Legends Of Tomorrow

Geekscape 530: Legends of Tomorrow’s Adam Tsekhman Cracks Us Up!

by JonathanDecember 2, 2019

I’ve known ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ actor Adam Tsekhman for a long time now… because we went to school together! Little did I know that he would one day be pal’ing around with DC superheroes as comedic everyman Gary Green! On this episode of Geekscape, we do a little catch up, talk about Adam’s first foray into acting and how he caught the bug, the tough process of breaking in and how he landed on ‘Legends of Tomorrow’! Along the way, Adam tries to fake that he’s into comics, we explain why properties values in Gotham are in the toilet and fanboy out on the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths event that leads to the next season of Legends! Enjoy!

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SDCC 2016: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Panel Recap!

by jake108July 29, 2016

The Legends of Tomorrow panel got off to a great start. Of course, having Supergirl as a lead-in helped too. Check out some of the panelists entry!

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After everyone got out to the stage, the panel began showing exactly what we all wanted to see: A Season 2 Sizzle Reel. Check it out below:

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As you saw from the trailer, the Legends seem to be taking on some people who are running rampant through time, taking advantage everything and everyone throughout time. Without the Time Masters in place to regulate who does what via time travel, it’s up to Rip Hunter and his crew to do the regulating themselves. However, let’s not forget what the ultimate endgame was for the Time Masters. Back in season one, it was revealed that the only reason why the Time Masters were working with Vandal Savage was to ensure the survival of humanity as a species. To them, it was the lesser of two evils in dealing with Savage. At some point in the future, a Thanagarian invasion will be launched at Earth, and Savage’s army won’t be there to stop them. In case you’ve forgotten what a Thanagarian is, well, it’s the species in which Hawkman and Hawkgirl received their powers from via that crashed meteor in ancient Egypt. Now, back to season 2.

As you saw from the trailer, we’ll be seeing some villains that we recognize from other DCTV properties, namely Damian Darhk. Darhk was a great villain in Arrow, he just wasn’t handled very well. His supernatural abilities will definitely play a integral part in the formation of the Legion of Doom. The Legion of Doom reveal was one of the best DCTV reveals at this year’s Comic-Con. The roster of this team of super-villians includes, Damian Darhk, Eobard Thawne aka The Reverse-Flash, Captain Cold, Malcolm Merlyn, and more. In the comics, the roster is constantly in flux depending on what arc they’re involved in. Still, this Legion of Doom is bound to be pretty awesome with the likes of Reverse-Flash, Captain Cold, and Malcolm Merlyn all working together.

Aside from the Legion of Doom reveal, we also got some news in who’s going to be appearing as part of the Justice Society of America. Citizen Steel, Dr. Mid-Nite, Stargirl, Obsidian, Commander Steel, Vixen, and Hourman are members of the JSA, but I’m sure Berlanti and his crew have a few more in store for us. If I had to create a brief wishlist for who I wanted to appear in the JSA, the two first names out of my mouth would be Jay Garrick and Alan Scott, the Green Lantern. Regardless, all this is shaping up to be great.

To wrap up, there was no mention of how Flashpoint would be changing anything in Legends of Tomorrow. Since we learned last season that time is constantly in flux, there’s really no telling on how minimal Flashpoint could be for the Legends crew if they’re way out in the future or a hundred years in the past. Still, Eobard Thawne has to get out of his cage at some point. Among the last reveals, we learned that we’ll be seeing Mayor Oliver Queen within the first few minutes of the Legends of Tomorrow season 2 premier. We’ll also be seeing some tension between Mick and Vixen, as Mick gets more aggressive now that he’s out of the shadow of Captain Cold. A love interest for Sara Lance is rumored, but not confirmed. Last, but not least, we’ll be seeing a pretty big twist involving Rip Hunter sometime before the midseason break. Can’t wait to see what is!

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Legends of Tomorrow returns this October!

SDCC 2016: ‘Supergirl’ Panel Recap!

by jake108July 28, 2016

After making the jump to the CW, Supergirl aims to one-up its first season and dazzle new and existing viewers with their second season. Supergirl will be airing on Monday’s, which will be followed by The Flash on Tuesdays, Arrow on Wednesdays, and Legends of Tomorrow on Thursdays. Fans of DCTV are in for a treat, should Supergirl deliver!

Unfortunately for us, Supergirl has just begun filming, meaning that there was no new footage to show us during the panel. Instead, we were treated to a sizzle reel that showed key moments in Supergirl‘s first season. After that, the panel came out, most of which was the main cast. Tyler Hoechlin was there as a sort of coming out party for Superman. Plenty of fun tidbits with the cast happened during the panel, some of which I was able to capture. Check it out below!

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Aside from the funny moments, a few things were confirmed for season 2. First off, the panel briefly discussed the now confirmed four-part crossover event that is happening approximately eight episodes into the season. However, they did not let on how exactly Supergirl would be introduced into the Arrow–Flash universe. I’m sure creators are exploring every avenue they can to bring the characters together. I feel that everyone assumes Kara will make an appearance on the Earth we know in Arrow and The Flash, but don’t be surprised if characters from the later two shows appear in National City!

Furthermore, show creators stated that even though we do have an inclusion of Superman on the show, the focus will not deviate from Supergirl. This is crucial as the show should stick to what the show is actually about. Still, you should expect to see some tension between Superman and Supergirl on what it means to be a hero. Of course, we do know that Superman has been doing this for a little while longer than Kara, but that doesn’t mean Kara doesn’t have handle on what she’s done in her first year as Supergirl.

In regards to Alex, we should be finding out a lot more about her character and her backstory in this next season. Actress Chyler Leigh, who plays Alex on the show, is deeply excited to see where showrunners take Alex next.

As for character romances, a Kara-Jimmy romance was hinted on for early next season. Jeremy Jordan, who plays Winn on the show, also hinted at a potential love interest. And of course, how could we forget Lynda Carter? Her role wasn’t exactly discussed in detail for the show, but because Superman and Supergirl are now in one place, we should expect that at the very least the President of the United States would take notice.

Supergirl premiers Monday, October 10th!

Geekscape Interviews: We Chat With DC / CW Composer Blake Neely!

by jake108June 27, 2016

Recently, I was able to get in touch with Blake Neely, composer of all of your favorite DCTV shows running on the CW. From Arrow to DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Blake Neely has scored it all. By now, you’ve heard your favorite musical numbers on Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow. Now, here’s what Neely has to say on shaping the iconic sound behind the DC Universe.

How were you approached to take on your first DCTV series? Were there any apprehensions?

I’ve worked with Greg Berlanti for 14 years, from his first show Everwood. In 2012, he handed me a script to Arrow and said, “This year, we are doing something a bit different.” I had no idea this would be the beginning of an onslaught of superhero shows in the DC Universe of iconic characters. My only apprehensions were to do the Green Arrow character justice, since the responsibility of musically representing such a decades-old character was a bit intimidating for a composer.

How well versed were you in the Green Arrow lore when you signed up Arrow? Did your previous knowledge of the character change your approach to the project in way that was different from a show like The Mentalist?

I was always a DC Comics appreciator. Aquaman was the first comic I bought as a child, and for some reason the DC characters always resonated with me the most. Whether it was Aquaman, Batman, Superman, The Flash or any number of others, I always gravitated toward DC. However, while I knew of the Green Arrow, I hadn’t followed him. Greg’s script was my introduction, and I was forever hooked. My approach was very different than approaching any other show. This was a character steeped in mythology and fan-base, not just a new character (like Patrick Jane of The Mentalist). But as a composer, my approach wasn’t different, in so much as I like to write something appropriate for any character and hopefully make it stick to the visual. The only difference in approach was that this had quite a bit of fan expectancy to it.

Could you briefly walk me through the process of scoring an episode for any of the DCTV shows you work on?

I generally get a week from receiving the final cut of an episode to its final mix (which is about 2 days before it airs on TV). My process on a first (pilot) episode is to go into a dark room, surround myself with images of the character, and attempt to capture that image musically. I write a suite of ideas, sounds, and themes and then hope it sticks to the image once the show is filmed. But on a weekly basis, I watch the episode and approach each scene dramatically with music that fits the scene. My goal is always to enhance the story-telling and support the action (whether emotional or brutal or cerebral) with the music, while trying to somehow stay in the background so that the audience only subliminally appreciates the music, and not bring music to the forefront. Otherwise, they are taken out of the story.

The Flash has a very unique sound to it. What influenced the music behind some of Barry’s most emotional scenes?

Barry Allen is a very different character from Oliver Queen. He is a scientist, a bit awkward, brilliant, and later superhuman. What I wanted to achieve musically was multiple layers. Whereas Oliver Queen is more dark, brooding and immediate, Barry is more complex. The layering and subtext in the music helps in his emotionality. I still use similar orchestration with these characters, whether it be simple piano or orchestra, but there are more layers to Barry. In my mind, as heroes, Arrow gets a more upfront sound with aggression and realism, while The Flash has a forward-momentum and almost fragile heroic sound. I come to this from the idea that Arrow always knows he will win, while The Flash is much more vulnerable when he is called to action. It’s extremely esoteric, because it’s just a bunch of music notes flying around, but this is always the approach.

The Flash also pays homage to a number of DC Comics villains, some of which aren’t known to mainstream audiences. How do you go about composing a character theme for a reoccurring villain, like Wentworth Miller’s Captain Cold?

Greg gave me excellent direction on Captain Cold. He said, “This is a great love affair. Cold and Flash will always be chasing each other.” For whatever reason this made me develop a long arch sort of theme for Cold. The harmonies are never resolved. The melody is always reaching and expanding. Never reaching full consummation. With each new villain that is introduced on The Flash or Arrow, I like to sit back and think about the mythology, research their importance, talk with the producers about their desires for the character, and then attempt to make an appropriate theme. Some can sustain a simple sound “theme,” while others (like Cold or Ra’s al Guhl or Vandal Savage) require a full-blown theme and sound world to do their evil business in.

Legends of Tomorrow season one was unique in that we essentially saw a different time period with every episode. Did you ever have to adjust your approach or musical cues depending on what time period the heroes were in?

I did this a few times in the season. The most apparent were Russia and the Wild West. But for the most part, I felt like music should be the glue to the show we were in. Yes, we were in 1975 or 2147 or the 50s, but we were still watching LEGENDS. I felt it important to only provide a flavor or the time but let the audience rely on costumes and sets for the actual time period. This is a band of “time pirates,” as I early on began referring to them, so we need to musically stay with the team.

Has the cast and/or crew for any one of the DCTV shows you’ve worked on sat in on a scoring session? If so, what was the experience like?

I’ve never had the cast at the scoring or even my studio. However, I have done the opposite: I’ve visited the sets and even gone to dinner with the cast to get to know them. It’s not helpful to the writing of the episodes, but it’s helpful to the collaborative nature of these shows. We are all building a huge universe together. Why not know your counterparts? This has even led to a possible collaboration with Stephen Amell on a side project. I would love for the cast to come to a scoring session someday, but with shooting 8 days a week, I have doubts that they can possibly ever bear the time.

For anyone who’s looking at you as having their dream job, what advice would you give them?

Never give up. I grew up in Paris, Texas without the Internet or any possible connection to Hollywood. And I made it. I’m doing exactly what I dreamed of! Nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it.

What persuades you to keep scoring DC television shows? What are the unique benefits to working in TV?

DC and Greg Berlanti have been incredibly loyal, incredibly supportive and wildly appreciative of my work. Why would I ever deny a chance to work on a new character or project with them? The benefits of working in TV, to me, are the ability to work again and again with these characters. If I begin an idea in Episode 1, I can continue and evolve it through to Episode 23 and beyond. It’s a never-ending sequel. With film, you get one, maybe two, chances to evolve your ideas. With TV, you get episodes and seasons upon seasons to continue your ideas. It moves way too quickly, and you have to be very prolific, but it’s very fulfilling to have the time with these storylines.

One of my favorite musical cues/themes are your Nanda Parbat themes that pop up every now and then on Arrow. How did go about crafting a score that fits that very unique setting?

Those were a lot of fun. I absolutely loved the arrival of Ra’s al Guhl. It sent me into an Eastern style of music harmonies and scales and instrumentation. This caused an evolution and exploration of sound that might capture the modern yet other-worldly feeling of Nanda Parbat, Nyssa, Ra’s and the ninjas. One of my favorite musicians in the world, Chris Bleth, brought me a wealth of treasures in duduks, dizis, neys, and other instruments, which we incorporated into the score. This was enhanced further by the haunting vocals of my friend, Sherri Chung, who was introduced during Oliver’s “death scene” with Ra’s in Ep 308 “The Climb.” It just grew from there with ethnic percussion, thick soundscapes and orchestration that hopefully made the audience feel like they were in another world far from Starling City.

Have any actors commented on their individual themes?

Yes. Stephen Amell was very vocal in his appreciation of what I do. And there was an amazing Tweet from Grant Gustin about my score to one of the episodes. Oh, and Jimmy Olsen (Mehcad Brooks) said some incredibly nice things about the Supergirl score. But my best “theme” moment was when my son was playing Lego Batman. He said “Dad, come up and see this.” I went to his room, and he had just opened a new level. He played and Lego Batman walked into a door and we saw Lego Green Arrow, and all of a sudden my Arrow theme started playing. That was a moment when I realized that what I was doing was creating a small iconic stamp on these characters.

Some of the most iconic musical scores are from television. Do you have any peers whose music you enjoy immensely?

It’s a really enjoyable thing to say that my peers and a few of my heroes are also my friends. We are appreciative of what each other are doing, but it’s nice when it remains non-competitive. Do I have favorites? Of course. Will I divulge? Absolutely not!

How does it feel to be setting the tone for the DCTV television landscape?

It feels amazing, but it feels incredibly heavy. I would never say that it’s a burden, because that is a negative term. But it feels like carrying a torch that will be handed off again in the future to another runner. For now, I need to carry the torch as high as it has ever been raised and hope it doesn’t get blown out by the wind. The success of these shows, the fanbase of these shows, and the expectancy of these shows is immense. Far bigger than myself. I must do all that I can to uphold the legacy, protect the mythology, and never denegrate the importance of this world that was created way before I was. I’m up for the challenge every day, but it never escapes me how important it can be.

Is there any DC character you’d like to see appear on any of the DCTV shows?

Aquaman. Please. First comic I bought. For whatever reason, a lifetime favorite.

What’s the best story you have regarding anything DCTV-related in your years working with the respective shows?

My favorite story goes back to the beginning. Greg Berlanti and I had long discussions about what he envisioned for the sound of ARROW. I went away for a few weeks and wrote and wrote and wrote ideas. I developed themes for the show and then brought him to my studio and nervously played the “Oliver Queen Suite.” After hearing it, he stood up and said “Great. Perfect. I love it.” And as he left my studio and the door was closing behind him, I heard him whistling the theme. I thought to myself, “Success.”

SDCC ’16: Warner Bros. Television Announces Their Panels and Times!

by jake108June 27, 2016

Some of the most fantastic panels have taken place inside of Hall H on Saturday night’s these past few years. However, we’re in for a change as it seems DCTV is doing away with our Hall H after dark parties. Instead, Warner Bros. Television has opted for owning Ballroom 20 for what seems to be the majority of Saturday. While this sounds great too, it’s also worth mentioning that Ballroom 20 does not sit nearly as many people has Hall H does. This may spell trouble for anyone looking to attend any one of DCTV’s panels, including Gotham and in addition to iZombie.

What’s also troubling here is that DCTV panels seem to be going on during the daytime on Saturday. This means DC fans may have to choose between a potential Justice League panel and their favorite DCTV show.

