Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Ranking the DC-TV-verse so far (2018)


Previously-


Same as with the Marvel-verse, DC either is getting, or has by now, their own streaming service, and their shows are about to multiply like bunnies, so now's as good a time as any....














1. Preacher

Second best comic book show in the universe behind "Legion", by this > < much.
Your mileage may vary, you might like "Preacher", better, but you'll certainly like one of these best in the world, and the other second.
Coin flip as to which order they'll go in for you
This leaves everything else on this list in the goddamned dust.
And that doesn't denigrate the others, but this is SO fucking good!

It's got everything.
All the essential vitamins.
Sex, gore, blasphemy, giving America the finger, and a junkie Scottish vampire.
How can you pass this up?
You can't, that's the answer.
Watch the goddamned show.
What are you watching that you think is better?
Fucking "This Is Us"?
Get your ass over to "Preacher".









2 . Krypton

It's live-action Aeon Flux in the DC universe.
A prequel about Superman's grandfather.
But, there's time travel shenanigans, and Adam Strange, Zod, and Brainiac show up.
Fucking awesome.
It's the best DC show no one seems to be watching.
Check it out.













3. Black Lightning

Y'know, I would have had this tied with "Luke Cage", for bold ballsy blackness....but after Luke season 2 kinda fell on its face..sss...yeah, Black Lightning wins.

All the racial issues that have been whipped back up by Trump?
They go there.
They go right fucking there.
Confederate statues, racist cops, profiling, brutality, gangs, the CIA putting drugs on the black streets, all of it.
It's "All In The Family", with superpowers.
I fucking love it.
I hope it's on a decade.











4. Flash

Now we get into what fans call "The Berlanti-verse",  or "The CW-verse".
"Black Lightning", is by Berlanti, and on CW, but they haven't integrated him in via the multiverse.
Yet.
I'm sure it will happen though.

This has consistently been the best of the 4 integrated shows for me.
And it's the most cheerily and proudly comic-book-iest superhero show I've ever seen.
Without being a parody of itself.
It's a silver-age comic book slapped up on the TV screen.
No apologies.
I love it.













5. Gotham

A lot of people are hard on this, and whine "there's no Batman, wahhh!".
Aw, shuddup.
You never had it so good, nerd-kind.

Needless to say, I really dig it.
Its got all the villains, its done well by them, especially The Riddler and The Penguin who were both a joke for awhile.
It's true to the world of Batman, even if you get no actual Batman.
Jim Gordon is Batman.
He's keeping the lighthouse lit until Bruce grows up.

Next year is the final season.
I'll miss it.
I'm sure they'll turn Bruce into proto-Batman at the very end.













6. Supergirl

My second favorite of "the Berlanti-verse".
Very true to the comics.
Just like Flash.
Studio suits that say this stuff "won't translate to the screen", well, you've got no argument now.
The characters, the bright costumes, the wacky powers, the wacky plots, the soap opera, it's all there, and it gets ratings.
Suck it, suits.
Give Berlanti control of the movies.













7. Legends Of Tomorrow

They struggled to find their way for awhile, but now they've realized they're the silliest one of the four, and have leaned into the silly.
Everything I said about Supergirl and Flash being shamelessly comic-booky?
Triple it for Legends.









8. Constantine

It was good, but it didn't last long at all.
BUT, he's been retroactively spliced into Berlanti-verse via an Arrow crossover, and next season, he's going to be a regular on Legends.
So, he's canon.
God, I wish he'd meet Swamp Thing.
He premiered in Swamp Thing comics.
They have to meet.
Have to.













9. Arrow

The one that started it all.
The "Iron Man", of the Berlanti-verse.

I....don't watch it.

I missed it when it started, and now I'm just too far behind.
I've been reliably informed by people I trust, that seasons 1-2 are great, season 3-4 are ass-crap.
Season 5 kinda turns it around, and season 6 kinda ruined it again.

Sooo...I haven't been missing a lot.
So I don't feel bad about putting it low on the list.
I do watch it sometimes.
Naturally, I watch it when it's a puzzle piece in a four-parter crossover.
And I watched the Constantine episode.
And The Vixen episode.
Y'know, ones like that.
But, I just haven't found the time or the will to catch up on it.
What I've seen of it I've liked, so I'll probably dig it.
There's just too goddamned many shows now.









10. I-Zombie

I liked what I saw of season 1.
I just couldn't keep up with it, and stay caught up with Berlanti-verse, AND Gotham, AND Agents Of Shield week to week.
The stupid networks traffic jammed 'em all together, and you had to make a Sophie's choice.
I-Zombie lost.
Sorry, I-Zombie.
I'll catch back up someday.













11. Powerless

Yep, this was a thing.
A sitcom about normal people who live in the DC universe.

The pilot was cringe-worthy, but I thought they were finding their groove at the end, and it could have gone somewhere.
Alas, it was cancelled.
It got really good when they added Green Inferno as a semi-regular.
Having a z-string superhero as their marketing mascot had potential.

But, alas, this failed, and that made Marvel gun-shy about their sitcom about Damage Control, and they pulled it from development.

Tch, dammit...
I hate how old-timey TV works.
No wonder everyone wants to go streaming.
Costs more than cable to get everything you want though.
It's gonna be a rough ride figuring this all this out as we go.


Aaanyhoo, that's all of those.
Well, not all.
I left out "Lucifer".
I just don't watch it.
Same problem as "I-Zombie".
So, I can't rate it on the list, but at least I'm acknowledging it.

But, minus "Lucifer", that's all the post-Arrow, post-superhero-renaissance DC shows.

Like I said up top, we're about to get way more though the DC streaming service.
Swamp Thing, Titans, Doom Patrol, Harley Quinn cartoon.
And that's just to start.

And Berlanti-verse is about to add Batwoman.
First, in a three part crossover (Legends gets left out for some reason), and then with her own spin-off.
I'm excited!
Bring it on!

Anyway, that's those.
I think I'm done for awhile.
But, I'll probably think of something eventually.
Stay tuned.


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