Archive for November, 2012

Review: Arrow (1S05) Damaged

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on November 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

CW's Arrow

CW’s Arrow

Review: Arrow (1S05) Damaged

So, Arrow can add ‘prognostic’ to his list of super powers.

Granted, yes, it was only a matter of time before someone started putting two and two together, it’s often a trope in comics such as Superman. But here, instead of being a playful lampshade, it just comes off as stiff and pompous almost. And of course his plan to ‘fix things’ I saw a mile away but at least they didn’t try to pretend it wasn’t going to happen.

Dresden was on form, man, to bad that series got cancelled, the things this actor could have done with later parts of those book’s storylines. But seriously, is he not going to put two and two together that, duh, it could have been a different person in the suit? Same for Captain Jack.

And again with the flip flopping of Laurel’s characterization, she’s become worse than a Lois Lane analogue.

But the island sequences was pretty awesome this time, mostly cause Arrow stayed in the background while his new friend kicked some butt. And YAY for Digby voiceover… so much better than Arrow’s!

Oh, and Arrow is a jerk.

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Rumor Mill: Vaughn directing Episode VII?

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , , on November 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

As CinemaBlend put it, emphasis on rumor.

This would make more sense if Episode VII was scheduled for a 2014 release as he’d want to get started right away, or at least during the time he’d be filming Days of Future Past… but then Days of Future Past won’t start filming till next year which is when he’ll want to get started on the massive load of pre-production which would mean he’d need at least the back-end of 2013 clear and all of 2014 to work on what is quite possibly the most anticipated movie since… Episode I.

I think Vaughn would be a great choice to helm Episode VII, but at the moment, I’m taking all rumors with a big ol’ grain of non-iodized salt.

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Character Spotlight: Jean-Paul Beaubier aka Northstar

Posted in Characters, tagged , , , on November 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Jean-Paul Beaubier aka NorthstarCharacter Spotlight: Jean-Paul Beaubier aka Northstar

Concept:
Jean-Paul was the last addition to the team. I had already decided that I wasn’t going with the original line up or any of the newer teams because I had specific ideas where I wanted certain characters to be. Yet, I knew the team needed one more member in the core team, it just wasn’t feeling right as is.

So I got to thinking about my villains and who would be a good thwart for Quicksilver and I thought to myself ‘another speed mutant’. I looked at a list of those with speed and Northstar jumped out at me as a character with a great background who would work perfectly into the universe I was creating.

Coming from Canada and Department H, I have a plethora of possibilities, story wise, to draw from. His sister, Jeanne-Marie, sets up my ideas for Dissociative Identity Disorder. Jean-Paul himself is a perfect analogue for Mutants and current equality parallels. He’s also a bit of a jerk which nicely rounds out all the personalities.

Unfortunately, due to the realistic take I’m doing, I had to nix his ability to fly. But he can still run really fast, has endurance and invulnerability. This still makes him pretty formable.

Series Biography:
Growing up in Quebec with his twin sister Jeanne-Marie, Jean-Paul was kicked out of the house at 18 when he came out to his parents that he was homosexual. Not sure where to go, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces along with his sister Jeanne-Marie who also left their parents as a form of protest. Their mutant abilities were easily discovered and the siblings were then moved up into elite training and became some of Department H’s finest soldiers.

When Jean-Paul realized that his sister was being pushed too hard and being mistreated by those who only saw Jeanne-Marie as a weapon to use against other mutants, he took her and fled South, ending up at Xavier’s. Seeking refugee, Xavier welcomed the twins, giving Jean-Paul a job as a teacher at the school.

There is much Jean-Paul left behind in Canada but he blames himself for his sister’s current dissociative state and will do anything he has to in order to help her.

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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #19

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on November 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Wolverine and the X-Men #19

Wolverine and the X-Men #19

Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #19

After #18 really annoyed me in its dark nature and shooting of a fun character I was really liking, I was glad to see that WatX was more rounded. It had a few dark bits, mostly to do with Kilgore and his band of sociopathic psychos, but the more fun elements were there.

I love all the little cameos by characters coming to try out for a teaching position at the school. Blade actually might have been a good one to hire, as long as you can keep him a bit more on the tamer side. As for Deadpool, I like how he didn’t even get half his name out before he’s rejected, not that he doesn’t try.

Good to see that Broo isn’t completely dead and has a chance at surviving. I really liked him! Him and Idie made a very interesting couple/non-couple and I hate how it left off in #18. Idie, on the other hand, is still suffering from some the psychological whammo that done to her, though yeah, it is kinda hard to tell where that and her original mental issues border, but still.

Lastly, Storm is back, yay! Since Uncanny had ended I didn’t know if she was going to stick with regular X-Men and that be her only title (I think that’s the only other one she’s been in?). Though it’s possible she could go into the background like Rogue and Gambit (which leads me to also wonder if those two will get any more face time, esp since Rogue is now only in Uncanny Avengers).

Overall, liking the upswing, let’s hope they keep this up.

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Review: Uncanny X-Men #20

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on November 3, 2012| 1 Comment »

Uncanny X-Men #20

Uncanny X-Men #20

Review: Uncanny X-Men #20

Now this is how you end a comic who only got a paltry twenty issue run.

Sure, it’s mostly just talking which is what was in X-Men Legacy #275, but the content was the important part. Tied up, somewhat, are the loose ends regarding Danger and the Rasputin’s, both story lines left to be picked up later at Marvel’s leisure. As for Cyclops…

Damn. I knew it.

You can’t kill Sinister, he’s just too cool. And this issue proved that point to a T.

This very much felt like a sweeps episode, an ending which leaves so much open and you’re a-okay with that because you want to see what happens next, it’s just too cool to simply tie up with a bow. It also leaves open a plot for Cyclops to take on later if he ever gets out of jail… we’ll have to see what happens in Consequences and All-New X-Men.

Yes, I do like this. Perhaps if the series had gone on for longer it would have been more annoying to have it so open-ended, but this definitely worked for Uncanny X-Men. I can’t wait to see more Sinister in the future!

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Review: X-Men Legacy #275

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on November 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »

X-Men Legacy #275

X-Men Legacy #275

Review: X-Men Legacy #275

With the new Marvel NOW! initiative, X-Men Legacy got the axe to be replaced by a new series with Legion as the lead. So Legacy #275 is the finale comic of this mostly Rogue led title. As finale’s go… it’s just kind of there.

Basically, because all of the other characters are off doing their own thing now, Rogue and Mimic are the only ones in this formally team-title. And they are thrown together into a minor (by X-Men standards) fight where Rogue is allowed to give a whole bunch of speeches as she dictates about how she has changed over the past few years.

On its face that’s not necessarily a bad thing, I mean, she has changed and this is a big moment for her, dumping Mags, going off Avenging, becoming something more than herself… but did we really need a whole comic of speech bubbles?

So over all, a lackluster ending, but hey, could be worse… could have been a clip-episode.

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NaNoWriMo

Posted in Random Stuff, tagged , on November 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Today marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month.

This will be the first year I’m participating in it, working on an original story though now I wonder if I should have went for a sequel to Among Thieves… oh well, too late now!

Of course, NaNoWriMo will cut into my script writing time for XMTFFS, but I’ve given myself a decent lead I think I’ll be okay.

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