Archive for December, 2012

The Mummy gets Rebooted

Posted in Random Stuff, tagged , , , , on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Apparently, The Mummy is getting rebooted in 2014 according to ComicBookMovie. It’s already got a director and he states it will be a modern gritty reboot and have nothing to do with the Brendan Fraser movies.

As much as I liked the Fraser movies, and as much as I loathe gritty reboots, I have to sign off on this one. For one, as it’s pointed out, The Mummy goes way back to Boris Karloff in 1932 which was in turn inspired by real events and a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was originally envisioned as a horror film, Fraser’s films made it a bit more family friendly and fun, so this new reboot will take it back to the horror genre proper with a more modern spin.

Now let’s just see if they can make a decent film.

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Review: Arrow (S1E09) “Year’s End”

Posted in Reviews on December 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

CW's Arrow

CW’s Arrow

Review: Arrow (S1E09)
“Year’s End”

I kept saying ‘dead’ in a rather morose tone every time I saw the step-dad in this episode and I was pretty much right.

Again, the secondary characters are the most interesting in this soapy drama. Dresden was rocking, proving once again that Dresden Files never should have been cancelled. The IT girl has obviously figured it all out and just playing it cool.

Again, I couldn’t give a crap about the main characters and their emo ‘i have to say what i’m feeling out loud and in dramatic pose so everyone knows what I’m feeling’ moments.

Okay, so I honestly didn’t see it coming that Captain Jack was the fake-Archer but in hindsight I think that was because I was too busy saying ‘dead’ and laughing at the horrible dialogue. Seriously… the dialogue makes me wince every time they do what I’m going to call a mock-soliloquy. It’s when a character speaks what they are thinking as if they are doing a soliloquy but actually just conversing with another character or talking to themselves.

There is a reason why soliloquy’s are no longer used!

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TV can be Cut-Throat

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

Interesting article here from BleedingCool.

Last week, ABC gave a thirteen episode order to a show called Weird Desk, something that sounded a little bit like the X-Files.

The premise promised freak-of-the week adventures involving stuff that’s too weird for the CIA and NSA, all re-routed to a clandestine operation at the top of the US intelligence tree, higher even than the president. They’d be sent all of the supernatural stuff, or anything alien in origin. The Mulder bait.

Deadline have reported that the show has now had its order cancelled. But why?

Well, the reason may be banalities of organisation and funding, or it may have something to do with these reported rumours:

I hear there was concern, at Marvel and internally at ABC, that Weird Desk may be similar to Joss Whedon’s high-profile ABC pilot SHIELD., an offshoot of blockbuster Avengers franchise. There is speculation about objections from Marvel, one of Disney Co.’s most prized possessions, to the new project.

Which would at least cement how the SHIELD show is going the way you probably thought it would.

Formally, Weird Desk might get another look in when the next wave comes around. If the Marvel rumours are true, however, I don’t think the odds are good.

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International Wolverine Poster

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

Marvel released a new International Poster for The Wolverine. Not as good as the watercolor poster but I like it.

The Wolverine International Poster

The Wolverine International Poster

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Review: Deadpool #3

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on December 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Deadpool #3

Deadpool #3

Review: Deadpool #3

I will say one thing about the new Deadpool series, it does make me laugh out loud. Some of it is the ‘so wrong it’s right’ jokes and the rest is the references to points in our political history.

This was definitely the funniest of the new DP’s so far (if for the letters from other Marvel writers in the Dear Deadpool section)… and kudos for including Dr Strange.

However, there still isn’t much in the way of depth here other than the whispered comment by Dr Strange in regards to something being off about DP. Yes, DP is off, that’s never been debated. Could this be the reference to what the heck happened between the last run and this run that we’ve been waiting for?

Let’s hope we’ll be picking up the pace here while taking the mick out of our country… I did love the following exchange:

Nixon: Now see here, my fellow American.
DP: I’m Canadian
Nixon: Bah! Who let you in?

That’s a very good question…

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Review: X-Treme X-Men #7.1

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on December 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

X-Treme X-Men #7.1

X-Treme X-Men #7.1

Review: X-Treme X-Men #7.1

After a nice solid run of issues, 7.1 is a little on the weaker side but still fairly good.

Sage is indeed a regular character now and is pretty awesome. The idea of an Xavier Skywhale is insane… but in a good way.

The interesting touch was that halfway through you start to think that maybe they have come back to Earth 616 and turns out that yes, they have. The comment “Yours was evil, right?” perfectly set the tone and gave the reader some food for thought.

A little more on the nose at the end than I’d like but all the same a nice transition piece to a Savage Land dimension next up.

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Review: All-New X-Men #2

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on December 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

All-New X-Men #2

All-New X-Men #2

Review: All-New X-Men #2

Issue one set us up for the time travel and was surprisingly good (because I thought it was going to be very trite and cheesy).

Issue two is a bit slower, mostly giving us the download of getting this guys to the future.

Bobby meeting Bobby was a classic trope but it worked because Bobby is, well, Bobby. Jean putting the whammy on Logan was also pretty darn hilarious.

I was afraid this might be a case of just ‘trying to relive the glory days’ with the old team but so far everything does feel organic and everyone has real reasons to be doing what they are doing. Scott wants to understand how he could have turned into Revolutionary!Scott. Jean wants to know why she is dead. Hank wants is facing down his own mortality as well. Bobby and Angel are along for the ride, trusting their friends.

It really makes you want to know what’s going to happen once these people intersect.

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Nightcrawler for DOFP?

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

An article on CinemBlend says Alan Cummings has expressed interest in reprising his role as Nightcrawler saying “It was funny, that film, because I really like it and everyone really responded to Nightcrawler and enough time has elapsed that I would like to go back to it.”

The writer of the article doesn’t know his Nightcrawler that well because continuity could still be used to make Nightcrawler Mystique’s son. Since she tried to kill him at birth he didn’t know Mystique was his mother for quite some time. The conversation in X2 could still stand as he just thinks he’s talking to another mutant and she could be thinking “he looks like that kid of mine who I killed…. ooooo….”

In any case, as Alan points out, if they wanted him they would have said something by now in all likelihood. Maybe if DOFP does well the sequel to it could find a place for either Alan!Nightcrawler or a young!Nightcrawler. He is a pretty awesome character, a fan favorite!

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Phase One art revealed

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

Marvel revealed the artwork for the massive Phase One dvd collector set. The dvd covers are below, created by Matthew Ferguson. Pretty awesome.

Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One Art Work by Matthew Ferguson

Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One Art Work by Matthew Ferguson

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DOFP in 48fps and 3D?

Posted in News and Editorials, tagged , , , , on December 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

CinemaBlend points out that there is evidence that Singer is all over the 48 frames per second Peter Jackson used in the Hobbit and may be eyeing this for Days of Future Past. I haven’t seen a 48fps movie yet but… I do know that the US and the UK film their tv shows on two different fps which is why when you watch an older british tv show before they were better at fixing this for US dvd release it looks… well… flat. Apparently a lot of critics had the same thing to say about The Hobbit.

As the article points out there is still time for ‘the kinks’ to be worked out but I’m a bit wary of this as sometimes it takes a long time for this to happen and Singer will start filming next year.

As for the 3D, this is no surprise, everyone wants 3D right in Hollywood because of the inflated pricing. X-Men, though, could be a decent film to see in 3D due to the mutant powers and three-story tall Sentinels. Let’s just hope that he actually films in 3D and not a crappy conversion. Personally, I’ll see the 2D version anyway cause I can’t see 3D very well.

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