I think there is a legitimate argument to be made that Cyborg is most interesting character in the Teen Titans, (or even the early 20's Titans or what ever they call them after only beast boy is still a teenager) but he's supposed to be a YOUNG man and shoe-horning him in to the adults of the Justice League was just ham handed and stupid.
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And a sarcastic pain in the ass.
That’s a horrible name Guy!
Oh God Melina made him watch a movie with subtitles didn't she?
No I can't see a horse here, that's why we're guessing.
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Yeah I total can confirm this - source: My exhausted ass
I would be excited by that but with Guy I keep thing of the early Justice League International series in the '80s. That was the League he was big in and the humor of DeMatteis and Giffen seems like something that Gunn would be into. I just think if your trying to get a more diverse roster for the league Mr. Terrific is a much better fit then Cyborg. Sadly if your looking for an African-American DC hero, there really are only 3 or 4 big hitters and John Stewart is already going to be in Lanterns.
I can't believe I missed that! LOL!
Sorry I'm late but I needed to catch up. Just to start with this one is NOT a charming, funny romp, unlike The Train Job. Seriously tonally this episode sticks out like dog's bollacks, compared to the ones around it, and I love it. Creepy first look at the Reavers and what they do. "Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Come to just nothin'. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothin', and that's what they became." I mean we hear Zoe talking about them but damn that reveal of the pile of corpses was chilling. The episode started slow for me but one River started Riverin' and we find the crazy guy I was all in on the space-western / slasher film combo.
More Stand Out Moments:
- The opener with the crew playing a modified version of Tlachtli was a hoot. Everyone getting in to the games with Inara and Simon sitting on the outside looking in. You get the feeling the cast was having fun with the game too.
- I especially like how Jayne keep going a little too hard with the trash talk. It solidifies him as an asshole but gives him room to grow.
- The mystery of River's powers are starting to grow and it one of the thing I really wish they had had the time to properly do.
- Book talking them in to the need to take care of the dead "How we treat our dead is part of what makes us different... than those did the slaughtering." and then the switch where it turns out Mal was worried about a bomb.
- Mal's plan to hide the Tams - the way he yells at Jayne to pull the cargo out the hidey-hole and his "I aint' fixin to argue" to the reveal of them being suits outside. Just an awesome bait and switch.
- The cops tossing the dinning room, like dude the Tams aren't under the place mats why are you throw the shit all over the floor?
- Interviews: -- Zoe going "We don't like to talk about our relationship" going to a hard cut of Walsh not shutting up about hot his wife is. -- Kaylee bitching about engines to the point where the officer is rolling his eyes. -- Inara ... what can I say she's just so cool. -- The whole thing is just little masterclasses in each character.
- Shout out to the whole bit from Zoe "You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war?" - "Fought with a lot of people in the war." - "And your husband?" - "Fight with him sometimes, too." - My partner wet themselves laughing at that one.
- The ratcheting up of the tension during Mal's interview is a nice touch too setting up that Brody vs the Mayor in Jaws vibe where he knows whats coming and nobody is believing him. <chef's kiss>
- I'd really like to point out the violence, or really the lack of on screen. The cuts in the Alliance emergency room where we see the survivor pull out his knife and then just blood splatters. The violence I'm imagining is going to be more horrifying then what they could have put on screen and so I'm more tense from not seeing it rather then if they showed it to me.
- And the same hold true at the climax when Mal has to snap the guys neck to save the commander, what we see isn't as important as what we don't.
Finally the ending where the Commander lets the Serenity go but seizes the cargo. Firefly was very ACAB way before ACAB was even a movement. Mal - "He had to (take the cargo). Couldn't let us profit. Wouldn't be 'civilized'."
That’s why Mr. Terrific was such a good character to put in the Justice Gang. I’m pretty sure even after the Brave and the Bold Batman is going to be sidelined a bit in bigger stories for awhile to let the Reeves Batman be its own thing and Michael Holt being the smartest guy in the room and his “I’m goddamn Mr. Terrific” attitude will fill that bad ass normal slot in the League really well.