Archive for November, 2012

Review: X-Men Legacy #1

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

X-Men Legacy #1

X-Men Legacy #1

Review: X-Men Legacy #1

X-Men Legacy as a team book with Rogue in charge was cancelled for better things and reissued as a story centering around Legion, quiet possibly the most powerful mutant to ever exist (and Xavier’s son). I thought this might be a good read because Legion is a very interesting study in Dissociative Identity Disorder which plays a rather big role in XMFFS.

The first issue of X-Men Legacy is pretty basic, doesn’t do much but set up Legion’s character, reminding everyone of his particular issues, etc. In that sense it does a great job.

However, nothing really happens. And worse, a hole bunch of people die for no real reason.

That being said, it is just the first issue and it did what it needed to do and didn’t try to be anything else so… that’s something. Definitely see what the next few issues look like on this and who else is going to be spotlighted and how.

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Gotham High

Posted in Random Stuff, tagged , , , on November 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Whatever you are doing, drop everything and watch this video: Gotham High.

One of the best mash-up’s I’ve ever scene, I’d totally watch this!

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Review: Arrow (1S06) Legacies

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , , on November 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »

CW's Arrow

CW’s Arrow

Review: Arrow (1S06) Legacies

Or “Everyone Has Emotional Issues”.

On the island, Oliver is suffering PTSD and hallucinating his father. In the present, Oliver is getting an attack of conscious regarding the fact that his father was just as bad as the rest of the city.

Mom’s not taking the break up well. Sister apparently has the hots for the best friend. The Best Friend is clueless in ssssoooo many ways. The Love Interest is, well, normal for her.

Again, it’s Diggle that makes this episode with his sneaky manipulation of Oliver to get him to do some work that doesn’t involve ‘punishing rich people’ but actually helping everyone else. I am really digging Diggle. He totally went full on Alfred in this episode.

I’m pretty sure I’m going to be watching this show for Diggle and Dresden from here on out, everyone else is just background noise.

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SW EP7 Wish List: Loki

Posted in Random Stuff, tagged , , , on November 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Okay, so I’m going to start something called the Star Wars Episode 7 Wish List. Every time I see a rumor or something comes up that I think “yes, they should totally do this in SW EP7”, I will post it.

And first up, Tom Hiddleston, aka Loki, should be in there, somewhere. As a bad guy, be it a new Sith, a remnant of the Empire or some New Republican politician, he’d rock the house. But as a good guy, this could very interesting indeed, he can play emotional roles ranging from hapless to heroic so… yeah…

I wish that Tom Hiddleston was cast in Star Wars Episode VII.

Thanks to CinemaBlend for the heads up on this one.

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Pleather?

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , on November 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »

So, Bryan Singer tweeted that there will be no leather suits in Days of Future Past, thanks to CinemaBlend for the heads up.

Now, the question is: does this mean there will be no ‘team’ ala X-Men: The Movie or is everyone going to get a variant on their classic outfits?

I’m good with either.

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Thor 2: Eccleston As Malekith

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , on November 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

CinemaBlend has new pictures from the set of Thor: The Dark World and for a moment I thought I was looking at someone’s model minatures.

Thor: The Dark World - Dark Elves

Seriously, model minatures.

There is also a picture of Eccleston as Malekith, the dots are kinda funny, I’m thinking that they are for some CG to be done in Post. I hope so, cause they are kinda weird.

Christopher Eccleston as Malekith

Christopher Eccleston as Malekith

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Casting News

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

Some casing news for Wheadon’s upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. tv series thanks to CinemaBlend.

The Hollywood Reporter shared the news today that Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker have joined the pilot, playing Leo and Gemma (they’re going with a “G” instead of a “J” here). Gemma is described as a science whiz, while Leo is the tech guru and it’s said that they bicker with each other, all of which fits with the previously mentioned character descriptions.

The character descriptions are pretty generic but that’s to be expected. I’m surprised at the youngness of the casting here though considering these are full fledge agents. Is this a trend and this will be a mostly young cast going for the 20-30 demo or just these two characters? I guess we’ll see.

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Suit Makes The Man?

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , on November 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

ComicBookMovie.com has some more set pictures from The Wolverine but the interesting thing about this is all the comments. A lot of complaints about the fact that Wolverine hasn’t been shown in costume/uniform. Why all the hate?

1) This is post X3 and apparently he was going to Japan for a funeral before all heck broke loose, I can totally see him not bothering to drag his leather get up especially if the X-Men might be completely disbanded by this point.

2) If it’s the yellow spandex they are talking about, yeah, even Stan Lee admitted (and I wish I had the link to it) that you can draw this stuff on characters, but not actually put it on real people. Truer words, folks, truer words. Sure, some of the costumes work out, I’ve seen some good cosplayers, but with some, no matter how much effort they put into it, it just comes out looking, well, stupid. And since you can’t have half a costumed team, the leather look is perfectly fine to me.

Oh, I will admit, the leather jacket with the yellow stripes from Origins… one of the best things about that movie. That’s how you pay homage to the original costumes, not by actually making them wear it.

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Singer is Tweeting

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , on November 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »

From ComicBookMovie.com.

We now know  that filming of X-Men: Days of Future Past will begin shooting next April  for its July 18th, 2014 release, but director Bryan Singer (who has recently joined  Twitter as @BryanSinger) is now  Tweeting details about the production. It’s hard to say exactly how long this  will continue for, but it’s well worth following the filmmaker on the off chance  that he reveals some particularly juicy details. Don’t forget that it was Singer  who actually revealed the title, so fingers crossed! Judging from the Tweets  below, the sequel is set to be filmed at least partially in Montreal, Canada. X-Men: First Class was shot primarily in Matthew Vaughn’s home country of  England, but Singer did both X-Men and X-2 in Toronto and  Vancouver so it makes sense that he will return there.

So, might be worth it to keep an eye on Singer, and good to know that DOFP will be filled in Canada, or really, that’s neutral news. Montreal gives the same feel as the previous X-Men movies so yay for consistency.

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Millar: Man with a Plan

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , on November 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Mark Millar has spoken up about his role in the new Fox/Marvel movies. Apparently he’s got a three to four year plan. He also wants to see a world where you watch a Marvel comic based movie and they all feel like the same universe.

I’m a bit wary of this.

I suppose not knowing if this is three or four years is typical as he’s got a lot of future scheduling to get around and the studios can be crazy.

But it’s the “all in a same universe” that has me worried. The X-Men movies do not share the same tone as the Avengers films. The Fantastic Four is much closer to the style of the Avengers, that would work, but the X-Men is more akin to Batman than Captain America. Perhaps he meant it a general thing and not all that literal?

The Bleeding Cool article also pointed out that Millar didn’t have a lot of input on The Wolverine, so how that fits into the grand scheme is yet to be figured out, though it could be related to the supposed Jean Grey cameo.

It’s going to be a very interesting next few years…

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