Mark Miller says wha?

December 19, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Mark Miller, the man in charge of Fox’s new X-Men movies, posted some stuff on his forum and ComicBookMovie broke it down… I’ve suddenly become very afraid and very confused….

1) He calls the The Wolverine amazing, akin to something David Lean would have made… David Lean, the man who gave us Lawrence of Arabia and Dr Zhivago… really? Miller is comparing a superhero movie with ninja’s to Lawrence of Arabia? … How?

2) First Class and Wolverine are ‘year one’ as far as he’s concerned… so why in the world is he letting Singer piecemeal and shoehorn Days of Future Past with the older movies? or is this truly going to be a reboot/retcon moment in DOFP?

3) He calls The Amazing Spider-Man a ‘misfire’, not bad, just a step backwards because it retold the origin again (which yeah, okay, they didn’t really need to retell the origin) but way to smack mouth Marvel Entertainment and Sony. That’s just bad form, not to mention tacky.

4) Then he praises Dark Knight Rises as one of the best films of 2012 while simultaneously insulting it, not just pointing out any niggly issues, outright insulting the movie and Nolan.

“It has it’s problems, especially Nolan’s reluctance to make Batman himself  especially interesting, and the pay off with Bane SO anticlimactic after such a  brilliant build up.”

5) His best film of 2012? The Grey aka Liam Nesson Punching Wolves… out of ALL the movies that came out in 2012…

/headdesk

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Wolverine Officially in DOFP

December 19, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

It’s been announced via Twitter, Hugh Jackman will indeed be in Days of Future Past.

What does this mean for DOFP? Depends on how big of a role the man plays. I still think that Wolvie would be the best option for time traveler due to his ageless-ness, but at the same time I cringe at the thought of another Wolverine-centric movie (there are other mutants people).

Singer did X1 and X2 which were basically the Wolverine-Show with Some Other Guys… he obviously likes the character… let’s just hope that if Wolvie does get that central part this doesn’t mean the other characters will get side-lined. Wolvie can do his job, deliver the info, follow some orders, and let the rest of them do what they do best…

 

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Daily News: 12/18/2012

December 18, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Going to try something new, unless there is a news article I really want to talk about or is just really big in its own right, then I’ll post some news round-ups which will allow me to not clutter as much and also include some articles I wouldn’t post individually anyway.

io9 – Marvel writer Dan Slott is getting death threats for the leaked ending of Spider-Man #700
some people take comics way to seriously… as the article points out, it’s a comic book, wait a dozen story arcs and whatever ticked you off will be retconned or rendered moot

ComicBookMovie – Jeph Loeb Reveals When We Should  Expect To See The First Episode Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hint, it’s Fall 2013, to get it in with the new Marvel movies but before the new Avengers film, it’s also when my X-Men series starts!

ComicBookMovie – BSG Actor James Callis Lands  Guest-Starring Role In ARROW
James Callis, otherwise known as Old Spice, something to look forward to

ComicBookMovie – Samuel L. Jackson Talks  S.H.I.E.L.D. TV Series; Teases CAPTAIN AMERICA 2 Role

CinemaBlend – Science Explains Why The Hobbit Looks Weird in 48 Frames Per Second
as our future x-men and comic book movies are likely going to be influenced by how well The Hobbit and this experiment in 48fps does, thought it was both informative and relevant.

CinemaBlend – Amazing Spider-Man Sequel is Changing Electro’s Look, says Jamie Foxx
because you can draw this stuff on people, but real people can’t wear it…

ComicBookMovie – Next Year a Female Marvel Superhero Will Come Down With Cancer to Raise Awareness
Which leads to the question as to why this hasn’t happened before, and why don’t superheroes get sick as often as regular humans do? But yay for raising awareness.

io9 – The 1990s X-Men Cartoon Opening Recreated with Action Figures
I haven’t seen the video, computer issues, but the io9 people seem to think it’s good.

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A-Babies do Shawarma!

December 17, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Is this is not the cutest thing ever?

A-Babies do Shawarma!

A-Babies do Shawarma!

This was stolen off the internet, I don’t know if this is a Skottie Young or a really, really good fan made homage to his work and the end scene of Avengers.

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Walking Dead’s color correction

December 14, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

The Hollywood Reporter, erm, reports, that the hit AMC series The Walking Dead will be reaired in Black and White starting Feb 14th. As BleedingCool points out, this is likely less about artistic integrity and more about sweeps and padding the pocket-book come DVD release time.

Still, it is an interesting idea to do a black & white episode in today’s modern television. I remember X-Files doing one ages ago but no others come immediately to mind. I think as a ‘gimmick’ it can be done to rather great effect, such as when AMC aired the premiere Walking Dead episode in B&W. I’m not sure that more is better though.

I don’t watch the series myself cause Zombies scare me so I’ll have to see what my braver friends have to say on the matter.

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The Mummy gets Rebooted

December 14, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

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”

December 13, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

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

December 13, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

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

December 13, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

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

December 12, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

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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