That being said, WBTV seems to have spreads its wings this year, even hosting a panels on Sunday! Check these listings and let us know where you’re heading this SDCC!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

“6:00-10:00 p.m. Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue our annual Preview Night tradition, with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of five of the most highly anticipated series of the 2016-17 television season — Riverdale, Powerless, People of Earth, Frequency and Time After Time — as well as a brand new episode of Teen Titans Go! and the debut of Justice League Action. Ballroom 20”

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THURSDAY, JULY 21

“10:15-11:15 a.m. Teen Titans Go! Video Presentation and Q&A — When there’s trouble, you know who to call…Teen Titans! When you want an awesome time at Comic-Con, you also know who to call…Teen Titans!!! Join a Titan-sized panel featuring producers Aaron Horvath (MAD) and Pete Michail (Space Racers) along with voice cast members Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton and Tara Strong for a screening and Q&A covering your favorite animated series. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based on characters from DC, Teen Titans Go! airs Thursdays at 6/5c on Cartoon Network. Teen Titans Go!: Season 3 Part 2 will be released on DVD on August 23. Become a fan of the show on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TeenTitansGo, and follow Cartoon Network on Twitter at @CartoonNetwork. Room 6DE

12:00-1:00 p.m. Justice League Action Video Presentation and Q&A — The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television in Justice League Action, an all-new quarter-hour animated series. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Super Heroes against their most infamous foes in adventures packed with relentless thrills, fun and action. No need to wait for the good stuff to start; each 11-minute episode jumps in with lightning-paced action and heroics. Whether defending the Earth, facing invaders from space, or battling the bizarre forces of magic, the always-rotating team of Justice League heroes, are up to any challenge. Join producers Butch Lukic (Justice League), Alan Burnett (Batman: The Animated Series) and voice cast members Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) and Diedrich Bader (Batman: The Brave and The Bold) for a Q&A and exclusive sneak peek at this highly anticipated new series. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based on characters from DC, Justice League Action is coming soon to Cartoon Network. Follow Cartoon Network on Twitter at @CartoonNetwork. Room 25ABC”

FRIDAY, JULY 22

“10:00-11:00 a.m. Inside The Big Bang Theory Writers’ Room — Join The Big Bang Theory writers as they return to San Diego to take you inside the biggest moments of season nine and behind-the-scenes of TVs #1 comedy! From the wedding to the baby news to Shamy’s big night, find out what goes into making the hit series each week, and how the writers keep things fresh after more than 200 episodes! Join the show’s executive producers and writers as they take you inside the writers’ room for a lively discussion and special video presentation. From Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television, The Big Bang Theory returns for season 10 on September 19, airing Mondays at 8/7c on CBS. The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Ninth Season will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD on September 13. Become a fan of the show on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheBigBangTheory and follow the show on Twitter @BigBangTheory. Ballroom 20‪

12:30-1:30 p.m. The 100 Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Following the climatic events of the season finale, join The 100 as the critically acclaimed series returns to San Diego for its annual appearance at Comic-Con. ALIE has been defeated, and The City of Light destroyed, but The 100’s victory is bittersweet as a new threat comes into focus. With the clock ticking and Earth’s radiation levels rising, our heroes must put aside their differences to save what remains of humanity. Will The 100 go quietly into that good night, or will they find hope and faith in each other, as they face their darkest chapter yet? Be among the first to find out what’s in store for season four. Join us for a special video presentation followed by a Q&A with series stars and producers. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, The 100 returns midseason with all-new episodes on The CW. The 100: The Complete Third Season will be available on DVD on July 19. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWThe100, and follow the show on Twitter at @CWThe100. Ballroom 20

2:00-2:30 p.m. People of Earth Pilot Screening and Q&A — From Emmy® winners Conan O’Brien (Conan) and Greg Daniels (The Office), and creator David Jenkins comes People of Earth, a half-hour single-camera comedy series about a support group for alien abductees. Join series star Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show), co-executive producer David Jenkins and executive producer Greg Daniels for a screening of the pilot episode followed by a Q&A. People of Earth centers on skeptical journalist Ozzie Graham (Cenac) who investigates a support group to write about its members’ supposed alien encounters. The more he digs into their oddball claims, however, the more he realizes a semblance of truth to their stories and, possibly, even signs that point to his own alien abduction. The onetime outsider now finds himself a part of this eclectic group of misfits, all the while struggling with the idea of knowing that life could exist beyond our world. Produced by Conaco in association with Warner Horizon Television, People of Earth is coming this fall to TBS. Room 6BCF

2:30-3:00 p.m. Powerless Pilot Screening and Q&A — It’s a Super Hero’s world. We just live in it. Join cast members Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical), Danny Pudi (Community), Alan Tudyk (Suburgatory) along with executive producer Ben Queen (A to Z) and executive producer/director Michael Patrick Jann (Reno 911) for a screening of the pilot episode and Q&A covering the first comedy series set in the DC universe. Powerless is the story of Emily (Hudgens), a young insurance adjuster specializing in regular-people coverage against damage caused when Super Heroes and Super Villains treat the city like their own personal battleground. Taking care of insurance needs one by one, Emily and her team of co-workers might not have any superpowers but they are out to make a difference in people’s lives and prove that you don’t need to have powers to be powerful! From Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from DC, Powerless premieres midseason on NBC. Become a fan of Powerless on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NBCPowerless, and follow the show on Twitter at @NBCPowerless. Room 6BCF

5:30-6:30 p.m. iZOMBIE Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Television’s only Zom-Com-Rom-Dram, returns to San Diego for their third appearance at Comic-Con. After experiencing the heart-pounding season two finale, be among the first to get the scoop on what’s in store for season three! Now that Clive is in the know about zombies, how will his dynamic with Liv change? With Ravi’s cure robbing Blaine of his memories, what will Major decide to do with his borrowed time? Will Peyton continue her efforts to take down crime lord, Mr. Boss? And will Vivian Stoll, new owner of Max Rager, succeed in making Seattle its zombie headquarters? Join us for a special video presentation followed by a Q&A with series stars as well as executive producers Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) and Diane Ruggiero-Wright (Veronica Mars). From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Spondoolie Productions and Warner Bros. Television and based upon characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred for Vertigo from DC Entertainment, iZOMBIE returns midseason with all-new episodes on The CW. iZOMBIE: The Complete Second Season will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD on July 12. Become a fan of iZombie on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cwizombie and follow the show on Twitter at @CWiZombie. Ballroom 20″

SATURDAY, JULY 23

“‪11:00-11:45 a.m. The Vampire Diaries Special Video Presentation and Q&A — The cast and creative team behind The Vampire Diaries return to San Diego, for an exciting eighth appearance at Comic-Con! Series stars will join executive producers on stage for a video screening and Q&A session. From Bonanza Productions Inc., Outerbanks Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, The Vampire Diaries returns Friday, October 21, at 8/7c on The CW, and The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Seventh Season will be released on Blu-ray™ combo pack, DVD and DIGITAL HD on August 16. Become a fan of The Vampire Diaries on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries, and follow the show on Twitter at @cwtvd. Ballroom 20

‪12:00-12:45 p.m. Blindspot Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Following the shocking first season finale, join Blindspot as the # 1 new series on broadcast TV from the 2015-16 season returns to San Diego for its second appearance at Comic-Con! Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander star in this one-hour action thriller from Berlanti Productions and Quinn’s House, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television. Stapleton stars as hardened FBI agent Kurt Weller, who is drawn into a complex conspiracy when a mysterious woman, with no memories of her past, is found in Times Square, her body completely covered in intricate cryptic tattoos. As Weller and his teammates at the FBI — Edgar Reade (Rob Brown), Tasha Zapata (Audrey Esparza) and the tech-savvy Patterson (Ashley Johnson) — begin to investigate the veritable road map of Jane Doe’s tattoos, they are drawn into a high-stakes underworld that twists and turns through a labyrinth of secrets and revelations — with the information exposing a larger conspiracy of crime, while bringing her closer to discovering the truth about her identity. Join us for a special video presentation followed by a Q&A with series stars Sullivan Stapleton, Jaimie Alexander, Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza, Ashley Johnson and writer/executive producer Martin Gero. Blindspot returns to NBC for its second season on September 14 at 10/9c, before moving to its regular time period of Wednesdays at 8/7c the following week. Blindspot: The Complete First Season will be released on DVD and Blu-ray™ on August 2. Become a fan of Blindspot on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NBCBlindspot and follow the show on Twitter @NBCBlindspot. Indigo Ballroom

‪‪12:50-1:25 p.m.‪ The Originals Special Video Presentation and Q&A — The Originals returns for a fourth season with more supernatural intrigue, romance and bloodshed in The Big Easy. Join executive producers and series stars for a special video presentation followed by a Q&A. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with My So-Called Company, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, The Originals will air midseason on The CW. The Originals: The Complete Third Season will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD on September 20. Become a fan of The Originals on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cworiginals and follow the show on Twitter at @cworiginals. Indigo Ballroom

1:30-2:05 p.m. Lucifer Special Video Presentation and Q&A — All Hell will break loose when Lucifer returns to heat things up in San Diego. Indulge your deepest desires and be among the first to get the scoop on what’s sure to be a devilishly fun second season! Join us for a sizzling sneak peek at season two, followed by a Q&A with series stars as well as executive producers Joe Henderson (White Collar) and Ildy Modrovich (CSI: Miami). From Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television and based upon characters created by Neal Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo from DC Entertainment, Lucifer returns September 19, airing Mondays 9/8c on FOX. Lucifer: The Complete First Season will be released on DVD on August 23. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LuciferonFOX, and follow the show on Twitter at @LuciferonFOX. Indigo Ballroom

2:10-3:00 p.m. Gotham Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Gotham’s origin story continues to unfold, and as the show enters its third season, the stakes will be higher than ever! Super Villains are continuing to push Gotham City toward the brink, and while Jim Gordon remains at the forefront of the fight against crime in this dangerously corrupt city, how far will he go to save Gotham? Throughout season two, Gordon’s moral compass wavered more than ever, creating both personal and professional dilemmas in his life as villains emerged from the city’s darkest places, including Arkham Asylum’s secret experimental lab, Indian Hill. Bruce Wayne also began to unravel some of Gotham City’s — and his family’s — deepest secrets, leading him to discover that Wayne Enterprises could be behind some very dangerous schemes poised to tear the city apart. Be among the first to see what’s in store for season three as Gotham returns to Comic-Con with a special video presentation, followed by a Q&A with series stars and producers. From Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from DC, Gotham returns September 19 with all-new episodes airing Mondays at 8/7c on FOX. Gotham: The Complete Second Season will be available on Blu-ray™ and DVD on August 16. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GOTHAMonFOX, and follow the show on Twitter at @Gotham. Indigo Ballroom

3:30-4:15 p.m. Supergirl Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Supergirl will be returning for more supercharged adventures in the show’s new home on The CW this fall! Wondering who’s in that pod, or what will be bringing Superman to National City? Join the series’ cast and creative team for a special video presentation, followed by a Q&A where they’ll discuss these season two hot topics and more! From Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from DC, Supergirl’s second season will premiere Monday, October 10, at 8/7c on The CW. Supergirl: The Complete First Season will be released on DVD and Blu-ray™ on August 9. Follow the show on Twitter at @TheCWSupergirl. Ballroom 20

4:15-5:00 p.m. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Special Video Presentation and Q&A — After saving the world — and all of time — from the immortal madman Vandal Savage, then bidding farewell to two of their fellow comrades, Hawkman and Hawkgirl, the Legends received an unexpected visit from a mysterious new ally, Rex Tyler, who tasked the team with a brand new mission. What that mission is, how the Justice Society of America will factor in and who will be aboard the Waverider when The CW’s Super Hero team-up series returns for its second season are questions that the cast and creative team will seek to answer when they descend upon San Diego for their second visit to Comic-Con. From Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from DC, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow returns Thursday, October 13, at 8/7c on The CW. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season will be released on Blu-ray™ combo pack, DVD and Digital HD on August 23. Become a fan of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWLegendsofTomorrow and follow the show on Twitter at @TheCW_Legends. Ballroom 20

5:00-5:45 p.m. The Flash Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Parallel universes…and doppelgangers…and man-sharks, oh my! The second season of The CW’s highest-rated series had more than its fair share of twists and turns, but none compared to Barry Allen’s jaw-dropping decision to go back in time and save his mother from his arch-nemesis, Reverse-Flash, a decision that called the entire timeline into question. But fear not, fans, you won’t have to wait until the fall to start getting answers to some of your most pressing questions, as the cast and creative team behind the show make their annual appearance at Comic-Con to begin giving fans insight into the show’s highly anticipated third season. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, and based on characters from DC, The Flash returns Tuesday, October 4, at 8/7c on The CW. The Flash: The Complete Second Season will be released on Blu-ray™ combo pack, DVD and Digital HD on September 6. Become a fan of The Flash on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWTheFlash and follow the show on Twitter at @CW_TheFlash. Ballroom 20

5:45-6:30 p.m. Arrow Special Video Presentation and Q&A — In the face of worldwide nuclear destruction at the hands of the maniacal mystic known as Damien Darhk, Oliver Queen (aka Green Arrow) united Star City with a message of hope that allowed him to vanquish the season four Big Bad once and for all. However, our heroes’ triumph came at a cost, and the future of Team Arrow was left hanging in the balance. Now, as the show takes aim on season five, Oliver will set out to save his city from a new threat — one which he personally created — as both the newly appointed Mayor of Star City and as the Green Arrow. Returning to San Diego Comic-Con for the fifth consecutive year, the cast and creators of the hit CW series will be on-hand for a lively conversation surrounding the upcoming season. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, and based on characters from DC, Arrow returns Wednesday, October 5, at 8/7c on The CW. Arrow: The Complete Fourth Season will be released on Blu-ray™ combo pack, DVD and Digital HD on August 30. Become a fan of Arrow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWArrow and follow the show on Twitter at @CW_Arrow. Ballroom 20

6:30 p.m.-7:20 p.m. Riverdale Pilot Screening and Q&A — Things aren’t always what you expect in Riverdale. Based on the iconic characters from Archie Comics and produced by Berlanti Productions (The Flash, Supergirl, Blindspot, Everwood), this one-hour drama is a bold, subversive take on the surreality of small-town life. As a new school year begins, the town of Riverdale is reeling from the recent, tragic death of high school golden boy Jason Blossom — and nothing feels the same. Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) is still the all-American teen, but the summer’s events made him realize that he wants to pursue a career in music — and not follow in his dad’s footsteps — despite the sudden end of his forbidden relationship with Riverdale’s young music teacher, Ms. Grundy (Sarah Habel). Which means Archie doesn’t have anyone who will mentor him — certainly not singer Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray), who is only focused on her band, the soon-to-be-world-famous Pussycats. It’s all weighing heavily on Archie’s mind — as is his fractured friendship with budding writer and fellow classmate Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse). Meanwhile, girl-next-door Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) is anxious to see her crush Archie after being away all summer, but she’s not quite ready to reveal her true feelings to him. And Betty’s nerves — which are hardly soothed by her overbearing mother, Alice (Mädchen Amick) — aren’t the only thing holding her back. When a new student, Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), arrives in town from New York with her mother Hermione (Marisol Nichols), there’s an undeniable spark between she and Archie, even though Veronica doesn’t want to risk her new friendship with Betty by making a play for Archie. And then there’s Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch)… Riverdale’s Queen Bee is happy to stir up trouble amongst Archie, Betty, and Veronica, but Cheryl is keeping secrets of her own. What, exactly, is she hiding about the mysterious death of her twin brother, Jason? Riverdale may look like a quiet, sleepy town, but there are dangers in the shadows. Riverdale makes its Comic-Con debut with a screening of the complete pilot episode, followed by a Q&A with series stars and executive producers. Riverdale is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Blindspot), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl, Glee), Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Blindspot) and Jon Goldwater (Archie Comics). Riverdale premieres midseason on The CW. Become a fan of Riverdale on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CWRiverdale, and follow the show on Twitter at @CW_Riverdale. Room 6BCF

7:25-8:15 p.m. Frequency Pilot Screening and Q&A — Based on the New Line feature film, Frequency is the story of a father and daughter who are supernaturally reunited two decades after his suspicious and untimely death. New York detective Raimy Sullivan was only 7 when her father, Frank Sullivan, an undercover cop, abandoned his family in pursuit of a case that led not only to his family’s breakup, but also his eventual death undercover. Always believing her dad died in disgrace as a corrupt cop, Raimy set forth to surpass him in law enforcement, rising through the ranks to detective. But everything she knows changes when somehow Raimy and Frank connect — across two decades — over Frank’s vintage ham radio in the garage. Where once Frank was lost in the shadows of his undercover work in 1996, he has now miraculously been found by his now-grown daughter in 2016. As they forge a new relationship while working together in two time periods to close an unsolved serial murder investigation, their emotional connection transcends time to not only repair the broken bonds of their family, but also defy fate and change the course of destiny. Frequency makes its Comic-Con debut with a screening of the complete pilot episode, followed by a Q&A with series stars Peyton List (The Tomorrow People, The Flash), Riley Smith (Nashville, The Messengers) and Mekhi Phifer (Torchwood, ER), along with executive producers Jeremy Carver (Supernatural, U.S. version of Being Human) and Jennifer Gwartz (Lethal Weapon, Veronica Mars). From Lin Pictures in association with Warner Bros. Television, Frequency premieres Wednesday, October 5, at 9/8c on The CW. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWFrequency and follow the show on Twitter at @CWFrequency. Room 6BCF

