Archive for October, 2012

The Wolverine is a modern setting

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , on October 25, 2012| 1 Comment »

If all the pictures hadn’t given it away, The Wolverine will have a modern setting as confirmed by the director James Mangold.

I do like that he’s going to ‘be beholden’ to the X-Men films, that makes it stand on its own and has a bit of reboot value. Still cautiously optimistic about this film, but I could still be running off the high from X-Men: First Class.

This also puts the news that Jean Grey having a cameo in The Wolverine in a new context… Jean died in X3, not that this has stopped her before. So is this a flashback? Or is she still alive and basically confirming this is a reboot? Very interesting…

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Days of Future Past loses Vaughn, may add Singer

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , on October 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Matthew Vaughn directed X-Men: First Class and was slated to continue with the sequel, Days of Future Past… but he’s stepped down from directing and will stay on as a producer. Bryan Singer, who gave us X1 and a producer on FC, is the one FOX wants to direct Days of Future Past.

While X1 was a great movie, I’m just not sure about Singer doing FC’s sequel. FC had a different tone from X1 and a different slant which leant itself to becoming a reboot vehicle. I want them to continue in this vein and I want the reboot because I want X3 wiped from the records (which was Ratner’s fault, not Singer).

Right now I’m on the fence about this news and we’ll have to wait and see who actually ends up directing and more of the plot details.

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Rumor Mill: Jean Grey in The Wolverine?

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , , , , , on October 21, 2012| 1 Comment »

Famke Janssen as Jean Grey

Famke Janssen as Jean Grey

ComicBookMovie recently posted a rumor that Famke Janssen is going to reprise her role as Jean Grey in a cameo appearance in The Wolverine. This could possibly tie The Wolverine in with Days of Future Past and how they are going to change things up.While I can see where this might be coming from, and how it could might work, depending on when and how her cameo takes place (flash forward maybe?), it’s one of those things that could make or wreck the film in regards to the overall X-Men Cinemagraphic Universe.

Jean Grey is dead via the end of X3 (not that death has ever stopped her) and she turned into Phoenix at the end of X2… so if this is a flash forward then it would have to take place sometime before X2. If it’s about time travel, or Kitty DOFP style mental Time Travel, in X2 Kitty was called “a little girl who could walk through walls” meaning she had to be even younger in X1. (I still don’t know how Kitty will work in DOFP since she won’t even been born yet unless they skip WAY into the future). But then flashing forward to X1-ish means we’re that much closer to a full reboot of the X movies.

If Jean Grey is time traveling, that, again, opens a big can of worms of rebooting which could hopefully only be a good thing.

If The Wolverine actually takes place post X-3, well then, that’s a boat load of confusion as most of thought that this would be a prequel to the X-movies (like Origins but takes place after Origins ala the Easter Egg at the end of that movie). So not only is the movie moved, but Jean Grey is apparently back from the dead (again, not a big stretch). Though now we have total fail on the reboot option.

The biggest problem with all this is that Famke is older now, it’s just fact. X-Men came out in 2000, over a decade ago, and she looks older and more mature from her X1 self. This can be worked around, with makeup and stuff, but they need to be very clear on when and how all of this is happening, esp since the rumor is that only Jean Grey might be in the Wolverine (unless the whole Patrick Stewart thing being in DOFP is actually a cameo in Wolverine, but that only helps a little). Of course, if it’s option three and post X3 then this isn’t an issue.

Really, what Fox needs to do is sit back and say “we made some X-Men movies and while some were good, some weren’t, now we’re going to start all over again with First Class, literally”. It’s not like people are going to look on them any less, just look at Batman, he’s had several films totally unrelated to each other and it’s been pure win. Fox doesn’t have to attempt to save face or anything like that here, it’s been a decade since X1, you have new actors who literally owned their roles in First Class… go from here and leave the first X movies as Alt Uni’s… the comics have tons of them!

So, personally, I hope this is just a rumor… but if it isn’t, then maybe this is part of the Easter Egg and totally brilliant! We’ll have to see in July…

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Iron Man 3 Official Synopsis

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , on October 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to CinemaBlend and several outlets, we now have the matching Iron Man 3 to the Thor: Dark World synopsis.

Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Again, doesn’t tell us too terribly much, and that’s a good thing, we don’t want spoilers ruining things. While it’s not as generic as the Thor synopsis, it’s still the tag line typical in most comics. Then even use the word Quest! But then this is a comic book movie so all’s good.

What I’m worried about is the ending line here about does the man make the suit, etc. We had that whole discussion that was underplayed (except when it wasn’t) in Avengers, and underplayed is exactly how it needs to be played. Iron Man 2 got a bit heavy handed in places and that did not work out well for it at all.

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Review: X-Treme X-Men #4

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Review: X-Treme X-Men #4

X-Treme X-Men #4

X-Treme X-Men #4

#3 was kinda bland, but we pick back up with the quirkiness in #4 with a bit of a steam-punk vibe. Not quite as funny as the first couple of issues but definitely an improvement off the third.

The thing with this issue is that it feels like a regular story. Not overly gimmicky or anything like that. It’s a solid construct with some interesting twists and no one character is too annoying or underused.

Basically, we’re getting back on track with this comic after a little slump. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next.

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Review: AvX Limited Series #6

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Review: AvX Limited Series #6

AvX Limited Series #6

AvX Limited Series #6

Whatever you think of AvX, whatever issues you may or may not have gotten… GET THIS ONE!

I laughed so hard at some of these Vs panels.

The Cyclops vs Captain was hillarious and so true… so meta… “not cool man!”

The Science Battle… I have NO idea what they are talking about, at all… but the last line made it!

Domino rocks and as for Hawkeye… you know all the male readers were thinking it.

