) exist.

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By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

The fifth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is all on Professor Stein. In “Fail-Safe,” he holds the key to unlocking project Firestorm, past and present. If Vandal Savage gets to unlock the secrets, the future is certainly doomed. Perhaps Stein will be involved in finding a way leading to this villain’s ultimate defeat, but until then, the ride is still thrilling. The series is doing great by showing it is not relying on the Chay-Ara / Khufu story-arc to carry the series. Until Hawkman rises again, perhaps in “Night of the Hawk” (due to broadcast March 10th), the adventures look at other ways to thwart this mad dictator.

In part two of the team’s time jaunt into the 80’s, a few details are known: the team has a space of 150 years to best alter the time-stream and Savage’s victory in the future depends on these super soldiers he’s trying to create.

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By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller) is stealing the show in the fourth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Although he never claims to be a “White Knight” he’s certainly a man of sophisticated colours; from deviously sweeping one lady off her feet, only to swipe her ID card to winning another’s heart in Moscow, Russia. Perhaps he can become the next James Bond. Miller relishes being a man with his own sense of justice and sadly, every one else is beginning to pale in comparison. Technically, the movie is titled “White Knights,” but this film is really emphasizing one future hero instead of a group.

Rip, the person who should be in charge, is really paling. He could be leading the charge ala King Arthur, but he has problems back in a future Camelot (that’s fallen to ruin). He has troubles of his own when the Time Masters catch up with him and say he can not continue on his vigilante mission. I’m wondering if they will put him on full trial, force him to regenerate and send him to remain trapped in one particular era on Earth when the season ends.

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By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow gets better with age, and in the third episode, “Blood ties,” more character building exercises are taking place. This time, the complexities of what makes Leonard Snart cold-hearted is explored, the insecurities of Palmer gets confronted and the demons Lance faces come to head. The sub-plots developing these characters will no doubt continue, and hopefully Rory / Heat Wave will get the justice he deserves. He’s still being handled as a throwaway character, described as thick, and all he does is follow along to anything Snart orders him to do. While he gets some great Arnold Schwarzenegger style lines, hopefully he can get some decent development in future episodes.

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Spoiler Alert

Part two of the pilot to CW’s Legends of Tomorrow is a far more productive launch to this series than last week’s episode. Instead of a recap and recruitment heavy story to begin the show, this week gets the team figuring out who they are and if the story can move beyond the essential three figures — Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall and Vandal Savage — who drives this series. This second episode places emphasis on Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) past and present self. He starts to comprehend who he is, warts and all. To understand where his arrogance comes from is welcomed.

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