The latest trailer for Next Avengers is out, and you can see it here (or here if your playback is bad on the first link.) I'm still not sure what to think of it, Marvel's animated movies have been pretty much hit and miss. This seems to have the plot hole of "If the well trained and experienced original Avengers didn't take down Ultron, how are we supposed to believe a team of teenage kids with limited training and no experience can?" Granted, that's definitely not the first time that's happened, but there never seems to be a good answer for that.
Welcome back, boys and girls, to the The DVD Shop!
In this storefront section of the GayGamer Castle we'll be looking at all of the DVDs that are somehow linked to comics in one way or another. They may be theatrical releases of comic book or graphic novel adaptations. They may be direct to DVD adaptations. They may be documentaries exploring some facet of comic books. They may even be random interview discs of famous comic creators.
I'll be doing my best to keep the selection as varied as possible. There are only so many ways to review the extra special collector's limited ultra edition of the Spider-Man 2.75 release. That said, I'm sure I'll be getting around to the Spider-Man films too, but I promise to try and throw something new in there for you.
With the introduction done with, let's get into our main feature this week. Hit the jump to check out Marvel Then and Now: A Night With Stan Lee & Joe Quesada!
Welcome back, boys and girls, to the The DVD Shop!
In this storefront section of the GayGamer Castle we'll be looking at all of the DVDs that are somehow linked to comics in one way or another. They may be theatrical releases of comic book or graphic novel adaptations. They may be direct to DVD adaptations. They may be documentaries exploring some facet of comic books. They may even be random interview discs of famous comic creators.
I'll be doing my best to keep the selection as varied as possible. There are only so many ways to review the extra special collector's limited ultra edition of the Spider-Man 2.75 release. That said, I'm sure I'll be getting around to the Spider-Man films too, but I promise to try and throw something new in there for you.
With the introduction done with, let's get into our main feature this week. Hit the jump to check out Fantastic Four (vol. 2)!
Looks like today is video day, as Marvel has also released the latest trailer for their upcoming animated DVD, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. While it's an interesting premise, I think the target age group may be a bit below me...by just a tad, really.
Welcome back, boys and girls, to the The DVD Shop!
In this storefront section of the GayGamer Castle we'll be looking at all of the DVDs that are somehow linked to comics in one way or another. They may be theatrical releases of comic book or graphic novel adaptations. They may be direct to DVD adaptations. They may be documentaries exploring some facet of comic books. They may even be random interview discs of famous comic creators.
I'll be doing my best to keep the selection as varied as possible. There are only so many ways to review the extra special collector's limited ultra edition of the Spider-Man 2.75 release. That said, I'm sure I'll be getting around to the Spider-Man films too, but I promise to try and throw something new in there for you.
With the introduction done with, let's get into our main feature this week. Hit the jump to check out The Rocketeer!
Welcome, welcome, boys and girls, to the first edition of The DVD Shop!
In this weekly column we'll be looking at all of the DVDs that are somehow linked to comics in one way or another. They may be theatrical releases of comic book or graphic novel adaptations. They may be direct to DVD adaptations. They may be documentaries exploring some facet of comic books. They may even be random interview discs of famous comic creators.
I'll be doing my best to keep the selection as varied as possible. There are only so many ways to review the extra special collector's limited ultra edition of the Spider-Man 2.75 release. That said, I'm sure I'll be getting around to the Spider-Man films too, but I promise to try and throw something new in there for you.
With the introductions done with, let's jump into our main feature this week. Hit the jump to check out The Amazing Screw-On Head!
Last week DC finally released their latest animated film to DVD, and I've just finished watching it for the second time. Here's what I thought of it, for those of you unsure whether or not to purchase it.
DC has had a colorful history of animated products, to say the least. (I don't care how nostalgic Superfriends makes you) But of late they have done extremely well, especially for the Justice League. The one thing about the series that always bothered me, however, was the opening movie. Somehow it just felt off to me, mostly because the story kind of comes out of nowhere and there is little development beforehand for many of the characters. It felt rushed. This new release solves that problem for me.
I'm not a huge anime fan, so I'm a little biased against the upcoming Gotham Knight already. I also didn't like The Animatrix, which is what Gotham Knight is a lot like in terms of content (six animated shorts with different writers and animators for each)... however, I'm probably going to check it out anyway since Bruce Timm is actually directing all the segments and I tend to eat up anything that man's involved with.
Over at io9, there's a video teaser showcasing a lot of footage -as well as a lot of really dull interviews- with people involved in the project. However, based on what they've got showcased, this looks like a DVD which will be in the JLA: The New Frontier realm of quality as opposed to that wretched Superman: Braniac Attacks.
TNT’s live-action version of Witchblade was a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, mainly because it somehow managed to craft a nice gritty urban-fantasy feeling in spite of the fact that the show’s producers were operating on a budget smaller than my allowance in high school. It was always a little painful to me that the series died after the second season (amidst rumors of Yancy Butler’s erratic behavior), and I always hoped that I could rewatch it on DVD at some point in the future.
Apparently some DVDs are in production, though, as Anthony Cistaro (who played the deliciously evil Kenneth Irons) put a post up on his website saying the following:
" Anthony will be filming interviews next week for the long awaited Witchblade DVD! Not sure yet if if [sic] will be the complete series."
No other details are available, but hopefully these DVDs will be for at least an entire season and not a few choice episodes (like they used to do with some of the animated DC Comics shows).
Should the Wonder Woman straight-to-DVD animated film ever see light (rumored for a late '08, early '09 release), viewers will be pleasantly surprised to find former Felicity star Keri Russell voicing the the definitely not Felicity-like Amazon.
Personally, I'm struggling with this one, as I can't shake off the image of Felicity as this indecisive, insecure woman who rambles on and on to an off-camera Janeane Garofalo. Can you imagine Wonder Woman doing that?
Dear Hippolyta,
Cheetah and Egg Fu taught me a lot about who I am today when they decided to attack the Amazons again. My lasso of truth sure stopped them in their tracks. But what, this wasn't enough to gain Bruce's attention? And WTF is up with Steve Trevor? I totally hung around the Watchtower looking pouty and he didn't even ask me what was wrong with me! Ugh.
More details are out on the Justice League: The New Frontier. The release date is Feb 26th, and it will be released on DVD, HD-DVD, and Blue-Ray. There will be a single disc and a 2-Disc Special Edition of the DVD release. The High-Definition formats will contain all the content from the Special Edition.
The High-Def/Special Edition art is damn sexy, I have to say. I'm quite excited for this release, as this was one of my favorite series in recent years.
Boy Meets Hero by Chayne Avery and Russell Garcia
