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Post by Jack Malone on Mar 2, 2015 3:12:37 GMT -6
Airdate: March 2, 2015. Guest Star(s): Michael Caine, Georgia Engel, Emma Stone, Sam Witwer, Alaina Huffman, Patrick J. Adams, Robert Wisden, Carrie Fisher, Elise Gatien, Lynda Carter, Viva Bianca, and Serinda Swan The VPN'S Official Description: MID-SEASON FINALE. DOOMSDAY HAS ARRIVED - When Kyle (Bryan Greenberg) resurfaces in Gotham, he brings Doomsday (special guest star Sam Witwer) with him. Desperate to save the city, Chloe (Allison Mack) rallies the troops. However, Bruce (Christian Bale) believes he holds the key to stopping Doomsday. Meanwhile, Talia (Stana Katic) comes into shocking news about her father. Kayla Ewell, Yvonne Strahovski, Dylan Walsh, and Michael McKean also star. Link: diabeticdude202-vpn.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/6/4/1564515/sacrifice.pdfWriter(s): Jack D. Malone
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Post by Jack Malone on Mar 2, 2015 2:44:57 GMT -6
I have to admit, I'm almost glad you beat me to the punch! I've been toying with the idea of introducing the Amazons as a people in "M:SCU" season 2, and Diana has always been one of my favourite modern day heroines, so I knew I'd have to pay homage or tribute to her. Now at least I know going in that Diana will have been touched upon and I will have that to look to as I'm planning things out! It takes the pressure off greatly! Yeah, she's going to be a main, reoccurring character for the fourth season. I think the core of the Justice League is definitely Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, and all three will be playing a huge role in the back half of this series and I'm really excited about it.
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Post by Jack Malone on Mar 1, 2015 22:46:01 GMT -6
WELL IT'S ABOUT DAMNED TIME!! Jeez, you and Chris have only been talking about WW for years!! This is some very good news, and personally, I'm very happy to know our favourite Amazonian Princess is coming to our shared universe sooner then expected. I know this is going to be an alternate Diana, but I hope some questions about her and Chloe's history will be answered, since "Fortune" established that our favourite petite blonde hacker has had a run in with a 'wondrous woman' in the past. Its strange - I'd never heard of Bridget Reagan until Chris mentioned her as we were talking - I'd seen that artwork he'd done for a "Wonder Woman" show, and hadn't recognised her. So, to me, she was pretty much "The VPN's dream Diana", until I watched her in both "White Collar" and "Agent Carter", where she plays a superb villainess in both series. Now, I have to break that conditioning and get used to her being a heroine again - so, I think it's high time I watched "Legends of the Seeker"! I know, right?! I think every time Chris and I talked about doing a crossover, the topic of "Wonder Woman" came up and we've always wanted to do something with that character. I've now narrowed down her debut into the show for the fourth season, but because the fiftieth sort of pays tribute to the past, the present, and the future of the series -- and knowing what is planned for the future -- it made sense to bring in Diana *this* season. Plus, this world isn't as "AU" as it's made out to be. It is a 'what if' episode, but based on the removal of one piece in the continuity of the show and so I'm still able to give hints of what kind of person Diana is in this series, and what kind of role we can expect her to have in the future. It's exciting. I'm really happy about the response to this But yes, Chris and I have been on the "Bridget Regan is the perfect Wonder Woman" train for a loooong time!
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Post by Jack Malone on Mar 1, 2015 22:40:51 GMT -6
MERYL APPROVES OF BRIDGET! These reactions are so worth breaking the news earlier than planned! Thanks for the support, guys!
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Post by Jack Malone on Mar 1, 2015 22:37:39 GMT -6
In regards to "Arrow" taking a lot from the Batman comics, I say: if no one else is going to use the material, then why not use it?
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Post by Jack Malone on Mar 1, 2015 5:10:56 GMT -6
Just In: Bridget Regan Finalises Deal To Appear as DC Comics' Wonder Woman in 50th Episode of 'Watchtower!'
