I’m going to level with all of you, the most recent Iron Man 2 trailer gave me a full on erection. A raging, throbbing hard on of unfathomable proportions. Perhaps it’s because on Sunday night instead of watching the Oscars, I popped in my Iron Man Blu Ray and reveled in all its glory, and I was still coming off that high when I caught the trailer. All I know is that Iron Man 2 looks AWESOME. I’ve been known to fawn over various nerdy things in my day, but this trailer is pretty much it.
Now the trailer did flesh out some sequences and hint at some of the conflict that will take place, however I only took one thing away … BRIEFCASE FUCKING ARMOR!!!
The only thing that has been running through my rather simple brain is how awesome the Briefcase Armor looks and how it seemed hacky in the comics … it totally works in the ‘real world’. May 7th can’t come soon enough.
The problem with GI Joe: The Movie is that the opening is so fucking awesome, the story that follows simply pales in comparison.
It is often criticized by fans for retconning the origins of the ruthless COBRA organization from a terrorist group to the descendants of an ancient reptilian civilization which once ruled the Earth.
For someone who has been a Marvel guy for most of his comic reading life, I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Blackest Night. For someone who knows very little of the goings on in the DCU outside this event, I’m very impressed. I went back and refreshed on Green Lantern: Rebirth and finally read Sinestro Corps War before diving into Blackest Night.
Now there are some characters that have made me scratch my head, and after forum trolling and Wikipedia checking I was able to get the general gist of the individual motivations and stories behind the scenes of Blackest Night.
When I first started getting into this, I felt that the different color rings were a little too Captain Planet for me. However it is starting to grow on me and somewhat logical. Ivan Reis’ art is phenomenal, the splash pages are full of detail and I’m sure the inkers on this book are working double time. How is it that a book with so many characters with their own distinct style can be put out on time … unlike some of the events over at the House of Ideas?
The Black Lanterns are fully charged and ready to fuck up Earth and all those who oppose them. Once enemies and strangers, the remaining Lantern Corps have forged a temporary alliance to take on Nekron and his undead lackies.
What Geoff Johns has done is rather remarkable, and I totally get why he was recently installed as Chief Creative Officer over at DC. He’s laid some significant ground work here over the last few years and it has me confused as to why all of a sudden the action and the big reveal feels so rushed (but it was awesome).
As a relative newb, I have to say that I’m really digging that and am very curious to see what the conclusion to Blackest Night brings … and what happens in Brightest Day.
The Great Playstation 3 Outage of 2010 is upon us, and those who haven’t upgraded to the PS3 Slim are pretty much fucked. We have been instructed by the Sony overlords to not even turn on our PS3s for 24 hours so that they can get a fix out to us. Apparently, we’ve been hit to the equivalent of the Y2K bug and when the calendar went from Feb 28th to Mar 1st the old PS3s just lot their shit and reverted to 1999.
I’ve been able to cope without my PS3 rather well. Well, according to some folks like a Reverend Burn on YouTube are having issues.
For the record, I want to set Reverend Burn on fire … only to put it out with a fucking big rig.
Despite the awesomeness that the Transformers have brought to my eyeballs during my lifetime, very rarely has it translated well onto gaming consoles. That trend might be quickly coming to and end with this year’s Transformers: War for Cybertron.
Set on Cyberton before the Autobots made contact with humans, this game promises Modern Warfare like combat; as it features separate campaigns for Autobots and Decepiticons along with co-op and online play. I first caught the cinematic trailer over at Topless Robot a while back and immediately started gushing over it.
Courtesy of Game Trailers (via Sieberton.com), we have the first look at gameplay footage and it does not look to disappoint.
FUCK and YES. I’m not going to lie, I chubbed up a little bit after watching this seven consecutive time. Not only do the Transformers have a great style to them (some of which are coming to toy aisles near you Thanks Hasbro!), but the voice cast is fantastic: Peter Cullen as Optimus, Mark Hamill as Starscream, James Remar as Megatron, Clancy Brown as Ratchet, and Ron Perlman as Thundercracker … and yes Frank Welker will make an appearance as Trypticon.
How can Activision pull together such a bad ass voice cast for a video game, when Micheal Bay gets the older brother from Family Matters to play Jazz? Mr. Bay, your pimp hand is weak!