8:20-9:15 p.m. Time After Time Pilot Screening and Q&A — Using the 1979 novel and movie as a launching point, Time After Time chronicles the epic adventures of a young H.G. Wells. At the age of 28, the 19th century scholar has yet to publish any of his landmark science fiction novels, but his idealistic thinking and radical ideas have led him to actually create a time machine. When his longtime friend — the charismatic (and secretly psychopathic) Dr. John Stevenson, aka Jack the Ripper — finds himself cornered by the authorities at Wells’ London home, he escapes to present-day New York City using the time machine. Naturally, Wells follows, but instead of the Utopian society he imagined would be in the future, he finds a world more aligned to Stevenson’s temperament. Fortunately, Wells meets up with Jane Walker, an assistant curator at a museum staging an exhibition on H.G. Wells, the Father of Science Fiction. As Wells and Jane come together, they will not only play a dangerous endgame with Stevenson, but also find themselves involved with the incredible characters and scenarios that inspired Wells’ War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau and more. An epic love story charged with danger and adventure, Time After Time gives an unpredictable spin on the mythology of H.G. Wells by looking at the world of today through the eyes of yesterday. Time After Time makes its Comic-Con debut with a screening of the complete pilot episode, followed by a Q&A with executive producers Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries, Dawson’s Creek, The Following, Scream movies) and Marcos Siega (Blindspot, The Following, The Vampire Diaries, Dexter, Cold Case, Veronica Mars) and series stars Freddie Stroma (Harry Potter films, Pitch Perfect, Game of Thrones, 13 Hours, UnREAL) and Genesis Rodriguez (Identity Thief, Man on a Ledge, Entourage, Big Hero 6). Based on the novel written by Karl Alexander and produced by Outerbanks Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television, Time After Time premieres midseason on ABC. Become a fan of Time After Time on Facebook at facebook.com/TimeAfterTimeABC and follow the show on Twitter at @TimeAfterABC. Room 6BCF”

SUNDAY, JULY 24

“11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Supernatural Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Join series stars Jared Padalecki (Friday the 13th [2009]), Jensen Ackles (My Bloody Valentine 3D), Misha Collins (Ringer) and Mark A. Sheppard (Battlestar Galactica), along with executive producers Robert Singer (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and Andrew Dabb (Supernatural) in Hall H to answer questions from the audience about what’s in store for the 12th season of this exciting series! Fans will also be treated to an exclusive video presentation featuring series highlights, as well as a portion of the special features from the upcoming Supernatural: The Complete Eleventh Season DVD and Blu-ray™ release on September 6. The 12th season of Supernatural will premiere October 13 in its new Thursday time period at 9/8c on The CW. The series is produced by Kripke Enterprises Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television. Become a fan of the show on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Supernatural and follow the show on Twitter at @cw_spn. Hall H

3:00-4:15 p.m. Animaniacs Live! — It’s time for Animaniacs…LIVE! Join the voice cast of the iconic animated series Animaniacs — Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille and Jess Harnell — along with series songwriter Randy Rogel for a zany, animany and totally insaney afternoon as they perform songs from the beloved cartoon. Animaniacs Live! will be coming to a city near you.”

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – The Race of His Life

by jake108May 24, 2016

We’re back with our final recap of The Flash season 2. It’s been quite a season, and it would be an understatement to say that season one set the bar high for the rest of the series. Season two parallels this same sentiment and goes one step further and hints at another major Flash comic book event. More on that after the jump!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Earth Prime

During this episode, it was revealed that the Earth portrayed in CW’s The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Arrow is the nexus between the infinite earth’s. This would theoretically make the Earth’s portrayed in any DC cinematic renditions to be just one of many Earth’s.

Before his defeat, Zoom’s plan was to set off a sort of bomb that would send a transdimensional ripple across the infinite Earths and destroy them. Had his plan worked, Zoom would then conquer Earth Prime and rule it as the fastest man alive. Unfortunately for him, his plan didn’t fly so well.

Zoom

Zoom was handed his first defeat, and one that would transform him forever. Fans of the comics will see some similarities that may lead them to believe that Zoom lives on, just in another form. Earlier this season, we were introduced to Time Wraiths, a kind of police that puts speedsters into check to prevent them from ruining timelines and other Earth’s. As the Time Wraith’s took Zolomon away, his body seemed to disintegrate. This transformation seemed to resemble that of Black Flash.

I believe it’s entirely possible we’ll see Zolomon again, most likely in this more sinister form.

Earth-3

The identity of the man in the iron mask was finally revealed, and it’s something that we’ve talked about multiple times in the past. Now that we have an established Jay Garrick, and an established Earth-3, we can finally connect The Flash to Legends of Tomorrow in a more concrete way.

At the end of the Legends of Tomorrow season finale, the Legends were visited by Rex Tyler, aka Hourman. Hourman, if you don’t know, is a member of the Justice Society of America. The JSA was mentioned by name at the end of the episode. What’s even better is that Jay Garrick may also be a member of the JSA.

Jay Garrick

Jay Garrick turned out to be Henry Allen’s Earth-3 doppleganger. After Zolomon failed at taking Garrick’s speed, his stole his identity and locked up him in a cell where he remained after being rescued by the Flash.

Seeing this was a bit overwhelming, understandably so, but the presence of a seasoned speedster may be just what Barry needs. Zolomon’s helmet, which resembles “hope” was adopted by Garrick and will carry on it’s meaning. Garrick took Wells and Jesse back to Earth-2, where they will presumably help him get to Earth-3. I’m certain we’ll see him back in some capacity throughout the series, and hopefully in a much larger capacity in Legends of Tomorrow.

Flashpoint

The Flashpoint Paradox is a well-documented story arc involving the Flash. After Barry rescues his mother and prevents her from ever being killed, the entire world has Barry knew it ceased to exist. This sounds closest to what happened last night. While I doubt the changes will be permanent, it will be very interesting seeing how things play out early into Season 3.

You can watch The Flashpoint Paradox on Netflix instant streaming, or buy it here.

Looking back at it now, this entire season has really been moving past losing his mom. Everything from the Comic-Con trailer I discussed a couple of weeks back, to having Barry recite what seemed to be a common theme this season. Every time Barry scored a victory, he still loss in some way. It’s been like that since season one and this trend seemed to ultimately break him, and snap back to his somewhat selfish state he had at the end of last season. Yes, everyone gave him their blessing to change the timeline, but Barry ultimately chose to keep everything intact, which is what Henry Allen wanted for his son. After losing Henry, Barry snapped and pushed the button. The consequences for his actions will hopefully reverberate onto Season three. In any case, if he’s going to want to put the timeline back to normal, he’s going to need a ton of help from the Speedforce.

With that, it’s going to be a very long summer. However, I will still continue with news from all things DCTV. We’re bound to hear more about The Flash sooner than we think! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – Destiny

by jake108May 12, 2016

What an episode! I was beginning to wonder what Legends of Tomorrow had in store for the three remaining episodes a couple of weeks ago. Now that it has been revealed who the real villains are, the stakes couldn’t be higher. On top of that, we got word of a possible, and perhaps, eventual future. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Time Masters

The Time Masters have always been a sort of villain since the start of the show. However, up until now, we’ve thought that the Time Masters only wanted to apprehend Rip Hunter for messing with the timeline. Tonight, we found out that answer was only a half true.

As it turns out, the Time Masters wanted Rip and his crew to visit all of these time periods and aid Vandal Savage in assuming power over the world. Everything from the United States winning the Cold War, to killing Rip’s family was carefully planned out, thus taking away any free well the Legends crew thought they had.

In an attempt to change destiny, the crew decides to engage the time masters at the Vanishing Point, which is in another dimension. Doing so, they’ve managed to destroy a device that allows the Time Masters to peer into the future, thus taking their power over the timeline away.

Captain Cold

Is he gone? I doubt it. What we know is that Rip saw Palmer dissolve, but that doesn’t mean he necessarily died. Another possibility is that, since it wasn’t Ray Palmer, perhaps the event was changed so that no one dissolves. We’ll have to find out what happens to Cold in next week’s episode, but something tells me he’s due for a major role next episode.

Thanagarian Invasion

The Thanagarian Invasion was a popular story arc in the Justice League Animated Series in episodes 50-52. In what spanned over three episodes, we saw Thanagarians invading Earth in droves so that they could destroy the planet altogether. All of this was a ploy to provide a straight path to another alien race they were warring with. The event was also the root cause in deciding the open up Justice League membership to many others. In any case, should this invasion ever to come pass, it’s going to take everyone to fight back. Who knows, maybe that’s what Legends season two is going to take on.

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Broken Hearts

by jake108March 26, 2016

Arrow is back this week with familiar faces and an old enemy. Overall, I liked this week’s episode, even the courtroom procedural aspect. So let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Damien Darhk

It was odd that he didn’t speak for the entire episode. Instead, he often peered at Oliver, lustfully, I might add. I mean, look at him!

Darhk seems to have had an alternate identity set up so that he could evade the court system and flee the country. However, what he wasn’t counting on was Captain Lance’s testimony. Still, being the Darhk he is, we saw him enact what looked like to be Plan C: Another mystical artifact that will presumably give him powers. We can’t say we didn’t see this coming, but the fact that he had the ring in his mouth for who knows how long may provide some insight as to why he didn’t really say anything.

Darhk seems like he is in control, even in a prison cell, so there’s really no telling what this ring can do. Still, I think he’s going to require a little bit more help than just putting a ring on. Who knows? Maybe he’ll be able to control guards with it or something.

Also, keep in mind that Darhk is in Iron Heights Prison, a prison with a wing that houses meta-humans that Team Flash captures.

Cupid

Arrowverse’s very own Harley Quinn made another appearance tonight and reminded us of the good ‘ol superior Suicide Squad days. Let’s all take a breath and reminisce.

Cupid presumably escaped Taskforce X, aka the Suicide Squad, around the time Amanda Waller died. Or maybe Waller lost track of her and kept it on the down low and was ultimately killed before letting anyone know. The Squad was off the books, so it could be that it’s just taken Cupid a pretty long time to make her way back to Star City to preach her “love is dead” message to its citizens.

Because she showed up, Olicity fans were treated to a fake wedding between Oliver and Felicity…Well, “fake” depending on who you ask. I’m glad Cupid didn’t go the way of Amanda Waller and Deadshot (RIP), so it’s nice knowing that she has the potential of coming back sooner or later. I honestly wouldn’t mind if she became a member of the Legends of Tomorrow next season.

Oliver and Felicity

Oliver made one last ditch effort to win Felicity over with his vows and was fooled into thinking he had an impact. We found out, along with him, that Felicity in fact did not fall for it and refuses to be in a relationship with Oliver. It would also seem as if she’s having second thoughts about being part of Team Arrow in general.

If she does indeed take a break, it would be fair to assume that break wouldn’t last for very long. As we all know, a death in the Arrow family is incoming, we just don’t know who yet.

Who’s in the Grave?!

Ah, back to our weekly segment of “Who’s in the Grave?!”. So let’s take a look at who’s likely this week.

Captain Lance testified in court against Damien Darhk. While it looks like Ghost activity has died down since Darhk’s capture, it doesn’t change the fact that HIVE is still being controlled by Malcolm Merelyn. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I don’t believe Darhk is going to be the one to take the life of whoever Team Arrow is mourning at the end of this season. Merelyn has an equal opportunity of being the one to murder someone in the Team Arrow family.

Darhk will probably make one last stand to try to regain power before being either killed or apprehended by Oliver and dumped on his Lian-Yu prison island. Then hopefully we can get a spin-off series where Deathstroke and Darhk live together on an island filled with mysterious artifacts and portals to hell.

Felicity still remains to be a likely candidate, regardless of us seeing her in the car with Oliver post grave scene. It’s not impossible to believe that Oliver would imagine Felicity sitting next to him and talking to him post-death. I mean, how many times has Shado come back to talk with Oliver?

Still, I think the key players here are Lance, Felicity, and yes, Donna. My money is still on Donna by the way.

That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – Trajectory

by jake108March 22, 2016

We’re back with another episode of The Flash! That break wasn’t so bad, was it? While we did wait as patiently as we could over the last three weeks, it was nice seeing Team Flash finally connect the dots and see the correlation between Zoom and Jay Garrick. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Trajectory

Even when Zoom’s not around, he’s still screwing things up for Team Flash. A few weeks back, when Caitlin was still developing a serum to help Jay/Zoom gain more speed and stop his cells from decaying, she asked a friend of hers at Mercury Labs for help. Mercury Labs has shown up in the show before and it’s understandable that Caitlin would use contacts there for help. What she didn’t expect was her colleague taking the Velocity-9 herself.

Trajectory is an interesting case because through her, we are able to sort of peer into the beginnings of Jay/Zoom. If taking the Velocity drugs has the same, or nearly the same effects on everyone, then we can assume Jay/Zoom went under some kind of transition. The transition we saw tonight presumably started with a sort of split-personality disorder, where the other personality craved the Velocity serum. This turned the subject into a sort of speed junkie that only craved the serum. While Zoom had been masquerading as Jay during the duration of his stay at STAR labs, he may have told a number of half-truths. For instance, when he confessed to Caitlin that he was indeed a speed junkie, he could’ve been telling the truth. The fact of the matter is Jay said he was a chemist on Earth-2 and was actively looking for ways to increase his speed. His addiction only grew and thus, Zoom was born. We’ll get to more on that a little ways down…

Trajectory vanished as she ran from Flash at the end of their fight. Either she became one with the Speedforce, or she simply disintegrated. Still, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Trajectory.

Jesse Quick

We got one step closer to seeing Jesse Quick tonight. While she was injected with a pure form of Velocity-9, it was said that they were able to get the serum out of her bloodstream and get her back to good health. Afterwards, there was no clear sign that she had speedster powers, but maybe it’ll take some time to take effect.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Jesse return to Central City just in time to help out Team Flash in battling Zoom.

Opal City

After learning just what her father did in an effort to protect her, Jesse decided it was time that she move on and live life on her own. The interesting thing here is that she purchased a bus ticket to Opal City. This city isn’t known for much, other than playing host to generations of Starman.

Using his intelligence and wealth, Ted Knight developed a rod that granted him the power of flight, concentrated blasts of radiation, and the ability to defy gravity. The first iteration of Starman was a part of the Justice Society of America.

Zoom

We know Velocity-9 can have an effect where a split-personality can take over the user completely. Knowing this, there’s a slight possibility that Jay Garrick didn’t know he was Zoom. This would be a more tragic route for the Jay Garrick character. Since Jay was already a speedster, I would think his Zoom personality would come around slower, and more powerful.

However, it’s also possible that he knew all along and was playing Team Flash for fools. What we do know is that Zoom is dying. This is something we all saw coming, if you’ve been keeping up with the recaps.

That’s it for this week! As always, thank you all for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – Night of the Hawk

by jake108March 10, 2016

Note: Check out our recap of last week’s Legends of Tomorrow!

It was only a matter of time before Legends of Tomorrow was going to leave us too. Fortunately, it didn’t leave before giving us a solid episode which also doubles as a callback to the classic horror genre. Thanks, Joe Dante! This week, we were also treated to a pretty good cliffhanger. Unfortunately for us, we’ll have to wait until March 31 to see what becomes of the rest of the team.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Nth Metal

Nth metal made another appearance tonight in the form of a meteor. As we all know, Nth metal comes outer space. In the comics, Nth metal is very common on the world of Thanagar. Tonight, we also learned that it can mutate humans into what looked like to be more Hawk than man. It’s also what gives Hawkgirl and Hawkman their powers. A few articles back, I briefly went over the history of Nth Metal, and how it can potentially tie into the show on a deeper level.