This is a scoop many had seen coming but had been waiting a while to be announced. Legend of the Seeker actress, Bridget Regan, had been linked to the role of Wonder Woman for a long time since series creator, Jack Malone, told VSGuide that he and executive producer, Chris Davis, planned to explore the iconic DC Comics' superhero in one of their Smallville-based spin off series' and now the news has finally been made official: Wonder Woman is coming to Watchtower! However, this news come with a twist. While the actress has confirmed that her deal allows for a run of multiple episodes -- a number not specified to the public -- she will only be appearing in one very special episode of this current third season: the 50th episode.
"We've always wanted to bring Wonder Woman into our story, but finding the right time to do that was always a little bit tricky," Malone explained, confirming his interest in bringing the character on board since the inception of the series, "We're extremely confident in the longevity of our show that we will be back for another season to follow this rather successful one and feel it's time to explore some of those very iconic heroes that have yet to be introduced." Despite the actress inking a deal set for a potential fourth season, VSGuide can confirm that the character will debut in the fiftieth episode, titled "Countdown" that will depict an alternate reality where Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) never came to Gotham City. "We don't want to give anything away but [this episode] allows us to give the fans a little peak at what they might expect for the future of our show, and the direction our heroes are going in as the Justice League of America starts to form." When questioned if the fourth season would bring about a closer-to-comic-book version of the iconic superhero team-up, Malone promised: "Before all is said and done, you will have the Justice League."
So what are your thoughts on this wonderful news? Are you excited to see Wonder Woman surface in the fiftieth episode? What role do you think she will play? Tell us your thoughts, and as always, sound off below!
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 28, 2015 0:05:22 GMT -6
Creating spoilers for this latest run of Watchtower episodes has been a little difficult considering I've been sitting on the episodes for a long time, and am currently in the process of writing episodes twelve through to fourteen. So I thought I would do something a little bit different for the mid-season finale airing this Monday. Here are ten different dialogue extracts from the episode (in chronological order) and you can feel free to guess who said what, or just use it as a spoiler in and of itself. Here they are:
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 25, 2015 15:56:22 GMT -6
Yeah, no I understand. I don't think "Control" or "Toxic" would have been as good and/or worked as well without the role Dinah's played within both episodes. I know you're a greater fan of the underlying Hush storyline and Dinah definitely doesn't have a role within that so she's not moving the larger picture forward, but episode-to-episode she's been a significant character. On the other side of things, though, I definitely wanted to have that sense of no longer fitting in with the team, with the world, and be sort of out of place of that to allow for this realisation that it's time to move on with her life. Episodes 8 through 11 felt like the right time to tell that story for Dinah before all hell breaks loose in the back half
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 24, 2015 20:56:57 GMT -6
REVIEW: 3.10 "Toxic"So, here we are. All in one episode we get: Poison Ivy, a Barbara and Chloe team up, al Ghul family probz, and a death. *wipes away sweat* This was definitely a game changing episode, not just because of Perry's death, but because it added a lot of layers to this complex story. It was interesting to see Ivy and Hush act as two separate threats in this episode, and their different motives and how they interacted with the characters they were set up with. With Ivy, we saw Chloe's ambiguous motives start to come to light, and I really appreciated Barbra, someone who could arguably be a mini-Chloe, taking a stand and telling Chloe how much she's changed. This was definitely a game-changing episode. When it came to introducing Ivy for this episode, I felt like she wouldn't be just this puppet for Hush to use and that she's a hell of a lot stronger than that. So it didn't make sense not giving her some motive, and not tempting her with the opportunity to break out of that hold Hush has on her. I think it was nice to have an episode where Hush can serve as the main threat for the episode and because his presence is a lot larger in the back half of the season it was nice to have a little taste of what kind of power he's packing (at this point in time of course). Chris really went for it in his writing of the Batman / Hush confrontation and it really helped in solidifying him as a threat. As for Ivy, it was nice to have her back in this continuity, and I'll talk more about the twist later in this response to the review. But she was definitely a conduit for showing us how much Chloe has changed, as well as bringing Barbara into the A Story, who is - as you said - arguably a "mini-Chloe" before all the scars of doing this job for this amount of time have taken their toll on her. The unmasking of Batman is definitely going to play a huge role in one of the earlier episodes of the back half. I think as the Hush story unfolds more and more it's going to become quite evident why it had to be done and the significance of it. When it came to Ivy's turn on Hush, it wasn't as "abrupt" of a change in her mind. I think because she's set up as being attached to this character, and associated with Hush, that it's kind of like... like Chloe was thinking: "I can exploit her, she's working