Listen to this week's Superhero Slate because Star Wars gives us some new vehicles, Netflix tells us a little bit about the Defenders’ shows, we figure out what the hell is going on at DC, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- DCEU (7:00)
- Jared Leto
- Signed on for Suicide Squad 2, Gotham City Sirens, and Joker/Harley film
- Now speaking positively about Suicide Squad
- Mad Love
- Title of Joker and Harley Quinn stand-alone film
- Glenn Ficarra and John Requa to write/direct
- Gotham City Sirens
- Delayed by studio, not canceled
- The Joker
- Movie being produced by Martin Scorsese
- Stand-alone origin
- The Batman
- To exist in the DCEU
- Affleck possibly out?
- Shazam (27:40)
- Billy Batson and Shazam will be played by separate actors
- Justice League Dark (30:20)
- Back to work on script due to underwhelmed execs
- Jon Spaihts (Doctor Strange) signed on to write film
- Batman: Gotham By Gaslight (31:45)
- First sneak peek at new animated feature
- Set in Elseworlds stories
- Titans (33:25)
- Anna Diop (24 Legacy) cast as Starfire
- Justice League (37:40)
- Deadpool 2 (39:11)
- Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) has role in film
- Julian Dennison possibly Goldballs or Mondo
- Silver and Black (40:50)
- Norman Osborn/Green Goblin to have presence in film
- Runaways (43:20)
- First reactions full of glowing praise
- 10 episode season
- November 21 on Hulu
- Netflix (46:55)
- Majority of watchers start with Jessica Jones
- Narcos, Black Mirror, The Walking Dead leads into Luke Cage
- Dave Chappelle comedy special leads into Iron Fist
- Taste Communities
- In Luke Cage's taste community are Stranger Things and Easy.
- Iron Fists' includes Grace and Frankie, 13 Reasons Why and The 100.
- Jessica Jones' taste community includes Master of None and Orange is the New Black
- Daredevil's includes Friends, Bloodline and Breaking Bad.
- Only small percentage of users have watched all 4 shows
- ABC (50:00)
- More Female-skewed shows
- Jessica Jones-esque project (Spider Woman?)
- New Warriors will be a comedy style show, but not Office comedy
- Inhumans (52:50)
- Theater run this coming Friday
- One or two weeks, depending on theater’s choice
- New Lockjaw character poster
- Thor: Ragnarok (54:35)
- Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 connection
- Avengers 4 (56:55)
- Iron Man chest reactor close-up
- Possible timer on wrist-watch
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (1:00:45)
- New Vehicles revealed
- AT-M6(All-Terrain MegaCaliber Six)
- Dreadnought
- Han Solo (1:02:55)
- BTS image of Ron Howard & Donald Glover
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (1:05:00)
- Film working title as “The Joshua Tree”
- National Park in SoCal used as desert stand-ins
- Takes place on Tatooine
- Stranger Things (1:06:25)
- The Tick (1:08:45)
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Mike's Marshmallow Recipe
- (1) Bloom 2.5 TBSP of gelatin in 0.5 C. of cold water in mixer bowl for 15 minutes.
- (2) Combine 0.5 C. of water, 0.66 C. of corn syrup, 2 C. sugar, 0.25 tsp. salt in pan. (Avoid getting sugar on sides of pan)
- (3) Bring everything to a boil over medium high heat, gently swirling from time-to-time, to 240 degrees.
- (4) Whisk gelatin mixture on low for a bit, slowly pour in hot sugar syrup.
- (5) Gradually increase whisking speed to high, mix for 10-12 minutes till bowl is barely warm and mixture is firm.
- (6) Add 2 tsp of vanilla extract
- (7) Quickly scrape mixture with oiled spatula into greased and foil 13x9 pan
- (8) Quickly smooth top and dust with 2-3 TBSP of following mixture (0.5 C. of corn starch and 0.5 C. of powdered sugar)
- (9) Cover with plastic wrap and let it set up overnight.
- (10) Dust countertop with starch mixture. Flip marshmallow block onto countertop. Dust other side of marshmallow bock. Cut into squares with oiled chef's knife.
- (11) Roll a couple marshmallows at a time around in starch mixture. Toss in wire strainer to knock off excess starch.
- (12) Store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks.