U2 answered our questions on Facebook and someone told the band to never release an automatically downloaded free album on iTunes ever again. Bono responded by saying, “Oops. I’m sorry about that.” Then he added, “I had this beautiful idea. We got carried away with ourselves. Artists are prone to that kind of thing. Drop of megalomania, touch of generosity, dash of self-promotion, and deep fear that these songs that we poured our life into over the last few years mightn’t be heard.” He concluded by saying, “There’s a lot of noise out there. I guess we got a little noisy ourselves to get through it.â€
And they got through it by taking over our iTunes. I liked the idea of a free album at first, but every time one of their songs from Songs of Innocence comes on, I can’t hit FF fast enough. It was nice listening to it the first time around, but then it was like not another one of their songs on my iPhone, bloody iPhone. I guess you can say his beautiful idea is like one of the songs off of Zooropa. You know, Lemon.
Before John Wesley Shipp was Barry Allen’s father on The Flash, he was Barry Allen in The Flash. He looks the same now as he did when he was 35 in that 1990 episode.
BTW how amazing is it by how far we have come with the use CGI since the original The Flash? What a difference almost 15 years has made to The Flash’s ability!
Beyonce debuted her new hairdon’t today. She got pin-up bumper bangs and she is anything but a pin-up with them. Whoever told her that they looked good, lied to her because no one looks good with them. Don’t you agree?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BMC91rVQQ
Last week, The Flash became The CW’s biggest series premiere ever. This honor is so well-deserved because it is a well-done show that is bringing families together. Fathers and a lot of sons are watching it together because of their love of comic books and some daughters are watching it because it is right up their alley. Then when the episode is done, they get to talk about it. Those girls learn the mythology of it, and those guys talk about how they got it right.
Before the show airs it’s second episode tonight at 8p, find out the mythology of how this show came about and what is coming up. A few weeks ago at The CW TCA Summer Press Tour Day, Chief Creative Officer, DC Entertainment Geoff Johns, Executive Producers Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti and actors Grant Gustin and Tom Kavanaugh talked about all of that.
Will they stick to the mythology?
Geoff Johns: If you’ve seen the pilot and you’re a fan of the books, you know we’ve incorporated almost everything from the mythology into it and added a whole new backstory with S.T.A.R. Labs and that team incorporated that. But it’s probably the most faithful DC Comics adaptation ever, as deep as we’re going to go and as many characters as we’re using, especially in the first nine episodes we’ve planned out pretty tightly.
How The Flash is different than Batman?
Geoff Johns: He could have easily become a Batman like character, but Barry Allen’s an optimist and having that hope of keeping hold of that hope despite the tragedy in his past makes him an even better hero. And the lightning bolt is really something that hits Barry and allows him to literally and emotionally move forward in his life, reconnect with people in a different way and explore that heroic side that is inside him, but maybe not he wasn’t physically capable of doing.
Casting Grant Gustin as Barry Allen.
Andrew Kreisberg: Grant was literally the first person to read for Barry. And after that, it was sort of over.
Casting Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon.
Andrew Kreisberg: Won the part with your singing. He came in to meet, and Peter Roth (Chief Executive of Warner Brothers Television) was there and found out he was Broadway. And Peter said, “Give us a tune,” and he started singing, and Peter went, “He’s the guy.”
Casting the original Barry Allen to play his dad:
Andrew Kreisberg: John Wesley Shipp, all three of us are huge fans of the original “Flash.” Having all grown up “Flash” fans, that show meant the world to us and ended far too soon as far as the three of us were concerned. So when we were sitting down and talking about developing this series, all three of us were like, “Whatever we do, we’ve got to get John Wesley Shipp.” He was so sweet and so generous and so kind and so, like I think he was sort of surprised that the show had meant as much to us and to a lot of people as it did, because I think it ended far too soon for him as well. So to get to have that link to the past and be able to have him be part of the show and it’s not just a gimmick either. It’s not a cameo. He’s playing one of the most important parts on the show. So much of what Barry is doing, he’s doing for his father. That last scene between the two of them was they did it, like, four or five times, and we all cried every time we watched it.
Who will be playing Captain Cold?
Greg Berlanti: Wentworth Miller will be playing Captain Cold in episode 4 of our show. And Leonard Snart, we’ll be seeing his origin and the origin of the Rogues.
Is Grant Gustin a fast runner?
Grant Gustin: GRANT GUSTIN: Yeah, no, I actually was very fast as a kid but, ironically, hated running. And I quit soccer because I thought it was ridiculous that we were running back and forth. But yeah, I actually have always been pretty fast, luckily.
Is Tom Cavanugh a fan of comic books?
Tom Cavanugh: I spent part of my childhood in Africa, and we had no television and anything, but we did have comic books. And I think that left an imprint where I thought, “Well, you know, I know a lot. I know a lot about comic books.” And I kind of maintained that level of what I considered to be my level of knowledge until I met these guys. And then I realized I’m totemically very much on the low end and know next to nothing. I used to think I knew stuff, and now I realize I know nothing.
Chrisley Knows Best is back on USA tonight at 10p with 2 new episodes and they are just as crazy as ever!
Tonight at 10p, Julie goes back to work and she leaves Todd in charge of the house. Which isn’t the best idea. She tells him to make some lasagna for dinner, but he has no idea what he is doing. Will they have a homecooked dinner or will they be going out to eat.
On that note, 16 year old Savannah was asked to go on a date by Spencer, 19, who is a former American Idol contestant. Todd will do everything in his power to stop this from happening. When he can’t, he insists that his mother goes on the date as their chaperone. How does it go? You just have to see it, to believe it.
Then at 10:30p, Julie and Todd leave the kids alone overnight because she has some business to do in South Carolina. Well when the parents are away the kids will play. Eight year old Grayson sees this as a money opportunity, so he bribes his older brother, Kyle, for his silence. Reluctantly Kyle gives in and now it is time for them to have some fun. That is until Julie and Todd call the kids to them that their plans changed and they will be home in 45 minutes. Will the kids be busted or will they get away with daring to disobey their parents?
Chrisley Knows Best is a reality show, but it is so over-the-top you would think it is scripted. That is why this show is so much fun to watch.
I also think that families should watch this show together because it will make you appreciate them a little more. I honestly don’t know if I would be able to handle Todd as my father, could you?