with him," etc. Instead, we learn she's kind of desperate to take him out and get out from under his hold. Barbara suggested her father was the key to stopping him and Barbara was both genuine in her suggestion / belief and so was Ivy's belief in her. I'm glad you liked the ending with Ivy. I basically had the idea hit me when I felt like Hush was too powerful a force to just let Ivy out of his grasp, or that he would be unbeknownst of some alliance she would form to stop him. Effectively, she did allow one of his plans to come into motion, and so ridding of her once uncovering her betrayal (if you can call it that) felt like the only option. So we've unfortunately seen how Poison Ivy's story ends -- at the hands of Hush -- but she is far from dead in the present. It saddens me Perry isn't as appreciated on the show *cries* But I'm always glad when he's mentioned in reviews and there's praise behind his storylines. I don't think he's a polarizing character or anything so much as there isn't as much a connection for that character. Introducing Alice Spencer was one of the things on my bucket lists to do for Perry before all is said and done. I thought it was important to scratch the surface of why he came to Gotham, what happened in the downfall of his marriage, and certain things along those lines that really fill out this character's back-story. The abortion was a storyline idea I had when it came to the idea of Perry always being this father figure, especially towards Chloe in the earlier seasons, and later Vicki. He's expressed how having children was something he's always wanted and regrets not having, and now we learn that he had that opportunity and chose his career over it (which kind of adds to the tragedy of it all). That was something I really wanted to do and I'm glad there was an opportunity to tell it. As this series has progressed, I feel like the Chloe and Perry dynamic reached the point where he didn't have much else to teach her, and so in introducing Vicki, I felt like Perry had a lot to offer that character. Exploring that even more this season -- after testing the waters in the final few episodes of the previous one -- was one of my favourite things to do in Season Three. They've kind of developed into the 2.0 of the OG. *drop that beat* Hahaha. But no, I felt while Perry had played a much larger role in Chloe's life, it had to be Vicki who discovered him. I'm glad the emotion of it really worked. In regards to Kahn, I have to commend Chris on the writing for her. A lot of that scene where she justifies her decision in going against her promise with Vicki was all Mister Chris Davis himself. I remember him telling me, "Kahn is so badass," and I read the scene during the editing process of this episode and I was figured out his reasons for drawing that conclusion. It was all in his writing. Kahn has fast become a favourite of mine to write, too, and I think you'll like the direction of her in the next few episodes. Next week's episode -- in the mid season finale -- she gets a little bit in on the action I've noticed your disconnect from her in these episodes, which is a downer, but just like with Perry, and anything else... it goes without having to explain. It's a connection, or a lack thereof, and it's felt by the reader. I would like to know if she was a favourite of yours last season, or if there was an investment in her development versus other characters purely because this arc was sort of meant to tie up the loose ends. I think the biggest reason that could form a disconnect is the same problem I had at writing the season premiere and it's the jump in time. Dinah is literally on the outside of everything, and it's kind of an effect I just ran with for this arc because it's very much her emotional state and how she is feeling. Anytime she makes the slightest connection with someone on the show -- in looking at Bruce in the previous episode -- she pulls away. She's not tied to this city anymore, and having Sherwood Florist (of Gotham City) come to an end in this episode was sort of the final push for her to go and embrace her destiny as Black Canary in Star City. With that said, she will be in next week's episode -- as will Mia Dearden -- but their roles aren't sort of exclusively for the development of their characters. There are character beats and things to touch on that cap things off and possibly set things up, but they're very much there for the realistic involvement of taking on something as big as Doomsday. So that's going to be a lot of fun. *hopefully* Nyssa is a lot of fun to write. I felt it only fair to have her pop up at the end of this one to cap off the episode, and Chris did a superb job of making that cliffhanger work and not feel forced. Talia is another character who's rather on the outside of things, and it's fun when she does get dragged back into the A Story. It may feel like her role has wrapped up after the events of "Control", but I promise that it's just one of those slow burning things. Nyssa coming into the story is going to be a big turning point in her arc and I can't wait to see what you think after the mid-season finale. Yay! I'm glad you mentioned Barbara. This is purely just a taste of what's to come for her As for Poison Ivy, her being 27 in the present, and 35 (with a huge scar on her face) in the larger portion of this episode does suggest time travel, and is the beginning of a storyline that will see at least two other major things happen in the back half of the season that I can't spoil just yet so it means that Ivy can be as present in the rest of "Watchtower" as ever. I'd like to bring the character back, and I think Chris does an awesome job with her, and not taking the opportunity to flesh her out more would be a little upsetting so I'll definitely look into it. As for this season, I think when it comes to explaining the Hush back story in the complete, full form... it'll call for Ivy's return.