The knife came into being when Carter Hall, then Prince Khufu of ancient Egypt, found a crashed Thanagarian ship with a very hawk-like theme. Both Nabu and Teth Adam were with Khufu when he found it. If those last two names sound familiar to you, they should. Eventually, Nabu becomes the power source of Doctor Fate and Teth Adam becomes the Black Adam. In the crashed ship, they find nth metal and create a few tools from it, including the mace and the deadly knife used in the double murder. Among other things created was the Claw of Horus. Again, sound familiar? The Staff of Horus was used by Savage at the end of this episode. It was said by Hall that if Savage got a hold of the staff, he would be nearly impossible to beat. Using information based off the comics, we can assume nth metal exists in this universe, and Savage is currently using it to his advantage.

You can read more about the Nth Metal and its ties to Doctor Fate here.

Sara Lance

Sara caught feelings, seemingly for the first time since being revived from the Lazarus Pit. This makes a lot of sense, especially since she came back with a demon inhabiting her body. Aside from that, we have to note that as of right now in Arrow, Nyssa has not heard from Sara since the revival. That’s unfortunate due to the fact that the two were once a couple.

However, after a kiss shared in the 1950’s, it would look like Sara has made one more step to becoming normal again…Well as normal as you can get when you’re a time-traveling assassin.

Captain Cold & Heat Wave

Cold was distant this week, and that’s understandable. This week danced around what we saw at the end of last week’s episode. We don’t have a definitive answer yet as to what happened to Heat Wave. Yes, Captain Cold fired his gun, and yes, the falling out between them two was pretty big. Still, I think there’s only two ways this can go:

It’s possible Captain Cold made a deal with Heat Wave and the plan all along was to have Mick turn rogue on everyone and send Mick off with something stolen off the Wave Rider. Then, once Cold could get away from the team, he would eventually meet up with Mick and the two would reap the benefits of whatever they stole.

Then there’s the obvious theory that Cold simply didn’t kill him and instead abandon him for the time being. In this theory, we could assume that Mick is now just wandering wherever and whenever he was left. However, there’s a new theory as what becomes of Heat Wave.

We know Chronos has been hunting the Legends. A new theory suggests that was subsequently picked up by the time masters, equipped him with a ship and weapons, and sent him after the Legends. It’s farfetched, I know, but it would be a neat twist.

That’s all for this week! See you all at the end of the month!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – Marooned

by jake108March 4, 2016

Note: Check out our recaps of last week’s episodes of The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow!

While Arrow and The Flash are away, Legends of Tomorrow continues its run in exciting fashion. Last night, we had more than a few easter eggs, found out the Waverider could travel into deep space, and we were dealt a pretty big cliffhanger. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Eve Baxter

The majority of the episode involves Rip and company boarding a Time Master ship that’s sending out a distress call. Quickly, Rip and co find out that the ship has been boarded by Space Pirates. The ship’s real captain, Eve Baxter, had been taken prisoner. In the cell, we find out that Baxter is up to date when it comes to news regarding Rip Hunter. From her immediate perspective, Rip is a fugitive on the run from the Time Masters. She makes her allegiance clear, something that eventually changes by the end of the episode. Baxter is also probably a nod to Bonnie Baxter, one of Rip’s colleagues.

In the comics, Baxter is a scientist. After being ousted from her previous group of colleagues, Baxter joins Rip in his time-traveling adventures.

Acheron

Baxter’s ship, the Acheron, is possibly named after a Greek River. In Greek mythology, it is believed that there are five rivers in the Underworld. Acheron is known as the River of Pain. If you’re not into that sort of stuff, Acheron is also the name one of the moons orbiting Calpamos in the fictional Alien/Blade Runner universe.

Black Pirate

The Space Pirates were headed by one man, Jon Valor. While Jon Valor’s comic iteration has little to no resemblance of who we saw last night, it’s impossible to ignore just what the creative team did with the character.

In the comics, Black Pirate is a 16th century hero that is wrongfully charged with the murder of his son. Upon execution, Valor casts a spell that would enable him and his crew to never rest until his name is cleared.

See? Big difference.

Imperiex

During the episode, Rip Hunter made reference to the “Imperix onslaught.” Of course, Rip was just trying to scare Valor into thinking Ray Palmer was a legendary warrior, but for those of you that don’t know, Imperix was a pretty big enemy to the Justice League and life as we know it.

Imperix came to our solar system with the intention of hollowing it out so that he may create anew. This caused the Justice League not only to align with Lex Luthor, but with Darkseid and Warworld too. This cosmic event ended with Superman throwing Warworld, Brainiac 13, and Imperix through a Boomtube created by Darksied, which then sent them back to the big bang. That was a mouth full.

Kanjar Ro

Rip made another reference to Kanjar Ro, a villain of Superman’s and the Justice League. His reference came at another point in which he was trying to intimidate Valor. In the comics, Kanjar Ro is a schemer. He plots and eventually enacts these grand plans.

In one case, his sister became warden of a prison that would house super-villains on another planet. In this case, Kanjar Ro was casting a net to catch all of the Justice League’s enemies and use them for his own bidding.

Heat Wave

The fate of Heat Wave will ultimately have to be shown next week, or at a later date. It’s impossible to say what exactly happened, but I doubt Snart actually killed his partner. Much of the episode built up to this and for those of you who have been watching The Flash, this confrontation has been a long time coming.

Heat Wave and Captain Cold’s relationship has always been clear to us: Cold is the brains and Mick is the muscle. Mick has always been relying on Snart and his mind to get them jobs and conduct heists. That isn’t to say Mick doesn’t have a brain either though. In any case, Mick had it with Snart’s orders and the confrontation ensued. If anything, I would think Snart froze Mick or froze his legs so that the ice would eventually melt and Mick would be free to go. Exactly where and when he was dropped off is also an important question. Regardless, I sincerely hope we haven’t seen the last of Mick Rory.

That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading!

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Geekscape Recaps: “Legends of Tomorrow” – Star City 2046

by jake108February 25, 2016

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We all knew at some point, the Legends would have to go to the future at some point this season. Luckily for us, Star City was the setting for their first trip into the future. So, along with setting the stage for the next episode, the show introduced a new character fans have been clamoring for, along with an older Oliver Queen. So, without further ado, let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Grant Wilson

The promos released last week teased an appearance by Deathstroke, however, we didn’t expect that it would be Deathstroke’s son, Grant, behind the mask. In the comics, Grant Wilson has a complicated relationship with his father. While idolizing him in some instances, Grant was trained by Slade himself. However, Grant was often belittled and scolded for not living up to the Wilson name.

Eventually, Grant killed his father and thus lived up to the name. In this particular universe, it can be assumed that Grant was responsible for Slade’s outing. Slade is never really addressed beyond the likeness of Grant’s armor. However, we do know that some years prior to 2046, Slade returned with an army and took Star City by storm. Oliver tried raising an army himself, but he ended up failing the city.

Felicity got out of the city and Team Arrow was killed in the war for Star City. Fans of Arrow may find this “Uprising” familiar as it follows a similar event in the show’s second season. Looks like Slade is destined to try his hand again at taking Star City. That action can’t come soon enough.

Connor Hawke

Connor Hawke’s name has been swirling the internet ever since we all found out Oliver had a son. Of course, many of us thought it would be William who would grow up to take up the mantle of the Green Arrow. Instead, John Diggle Jr. grows up and takes up the mantle in protecting Star City. It’s important to note that Connor Hawke wasn’t trained by Oliver, or at least it didn’t seem like it. Diggle appears to have died when Connor was young. It can only be assumed that Lyla and Sara Diggle got out of the city or will also killed during the Uprising. I still find it quite frightening that neither A.R.G.U.S., The Flash, or any other militaristic force could have stopped Slade’s Uprising.

By the end of the episode, Connor and Oliver reconcile and agree to start up shop again. Connor will presumably be trained by Oliver going forward, but by the end of the episode, should everything work out, Star City 2046 will look a lot different with White Canary and The Atom present to stop Slade and his army. Did I mention how I hope this happens sometime soon in Arrow?

Heat Wave and Captain Cold

The relationship between Captain Cold and Heat Wave came to a boiling point by the end of this episode. Essentially, Snart reasserted his dominance over the “partnership” him and Mick have going on. This reassertion did go over so well with Mick as he was perfectly happy living a crime-ridden Star City 2046. While it was the perfect playground for Mick to thrive in, Snart once again displayed he has a heart, albeit a cold one.

To be fair, Snart tried to reason with Mick by playing the notoriety card, should they defeat Savage. Snart also commented on the fact that he has had to lie to Mick a few times before and during past jobs that they’ve done together. Mick took this as an act of betrayal and the two are not on great terms now. It would seem Mick is just one step away from turning on Snart, which would be bad for everyone. I could only imagine how hard it would be to eliminate Mick as a problem, short of killing him of course.

That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Taken

by jake108February 24, 2016

Note: Catch our recaps of last week’s Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, and last night’s episode of The Flash!

Luckily for us, we were once again treated to a solid episode of Arrow and will now have to wait until next month to see what will become of H.I.V.E., Olicity, Merlyn, and Star City. This entire season, it seems that the show has been afraid of doing something to change the formula up, or something irreversible for that matter. Tonight, Arrow took a step in the right direction.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Vixen

We got our first live-action appearance of another beloved DC hero in Vixen. In the comics, Vixen is a respected businesswoman, a model, and a warrior. Thanks to the Tantu Totem, she is able to wield the power of pretty much the entire animal kingdom. The history of the totem derives from legend, mainly being that the totem was created with the purpose of protecting the innocent. In regards to Arrow‘s continuity, it would seem that Darhk has had some experience with the totem in the past and knows full well of its capabilities. In this episode, Darhk made reference to seeing it before. As we know Darhk has had an usual long life, which was evidenced in an earlier episode of Legends of Tomorrow. Through history, the totem was then passed down through generations until it reached the McCabe’s, and then Mari McCabe herself.

Vixen has also been affiliated with the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Birds of Prey. As far as the Arrow‘s continuity goes, Vixen has appeared in an animated series that is cannon with both Arrow and The Flash. You can find these episodes here.

Magical Artifacts

Finally, we found out the source of Darhk’s power. We first got a glimpse of how Darhk was fueling his magic in the first episode of the season. With the help of Vixen, the artifact that was powering Darhk was destroyed, rendering him extremely vulnerable. Oliver took him down and Darhk is now behind bars.

However, it is foolish for anyone to think Darhk doesn’t have some kind back up totem stored away. I’m not saying he’ll come back with the same powers, but it’s unlike Darhk not to have any contingencies.

Constantine

It’s always nice to hear what Constantine has been up to since his appearance on Arrow earlier this season. When Team Arrow was looking to Oliver for external help, Constantine’s name was brought up. Oliver responded by saying Constantine was in Hell. Sounds about right.

Since then, Constantine’s presence on the show has had a ripple effect in the present, and in Oliver’s flashbacks. In this episode, the tattoo Constantine gave Oliver on his abdomen glowed when Reiter opened up an entrance to a cave. After spooky-scary Conklin showed up, Oliver was granted passage into whatever that cave leads to.

Merlyn

At the end of the episode, it was revealed that Malcolm Merlyn abducted William at a play to get on Darhk’s good side. While this action appears to be so on the surface, under-the-surface, it would appear as if Merlyn may be making a play at a bigger role.

Since the League of Assassin’s has been disbanded, Merlyn hasn’t been quite ready for retirement. Instead, I think Merlyn is going to make a strong push to assume Darhk’s reign as a sort of General in the ranks of H.I.V.E. We do know that Darhk wasn’t the sole authority in H.I.V.E., but rather answered to a committee of sorts. It doesn’t matter if the committee was afraid of Darhk, now that he’s behind bars and all, so what better opportunity for Merlyn to jump at the chance at playing the committee to allow him assume control of H.I.V.E.? I mean, he already has Ra’s Al Ghul on his resumé. In the coming weeks, I think we can expect Merlyn going full villain again, which may lead to showdown between Darhk, Oliver, and H.I.V.E. entirely. Sprinkle in a little Deathstroke in there, and it may look like we’re in for an adventure within the next 7 episodes.

Felicity

Well, that didn’t last too long. The end of Oliver and Felicity’s relationship came to an end with this episode, and for good reason. Oliver has lied a lot over the last four seasons and Felicity has had enough? Will they get back together? Probably. Will it happen soon? Probably not. I can see awkwardness between Felicity and Oliver for the remainder of the season, up until we find out who’s in the grave.

Who’s in the Grave?!

I haven’t changed my stance on exactly who’s in the grave. I firmly believe is Donna, Felicity’s mom. However, I would like to propose a new theory as to who’s responsible for whoever is in the grave. This whole season, we’ve been building up to who’s in the grave assuming Damien Darhk is the one who committed the murder. Should Merlyn make the push and assume leadership of H.I.V.E., I believe it will be Merlyn who is responsible for who’s in the grave.

Think about it. Aside from whoever is six feet under, what’s making Oliver even more distraught could be the person responsible. Oliver remarks at the gravesite his intention to kill again and how dark everything has become. A couple of episodes back, Oliver and Merlyn saw eye-to-eye when it came to helping Thea. That relationship fell apart when Oliver bested Merlyn in combat and took the League of Assassins leadership away from him. Merlyn did not hide the fact that he is incredibly angry with Oliver and made his feelings clear. Not only that, but his relationship with Thea also fell apart at the end of this episode. With his ties severed, we now have a enraged nothing-to-live-for Malcolm Merlyn hellbent on destroying Oliver Queen and everything he stands for. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the showdown.

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – King Shark

by jake108February 24, 2016

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

What you see above is one of the many interactions between The Flash and Hunter Zolomon, otherwise known as Zoom. Tonight, we were dealt with a very good episode in having the return of King Shark and the reveal of Zoom’s identity. However, just when you think you have it all nailed down, one tug and your entire theory becomes unraveled. But don’t worry, this is a place where we can all come together and just try and figure out what the hell is going on in this show.

King Shark

King Shark made a return this week, and with the help of Diggle and Lyla, Flash was able to bring him down for good. Lyla, who I should mention had a formal introduction as the head of A.R.G.U.S. this episode, was not as harsh as Waller would have been.

It should also be noted that under Lyla’s leadership, we’re starting to learn some of A.R.G.U.S.’ secrets. For instance, Lyla let slip that A.R.G.U.S. had been tracking meta-humans since the particle accelerator explosion. This isn’t surprising, considering Waller created the Suicide Squad we became accustomed to in Arrow. Had the Squad lived on, we could only expect that Waller would have much preferred to have Meta’s on the team. In the comics, King Shark is a vital member of the Suicide Squad.

Aside from having super-strength and being an excellent swimmer, King Shark is villainous in nature. He has been a part of a few groups, namely the Society of Super Villains and the Suicide Squad, but King Shark usually keeps to himself. Will we seem him again? Initially, I said “No.” This time, I’m going with yes.

Caitlin

Caitlin has had arguably the strongest development this season. Since the show’s beginning, Caitlin has had a roller-coaster of emotions. And now, having been bamboozled by Zoom (more on that in a bit), Caitlin is now put into a place where she can have a huge impact later this season, and in the show.

It was also brought up again that Caitlin does not have the Meta-Human gene, and thus cannot gain any Meta powers. Does this mean she’ll never become Killer Frost in Earth 1? Honestly, I wouldn’t count that out just yet.

Breaches

They’re done. They’re closed forever. This is what we were told at the start of the episode. This may remain true for the rest of the season, but the fact of the matter remains that Barry WILL go back to Earth 2, and he WILL meet Zoom again. Now, it’s just a matter of how.

Looking at the facts, we know Barry is due to have a run in with Supergirl in the crossover event, “World’s Finest.” When Barry and co travled to Earth-2, we saw that Supergirl was indeed on another Earth. We also know there are an infinite amount of Earths. It’s entirely possible here that Team Flash develops a way to travel different Earths, but it’s not a sure bet. In this case, Barry accidentally travels to Supergirl’s Earth, which would be Earth-3 or 4…

All we really need to know is that when it comes to Team Flash, where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Zoom

Well, Zoom is Hunter Zolomon disguised as Earth-2 Jay Garrick. According to Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg, Zoom was able to embed himself as a member of Team Flash from the beginning.

