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How BioShock‘s Plot Was Predicted by Batman: The Animated Series in 1994

by Susana Polo | 3:29 pm, March 22nd

Oh, what’s that… what’s that thing where they’re in a underwater city?  And it’s all dystopian, with enormous mechanical guards?  Like, there’s this billionaire capitalist who’s starting a new civilization based on his rules, and he doesn’t want anyone interfering with it?  But then the heroes come in and stop him with help from Mr. Freeze?

Oh right.  It’s an episode of Batman: The Animated Series and it’s called “Deep Freeze.”

Compare to the synopsis for the original BioShock, courtesy of Wikipedia:

BioShock is set during 1960, in Rapture, a fictional underwater dystopian city. The history of Rapture is learned by the player through audio recordings as he explores the city. Rapture was envisioned by the Randian business magnate Andrew Ryan, who wanted to create a laissez-faire state to escape increasingly oppressive political, economic, and religious authority on land.

…

By New Year’s Eve of 1959, “[Ryan's] paranoia had reached such a level he was hanging dozens of people, mostly innocent, in Rapture’s main square.”

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Coming Soon

Let’s Get Dangerous: Darkwing Duck is Back

by Susana Polo | 12:03 pm, March 14th

Nostalgia warning: Darkwing Duck is back this June. BOOM! Studios, who already publish numerous Disney character comics through their BOOM Kids! imprint, are bringing the terror that flaps in the night back in a four-issue miniseries beginning in June. The announcement was made yesterday at the Emerald City Comic Con.

Ian Brill, writer on the miniseries, promises lots of villains:

“Darkwing has such a great rogue’s gallery, I couldn’t pick just one. By the time you get to the end of the first issue you’ll see four, and then there are only going to be more as the series progresses. All the villains’ lives have been changed, too. There have been big changes in St. Canard and everyone’s dealing with them in their own way. This series has the familiar characters you want but given new situations that we hope gives a sense of vitality to the stories.”

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