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 23, 2015 2:52:47 GMT -6
Airdate: February 23, 2015 Guest Star(s): Emma Stone, Carrie Fisher, Alaina Huffman, Evan Rachel Wood, Lizzy Caplan, Viva Bianca, and Georgia Engel The VPN's Official Description: DC COMICS' POISON IVY RESURFACES IN GOTHAM CITY - When an encounter with Poison Ivy (guest star Evan Rachel Wood) leaves Gordon (Dylan Walsh) clinging to life, Barbara (guest star Emma Stone) turns to Batman (Christian Bale) for help. Unable to follow through, Batman provides Barbara with a way to contact The Watchtower: Enter Chloe (Allison Mack). Realising his condition has drastically altered, Perry (Michael McKean) is visited by the ghosts of his past. Talia (Stana Katic) receives a visit of her own when her sister, Nyssa Al Ghul (guest star Viva Bianca) comes to town. Meanwhile, Vicki's (Yvonne Strahovski) partnership with Kahn (special guest star Carrie Fisher) is put to the test, and Helena (Kayla Ewell) is forced to make a difficult decision. Link: diabeticdude202-vpn.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/6/4/1564515/310_toxic.pdfWriter(s): Chris Davis and Jack D. Malone
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 22, 2015 9:01:00 GMT -6
So excited for new Watchtower tomorrow! Not only is it written by Chris, but it debuts the Watchtowerverse's version of Nyssa Al Ghul!! *begins petition to have Chris write even more episodes than just one a season*
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 16, 2015 20:43:56 GMT -6
REVIEW: 3.09 "Control"So, this was definitely one of those episodes of Watchtower, where right from the first page the pace is set and we're flying from there. Despite the different plotlines, which were all connected somehow, this episode had a really steady pace that made this a really strong installment of the third season. Aw, that's awesome to hear. I know you're the first to pick up on the pace / flow of an episode if its just not working and so that's a huge compliment to start this review off. Thanks, man. I loved writing for him. Something I did with him that was similar to Hope in last week's episode was that you're given this totally different perspective of the dude to introduce him and by the end of the episode you kind of get shades of who that person really is. I liked kind of hinting at the fact that he's this completely crazy dude, and then you sort of realise he's been trapped in a corner and is fighting to do anything to get his way out of there and that he's not a half-bad guy just trying to fight for something he believes in. I'm not sure how I'd bring him back into the story -- there aren't any plans at the moment -- but I definitely thought he was the perfect villain to tell both sides of this story: the first with Bruce and reuniting with Selina however briefly (which will set us up for their reunion in a later episode) as well as finally bringing the Zatanna storyline to a close. Oh, wow. I didn't expect that response. I think it's cool, though. I mean, I think when it comes to Bruce's portion of this episode, anything extra would have just been feeling left field because of the circumstances he was in. I don't know how many different scenes I could have done of him in this state. However, it's nice to know that I could have gone even crazier with it and focused even more on it so that's awesome. As for Selina, it was nice to write for her again. Her final episode is one of the few I've been waiting to write for a long time now and so I hope her final few episodes do this character justice who seems to be a bit of a fan favourite. With this episode, I wanted to give ya'll a bit of a taste of what might happen when they reunite, but mostly I wanted to both: A) Explore Bruce's feelings on Selina after everything that has happened, and B) Tackle this sort of loose thread in the ongoing season and find some sense of closure for Bruce on whether he should keep searching or start grieving. Dinah was one of my favourite parts about writing this episode, to be honest. I needed her appearance in the episode to be kind of confusing and bring up questions because it was very much this question of who is real: Selina or Dinah? I think having Dinah there would raise a lot of questions because Bruce and her don't have a lot of history and it's both extremely believable that she could be a figment of his imagination planted there by Strange, or be the woman hooked up to him. I'm bummed you found her unimportant but next week is a much larger episode for her. There's this gradual sense of: "does she really fit in this world anymore?" and "does she belong here?" questions that will surface and maybe your perception of her role in this episode is reflective of that? What I'm saying will make so much more sense by the end of her arc *hopefully* I've gone on record to say Helena has been a favourite to write this season. I think when it comes to her... if she has a personal vendetta involved, she will do anything to get it done. So while it