I can’t fucking wait for this game, I may actually go pre-order it … which would be the first time I’ve done that since Star Wars: Episode III for the XBOX … which absolutely blew (except for the sweet Darth Vader poster I got with it).
Flash Gordon has been around forever and rumors of a remake have been circling the Interwebs for years now. Various directors have been attached and casting wish lists have been made. The most recent incarnation of Flash Gordon was that shitty SyFy Channel hour long … which we all want to just forget about.
Over at io9, they have a brief interview with Director Breck Eisner whose latest The Crazies (itself a remake), who has picked up the cause of Flash Gordon and will be shepherding it back into theaters in the very near future.
For me, nothing will surpass the 1980 film. Maybe it’s the iconic theme song or the badassery of Brian Blessed … however Eisner won me over when he made the following statement in regards to the television series:
No. Not at all, [ughhh]. I thought the TV series was not good. I think it did a lot of damage to the brand. To do Flash Gordon right — one of the reasons you can’t is because of budget
Thank God. The man gets it! Also if you go to check out the rest of the interview he talks about what we will definitely be seeing more Hawkmen in his Flash Gordon.
Following celebrities on twitter brings you two things: insight into their ridiculous lifestyle and horrifyingly creepy comments from other twitter users whenever they post a twitpic. Por ejemplo, check out any picture that Stacy Kiebler has ever posted, the comments will give you douche chills.
Now when Star Trek was going into production, I followed everyone associated with the picture. I needed to know ever possible detail (while remaining spoiler free). One such individual I followed was Diora Baird, an uber hottie, who was cast as an Orion in the film.
Today, because I was bored and I started sifting through her timeline to find the hottest Star Trek cosplay self shots ever posted on twitter.
This summer will mark either the third or fourth time I will venture to Wizard World Philly. Last year’s show was pretty much shiat, which I have covered previously. While the show maintains a comic focus, the Wizard overlords have begun to shape it into an all-media convention.
WWP always had its glut of has been wrestlers (yes Virgil I’m about you). Last year saw a bigger “Guest List” and a significant reduction in floorspace for vendors and comic-related panels. 2010 appears to be no different, a guest list pumped up with people who will either cancel at the last minute or charge way to fucking much for an autograph i.e. William Shatner.
What really tickles my cockles is that the King, Bruce FUCKING Campbell is slated to appear on Saturday. Mentioning his name sends nerds, geeks, and cosplayers alike into a froth. Now should I be excited about The Shat, hell yes but I’m not paying $200 for him to sign an 8×10. If there is any bright spot to this upcoming show, this would be it. Hail to the King baby!
There are very few people I can watch in anything, and Bruce Campbell is among them. I’m sure it will be pandemonium on that Saturday, being that is the ONLY day he will be appearing. I’m sure there will be a panel stuffed with smelly fanboys in the cards.
While perusing one of my many interweb haunts, I came across one of the more badass custom LEGO designs over at Eurobricks. Over there, user LegoLyons created this little Flash Gordon vignette featuring Flash, Ming, Princess Aura, and Prince Vultan.
Whoever and whereever you are LegoLyons, I applaud your efforts. Not only did you create a kickass diorama, you captured the look of the 1980 cult classic film. I would gladly dish out some cold hard cash for this, and I’m sure many die hard Flash Gordon fans would agree.
Last summer at San Diego Comic Con, Big Bang Pow! unveiled their line of the action figures from the hit series LOST. The prototypes were very impressive and excited a good number of LOSTies (myself included). Finally, after the lackluster McFarlane line, we would be getting a properly designed and articulated collectible line.
A couple of days ago, Big Bang Pow! announced that for several of their licenses: Venture Bros., Flash Gordon, Dexter, The Big Lebowski, and LOST would be getting the Mego treatment. Remember those cloth action figures with the big plastic heads from the 70’s? Well that’s what were getting instead of the fantastic prototypes we saw last summer. This was all but confirmed by e-retailer Entertainment Earth indicated via their twitter feed that the prototypes we saw last summer at SDCC are simply that. This Mego line is IT, and I’ve posted some official pictures.
I wouldn’t be so bothered by this other than the fact that the sculpts on these LOST Megos are frightening. So scary looking that I’d be afraid that little Mego Ben would come to life while I’m sleeping and try to steal my breath like that Troll from Cat’s Eye.
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