For Barry and the others, as much as they were stung by Wells/Thawne’s betrayal, he had been their mentor and friend and they all felt that vacuum when he was gone. Jay had been watching them and knew that so he was able to masterfully step into the role each of them needed. He became a friend and mentor to Barry. A love interest to the heartbroken Caitlin. He skillfully played them all.

In my first recap, I pointed out how odd it was seeing Jay Garrick taking pictures of Barry.

For all we know, Jay Garrick is Professor Zoom in disguise. The pictures could have been used to show Atom Smasher who The Flash was. After all, Atom Smasher did say he had been dealt a curveball when Barry appeared at his hideout, claiming, “I thought I was going to have to come looking for you.”

I have since brought up my suspicions through the last few weeks and it has all culminated to tonight’s reveal. Still, I am extremely confident that there’s more to this than meets the eye. Now, we’re going to transition into a number of theories as to how this is all possible, who the man in the mask is, and how it’s all connected. I cannot guarantee your sanity by end of this article.

First, let’s look at the facts. Hunter Zolomon is indeed Zoom. The Jay Garrick that was a part of Team Flash on Earth-1 needed the speedforce to stay alive. Zoom was after Barry’s speed as well. According to Fake-Garrick, his grandfather fought in the War of the Americas on Earth-2. The Masked Man used a POW tap code to communicate. Now, onto the theories…

Twin Theory – This theory is straight out of a telenovela. It goes a little something like this: On Earth-1, there are a set of Jay Garrick twins. One, of course, is Jay Garrick, and the other is Hunter Zolomon. These set of twins also exist on Earth-2. Bear with me, but this theory suggests that Earth-2 Hunter Zolomon is Zoom. Earth-2 Jay Garrick is currently the man in the mask. Earth-1 Jay Garrick is the one seen on the bench seen a couple of weeks back and Earth-1 Zolomon is MIA.

All of this coincides with the fact that Earth-2 Zolomon has been parading around as Earth-2 Jay Garrick to trick Team Flash on Earth-1.

Shape-Shifting Tech – Last season, we witnessed Eobard Thawne use a piece of technology on Earth-1 Harrison Wells that allowed him to steal his appearance in order to speed up the creation of the particle accelerator. Is it possible that Zolomon used this piece of tech on Earth-2 Jay Garrick in order to trick Team Flash into trusting him? In this theory, the real Jay Garrick is still the one in the mask.

Clones – A common motif in cloning stories is that the clone itself suffers from some sort of degenerative ailment. The Jay Garrick we thought we knew was dying. He needed speed to stay alive. Is it possible Zolomon cloned Jay Garrick, making the clone version of Garrick incompetent in the process? Cloning is not out of the realm of DC and in Arrow, we did see a clue to Cadmus’ existence. As a mentor, Garrick didn’t do much for Barry. He also conveniently lost his speed. Zoom rushed to phase his arm through the breach, hoping to kill either Wells or Barry, but instead killed Garrick. This was obviously not Zoom’s plan.

Rival – Still with me? Great. Rival’s alias is Edward Clariss. In the comics, Clariss was obsessed with Garrick and his speed. When he believed he recreated the formula that gave Garrick his speed, he was rejected by everyone around him. Clariss fell to a dark place and became a criminal with the help of his formula.

This formula granted Clariss speedster-like powers, but only for a time. Sound familiar?

Infinite Earths – For the simple minded, the events can be explained as so: Hunter Zolomon is on Earth-1 and has no powers. Jay Garrick is The Flash of Earth-2. Hunter Zolomon is Zoom, and Garrick of Earth-3. The Masked Man is Jay Garrick of Earth-4. Yes, it’s a bit of stretch, but so have most of the theories that have been published here.

The Masked Man

We have to wait a full three weeks before The Flash returns. I briefly mentioned this above, but I wanted to expand on it a bit more before leaving you all. If Zolomon has been parading around as Garrick in Earth-1, then he would have to earn the trust of Team Flash. One such way, aside from filling in the mentor role for Barry and love-interest for Caitlin, is to fill in backstory with details. These details can range from the important ones, such as the story he told Team Flash of when he fought Zoom just before arriving on Earth-1, to minute details like the origins of his helmet.

If you remember way back, what we presume to be Fake-Garrick mentioned that his helmet belonged to his grandfather who fought in The War of the Americas. I am convinced that The War of the Americas was a real event on Earth-2, however, I don’t think Garrick’s grandfather fought in it. In the comics, Garrick is often portrayed as an older, more experienced Flash. I believe we haven’t seen the real Jay Garrick’s face yet because it’s behind the mask. If Garrick fought in the war, then it makes total sense that the Masked Man used a POW tap code in an effort to communicate with Barry and Jesse. It also makes sense that the code was used to spell out “Jay Garrick.” When Barry reacted by telling him that he had been working with Jay Garrick all along, the Masked Man looked extremely distraught and angered. I think this is because the Masked Man was trying to tell Barry his name, and not the name of Zoom.

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Overall, I strongly believe we’re due to see the real Jay Garrick soon. It’s going to be fun seeing just how they explain this in the coming episodes.

Did I miss anything? Have something to add? Don’t be afraid to comment! See you in three weeks!

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Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – Fail Safe

by jake108February 19, 2016

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It seems with every week, this show ramps up the action, special effects, drama. ‘Fail Safe’ did not disappoint. It what was touted to be the second biggest prison break for both Captain Cold and Heat Wave, we were also treated the reconciliation between Jackson and Stein which will most definitely lead to a stronger bond between the two. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Team Building in a Gulag

Palmer finally got through to Mick, even if Mick didn’t react to Palmer’s good deeds until the tail end of the episode. While this episode was a continuation of last week’s adventure, a number of steps were taken by all team members in developing as characters. Palmer, however, developed the least, but had the most impact on changing the way Heat Wave thinks regarding the rest of the team. Cold has showed he has a heart and cares for others, aside from Mick, but Mick was the last one that had limited his caring to his gun and Cold. Palmer took a couple of beatings, one for Mick, and this lead to us seeing another side of Mick we had not yet seen.

Jackson and Stein came to a mutual understanding this episode. We also saw Stein overpower Valentina and stop her from using Firestorm powers on Jackson. This was mostly surprising because we’re just coming off a couple of weeks in Earth-2 in which Cisco encountered Deathstorm in The Flash. Cisco asks about Stein, and Ronnie remarks that he hasn’t heard Stein’s voice in a long time. Turns out, all Stein really needed was some words of encouragement.

Sara Lance

Sara was asked to kill Stien, if rescuing him became impossible. Cold repeatedly tried to convince her that she did not have to rush and pull the trigger on Stien. The resolution came when Cold told Sara that she “wasn’t that person anymore.” Sara is on a path to discovering herself yet again. Throughout her life, she has been subjected to what others have been telling her in regards to her purpose. In the first part of her life, she was Laurel’s little sister, and Oliver’s secret lover. Having had the experience on Lian-Yu, she was then brought into the League of Assassin’s by Nyssa Al Ghul.

After spending years as a killer, and an assassin on the run, Sara died. Her being brought back to life via the Lazarus Pit had its setbacks, namely the bloodlust, but the resurrection was more about her physical self living again. Now, while traveling through time, Sara is resurrecting who she is on the inside and coming into her own. Doing this is allowing her to combat her bloodlust through sheer will. Time will tell if she grows ill eventually like Thea did in the last couple of weeks of Arrow.

Star City 2046

With something this big, it’s hard not to look ahead. The rubble that is Star City appears to be caused by Savage and his forces, should the Legends fail. It’s likely that the Arrow we saw at the end of the episode was either Oliver’s son, Connor Hawke, or yet another sidekick that has yet to be seen.

As we know, Oliver has one son right now, William, but William doesn’t fit the description of the Connor Hawke found in the comics.

Another thing worth pointing out is the “Smoak” building, which seems to suggest Felicity had a rewarding career in taking over Palmer tech and Queen Consolidated. It could also mean that Felicity stepped away from Team Arrow and formed her own company.

Next week is shaping up to be a fan-favorite episode. I know I’m looking forward to it!

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That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: “The Flash” – Escape From Earth-2

by jake108February 17, 2016

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Last night, we got the second part of a two-part event revolving around a trip to Earth-2. While this episode didn’t have nearly as many easter eggs as last week, we got unbearably close to learning Zoom’s identity. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Earth-2

After Barry was captured and put in a cell near Jesse Quick and the masked man, efforts on behalf of Wells, Iris, and Cisco began immediately. With the help of Earth-2 Barry, the gang was able to locate Killer Frost and sorta convinced her to lead them to Zoom’s lair. I say “sorta” because later on, it was revealed that Frost had intended to bring Wells and co to Zoom’s lair all along. However, she double-crossed Zoom and froze him long enough for the group to get back to Star Labs and travel across the last breach.

Before the breach was fully closed, Zoom’s arm came out, phasing through Jay Garrick’s chest and taking the body back into Earth-2. We can assume that Killer Frost eventually ran out of juice and is now dead. We can also assume that Garrick is now also dead. That leaves Wells and Jesse Quick having to start new lives on Earth 1.

As for Earth-2 Barry and Iris, they plan on joining Barry’s parents in Atlantis in an effort to hide from Zoom. While Iris is probably the most competent officer in Earth-2’s CCPD, having lost her father and surviving multiple encounters with Zoom himself, she deserves some time off. If anywhere on Earth-2 is safe, it’s probably Atlantis. This is especially true if we are to assume Atlantis is under Aquaman’s protection.

In any case, it’s unfortunate that the Justice Society of America, which would be Earth-2’s version of the Justice League, has not formed yet. And if they have, I’m sure they won’t be too happy with the death of Jay Garrick.

Velocity-9 and Jesse Quick

For a while now, we’ve been constantly getting teased with the eventual appearance of Jesse Quick. It is with great hope that we also see her father, Johnny Quick, suit up as a speedster too. In the show, obviously Johnny Quick would come in the form of Wells. I’m still holding out for a Johnny and Jesse Quick, Flash, and Kid Flash vs Zoom showdown.

Velocity-9 and the next iterations may be the key for the Quick family getting their speedster-like powers. Only time will tell.

Zoom

Now we get to the most important aspect of last night’s episode: Who is Zoom? We have multiple candidates, and quite honestly, this show has me guessing still. When it’s all said and done, I’ll look back at this season fondly having known that the creative team behind this show did a great job keeping Zoom’s identity under wraps. Let’s go through the list:

Jay Garrick was my very first suspect in trying to guess Zoom’s identity. However, I think it makes more sense if we’ve actually been watching Hunter Zolomon parading around as Garrick this whole time. Last season, The Reverse-Flash introduced the notion of a speed mirage in which a speedster was able to appear in two places at the same time. Since Zoom is undeniably faster, an advanced speed mirage could be the answer as to why Jay Garrick interacted with Team Flash even while Zoom was on the playing field.

Garrick’s supposed death could also have easily been the product of a speed mirage as well. Pretty easy to disguise after pulling the body back in through the breach.

Eddie Thawne is another suspect as to who Zoom could be. We haven’t seen Eddie alive since the season one finale in which Eddie shot himself to prevent the Reverse-Flash from ever being born. His body was then sucked up into the singularity caused by Eddie’s action. It’s important to note that the singularity was blue, like Zoom, and was then lost. Zoom’s hatred for heroes falls in line with Eddie’s frame of mind. After shooting himself, Eddie told Iris something along the lines of wanting to be a hero in her eyes. After being mentally tortured by the Reverse-Flash, his relationship with Barry grew sour, knowing that he could never match Barry’s heroism because he didn’t have powers.

Now, having obtained powers similar to Barry’s, it’s possible Eddie wants to do away with Flash for good. Zoom constant uses phrases like “Heroes die” and “I am the fastest man alive.” The latter is something Barry is known for on Earth 1 and is even referred to as such by a number of people.

Henry Allen is another suspect among fans. While I don’t think Earth-1 Henry Allen has a shot at being Zoom, I do believe Earth-2 Henry Allen should be up for consideration. We haven’t seen him in Earth-2 yet, but are lead to believe that he is currently vacationing with Barry’s mom in Atlantis.

The Masked Man

There are many guesses as to who is trapped in the cell. From the looks of the hair though, I would have to guess it’s either Eddie Thawne or the real Jay Garrick. From last night’s episode, we gathered that the prisoner spelled out the name “JAY” using a complex POW pattern system. This is interesting because none of the character’s have been affiliated with any type of war. However, Jay Garrick knowing this pattern makes the most sense.

Early on in the season, Garrick made an off-handed comment about his helmet having once belonged to his grandfather as he served in the War of the Americas. If Zolomon was posing as Garrick, it would make sense that Zolomon would drop this little tidbit in an effort to provide backstory to his own persona in an effort to get Team Flash to trust him.

That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – White Knights

by jake108February 11, 2016

Note: Check out our recaps of this week’s episodes of The Flash, Arrow, and last week’s Legends of Tomorrow!

Legends of Tomorrow continues to ramp up the action and adventure with another episode this week. Along with some great one-liners, we were also treated to the return of Chronos, an appearance by a time master, and a very charming Captain Cold. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

The episode begins with the team traveling to Washington in 1986 to steal some documents detailing the whereabouts of Vandal Savage. After a mission inside the Pentagon, the team was able to acquire said documents, which then lead them to Soviet Russia.

After ingesting translators, the team was able to go down to the USSR and go incognito long enough to steal a key card that would lead to a secret Soviet lab. In that lab, Stein found that Savage, using the USSR, was trying to create their own version of a Firestorm.

The team is eventually split up in yet another mismanaged mission spearheaded by Rip Hunter. Next week, however, we’re getting an episode in which Captain Cold and company must rescue his friend, Mick, from a impenetrable Russian Gulag. Truly, this will be the ultimate prison break.

Kendra and Sara

Early on in the episode, Kendra kinda lost her cool at the Pentagon. She went into a full berserk mode and started clawing eyes out left and right. It took Firestorm to subdue her by flying her out of the mission area. After that episode, Rip tasked Sara to try and coach her up on controlling her rage.

Their first practice didn’t go as planned and Sara’s bloodlust started to show. This spooked Sara, which caused Kendra to speak to Rip about the ordeal. Rip then suggested that his original idea was for them to help each other with their inner-demons. It makes sense, and by the end of this season, it would be nice if Sara was able to have a handle on her bloodlust enough to be able to let it out at her will, instead of it taking over entirely. While we know there is a cure for her bloodlust, something we found out last night on Arrow, I can see Sara not wanting to change anything about herself when it’s all said and done.

Chronos

The time-traveling bounty hunter was at it again this episode. Rip was able to dodge Chronos’ first attempt at capturing Rip and his team. After being shot down by Russian jets, Chronos probably crash landed in a forest not too far from where Rip made his crash landing. It can be assumed that Chronos’ ship was heavily damaged and called for aid.

The back up showed up in the from of a Time Master, who journeyed from the Vanishing Point. They offered Rip a way out, but ultimately they planned to betray him all along. This instance solidifies that the Time Masters will not listen to Rip’s reasoning and solely care about keeping the timeline intact.

Firestorm

The Firestorm drama showed up in a big way tonight. Along with coming to terms with being kidnapped and forced to embark on this mission, Jax made it evident that he was angry with Stein, which lead to numerous instances in which Jax would not take Stein’s advice. After their heavy argument, Stein confessed to Ray Palmer that he could not bear to lose another Firestorm partner.

Ronnie Raymond, the first Firestorm, died last season in The Flash when he scarified himself to close a vortex, saving Central City and the world. After that, Stein realized that it was his partners who were continually putting themsleves in harms way. In an effort to keep them safe, Stein does the only thing he knows how to do and lectures Jax before, during, and after missions. However, this time was different in that Stein was purposely mean to Jax in order to get a point across.

All of this culminated in Stein sacrificing himself to complete the mission in the USSR secret lab. Upon discovering that the Soviets planned on creating their own Firestorm, Stein risked his life scuttling the Soviet’s tools. His effort resulted in getting captured, along with Heat Wave and Ray Palmer.

Before we leave on this, it’s entirely possible we will see the Soviet’s version of Firestorm in the form of Svarozhich. Svarozhich was a character in the comics, one that fought Firestorm briefly before being absorbed by him entirely. Svarozhich was a soulless clone created by the USSR to wreak havoc on their foes. Eventually, Svarozhich would cease to exist, but his powers were used for good.