may be odd to see her in the role of saving Bruce and almost working as part of the team, there's this whole thing of avenging her girlfriend. There's this element of having someone she cares about being wronged and wanting to do something about it and so that's why she's so proactive about helping. It's the same thing about the last episode... she got caught up in everything because of Dinah being back and being with the Suicide Squad, but when push came to shove she chose to ignore helping Chloe find her daughter so that she could find Lisa. Speaking of Lisa (and Dick), there's a lot more involved for these characters going into the last two episodes of this first half of Season Three This may be an unbelievable statement, but I absolutely love Vicki and Mitchell. Last season, when I had introduced Mitchell, I just needed someone to have back and forth banter with Vicki in scenes that called for her to do something at the Gazette and I ended up having to cut so many of their scenes because they just wrote for themselves and went for pages and pages. So I'm more invested in their romance than the audience ever could be because you guys were sort of exposed to them for two episodes at the start of the season before Mitchell was killed. I'm glad there's an impact there, though and I definitely have plans to keep threading him back into this season. With Vicki, it was kind of necessary to remind the audience why she's so passionate about finding Hush. I think it's the same with all the characters in a way where there has to be these moments that touch on why they're doing what they're doing (in the long-run, not just motivations per episode) and the story called for reminding us that Vicki is doing this for Mitchell in more than just a few ways. I'm glad you liked that moment! I love Vicki / Perry scenes. This episode, in particular, was a lot of fun to write because Vicki is almost oblivious to the fact that her "partner in crime" isn't doing too well. She sort of clings to the same level of denial Perry has only she hasn't been hit with a rude awakening yet. I think next week's episode has that involved for both characters. I planned a huge Perry storyline for next week and Chris did an amazing job with it and I can't wait for ya'll to read it. As for Kahn, she's just been a lot of fun to write for and I never went into introducing her character back into the main story thinking that she would be in on the big secret. Planning this episode, however, I realised the better opportunities there would be for her character being in on everything. There's a lot planned with her and hopefully she sticks around Dude, it's not terrible. Thanks for reviewing so quickly, I appreciate it. Also: as someone who is more interested in the Hush aspect of this season, you'll definitely like next week's episode and it's all Hush-ville in episodes 12 through 22 (I promise). So I can't wait for you to read those. Thanks for everything, man! *hugs*
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 16, 2015 7:02:44 GMT -6
Airdate: February 16, 2015. Guest Star(s): Michael Caine, Sam Witwer, Mark Valley, Patrick J. Adams, Alaina Huffman, Robert Wisden, Jared Harris, Carrie Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Lynda Carter, TheVPN's Official Description: DC COMICS' HUGO STRANGE SETS HIS SIGHTS ON WATCHTOWER - Hooked up to a machine, Bruce (Christian Bale) wakes up in a fantasy world created by Hugo Strange (guest star Jared Harris) who wishes to expose the vigilantes of Gotham City by accessing the memories in his brain. Appearing in this fantasy world, Selina (special guest star Eliza Dushku) attempts to prevent Bruce from revealing his identity as The Batman, but instead leads Strange straight to The Watchtower. Helena (Kayla Ewell) and Lisa (guest star Lizzy Caplan) investigate a lead on finding Strange, which instead exposes Zatanna's (guest star Serinda Swan) deepest, darkest secret. Meanwhile, following Kyle's (Bryan Greenberg) warning of Doomsday, Chloe (Allison Mack) is desperate to save the city, and turns her back on the team to break the binding spell and bring Talia (Stana Katic) down once and for all. Link: diabeticdude202-vpn.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/6/4/1564515/s03e09_control.pdfWriter(s): Jack D. Malone
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 10, 2015 19:22:13 GMT -6
