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June 25, 2026

BW’s Daily Video> When Batman Didn’t Continue

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I don’t I would have liked Marlon Wayans as Dick Grayson. Not (only) because of the race swap because Billy Dee Williams would have been interesting as Two-Face, but because I don’t feel like he’s a good fit as Dick due to the characters he usually plays. Robin Williams as The Riddler would have been fascinating, but Jim Carrey wasn’t too bad. It’s just that Schumacher is a bit over the top.

I’m kind of on McDonalds’ side when it comes to the tone of the movies. Making a Batman movie that isn’t even kid-friendly is just the norm these days as the entertainment industry seems to hate kids, but back then it was a huge mistake because kids love superheroes and this was keeping them away from one of the biggest. I came to know Batman as a kid through comics and TV shows and here’s Batman that rejects part of the audience, like every live-action Batman not in black-and-white or played by Adam West, and that’s a real shame. Plus I didn’t like Batman Returns in general so I didn’t miss Burton…not that Schumacher was better, just a different version of wrong.

Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 25, 2026 in DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged Batman, Blockbuster Buster, DC Movies, Joel Schumacher, Marlon Wayans, Michael Keaton, Robin Williams, Tim Burton, trivia.

Filler Video> Shady Doorags Vs The Elite

“What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, And The American Way” is issue #775 of Action Comics, and introduces The Elite, a group of supposed superheroes who have some extreme views about solving the worlds’ problems. I’ve already posted the movie to Saturday Night Showcase, so if it’s still up there, you might want to watch the movie itself before watching the following video review and examination, which I’m only using because my schedule just got a major screw-up. Luckily I got a topic before post time.

Superman Vs. The Elite isn’t the only adaptation, as the CW (formerly CBS) Supergirl series decided to pull a Russell T. Davies and use the wrong Kryptonian hero for the adaptation, just as Davies adapts novels and comics with the wrong Doctor on Doctor Who (usually one of David Tennant’s multiple regenerations). I haven’t watched it because it seemed to change after it left CBS but it hopefully contains the same message about Superman/girl not being judge, jury, and executioner like so many of the evil Superman stand-ins littering more recent stories. It’s a great story, and I enjoy the reviews of animation reviewer Shady Doorags, so this is good filler.

Everyone has their own perspective on a work even when they agree on liking it. They might like it for different reasons. So here is Shady’s view on why the movie worked for him, and to fill out the time with my thoughts I’ll plagiarize…myself with what I put in the comments.

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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 24, 2026 in Animation Spotlight, DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged animation review, cartoon review, comic to movie adaptation, Shady Doorags, Superman Vs. The Elite, What's So Funny About Truth Justice And The American Way.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Doll Man Quarterly #3

That only works in cartoons and comic…oh, right. Continue.

The Doll Man Quarterly #3

Comic Favorites, Inc (Summer, 1942)

There’s an ad in the comic for Feature Comics stating that Doll Man is one of the characters featured. Meaning like with Blue Beetle and Mystery Men Comics we’ll be seeing more of the mini marvel on Golden Age Fridays…or would if I were bothering with the comics. Most of the stories I read over in that anthology weren’t very good so I dropped it from my pulls at Comic Book Plus’ virtual newsstand. There’s still this series coming out once a season.

We’re also getting a story with The Dragon. I forgot he showed up previously. The rest of the stories are all Doll Man adventures, though. The titles come from Comic Book Plus or wherever they got them from, because they aren’t in the comics themselves.

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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 24, 2026 in DC Spotlight, Yesterday's Comics and tagged Comic Favorites Inc, Doll Man (Darrel Dane), Golden Age comics, Martha Roberts, pre-DC characters, The Dragon (Red McGraw), wartime comics, World War II.

BW’s Daily Trailer> Batman: Knightfall Trilogy

Animation and art style look amazing, but I don’t know enough about how the adaptation’s direction to make a full article just yet. While you’re waiting, and speaking of adaptations, check out the Chapter By Chapter review of the Knightfall novelization.

Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 24, 2026 in Animation Spotlight, DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged Batman: Knightfall Trilogy, comic to movie adaptation, DC Comics, Knightfall, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Brothers Animation.

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June 23, 2026

Tetris: The Animated Series?

That was a joke, you twits!

Look, I grew up with a cartoon about a living Rubik’s Cube and even I think this is ridiculous. Imagine my confusion a little while ago when Ben Kellogg’s comment in today’s Daily Video tells me that there is a Tetris cartoon announced. I had thought there was a Tetris themed gameshow, possibly on Peacock since they have one for Frogger (which was surprisingly boring when I watched the free preview episode), but the best I found was a Belgium show called Blokken. Tetris could actually work as a game show.

Instead, the announcement is that a new narrative based cartoon is being developed based on the classic Russian game so popular two countries and a bunch of different game companies fought over it. Somehow someone looked at…

…and said “there’s a good story here”. GAME THEORY couldn’t come up with lore for this (though I’m sure both MatPat and Tom have tried) and somehow Tetris: World Builders is about to become reality unless development hell claims another victim. Okay, so what is this about?

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