It’s a brand new day and a brand new crossover between the The Flash and Supergirl and it’s a musical too! Suffice to say that this episode was highly anticipated would be an understatement! So what do I think?

It was a’ight. Let’s get the disclaimer out of the way, this isn’t a fantastic musical episode. It’s a good showcase of each actor’s singing chops but is more akin to an episode of Glee (shocker) than the brilliantly crafted likes of Once More With Feeling, Dr Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog or even the origin of this episode’s villain: The Mayhem of The Music Meister. Speaking of which…

Darren Criss; alumni of the aforementioned Glee, along with both Grant Gustin and Melissa Benoist, is not very good in this role. He’s not very charming, steals powers for some reason, he has one song and even that isn’t original. Considering the history of the character and the actor’s inherent charm and talent, I would have loved to have seen Neil Patrick Harris reprise his role as Music Meister. Cool effect on the hypnotic eyes though.

Barry and Kara being trapped in a musical, being forced to play out the plot was pretty entertaining though, barring the 11th hour deus ex machina save and they both give an exceptional performance. Grant’s lip-syncing could use a little work but Melissa is on top form. Their duet, the cutely named original song “Superfriends”, has a lot of humour and energy to it and I enjoyed it.

On back-up vocals are Victor Garber, Jeremy Jordan, John Barrowman, Jesse L. Martin and Carlos Valdes and all of them belt out their performances and elevate their respective songs, even if they are just covers.

In the B-Plot, we get an all too brief team-up between Kid Flash, Vibe and Martian Manhunter and it’s a shame that there wasn’t more interaction time since this is J’onn’s first time on Earth-One.

The curtain call comes far too quickly on this episode, with more focus on talking than singing with the Music Meister exiting stage right. Barry and Kara’s respective relationship problems being solved in a rather simple manner, things being simple in a musical being a running gag in this episode.

While it’s not outstanding, it is a fun diversion to the main plot of each show and gives most of the actors the chance to stretch their lungs. Keeping the theme of magical mayhem, next week promises to reach out and grab ya with Abra Kadabra!

Hello and welcome back to DOOM!’s exploration of the Comic Book film genre hosted by Aaron Fever and JJ Hawkins.

This month we go for something completely different. No, not Monty Python! (although that might be more coherent) This month we look at the “classic” that is 1980’s Popeye with Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall. The story of how this movie got made is astounding and too much to give away here, but listen as our duo wonder how this thing ever got made. Also they wonder why it ever got made. This is a wierd one folks.

You cannot fault this film for it’s art design. Man this film was honest in it’s look. It is like no other.

Popeye rule #1- ALWAYS have the pipe toward the camera!

If you want a master class in physical acting, look no further than Duvall in this movie. In a film of sincere performances, hers stands head and shoulders above the material.

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Now not everybody likes Christmas like I do, so this week is all about you, Scrooges. A week of musical Bah! Humbug!

First up, a little ditty that has a bit of NSFW language, so be warned. However, come back when you can to hear one of the greatest tales of mutual misery ever recorded.

And from the mouth of Scrooge himself, a bit from the musical Scrooge starring Albert Finney. Considering my rather misanthropic nature, this song goes through my head a good chunk of the year. I expect my three ghosts any day now.

From the same musical, this has to be one of the coldest scenes ever put on film. I get that ol’ Scroogey wasn’t that popular, but to actually tap dance on his coffin…wow.

JJ and his amazing friend Jason weave a tapestry of subjects this week. Jason saw the concert of a lifetime, and JJ takes a friends advice and watches a movie he thought he would hate. JJ also went to the movies this week and saw what may well be the best thing he has seen in a long while. Listen in as we “Run up the steps in Philadelphia, we run down the steps in Philadelphia…”

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