I think a 2nd read-through will help me get some things sorted in my mixed up brain - it's not that the plot was confusing, per se, but the whole 'time travel' and alternate time tracks left me gasping in shock, before scratching my head as I tried to figure out the whole 'casuality' of it I definitely like "left me gasping in shock." Yeah, I was always so confused about people's reaction to their "deaths" in the first season finale because they did come from a world where Emil's experiments had taken over and wiped everything out and so when Chloe effectively brought him down, she changed that future. I know there are a lot of time-travel shows out there with their own mythology and way of doing things, and so on Watchtower and in this universe, I believe that things from an aborted timeline can still leave a mark on present day. So while the Legion can come back from a version of the future, and die, and that future changes, those versions of themselves still made it to the present. They're not erased in the sense that none of that happened anymore. Keeping with that, it's why we're allowed to have a version of Hope come from a future where Chloe didn't raise her and have her change things before Chloe erases her future by reuniting with Hope in the present. As for Imra "dying", I more-so implied it than showed it. I think it works better that way. Personally, I think Chloe killed her and that's my head space for that scene and it's not something that is going to be "answered" or looked into later but in the larger spectrum, it doesn't really matter. So I left it up to ya'll to really read that how you feel it went and what you believed the implications were. But yes, she is alive and kicking in the future, as are the rest of the Legion. Yay! That's good. I promise, despite things that get answered here and there, there is going to be an episode within the final three of this season that is basically going to lay it all out on the table for you so it makes sense. Tommy Elliot comes back into our story, and there's a grander purpose behind having him on the show. I will confirm that he's obviously NOT Hush, but in keeping true to the comics and the source material, he is a part of that storyline and I think you'll start to see how in the back half of the season, as opposed to right now in the two episodes he's appeared in. What we do know is that he was plucked from the past and ended up in our present. As well as that, his name and his ties to Hush only recently started coming through as though history were being fixed or made in this current moment. So there's a lot of loose threads to tackle as the season plays outs -- part of what makes writing a big mystery this season the most fun. I did have to look at your Lex appearance on "M:SCU" purely to make sure I didn't f*ck anything up continuity wise. Personally, I wanted to go down a different route and have "OTIS BERG" as his new assistant and went into this episode writing his introduction. But then, like I said, continuity wise I had to add "Mercy." I think I agreed more with Brady on the Lex/Bruce scene which is funny because I wrote it. It was really hard to find a place for it and it was an important moment - not just because it was Lex and Bruce meeting but because it's the next step in this ongoing storyline involving Talia, and Bruce, and Davis/Doomsday. It was a necessary scene. But finding a place for it in this episode that didn't stick out like a sore thumb was difficult and I think if I made the scene any longer it would have killed the flow. But I'm glad you liked the callback. I don't think it's too spoilery to say that I've planned a Batman v Superman episode of "Watchtower" to happen, and all these things -- the Zod encounter last season, meeting with Lex this season -- are little bits and pieces that develop towards it. I think what's cool was humanising Hugo Strange. I think you might all be a bit surprised when we come into next week and he isn't this insane, maniac of a character or anything completely out there. I wanted to do my own interpretation of him and I definitely want to revisit him in the future. He tackles some very big ongoing subplots of the season that need to be addressed before we go into any of the big major plot points as this first half of the season comes to its conclusion and so I can't wait for everyone to see next week's episode! This is definitely only the beginning for Dinah. These next three episodes will close out what I would call the origin of Black Canary in a lot of ways. The way her arc ends, and the things that are set up... it's very much like closing the doors on an origin story and stepping out as a fully, fledged superhero. I'm excited to see what people think of her arc. It definitely came together in an unpredictable kind of way for me -- piecing it together as opposed to planning it as unpredictable for the readers -- and so I think really fondly of it because it's kind of its own reason for being here. There's so much more coming for her that might end in more comments of "Poor girl", but she's a fighter and she's come a long way since Smallville and this is just the final few steps she has to make before embracing her destiny, really. Personally, the way I've come to see it is to not stress too much. I mean, I don't think its too far up my own ass to say that I preferred my version of the story purely because I liked taking something from the comics and changing it up so drastically. I liked having Deadshot be this retired hitman, and I liked getting to bring him, and later his daughter, into the fold. I like to think that this "Floyd Lawton" of the Tenth Season of "Smallville" is