USSR 1986

Take this with a grain of salt, but one of the tie-in’s between the show and our history comes in the form of an event that actually happened in January 1986. Dubbed “Height 611 UFO Incident,” this event came in the form of UFO crash in near some mountains. Sound familiar?

That’s all for this week! Did I miss something? Don’t be afraid to comment! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Sins of the Father

by jake108February 10, 2016

Note: Check out last week’s recaps of Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, and last night’s episode of The Flash!

Fortunately for us, Arrow seems to be on an upswing. While Star City seems to be in chaos at all times, Oliver and Team Arrow devised a way to solve and prevent and full on League of Assassins Civil War. Let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead

League of Assassins

The episode starts off rather quickly. This is something that is to be appreciated since this League business will not be drawn out over the course of two or three episodes. Nyssa tries, at first, to get Oliver to do her bidding. In her perspective, Oliver must appease her because technicially, in the League’s eyes, they are husband and wife. For the remaineder of the episode, Nyssa awkwardly referred to Oliver as “husband.”

Nyssa, armed with League loyalists, threatens to set Star City as the stage for their Civil War, should Merlyn not step down. This happens for what seems a couple of nights. Their war began for a couple of reasons, but mainly because Merlyn was not comfortable giving Nyssa the power that comes with controlling the League of Assassins. At first, Merlyn had the very good point of questioning where this Lotus elixir came from in the first place. This, unfortunately, was never answered. Katana was missing in action as well after seemingly giving up the Lotus freely to Nyssa.

The dispute ends when Oliver takes up the fight, in Nyssa’s place, and defeats Merlyn, Nyssa becomes Ra’s Al Ghul for a night before disbanding the League entirely. And so, after losing his title, along with his hand, Merlyn has become a full-on villain again.

This is great for the show in many ways and I hope Merlyn continues to scheme in the shadows until next season. For now, he’s told Damien Darhk about Oliver’s biggest secret: William.

Who’s in the Grave?!

The theory of the week would suggest that it’s Oliver’s son, William. When William was introduced into Arrow, I honestly thought he wouldn’t resurface until a little ways down the road. Well, it looks like William is going to need more than his Flash action figure in order to stay safe from Darhk’s assault.

Of course, Oliver probably won’t know until it’s too late. Still, I don’t think William is in the grave. If anything, he might escape and be forced to change his name, along with his mother. The new alias? Connor Hawke.

Calculator

The side plot this episode dealt with Felicity’s daddy issues. Some interesting tidbits dropped this episode. First, it was revelaed that Felicity’s father has been gone for eighteen years. During that time, it’s assumed that the Calculator was a criminal for hire. He would routinely do hacks for money. Some of these hacks were documented by him and put onto a USB drive. In an effort to get Felicity to trust him, he gave her some of the jobs he did.

However, by the end of the episode, Felicity found that her father had not really changed and got Star City Police to arrest him. I’m sure this earned a seal of approval from Felicity’s mom, who also told Felicity how he left her with no money and no job.

Calculator will be going away, but I doubt it will be for long. Earlier this episode, Calculator did mention that he was hired to do the job he did last week. His employer is probably in a high position of power and may even be Damien Darhk. Regardless, Calculator won’t be in prison for long.

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – Welcome to Earth-2

by jake108February 9, 2016

Note: Check out last week’s recaps of The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow!

Wow. I’m pretty sure I’ve said it before, but I’ll have to revise any past statement made regarding the best episode of this series because tonight’s episode is definitely the best this show has ever seen. There is so much here to unpack, and we’ll get though all of it together. I promise. Hold me…

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

We all knew Earth-2 would be arriving this week, but what we didn’t know is that we would have an introduction to the infinite earths. I joke about it a lot, and up until now, we’ve only had two earths confirmed. After tonight, it’s safe to say DC’s Infinite Earth’s has shown up in a big way. First, let’s take a look at what Garrick described as “Everything.”

Green Arrow

There’s a chance we’ll never see this version of the Green Arrow, but I doubt that. With the way DCTV is going, I’m sure we’ll see this Green Arrow someway or somehow. However, there are some important things to recognize here. First, that doesn’t look a whole like Oliver. I’ve previously written about Oliver’s son, Connor Hawke, taking up the mantle of the Green Arrow. Here, that looks to be the case.

The metallic looking arm also looks a tad bit interesting. For all we know, this could be Oliver Queen, just at a future date.

Earth _ Flash

Back in the 90’s, DC had another Flash tv show that had good run. I’ve also previously written about this show before and it tying into The Flash we know today. Up until now, the only thing linking the two shows was the Trickster.

What’s key here is the fact that in the 90’s television show, The Flash was played by the same actor playing Barry’s dad now in The Flash. Could we see his dad suit up one more time from another Earth to take on Zoom? We can dream.

Supergirl

It was recently announced that The Flash and Supergirl would have a crossover next month, leaving many to speculate just how they would connect the two shows. Well, it looks like we have our answer.

Supergirl is indeed taking place on another Earth, but is still connected to the Infinite Earths in the DC Universe. That just makes the crossover that much more exciting.

Grodd

Grodd is currently being groomed to become an extremely formidable foe in the future. Here, it looks like Grodd has come into his own, and has embraced his position in Gorilla City.

Jonah Hex

Legends of Tomorrow will be heading to the wild west at some point this season. Hex’s ‘Wanted’ poster hangs in Rip Hunter’s ship as well. Before we see any of that though, it appears we’ve been treated to a glimpse at what’s to come.

The Legion of Super Heroes

This was perhaps the biggest reveal this episode. Previous to this, there has been no mention of the Legion of Super Heroes. For those unfamiliar with them, the Legion of Super Heroes is comprised of young adults aiming to fight injustice and criminal activity on a galactic scale. Each member is given a ring that allows the wearer to fly, fly though an atmosphere, and fly in outer-space.

Currently, the only non-member that uses the ring is, of course, Booster Gold. In the comics, Rip Hunter’s father is also Booster Gold. There has been no announcement of an appearance to be made by Gold, but may be one is incoming. After all, the Legends of Tomorrow can very well visit the 30th century, which is where the Legion of Super Heroes reside.

Infinite Earths

Lastly, I wanted to point out the bubbles seen while Barry, Cisco, and Harry are traveling to Earth 2. First off, those aren’t bubbles; They’re all individual Earths.

You should also notice that each Earth is connected, meaning that everything and everyone in this universe is also connected.

Earth 2

When the gang shows up to Earth 2, they immediately notice the differences between the two Earths. Everything from people’s clothes, the cars they drive, the architecture, and even professions belonging to Earth 1 dopplegangers are wildly different. For example, Floyd Lawton, who previously died on Arrow as Deadshot, made an appearance in Earth 2 as Detective Iris West’s partner. We found this out while the criminal David Singh, who is the police captain in Earth 1, was being processed at CCPD. Another significant change was Joe West’s profession as a Jazz musician, something that suits him a little too well.

However, if there’s one thing I’m really excited about, it’s Mayor Snart. I know I have no place to ask more of this show, but I would be eternally grateful if we could see Mayor Leonard Snart standing toe-to-toe with Zoom.

Barry and Iris eventually go to their Earth 2 home, where Barry gets a good look at where his doppleganger resides. In an emotional twist, Iris informs Barry that his mother called. Barry heads to the phone and we also get a look at some of most dialed numbers in the Allen residence.

While those are indeed Leaguers, it’s impossible to say for certain that each of them live up to their alter-egos. And while we’re on that subject, did anyone notice that the Not-Justice-League mural was missing from the Earth 2 Central City Police Station?

Through Barry’s conversation with his mother, we also learned that civilian travel to Atlantis is indeed a thing. We’ve known about Atlantis for a while now because Jay Garrick already dropped that bomb a few episodes back, referencing that he has a bestie from Atlantis.

Deathstorm and Killer Frost

Ronnie Raymond returned, only not in a good way. Deathstorm, from Earth 2, aides Killer Frost in trying to find the “breacher” in Earth 2. After a couple of bouts with Barry, we quickly learn that Deathstorm is just as powerful as his Firestorm counterpart. What’s even more troubling is that we also learned the whereabouts of Martin Stein. According to Deathstorm, he hasn’t heard Stein’s voice in quite some time. This could mean that either Ronnie has learned to suppress Stein’s control entirely, or Stein died while trapped in Ronnie’s body. Either way, Earth 2 Ronnie wasn’t a nice guy.

Killer Frost was the only villain not to be killed by Zoom in Earth 2. While she did play a good villain, Frost is extremely afraid of Zoom. She eventually escaped after Zoom left with Barry. Since Zoom was quick to kill Deathstorm, it’s entirely possible Iris and Harry convince Frost to tell them the whereabouts of Zoom and his prisoners.

Reverb and Vibe

Cisco met his doppleganger in Earth 2, and had some surprising results. Aside from Reverb being able to harness more power, Cisco was able to see what he could become.

During the meeting, Reverb displayed some powers I’m sure Cisco wouldn’t mind using. Unfortunately, Reverb tried to take control from Zoom and paid the price in doing so.

Earth 2 Prison

The episode ends with Barry being trapped in Zoom’s prison. Barry wakes up to the sound of tapping on glass. This is coming from the adjacent cell next to Barry. It’s clear that whoever that is, their tapping is in morse code.

If you’re wondering what this mysterious figure is saying, I’ll save you the trouble. The tapping translates to “Zoom is – ” The messenger is of course cut of by the arrival of Zoom. However, next week, this prisoner will will have a key role in revealing more about who or what Zoom is. It’s also entirely possible that this prisoner is a speedster himself. It would make sense that any other speedsters Zoom catches would be imprisoned here for a time while Zoom drains them of the speedforce. The mask is also very peculiar. We’re just going to have to wait and see, but if I had to guess, it’s someone we know under that mask.

Earth 1

Back on Earth 1, Adam Fells, a meta-human that has the ability to cause earthquakes, demands to fight The Flash. With Barry gone, Garrick must fill the void and become The Flash on Earth 1. The only problem is, Garrick doesn’t have his speed. Garrick finally levels with Caitlin and basically confesses that he became a velocity 6 addict on his Earth. Now, this is interesting because Garrick has maintained the story that Zoom stole his speed where in fact it was velocity 6 the whole time. On top of that, the effects of velocity 6 have been slowly killing Garrick as well. This change in story is a little suspicious, considering the possibility Garrick can be Zoom.

Regardless, Garrick decides to hit the velocity serum again and fights Geomancer. The speedforce effects wear off, leaving Garrick vulnerable. Joe ends up saving him and Geomancer runs off to fight another day.

That’s all for this week! Did I miss something? Don’t be afraid to comment below! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – Blood Ties

by jake108February 4, 2016

Note: Catch our recaps of The Flash, Arrow, and last week’s Legends of Tomorrow!

Another week, another Legends of Tomorrow adventure. With every episode, we’re starting to see more and more just how much potential this show has within the DC TV lore. Perhaps what’s most surprising is that we’re seeing some resolutions to to storylines that were started in each character’s respective show. Of course, I’m talking about Atom, Captain Cold, and White Canary. So without further ado, let’s get into it.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

White Canary

Much like what we’re seeing in Arrow, Sara Lance is really feeling the effects from being healed by the Lazarus Pit. While some may feel this story arc is a bit recycled, I’d argue that we’re getting another side to the problem altogether. For example, Thea doesn’t want to kill to feed the bloodlust. This stance is supported by Oliver, but not by Merlyn.

Here in Legends, Sara is feeding her bloodlust, but is struggling to get it under control. This becomes concerning to Rip Hunter, who personally witnesses it. It’ll be interesting to see where this goes as Sara and Rip look for some sort of cure while traveling through time, all while Oliver and Team Arrow try to find solutions that involve Darhk.

Atom

Ray Palmer had some confidence issues this week and was aided by Martin Stein. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve kept hearing this banter between Stein and Palmer regarding Palmer’s tenure at Ivy College (I assume). While Stein always seems to come off arrogant, he does always find the right time to step in and say the right things. This was the case again, causing Palmer to realize his potential and save Kendra’s life.

Palmer’s confidence issues stemmed from losing his fiancé, something we first learned about in Arrow during Deathstroke’s terrifying siege of Starling City. It’s pretty awesome to see all these different arcs coming together in one show.

Captain Cold

Snart tried to rewrite history this week, and failed. This was a key component to loosely establish a set of rules for the timeline. In this episode, Snart stole an emerald and gave it to his father in an effort to prevent his father from ever going to prison and becoming a bad father.

What Snart learned was that time always has a way of course-correcting itself. While the timeline is indeed fragile, minimal attempts to change the timeline may end up having the same result in the long run. In Snart’s case, even though his father wasn’t arrested for trying to steal the emerald, he was eventually arrested for trying to sell it to an undercover cop. The end result remained the same: Snart’s father went to prison for five years.

Rip Hunter

One of the big reveals this episode was the fact that Hunter made an attempt at Savage’s life while he was still in Egypt. Hunter’s failure, due to hesitation, was telling of his character. Hunter personally feels guilty for not taking Savage’s life so long ago, even though it wouldn’t have made a difference. And with that, we have a more complete answer as to why he’s surrounded himself with people to help him kill Savage.

Another reveal that is gaining traction was one of the lines spoken by Hunter. In it, he claims he’s seen “Men of Steel die and Dark Knight’s fall.” This is an obvious reference to both Batman and Superman, though he doesn’t clearly state that Savage was responsible for both of their deaths. However, we’ve seen the state of the world from where Rip Hunter comes from, and it doesn’t look like there’s any Batman or Superman left defending the Earth.

That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading! See you all next week!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Unchained

by jake108February 3, 2016

Note: Check out our recaps of The Flash, and last week’s Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow!

Well, it looks like we’re in for a roller coaster of a season. Last week, I wasn’t shy by expressing my disappointment in where the show was going and how the show’s characters were being treated. This week, however, we were treated to a pretty good episode. We had multiple appearances by prominent DC characters and yet another candidate for our “Who’s in the grave?!” segment. So let’s get to it!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

This episode moved steadily along. While I felt the flashback scenes were a little dull and frankly tiresome, the plot and subplots happening in the present day was welcomed with open arms. First, we’ll start with Felicity’s dad.

The Calculator

We knew it was coming. Even if you caught on right before Felicity muttered, “Dad,” the reveal was still pretty great. In the comics, Calculator is pretty evil. In his first go at being a super-villain, he would travel the country, fighting any hero he came across. Whenever he lost, he would have his suit analyze whatever hero was fighting him and would then return to engage in another fight. This time, because of his suit, he was able to win. In doing so, he was able to take down the likes of Atom, Batman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Elongated Man. Eventually, he was caught and was forced to serve nine life sentences. However, he didn’t stay behind bars for long.

Calculator eventually caught on to the fact that heroes were talking into an earpiece whenever they were out on the field. After investigating, he found that these heroes were talking to Oracle. This inspired Calculator to become an “Oracle” of sorts, only for super-villains instead. In this sense, he became Oracle’s greatest enemy. With his genius-level intellect, Calculator was able to recruit, hire, and even work with a variety of super-villains. This lead to a membership in The Society of Super-Villains, where he also recruited the likes of Mr. Freeze.

Calculator is very much a Gotham villain, but it’s not the first time we’ve seen a case like this on Arrow. Also in the comics, Calculator does indeed have a daughter. Wendy is a graduate of MIT. Afterward, she got a job working at Titans Tower. There, she helped rebuild Cyborg. After an attack by Wonderdog, Wendy was sent into a coma. She eventually recovered, but was paralyzed from the waist down. Currently, Wendy works under the name Proxy. In this sense, Proxy closely resembles Felicity.

Cadmus

During Calculator’s attack, the “internet nuke” was planted physically on a console. Before Roy destroyed it, we got a good look at some of the parts labeling.

It’s unclear if one of these parts was stolen from Cadmus, or if Cadmus is working with the Calculator in some way. In any case, an appearance by Cadmus is huge. In the comics and various DC storylines, Cadmus is responsible for genetic cloning, most notably Superman. Cadmus is directly responsible in creating Superboy and Golden Guardian, while also being responsible for the death of Ted Kord, aka Blue Beetle. In the Justice League cartoons, it was also revealed that Terry McGinnis, aka Batman Beyond, was also in part created by Cadmus to ensure that Batman would live on past Bruce Wayne. It’s also important to note that Amanda Waller has been involved with Cadmus in some sense. With any luck, maybe it was Waller’s clone that was killed last week. Wishful thinking, I suppose. Still, the fact that Cadmus exists in the Arrowverse is really exciting. I would expect to hear from them in the future.

