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.
I love One Republic, and I think the lead singer isn't too hard on the eyes.
Anyway, back to the main point of this post. There are so many reasons why I stopped watching Smallville way back in its second season. The kryptonite monster-of-the-week episodes, the stilted acting of main man Tom Welling (and anyone in his proximity), the slow burning main story arc (if any) of each season, horrible special effects, etc.
Let's check this list against the above clip for tonight's episode:
Kryptonite of the week? Check! (in a pack of Stride gum...really?)
Stilted acting? Check! (thanks Tom!)
Slow story arc? I'm not too sure, haven't been watching, but I can guess that it's a check!
Horrible special effects? Check! (in spades!)
And hey, didn't that guy die? And who's the blond dude? Is Clark wearing the costume yet? Where's Lana?
Can we be honest for a minute? Just between us geeks? Dr. Strange is not someone who is well-suited to carrying a leading role. He's good as an advisor, or a deus ex machina, or perhaps even a major character in a group. But as an actual leading man? Not so much. I say this because -at least in the comic universe- he's too powerful/knowledgeable to stay in danger for very long. I kind of enjoyed the animated movie which came out earlier this year, but I also felt a little guilty for doing so since it made the good doctor into an action hero who had little in common with his comic origins.
Naturally, I wouldn't expect much from a live-action adaptation of the comic, but then I read this snippet from an interview with Guillermo Del Toro (if you don't know who he is, then I'm banning you from this site), who it turns out is actually interested in making such a film:
"I talked with Neil Gaiman [about writing it]," he tells Empire. "I said, that's an interesting character because you can definitely make him more in the pulpy occult detective/magician mould and formula than was done in the Weird Tales, for example… the idea of a character that really dabbles in the occult in a way that's not X-Filey, where the supernatural is taken for granted. That's interesting… But I wouldn't use the suit!"
I... I'm not sure there are words to describe the excitement I'm feeling at just the possibility of a team-up between Gaiman and Del Toro for a movie like this. While I'm not Strange's biggest fan, I would totally go see it just for the names attached... you know, when it finally gets made in five or ten years.
If you haven't heard about this, Wolverine and the X-Men is a new animated series set to air this Fall. It revolves around how an attack (apparently) kills Xavier and the X-Men disband until a series of anti-mutant attacks forces Wolverine and Beast to work on rebuilding their former team. The pilot will be broken up into a three-part miniseries, and I have to say I'm pretty impressed by the trailer. It feels like a spiritual sequel to the excellent X-Men Evolution show which used to appear on Kids' WB.
I really like the mature tone of the trailer, as well as the way the characters all look. Not to mention the fact that Domino, one of my favorite mutant characters, makes at least a minor appearance.
We just posted the new Iron Manpromo, and fresh from this past Sunday's Superbowl (which I personally didn't watch...I was too busy playing my new Shammie in World of Warcraft) we bring you the incredibly awesome trailer for Wanted, based off of Mark Millar's eponymous comic book mini-series. It's looking really good, and I have new high hopes for this film. What do you guys think?
In case you didn't catch it during the Superbowl, Here's the latest Iron Man spot, showing Tony in the early stages of developing the suit! Also, a tank makes him angry. So far they've done pretty well at making me want to see this without giving away anything important.
Altertube is now showing The Mindscape of Alan Moore, a documentary on the ground-breaking British writer of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc... This is a long one, clocking in at just over 77 minutes. Enjoy!
Behold, Dear Readers, I bring you video footage of Marvel's EiC on last night's episode of The Colbert Report!
Now, I thought Colbert handled things well, but I have to admit that Quesada's appearance seemed largely pointless... don't get me wrong: I thought the revelation of Colbert's ongoing presidential campaign in the Marvel Universe was awesome, but everything else Quesada mentioned left me unmoved. New Captain America? Yawn. Secret Skrull invasion? Double yawn. Watching the applause totally die when Quesada proposes himself as Colbert's VP? Fantastic.
As reported yesterday, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada will be making a guest appearance on tonight's episode of The Colbert Report... why, exactly, we're not entirely sure, but we'll all be watching when the show airs tonight at 11:30.
Probably one the most faithful comic to movie screen adaptations is getting the sequel treatment in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. A follow up to 2004's Hellboy, Golden Army looks visually stunning thanks to director Guillermo Del Toro's (Pan's Labyrinth) unique style. The effects are nice and all, but am I the only one who finds Hellboy strangely hot?
Frater Mine by Sean McGrath and Juan Romera