just some carbon copy, trying to take over where the original left off. I mean, I could bring him into "Watchtower" and explain that and hell, he could definitely be part of the new Suicide Squad I'm setting up later in the series, but I haven't stressed too much about it because even with that explanation it's just like "oh, continuity still intact." Just like we've had references in the first season of Chloe completely erasing her identity -- something she done prior to Watchtower / Watchtower backstory, and so I've had to attribute that to what she did in S10, and later, her actually "faking" her death by blowing up the Watchtower of Metropolis with her believed to be inside it (and even found in the wreckage). It's just a matter of working around these obstacles and making it work so everything in S10 did happen. Wrapping up Alexandra's story was something I didn't know when it was going to happen, but when it came to planning this episode, and dealing with the mother/daughter stuff... I felt like it was the right time. I feel like there's been this question of her identity and how she's so different to Dinah Drake, and I wanted to kind of explain things, ground them, and tie it into the comics in a much larger way. The fact that she still died of cancer, and the fact that she was the original Black Canary... these are all things that I felt were essential to include in a "final" appearance. That said, she does resurface in next week's episode VERY VERY briefly where you just might see her in the ol' Black Canary attire. I can't tell you how but... Exclusive right here! LMAO!! Thanks for reading the episode, Alex.
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 10, 2015 9:17:40 GMT -6
I'm looking forward to "The Atom." I think seeing him in action will determine whether or not I'm interested in a spin-off for the character. I love Ray Palmer, and I've loved the new energy he's brought to this season but whether I'm interested in seeing him in his own show with his own cast of characters... I dunno yet. Jury is still out on that one.
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 10, 2015 9:14:08 GMT -6
SCREENTIME: "GUARDIAN"Chloe: 24mins Bruce: 4 mins Helena: 6 mins Kyle: 1 mins Vicki: 1 mins Talia: 0 mins Gordon: 1 mins Perry: 5 mins ------------------------------------------- SEASON TOTALS (SO FAR) -------------------------------------------
Chloe: 140 mins [8/8] Bruce: 89 mins [8/8] Helena: 64 mins [8/8] Kyle: 32 mins [7/8] Vicki: 49 mins [7/8] Talia: 33 mins [6/8] Gordon: 37 mins [7/8] Perry: 38 mins [8/8]
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 10, 2015 8:57:52 GMT -6
Hey Jack, out of curiosity I just skimmed some of the new Watchtower episode and have to say it looks like your writing has just gotten better over time which is always cool- to see people developing and honing their skills (not to say that your writing was terrible before or anything XD). But yes, I might have to try picking up where I left off because I'm quite interested now to see how Watchtower has developed over the past couple of years Aw, thanks MJ! That means a lot, especially considering you were there since the beginning giving me constructive criticism week to week and was part of that developing process. I think the biggest change in my writing is that I've slowly, over time, been able to grasp the writing style for scriptwriting and become more confident within that form of writing as opposed to the prose and fan fiction that came before it. I mean, it was Chris who introduced me to it all and found me on YouTube writing a Faith the Vampire Slayer fan fiction and he was like: "Hey, you should pitch this and turn it into a scripted series for my network" and I had absolutely not idea what the hell he was talking about, lmao. But yeah, still a lot of learning and developing to go but glad I've had theVPN, and the people on this site, to play a massive part in starting that and contributing to that later on. Now I'm studying scriptwriting and I've just begun my second topic of eight and it's already played a massive role in the way I write which will probably be more evident in the second half of this third season (eps12-22). It's so weird to go back and see old episodes, of which I'm sure I'll have the same feeling about the rest of the series when it's all said and done in the future, but yeah... /end-way-too-long-response. Thank you!
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Post by Jack Malone on Feb 10, 2015 8:49:08 GMT -6
So just saw "Hope" came out.......i have to say I have waited for this episode for like half a decade and I can't wait to see what happens next My review foR this episode will come next!!! "Half a decade." You crack me up, man. I definitely had you in mind when writing this episode knowing that you've been waiting a good three seasons for certain moments and delivering on those finally was very satisfying and I can't wait to hear your thoughts buddy.
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