That last panel though was the creme of the crop, perfection! If you get anything AvX related, get this issue!!

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Review: Arrow (1S02)

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , , on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Review: Arrow (1S02)

CW's Arrow

CW’s Arrow

Caught the second episode of Arrow tonight and I’ll be honest, I missed a bit. I decided we needed catfood so drove down to the store and missed about maybe ten minutes? Oh, and I needed to sort out the trash, that missed a couple there too.

Seriously, the show could not hold my interest and what I did see of it kinda annoyed me. For one major irk, a dead body that old would be bloated and squishy!!!! No way after a couple of days (I think it was a couple of days, hard to tell, the editing on this show is annoying, same problem in the first episode with how long did it take him to set up his lair), anyway, no way would it be so firm like that.

And “the man I need to be” stuff was layered on a bit thick. Seriously, writing 101, you got a statement like that, only use it once! And that’s where it’s most effective. Takes the wind out of the sales of the grave stone scene when we’ve heard it like twice already.

But there was a funny thing, my mom calls the cop Dresden, she refuses to learn his name, he’s simply Dresden. That makes it pretty interesting.

Again, a middling episode, not bad, not good either, just nice filler before Supernatural.

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Of course it’s a great idea!

Posted in Random Stuff, tagged , on October 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Seems I’m not the only person who thinks that the X-Men would make a great tv show.

#4 X-MEN

Without the first X-Men film, I don’t think we’d be where we are as far as superhero films go. It set the bar for comic movies as box office gold and it still continues to make trucks full of cash (last summer’s X-Men: First Class made over $350 million at the global box office). There are so many mutants and storylines with the X-Men that the films Fox has been making will never touch on all of them. What if the comic book took a turn to the small screen? Given the opportunity to put the X-Men on television in live action would be a comic fan’s dream come true, especially if the show starts out solely with Xavier and the original five X-Men (Cyclops, Ice Man, Jean Grey, Beast, and Angel).

The benefits of telling the X-Men story on television as opposed to how it’s been done in the film series is planning. Many television producers and writers plan out their seasons for their shows long in advance, even when they don’t know if they’ve been picked up for another season. With this in mind, the growth for an X-Men series can be planned in advance instead of having to dance around and make all the pieces fit together (see the X-Men movie franchise). If a capable showrunner that loves the material could get a hold of this (unfortunately we hear Joss Whedon is busy), we might eventually get to see real Sentinels, the Age of Apocalypse, (real) Dark Phoenix, etc.
-www.SuperHeroHype.com
They are spot on with the idea that with so many characters in the X-Men universe it’s more suited for the small screen serialized rather than a big mushed together film. I’ve got my series planned out for eight seasons with a spot for just about every character to have it’s moment (thought hopefully mixed up enough not to be the same episode just with a different guest star).

Only thing I disagree with is Sentinels (seriously? three-story tall purple robots?) and having an Age of Apocalypse would only work if you go away from the realistic theme… or allow time travel… but then it’s such a huge story in its own right they should probably back off of it or else just not do it justice.

And as an after thought, while the original team is key (I have Scott, Jean and Bobby in my core team, but Warren is not and Hank is TBD), they would need to mix it up. Bring in some of the newer characters, there is a huge base of New Mutant fans, which is why, as you’ll see in my series, there is a bunch of them who have a rather large role as secondary characters with their own sub-archs.

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Character Spotlight: Robert “Bobby” Drake aka Iceman

Posted in Characters, tagged , , , on October 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Character Spotlight: Robert “Bobby” Drake aka Iceman

Robert "Bobby" Drake aka Iceman

Robert “Bobby” Drake aka Iceman

Concept:
Iceman is one of the original X-Men and I debated for a moment using him. He makes a great foil to Pyro (or Pyro makes a great foil to him?) in the whole Ice vs Fire thing. This was used in the movies and it worked, mostly, but I got annoyed at how forced it felt since they basically re-wrote Pyro to fit. That’s when I realized that I was balking on Iceman because of how much I like Pyro which is totally not fair.

The character of Bobby is that of a prankster (though he’s grown up a lot over the past few years) and he’s the one with the most sense of humor and now I realize I would have been an idiot not to include him. He brings a lightness and fun to the series that I would have found sorely lacking. Yes, this does mean that Bobby gets to be the butt of some classic slapstick, but at the same time he’s the heart of the team. He’s the one who inadvertently holds everything together.

This is how I’m running with Bobby’s characterization. He’s a bit younger than everyone else, very much still a ‘kid’ without actually being a kid, but at the same time, there is a maturity in him just waiting to come of age. He’s the jokester who when he has his moments… he has his moments.

Series Biography:
Bobby grew up in Long Island, the visual aspect of his mutation manifesting a little later than usual. Your typical class clown, his world is turned upside down as his own family doesn’t seem to know what to do with him and just dump him off with Xavier.

The first mutant he met was Scott and the two have become best friends. He’s extremely hopeless, relationship wise, most of the women within dating range at the School thinking of him more as a brother than anything else.

Still earning his degrees, Bobby is a certified Accountant and performs this job for the school. If you are going to buy anything class related, make sure you always save the receipt. If you don’t, you’ll probably find yourself the victim of his latest prank.

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Coulson Lives!!

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , , on October 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

At NYCC, it’s been confirmed via CBR that Coulson, played by Clark Gregg, will be in Wheadon’s S.H.E.I.L.D. tv series!

Yes!!!!!!

Now, does this mean he didn’t die and that the man who did was a Life Model Decoy? Or maybe he was saved in time? Or that he was turned into Vision (and this means Wanda!!)?

Or will the show take place pre-Avengers?

Do we care? COULSON LIVES!!!!!

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