{"id":299,"date":"2019-06-06T09:16:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2019-09-14T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T14:41:19","slug":"the-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"The Green"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 38%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" data-attachment-id=\"304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?attachment_id=304\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-asset\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?fit=474%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset-1024x576.jpeg?resize=474%2C267\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image-asset.jpeg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Once upon a time, I created a web-site called <em>The Green<\/em> dedicated to DC&#8217;s anti-superhero <em>Swamp Thing<\/em>.  I had a few collaborator that sent me content. It talked about the comics, the animated series, the TV show, the movies, and the toys.  I wanted to build a comic book database with pictures, summaries, synapses and reviews, but I was learning PHP at the time and was trying to figure out the best way to build it, while failing to add data to the DB.  I still have all the image files somewhere and some old static pages&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the advent of streaming services and the success of Marvel&#8217;s complex stories via the MCU, DC is trying to tap into the zeitgeist by producing Titans, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=289\">Doom Patrol<\/a> and now Swamp Thing.  After there&#8217;s been a few episodes released, I&#8217;ll start watching it; in the mean time I&#8217;m avoiding reviews.  I have mixed feelings about it&#8230; could be all horror, without Alan Moore&#8217;s poetic words in the background to help frame up each episode.  Or could follow in the foot steps of it&#8217;s former series&#8230; which didn&#8217;t really appeal to me &#8212; felt more like a B-rated horror flick.  And to be honest, I don&#8217;t think any of it will capture Alan Moore&#8217;s run on Swamp Thing&#8230; Or I could be wrong and smarter people than me are doing just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, more later&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE: Well, maybe not&#8230; Looks like the series might have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/television\/dc-cancels-swamp-thing-after-one-episode-1790711\/\">cancelled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The+Green\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=299\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, I created a web-site called The Green dedicated to DC&#8217;s anti-superhero Swamp Thing. I had a few collaborator that sent me content. It talked about the comics, the animated series, the TV show, the movies, and the toys. I wanted to build a comic book database with pictures, summaries, synapses and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=299\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Green<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[42,41],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics","category-geek","tag-dc-comics","tag-swamp-thing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/download.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YMpv-4P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":375,"url":"https:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=375","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"Shazam Thing","author":"mhuffman","date":"February 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"God, I found this funny! 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