Wonder Twin powers, activate!

Over the years, I have gone from being a big supporter of the television show Smallville to being one of its biggest detractors. There comes a point in my ranting hysteria when the words I say no longer matter. And when that happens, they say that a picture is worth at least a thousand words.

Ladies and gentlemen, from the upcoming Smallville episode "Idol," I present the Wonder Twins:

Yes, it's Zan and Jayna, those beloved aliens that first graced the small screen in the 1970s in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series The All-New Super Friends Hour. Zan, played here by David Gallagher, has the ability to transform into water and ice-related objects. Jayna, played by Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13), can transform into any animal.

Whether or not the Wonder Twins' powers will remain the same on the Smallville series is debatable. Personally, I'm not sticking around to find out.

The Smallville episode "Idol" will air November 13, 2009, on the CW.

Photo courtesy of Operation Save Clark Kent.

Comic book Wednesday

If you're like me (and I know I am), you love Wednesdays because it means Comic Book Day! In celebration of Wednesday, I bring you some comic book-related news from the big and small screen.

Spider-Man vs. Bruce All-"Meaty"?
Sam Raimi finally seems ready to give his good friend cult movie icon Bruce Campbell a bigger roll in the wildly successful Spider-Man film series. Until now, Campbell has been given cameos in each of the film, from the ringmaster at Spider-Man's debut wrestling match to a snooty usher.

Speaking to MTV, Raimi said, "I really love putting him (Campbell) in the pictures ... I promised him a good, meaty role."

Maybe so, but what does this mean? Could Bruce be Spider-Man's next big villain or will he take on a secondary character important to the story? Rumors on the Internet abound, everything from Mysterio to Kraven the Hunter. Personally, I'd like to see him be another hero.

Smallville meets the JSA
Despite the ever-growing train wreck that is Smallville, the series has roped in Geoff Johns to write another script this season. The episode, called "Society," introduces my favorite superhero group, the Justice Society of America (JSA). Mania.com has several fan submissions that piece together who we may be seeing from the JSA.

Reports from Fancast suggest that Johns' creation Stargirl (to be played by Britt Irvin) is among the JSA. IGN broke the news that Hawkman (Stargate SG-1's Michael Shanks) and Dr. Fate (Brent Stait) will accompany her.

Johns noted to his followers on Twitter, "Yes, Hawkman will have wings. And a big mace." Johns added, "Oh. And he and Green Arrow don't get along. At all."

The Crow gets a reboot
Dread Central is reporting that The Crow is getting a reboot of sorts. The storyline will be faithful to the 1994 Alex Proyas film. Stephen Norrington is set to direct and says that while Proyas' vision was Gothic, his will be "realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style."

Documentary-style? I guess that means he plans to subject his audience to the low-budget shaky cam style that is making Paranormal Activity so popular.