Lotus

One of the subplots this episode involved Nyssa running around looking for something called the Lotus. By the end of the episode, we found out that Lotus is in fact a counter-agent to the Lazarus Pit, developed by the League’s enemies. These enemies, I presume, currently back Nyssa. After all, she informed her colleauge that should she not retrieve the Lotus, to “tell the others that the war is over.” It was also really cool to see Katana guarding what we presume to be Lotus in Japan. I honestly thought Katana was gonna go the way of Waller and get unnecessarily killed off to make room for her theatrical counterpart. Luckily, that wasn’t the case.

Nyssa claims that it can cure Thea, who is slowly dying, but only if Ollie kills Merlyn. Once again, Oliver is faced with a difficult decision. If only Sara Lance could take a break from time traveling and let Nyssa know she’s been demon free since 2015.

Mr. Terrific T-Sphere

It was awesome to see Curtis attempt to hold his own against Arsenal. In the fight, he threw his prototype T-Sphere. While it did backfire, the fact that it works to some extent is reason to be excited. Here’s to hoping he has a more stable sphere by the end of this season!

Oliver’s Son

During this episode, we heard Oliver remark on how going back and forth between Star City and Central City has been one of the many distractions causing him to lose focus on Thea. While this could just be a remark on the crossover event a few weeks ago, I took it as Oliver making reference to his trips visiting his secret son. This was a nice shout-out, and it’s one that will eventually have a large payoff.

Who’s in the Grave?!

Well, add Thea Queen to the list of candidates. Thea is slowly dying because she’s not killing anyone. This week, Oliver set up a meeting with Darhk in hopes of offering a trade to save Thea’s life. It’s hard to gauge exactly what Oliver was willing to trade. I highly doubt he would offer himself has a trade, because that didn’t really work out last time. Instead, I think Oliver was and is willing to give up in the mayoral race for Star City, thus relinquishing his control of the city as Oliver Queen to Darhk’s wife. It’s a risky trade, but one I know Oliver would take.

While Thea is in a coma, I still find it hard to believe that she’s the one in the grave. For now, I’m sticking by the theory that the person in the grave is Felicity’s mom.

That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – Fast Lane

by jake108February 2, 2016

Note: Check out our recaps of The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow!

We’re back with another week of The Flash! The last two weeks, this episode included, have been steadily building up to something big. Tonight, we finally learned exactly what that is. Let’s get started!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead

Tar Pit

For the first time this season, we got an episode that starts with the particle accelerator blowing up. This week, we saw the birth of Tar Pit. Tar Pit is just as much of a menace in this show as he is in the comics, although, the same can’t be said about their origins.

In the comics, Tar Pit is a career criminal in Keystone City. After ending up in Iron Heights, Joey Monteleone decides to do some meditating to get a handle on his anger. This lead to the discovery of Joey’s mutant ability. Yes, mutant. Through meditation, Monteleone was able to astral project himself and cause havoc in Iron Heights. One day, his projection got stuck in a vat of tar, thus, Tar Pit was born.

Monteleone’s normal body went into coma while Tar Pit went forth throughout the world, continuing his criminal activity. In the show, he briefly took his comic book form, before being iced by Barry. While this episode didn’t focus too heavily on Tar Pit’s past, we do know he had a criminal history. It’s also safe to say we haven’t seen the last of him.

Harry Wells

Wow. Wells went on a pretty heavy guilt trip for most of tonight. After doing Zoom’s bidding and syphoning Barry’s Speedforce, Wells continued to show more and more that he had a heart. This was evidenced throughout the episode, and especially when Wells confessed that one day he would betray Barry. Well, after successfully syphoning Barry’s speed, and being inadvertently responsible for Iris’ hospital stay, Wells confessed to what he was up to.

At first, the team didn’t take it well. The confession lead to a solid hook to Wells’ face. However, after deliberation, the team forgave Wells and are now primed to do some awesome things next week. But before we get into that, I would like to point out that Wells’ method of obtaining the speedforce worked out perfectly. Is it possible that his methods will lead to another Velocity – 9 drug that he developed earlier this season? I would think this has to be some sort of breakthrough. In any case, I am confident we’ll see Wells in speedster form this season.

West Family

After more than a few weeks, the West family drama seems to have been resolved. Wally is in the family fold and I think we can expect to see a lot more of Wally either this season or the next.

I’m honestly not quite sure how I feel about Wally becoming a speedster. I’m fine with Garrick and the Quick family simply because they’ll eventually return to Earth 2, but it feels a little too soon for a Kid Flash. Still, seeing Barry and Wally interacting, especially with Barry saving Wally’s life for the first time, was a welcomed sight. There’s no doubt that Wally’s curiosity in the Flash will continue to build.

Next week, some of Team Flash journeys to Earth 2 in attempt to close the breaches and take the fight to Zoom. Without getting too heavy into spoilers, it’s safe to say we’ll run into some of the team’s dopplegangers in process. Check out the promo below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q4bpOhp-oQ

As always, thanks for reading! See you tomorrow!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ – Pilot Pt. 2!

by jake108January 28, 2016

Legends of Tomorrow kept the momentum it built up last week and delivered another great episode. There’s really no telling where Legends is going to go to next. That’ll probably be the new norm in DCTV since, you know, they have all of time to explore.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Last week, I went over just how Savage might have come across some Nuclear Warheads in Norway 1975. In what was supposed to be an auction of sorts, our Legends crashed the party and made an attempt on Savage’s life. The attempt was thwarted when Savage activated a nuclear bomb. Before that though, we were treated by an appearance of Damien Darhk. This was a nice touch to further tie the DCTV universe together.

In Arrow, it’s been stated that Darhk doesn’t seem to age. While we haven’t found the reason for this yet, it’s kinda nice to see same appearance, just in 1975. It also makes sense that Darhk would be there with an organization, which we can only assume is H.I.V.E.

The Time Steam

We got an even better handle on just how the time stream will be affected with all this time traveling. One of the major consequences last night was Stein’s life. Having gone back and talked to his younger self, Stein was in danger of never meeting his would-be wife and thus would go on to live the single life.

Aside from that, we also got deeper into the relationship between Hawkgirl and Hawkman. On the dagger they were both initially killed by, a secret love poem discussed how destiny and love were tied together. Remembering reading this inscription helped trigger some of Hawkgirl’s feelings for her partner.

However, he soon died and she was severely injured. With Hawkman dead, one would think that Rip and company will probably head back into the future to pick up Hawkman’s reincarnated self.

Ivy Town

Other than Norway, the Legends landed in Ivy Town, New England. While here, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, and Atom stumbled into Savage’s home to steal the dagger used to kill Hawkman and Hawkgirl in ancient Egypt. As for the rest of the team, they visited Ivy University. Of course, the name of the university suggests that they’re an ivy-league school. In the comics, the school’s students and faculty have some of the brightest minds. Part of their faculty consists of Ray Palmer (Atom), Ryan Choi (Atom Post-Palmer), and Doris Zuel (Giganta).

Giganta is a villain that can grow in size. In the past, she has been affiliated with the Injustice League, the Secret Six, and The Legion of Doom. While I doubt we’ll see Zuel in this universe, it’s nice to know the possibility is there.

Ivy town is also a place that acts like a magnet to happenings involving theoretical physics and vortexs. Much of this is attributed to constant experimentation at the hands of Ray Palmer. It would’t be all that surprising if Ivy Town shows up again down the line in either Arrow or The Flash.

By the end of the episode it appears Rip Hunter’s team seems to be coming together. It’s exciting to see where this show will go next. But if I had to guess? Probably a few decades after 2016 to pick up Hawkman.

That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading!

https://youtu.be/aKdltusBC4M

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – A.W.O.L

by jake108January 28, 2016

Well, I’ll be the first to admit it: This episode was tough to get through. Fortunately, we did get a couple of cool easter eggs and a tiny bit of plot advancement, so let’s get started.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Last night, we got a lot of Felicity scenes. After all, the majority of this episode was about her coping with her injury and Diggle learning how to trust his brother again. Both of these plot lines were very on-the-surface, so I’ll spare you the recap. By the end of the episode, we should come away with the fact that Diggle has learned how to trust his brother, Andy, again, and that Felicity has dealt with her injury and retains hope that she will walk again.

Felicity

As I mentioned last week, it’s entirely possible Felicty could walk again with the help of Mr. Terrific and/or Ray Palmer. But since one of those guys is currently time traveling, it would make more sense for Mr. Terrific to devise a way to get the job done.

On another note, Felicity got her codename for Team Arrow this episode. Overwatch, which is a name Oliver came up with, will be her new codename. According to Oliver, “Oracle” was taken. Before we get our hopes up, I’m sure this was just a line drop by the creators to playfully jab at those in the know. Last week, I did talk about the similarities between Felicity’s situation and Gotham’s Oracle. We also know that the creators denied Felicity having anything to do with Oracle’s character arc. However, “Overwatch” feels like a major cop-out. In any case, her paralysis may not last much longer. In the flash-forward, Oliver and Felicity were seen sitting in a car post-grave-talk with Barry Allen. She wasn’t exactly moving her legs, but there was also no wheelchair in sight.

Kord Sighting

Kord Industries made another appearance tonight while Team Arrow had a stakeout in an attempt to catch the Shadowspire at work. Kord Industries has a direct tie to the Blue Beetle. While I assume we won’t be seeing the Blue Beetle anytime soon, it’s nice to see the universe continue to expand. If you’d like to read more about Kord Industries and the Blue Beetle, check out the recap on an episode earlier this season.

A.R.G.U.S.

It’s extremely unfortunate that Amanda Waller was possibly killed off by a villain-of-the-week. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the DCTV Universe gets rid of one Amanda Waller just as the DC Cinematic Universe is on the verge of adding what studio probably thinks is the definitive version of the character. We’ve seen this a few times on Arrow. First, we were teased with a Harley appearance, then we saw Deadshot die unnecessarily, and the Suicide Squad disbanded all in the name of the cinematic universe. It sucks they can’t co-exist.

With that out of the way, we’re all left wondering exactly what Rubicon is and why the Shadowspire wanted the codes for it so badly. There’s a variety of things that it could be.

My guess? It probably has something to do with Lian-Yu. Maybe it’s the A.R.G.U.S. prison there, maybe it’s a basement full of mystical goodies. In any case, it’s extremely important to note that the presumed boss of the Shadowspire is the same man Oliver is answering to in his Lian-Yu flashbacks.

With how the show is going now, any return to present day Lian-Yu is welcomed, simply because I imagine Deathstroke is getting a little tired of the beach and jungle.

That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – The Reverse-Flash Returns!

by jake108January 27, 2016

Last week, we knew The Reverse-Flash would be making an appearance. Fortunately, we were treated as to how exactly that happened. But that’s all beside one of the biggest bombshells this series has been dealt yet.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

I’ll get right down to it. I have two theories as to Zoom is. The first:

Hunter Zolomon

Alright, for those who aren’t comic readers, I’ll do my best to explain. At the end of last night’s episode, Caitlin and Garrick went to a park in Central City so that Garrick to show Caitlin who his doppleganger was. Caitlin had previously searching for Garrick’s doppleganger in an attempt to draw healthy blood cells into our Garrick. A couple of weeks ago, we also found out Garrick was in fact dying. Keep that in mind.

When Caitlin met Garrick at the park, it was to show her his doppleganger. Here’s the kicker: Garrick claimed that his doppleganger didn’t share the name “Jay Garrick.” Instead, again, according to Garrick, Zolomon’s mother died in chidbirth, forcing Zolomon to bounce around between foster homes. Eventually, Zolomon would find a foster family, and thus his name was changed to Hunter Zolomon. This would end there if it wasn’t for Zolomon’s involvement with Flash in the comics.

In the comics, Hunter Zolomon goes by the name Zoom. That’s right. We had a Zoom sighting last night. That’d be great and all, but I think we’ve been seeing Zoom a lot more often than we’ve thought.

In the first episode of this season, we first saw Jay Garrick taking pictures of Barry at a crime scene. I found this extremely odd. In the recap, I wrote:

Snapping the pics leads me to believe Garrick isn’t alone and, for right now, puts him in an untrustworthy light. Maybe Garrick has no idea what’s going on in this current universe and is researching everything about The Flash, or maybe not. For all we know, Jay Garrick is Professor Zoom in disguise. The pictures could have been used to show Atom Smasher who The Flash was. After all, Atom Smasher did say he had been dealt a curveball when Barry appeared at his hideout, claiming, “I thought I was going to have to come looking for you.”

While I’ve been swaying between various suspects, it seems to be all tying back to this first theory. I do indeed believe Hunter Zolomon is Zoom, I just happen to believe Zolomon’s been on Team Flash this whole time. Whenever Garrick and Zoom are on the field at the same time, it’s possible Team Flash is reacting to a Speed Mirage. Speed Mirage’s were first shown in use by last season’s Eobard Thawne. Of course, Zoom’s mirage is a lot more advanced. Let’s also not forget we’ve only been told by Garrick that he tangled with Zoom. No one has actually witnessed it.

Finally, as a last piece of evidence, our Garrick says he’s sick, and the only way to fix himself is to get his speed back. Zoom is after Barry’s speed. It’s possible Zoom is dying and needs to draw on Speed Force to stay alive. Keep your eyes opened. I know for me, every Garrick scene from here on out will be watched very closely.

The Reverse-Flash

After a good explanation given to Team Flash by Harry, we learned that this Thawne is in fact younger than the one that was erased from existence by Eddie. If there’s anything we should take away from this most recent meeting between Flash and The Reverse-Flash, it’s that Thawne made it clear to Barry that their fates are intertwined, and that both are destined to fight forever.

The Reverse-Flash hates Barry because he can’t be him. It’s also well-documented that Zoom’s costume closely resembles The Flash’s. Could it be possible that upon disintegrating and entering the vortex at the end of last season, Thawne was transformed into Zoom?

We’ll just have to wait and see.

Wells

Harry hasn’t come clean about kill Turtle just yet. For now, Team Flash believes Turtle died of a brain aneurysm. Garrick believes it might have been Wells who did it and tries to pit Wells and Team Flash against each other. Going back to what I said above, should Garrick’s cover be blown, he’d want the team to distrust Wells and frame him for being a Zoom spy, or Zoom himself. Wells is slowly finding a way to beat Zoom and simultaneously digging his own grave. With any luck, he’ll be Quick soon.

Vibe’s Goggles

With the help of Harry, Cisco was able to explore his powers a bit more. It was through goggles that Cisco was able to vibe through time, and in this case, into the future. Vibe’s goggles have been a constant in the comics. It’d be nice if his costume was too.

That’s all for this week! As always, thanks for reading!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CALAxxcBhI

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – Potential Energy

by jake108January 19, 2016

The Flash is back tonight with familiar faces and a new villain! This episode felt like it stumbled out of the hiatus, but in all, we got a solid episode with an excellent stinger. More after the jump!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

The West family drama was present in some of this episode. By the end of the episode, Wally is starting to come around and Joe isn’t trying to be an “instant-dad” anymore. Going by this, we can assume Wally will be sticking around for a bit and maybe both Joe and Iris will be a positive influence on some of Wally’s other activities.

Still, Wally will probably have some more trouble adapting into this new family dynamic. If anything, Wally will most likely butt heads with Barry once the two start communicating more. If the relationship between Patty and Barry continues to deteriorate, we can also assume most interactions with Barry will be somewhat negative.

Harry seems to be adapting to his situation in Earth 1. At the end of the midseason finale, we saw Harry agree to Zoom’s demands by helping Barry get faster only to have Zoom feast on Barry’s speed in the near future. It seems Harry has been inspired by Cisco and has now shifted his allegiance to…good? It’s hard to say, with killing Turtle and everything, but we can at least assume Harry is on board with killing Zoom in the long run.

Midway City

Midway City was briefly mentioned a couple of times this episode by Patty. It’s a city located in Michigan that plays host to various heroes and villains. Surprising, right? Midway City is most prominently inhabited by both Hawkman and Hawkgirl. There’s even an area in the city dubbed “Hawk Valley” where Hawkman likes to brood. It sounds like a place we could find our Hawkman and Hawkgirl, you know, if they weren’t traveling through time and such.

