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Yet the This month alone we will see company has taken a completely “Spider-Man: Into the Spider- different approach for its televi- Verse,” “Once Upon a Deadpool” sion properties. Unlike Ben Af- and DC Comics’ “Aquaman” hit fleck’s brooding (and extremely the big screen. While Spidey and violent) Batman, the heroes seen others dominate the cineplexes, in the Arrowverse, and especially relax, catch up with your favorite in “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” small-screen heroes and enjoy are fun, quippy, flashy and abso- some out-of-this-world action as lutely over the top. they continue their battle against Week after week, the time- the most dangerous criminals in traveling misfits visit new and fas- the universe in an episode of cinating places like Victorian Lon- “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” air- don and 17th-century feudal Ja- ing Monday, Dec. 17, on CW. pan where they take on often ri- For years entertainment pun- diculous villains. The way dits have predicted that the su- Firestorm and the gang defeat perhero bubble would burst. It’s these villains is equally ridiculous. just a matter of time, they’d say, Case in point: last season ended as with all entertainment trends, with an epic battle between a before people eventually tire of these types of stories and move stuffed toy and a dragon demon. on to something else (see the In short, the series is a breath of western). It seems, however, that fresh air that does not take itself the general public is quite content too seriously. with the numerous superhero On Monday, Dec. 17, recover tales found on the big and small from the stunning events of the “Elseworlds” crossover and reac- screen these days, and is not quite Caity Lotz as seen in “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” ready to move on. quaint yourself with “DC’s Leg- We are living in a golden age of Tomorrow,” 2014), who make up tend with magical creatures from we live in a time of shared uni- interesting characters, compelling ends of Tomorrow” as they take television, and that extends to the Firestorm; Kendra Saunders/ myths, fairy tales and legends. verses. Nowadays, everything plots and solid villains, among on magical creatures from myths, superhero genre as well. Taking Hawkgirl (Ciara Renée, “Master These “fugitives,” as our heroes from “John Wick” (2014) to “The many other factors. fairy tales and legends on CW. full advantage of the medium’s of None”); Carter Hall/Hawkman refer to them, are extremely dan- Conjuring” (2013) is trying to get potential, CW and DC have creat- (Falk Hentschel, “The Alienist”); gerous and have only death and in on the action by creating series ed a rich universe to showcase Leonard Snart/Captain Cold destruction on their minds. Will destined to spawn spinoffs, se- some of their best and most inter- (Wentworth Miller, “Prison our heroes be able to fend off quels, prequels and even the rare esting characters and storylines. Break”); and Mick Rory/Heat these monsters? And how will the sidequel. Most of these cinematic Since the debut of “Arrow” in Wave (Dominic Purcell, “Prison disintegrating barrier between universes have failed to take off 2012, the series has served as a Break”). worlds impact the rest of the Ar- or have been underwhelming launching pad for numerous new Over the course of three sea- rowverse? Only time will tell, but both critically and commercially, characters who have gone on to sons, the Legends have fought what is certain is that it will be a but the Arrowverse and “DC’s star in their own series, and in many battles against Vandal Sav- wild ride. Legends of Tomorrow” have suc- turn launch other characters such age (Casper Crump, “The Legend Due in large part to the mas- ceeded where most have failed. as The Flash. The Arrowverse is of Tarzan,” 2016), Damien Darhk sive success of the Marvel films, This success can be attributed to made up of the aforementioned (Neal McDonough, “Desperate “Arrow” and “The Flash,” as well Housewives”) and other dastardly as “Supergirl,” “DC’s Legends of foes, but it seems that they have Tomorrow” and two web series. finally met their match. BREEDEN’S In “DC’s Legends of Tomor- Last season ended on a trium- row,” we follow a rag-tag team of phant note as the team celebrat- QUALITY MEATS dysfunctional time-traveling su- ed the defeat of the demon Mal- perheroes assembled by Rip Hunt- lus, but unfortunately things CLIPS er, the Time Master (Arthur Darvill, aren’t as easy as they’d hoped. By HAIRCUTS FOR MEN “Broadchurch”) as they battle defeating the season’s big bad, havoc-wreaking villains. the team created more problems. The ever-growing Legends Bigger problems. 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