Jay Garrick

Garrick is ill, and potentially dying at an accelerated rate. A reasonably upset Caitlin Snow found this information out by secretly taking Garrick’s DNA sample. They both came to the realization that Garrick will be cured of whatever’s wrong with him should his speed come back. Of course, the only way to do that is to stop Zoom.

Wells

Yeah, so he may have killed Turtle. But as Harry said, he’d do anything to get his daughter back. Hopefully Harry has what he needs to get his speedforce formula working because it’s about time we see Johnny Quick enter the battle.

Turtle

Turtle isn’t new to the Flash universe. In fact, Turtle is Jay Garrick’s villain. Of course, there are a couple of Turtle’s in the comics, but the first and most prominent is the one belonging to the Secret Society of Super-Villains. In the comics, Turtle usually operates out of Keystone City. Like his TV counterpart, Turtle has the ability to take the speed out of objects, and especially the Flash.

Turtle’s character was created in 1945 by Gardner Fox and Martin Naydel. If the later name sounds familiar, you’re probably remembering it from a call-out in tonight’s episode. In the episode, Turtle’s lair was in the Naydel Library.

Reverse-Flash

The Reverse-Flash made his appearance in the stinger of tonight’s episode. It’s hard to say how much of an impact the Reverse-Flash will have on the ongoing events of Earth 1. The street looked eerily similar to that of Barry’s childhood home, however, I think it’s safe to assume that the Reverse-Flash has found himself in present day Earth 1. What’s better is that we finally had a Gideon sighting.

Since the last time we saw Thawne, one would assume that this Reverse-Flash is from another Earth. However, the suit Thawne is wearing looks to be the same we’re accustomed to seeing. Whether or not Thawne survived the events of last season or if this Thawne is entirely different remains to be seen.

Next week can’t come soon enough! Until then, I’ll see you right back here tomorrow night for Arrow!

White Canary Wrecks Dudes In the ’70s In DC’s ‘Legends Of Tomorrow’ Clip

by Eric FranciscoJanuary 10, 2016

The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, the spin-off series of Arrow and The Flash, will premiere later this month on January 21. The show’s junior varsity superheroes like The Atom, Firestorm, and White Canary team-up and travel back in time to prevent Vandal Savage from dominating the future. His name is Vandal Savage — who thought it was a good idea to get him in office?

Anyway, a new clip released by The CW shows off Caity Lotz’s White Canary — resurrected and renewed thanks to John Constantine — as she clears house in a biker bar during the Ford administration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0MpkbAoFj0&feature=youtu.be

Neat! I always loved Lotz’s Canary and I’m actually happy she was brought back and not kept dead. Are you excited for Legends of Tomorrow like we are?

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Dark Waters

by jake108December 9, 2015

Note: In case you missed it, check out last night’s recap of The Flash!

Arrow‘s midseason finale was quite an episode. Along with another confrontation with Darhk, we got a lot of answers as to what Darhk’s endgame is, hints at who’s in the grave, and the overall state of Star City since Oliver basically challenged Darhk in broad daylight. So without further ado…

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

Darhk and HIVE’s presence in Star City has always been a sort of a mystery until tonight. I mean sure, we need a villain for this season of Arrow, but why would a super powerful mystical being choose Star City to set up shop in? Turns out Darhk is working with or possibly for a committee of people. It’s possible that this committee is in charge of HIVE, with Darhk acting as a general. Still, with the power Darhk processes, why work for anyone? It’s a little unclear for me.

In any case, Darhk and HIVE plan to hit the “reset” button on all of humanity by gassing the population. A few episodes back, Darhk told Oliver to leave the bay alone. Oliver called him on his bluff and began cleaning the bay up. This lead to a brief terrorist attack on all of the volunteers Oliver got to the bay. The purpose of the bay, as it was revealed, was to harvest algae to produce clean air. All of this clean air was to be used in an underground bunker of sorts. As a back up plan, it would seem Darhk used a corn farm to produce clean air instead. By the end of the episode, it would seem that project Genesis is still in full swing and will be launching “phase four” very soon.

Damien Darhk

I wanted to point out three things about Darhk this episode. The first comes up after he kidnaps Team Arrow in their civilian roles. At the holiday party, Darhk walks in and looks at Thea. He scoffs, almost as if he knows that she’s working with the Green Arrow after their little fight a couple of episodes back. By now, it looks like Darhk is quite the fool by not having figured out Oliver is the Green Arrow. Between challenging him at the bay in the middle of the day and fighting the Malcolm Merlyn’s Green Arrow with sans facial hair, you’d think Darhk would begin to at least piece some of the Green Arrow’s identity together.

The second is Darhk has a family that he goes home to every night. What?! I doubt Darhk is keeping his alter-ego from his wife. He’d have to be juggling a set of pretty good lies to keep that from her. It’s possible that his family is knowledgeable in the mysticism he employs everyday. If that’s the case, the Darhk Family becomes instantly creepier.

Lastly, when Merlyn came to town again to visit Thea, he explained that Darhk is using mysticism that is unknown to the League of Assassins, making Merlyn afraid. Most of this episode was dealing with themes of father’s or significant others making decisions to protect their loved ones. In Merlyn’s case, despite being scared, he fought Darhk one-on-one and almost died doing it. Merlyn had every intent of killing Darhk during this fight, and he would’ve too if it hadn’t been for Darhk’snti-explosion spell.

Lian-Yu Flashback

In Oliver’s flashback, we continued to follow him in search of the mystic objects scattered around Lian-Yu. This lead him back to the ship that we last saw in season two. For those of you who need a refresher, Oliver once battled a crazed Slade Wilson on board this ship before it blew up and sank. In this episode, Oliver had to swim over to the ship and take out a scroll. It could be a map, or it could be a list of spells. There’s really no telling, but we know for certain the document will be important. It’s a little strange that a mystic item would be found on the Amazo to begin with.

In the comics, Amazo isn’t a ship at all. Instead, Amazo is an android that is able to duplicate powers he comes into contact with, which makes him very dangerous. At times, it’s taken the entire Justice League to stop him. But, in this Arrowverse, he’s just a ship. Who knows, maybe we’ll see an actual Amazo next season.

Lance

Lance’s association with Darhk, and Oliver’s knowledge of it finally came to light today, however, it wasn’t as big of a deal as we all though it would be. Sure, Laurel was upset for a little bit, but she came to peace with it rather quickly. She didn’t even bring it up with Oliver afterward either. On the plus side, we got past what might have been a drawn out family squabble that frankly, we’ve had enough of when it comes to the Lance family.

Who’s in the Grave?!

During the holiday party, Felicity spotted her mom getting a little touchy with Lance. Lance was introduced as her mom’s “boyfriend” and Lance told Felicity that Laurel doesn’t know. In any case, Darhk made his entrance and saw everyone in Oliver’s circle, including Felicity’s mother next to Lance. Now, I know Felicity looked to be seriously injured, or dead, in the closing minute of this episode, but I’m sure this is just a misdirect. I don’t think they’d kill off one of the main characters so soon into the season, let alone Felicity. With that said, I’m standing by my belief that Felicity’s mom is the one in the grave.

Still, don’t let this theory detract from what was otherwise a fantastic sequence that took place at the end of this episode. The sound of the bullets juxtaposed with the sounds of “The Little Drummer”‘s drums in the background was awesome. Moments like these is what every show strives for, and this particular scene will have a lasting impact on every Arrow fan’s mind for the rest of the year.

That’s all for this year! Thanks for reading up until this point. It’s been a great nine episodes for The Flash and Arrow. When the two series return in January with Legends of Tomorrow, you can expect three recaps a week! As for any news on DC TV, look for it here on Geekscape, or follow me on Twitter! Again, thank you all and happy holidays!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘The Flash’ – Running to Stand Still

by jake108December 8, 2015

The midseason finale of The Flash aired this week, and instead of just having mostly filler with a stinger at the end, the folks behind the show once again pulled out all the stops to give us one of the strongest episodes this season. It’s hard to believe we’re already here at the midseason, but take solace in the fact that Legends of Tomorrow is just around the corner and you will be seeing recaps here on Geekscape as well. For now, let’s dive into this episode!

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

This episode starts with Harry trying his very best to escape Zoom in STAR Labs. Besides that, there’s no context as to where everyone else was. It seems Harry went straight to one of his guns to try to engage Zoom, but he was too slow. Later in the episode, Harry was seen working near the Comic Treadmill. It’s safe to assume that Harry also sleeps at STAR Labs to avoid the risk of someone else seeing him and getting shot in the chest again. I’m under the impression Zoom showed up after everyone else had gone home for the day, leaving Harry alone in STAR Labs.

After wishing him a Merry Christmas, Zoom proceeds to court Harry into helping him coach Barry into gaining more speed. If you remember a few weeks ago, one of my articles talked about Zoom’s speedforce draining capabilities. By the end of this episode, it’s confirmed that Zoom wants Barry to get stronger in the speedforce so Zoom can drain Barry and become more powerful. This explains these past eight weeks or so with villains popping up one at a time to combat the Flash on Earth 1. So, like last season, we can expect Harrison Wells coaching Barry up to become faster. The main difference here is that Harry will feel guilty for making this deal with Zoom. I’m seriously hoping Harry takes the speedforce drug himself to help Barry fight Zoom.

As for the main plot this episode, we saw Weather Wizard break The Trickster and Captain Cold out of Iron Heights. Their goal was pretty simple – kill the flash – but a couple of interesting developments happened aside from Weather Wizard and Trickster’s plan. For one, Garrick stated that there is no Trickster on Earth 2. This is an interesting note, mostly due to the fact that Earth 1’s dopplegangers are similar to their Earth 2’s counterparts. However, it’s completely possible that the Trickster is actually just living a docile life in Earth 2. In any case, depending on how serious you want to take it, the Trickster’s old costume from when he terrorized Central City a couple of decades ago, matches the same costume he wore when he appeared in 90’s Flash television series.

If we are to take the 90s series as cannon with the series we’re watching now, then we would have to place the 90’s Flash series in a different Earth or at the very least, a different timeline. It’s also worth noting that the actor that plays Barry’s dad was the Flash in the 90’s television series.

Captain Cold

After warning the Flash, Snart heads out into Central City. By the time Legends of Tomorrow rolls around, he will probably already have linked up with Heat Wave. Snart isn’t interested in playing hero, but his connection to the Flash is making him second guess most of his villainous behavior. We already have enough character development featured in The Flash for him to take the stage in just a few weeks.

Okamura Toys

This was a fantastic shoutout to a not-so-well-known hero, the Toyman. If the name sounds familiar, it should. Toyman grew up to be a recluse, often stowed away in his lab. He takes his name after the first Toyman, Winslow Schott, who was very much a villain. Other than the name and the association with toys, Hiro Okamura isn’t a villain at all. In many cases found in the comics, Okamura helps the Justice League in ridding the Earth of Kryptonite and destroying a meteor made of Kryptonite heading to Earth.

His efforts in helping the Justice League leads him to becoming an honorary member of the Justice League all before the age of twenty. His genius-level intellect and fantastic ability to build bots and toys to combat villains would make for a good appearence on either The Flash or Arrow. It’s hard to guess where exactly Okamura is since the his family’s factory seems to have been shut down four years ago. It’s possible his parents died, leading the factory to close. Financial trouble doesn’t seem right since the stuffed teddy bears sounded like they were in high-demand. In Earth 2, Harry gave one to his daughter when she was six. In Earth 1, Patty received one from her father when she was…wait a minute…

Wally West

Wally West was finally introduced to the rest of the West family. What better way than a Christmas party? By now, fans know that Wally is destined to become a Speedster. It’s unclear how or why he comes into contact with the speedforce, or if it will even happen this season (it probably will). The speedster family is coming together!

That’s it for now! See you all tomorrow! Thanks for reading!

Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Legends of Yesterday

by jake108December 3, 2015

Last night, we got the conclusion of our two-parter crossover event. As a fan of both shows, seeing the people working behind the scenes constantly one-upping their last go around is fascinating. Fans know that both shows have had crossovers before, but not like this.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

One of our goals with these eps was to make tonight feel a bit more like an #arrow ep and tomorrow a bit more like an ep of #theflash.

— Love, Greg (@GBerlanti) December 2, 2015

The first part of this crossover event ended with Oliver seeing his son for the first time. The stinger was very much an Arrow stinger, but that didn’t make it any less impactful. In fact, it became one of the centerpieces behind the overarching plot with Savage. In short, Oliver grapples with knowing he has a son that he’s missed out on for about nine years. He had the very good point about wanting to take some time to himself to process this information, but this lead to a pretty big fight with Felicity on the grounds that he wouldn’t withhold any secrets anymore. This lead to Oliver not being in the right mindset. This, coupled with Cisco’s tech not working, lead to a failure of the mission and decimation of Central City. However, Flash was able to outrun it all and ended up going back in time.

If you’re just watching Arrow, and I don’t know why you would be, I’m sure this was a pleasant surprise. For fans of The Flash, seeing Barry recognize the signs that time travel was imminent was exciting in itself. This time, Barry was very cautious about messing with the timeline, something Eobard Thawne warned him about last season. But, for the second time, Barry messed with the timeline by letting Oliver know what get’s his head out of the game and ultimately defeating Vandal Savage. According to Thawne, the outcome of changing the timeline can lead to a dire and even more menacing future. But if you’re thinking like Oliver, what can possibly be worse than having everyone but the Flash die?

Once Savage is defeated, Team Arrow and Flash just leave his ashes lying there in a warehouse specifically for Malcolm Merlyn to pick up, I’m sure. Obviously, we know Savage has to come back in one form or another in time to incite the fear into Rip Hunter’s heart. Merlyn made the remark that Savage now “owes” him for presumably saving him or reviving him. I’m not entirely sure how Merlyn plans to do this since the Lazarus Pit is out of commission, thanks to Nyssa. But, being the current Ra’s and having access to the League’s knowledge of mysticism, I’m sure he can come up with something.

It’s possible the dire future starts when Merlyn brings Savage back. His world domination can certainly begin should he take over the League of Assassins, or obtain any mystic artifacts the League keeps within Nanda Parbat. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Oliver’s Son

Oliver does indeed have a son. William is about nine years old and lives in Central City. William is big on all things Flash and is currently living an otherwise normal life. Before Flash reset the timeline, Oliver had planned on being a part of William’s life and was unsure he would ever tell Felicity about William’s existence. However, Felicity found out anyway and that lead to their big fight.

Now that the timeline is reset, Oliver has decided to hide William’s existence from Felicity with the intent of checking in on William every now and then. This is sure to cause a rift between Felicity and Oliver at some point this season. It would seem the ship has sailed on telling Felicity when she gave him the opportunity to come out with what was bothering him. Oliver will now have to arrange trips to Central City without Felicity’s knowledge, unless he piggyback’s off of the Flash.

In the comics, Oliver has a son by the name of Connor. Connor Hawke, is the offspring of Oliver and Oliver’s former girlfriend Sandra Hawke. Oliver held Conner once before leaving him with Sandra and opening a bank account for the two to help with Connor’s upbringing.

Eventually, Connor and Oliver meet abroad and Oliver begins to train Connor as a pupil. While traveling together, Conner never found the right time to tell Oliver he was his father. Down the line, it was the Green Lantern who told Oliver the truth and Oliver took it as a betrayal. He accused Connor of plotting against him and the two ended their relationship on bad terms. After Oliver’s death at the hands of a terrorist organization in Metropolis, Connor Hawke has taken up the mantle of the Green Arrow a few times. Besides that title, Connor Hawke also goes by the Amber Archer, Shaft, and the Brave Bow.

If we’re lucky, maybe we’ll see William in training on Earth 2 or in Legends of Tomorrow.

Savage and the Nth Metal

Previously, I went in depth on what Savage’s role in Hawkgirl and Hawkman’s past along with their ties to the nth metal. Last night, mostly the whole story, along with the origin of the nth metal. It would appear the metal came from many meteors that would destroy or severely damage the Egyptian city.

The meteors also seemed to have either been infused with the nth metal or its possible that maybe a Thanagarian ship was destroyed in Earth’s atmosphere.

In any case, the Thanagarian connection will probably be more fleshed out in Legends of Tomorrow.