Review: Arrow (1S02)

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

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!

October 16, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

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

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

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!!

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

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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Official Synopsis of Thor: The Dark World

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

Thanks to ComingSoon.net, we have the first official synopsis of Thor: The Dark World.

Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

It’s kinda generic you know? He fights this bad guy who is apparently badder than Loki, he’s going to be reunited with his love interest, and ‘have to sacrifice everything to save us all’… like we haven’t seen that before in a thousand and one movies. We knew Malekith and Jane were going to be in the movie so nothing new there either. In fact, it’s pretty much what we already knew only ‘official’.

Though… we can be thankful for the lack of spoilers. 😉

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Review: Uncanny X-Men #19

October 11, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Review: Uncanny X-Men #19

Aka, yes, Scott Summers has officially gone insane.

Not a single doubt about it…

The only question is when did he actually start loosing it? Was it when he gained the powers of the Phoenix, was it after House of M, was it when he started to cheat on his wife (either of them), when he lost Jean Grey (either time), or perhaps does it go all the way back to the death of his family?

I really don’t know…

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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #18

October 11, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #18

Wolverine and the X-Men #18

Wolverine and the X-Men #18
aka good example of a cover that totally mis-represents the story

After last week’s WatX #17 had me in stitches, I was really looking forward to the next one because WatX has been a refreshingly fun comic which, and quote me on this, ‘brought the joy back to comics’.

However, I read #18 and the exact opposite holds true. Framed inside the story of AvX’s final fight (which was both fitting and redundant at the same time), we get a glimpse at… well… not too sure. Husk, who was already not exactly entirely stable, loses it and quits. Idie, who is totally not stable, gets manipulated (which is kinda cool from a psychological perspective). And Broo… what the hell?!

This issue is such a stark contrast, even with some funny elements like the idea of having an “end of the world” dance. It’s so heavy with its themes and dark in its plot points that I feel forlorn (and not in a good way) after reading it.

But again, taken in bits and pieces it’s got some good points… but together it’s just a mess that makes me sad.

Let’s hope once things ‘get back to normal’ at the school there will be a bit more of that joy I have come to love from this series.

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Review: Uncanny Avengers #1

October 11, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Uncanny Avengers #1

Uncanny Avengers #1

Review: Uncanny Avengers #1

Normally I don’t read Avengers titles (I’ve got enough on my plate trying to keep up with the X-Men) but Uncanny Avengers has Rogue and that’s all I needed to hear.

Overall, a great start to the series. We got a download on where everyone is while still leaving enough open to make things interesting. All the interactions were good. Rogue and Wanda was good, I would expect Rogue to be a little more understanding though, but it was the day of the funeral and emotions do run a bit higher.

Love Wanda’s new outfit, but mostly because I have PM’s which date to before we got any of the concept art for Uncanny Avengers which have me putting Wanda into a red leather jacket when she appears later in season one. I came up with the idea quite some time ago but I can only date it to that PM, what can I say, the idea just fits her, you know?

Not sure what’s going on with Red Skull, that ending was a bit out of left field and I’m kinda miffed at what happened to Avalanche… but like I said, nice solid opening. Can’t wait to see what happens next.

And yes, I did buy the Babies variant… might get the Deadpool one if I can manage it.

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More Pictures from The Wolverine

October 11, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

I’ve been busy for the past week or so and here is what I missed in The Wolverine land… thanks to ComicBookMovie.com of course…

First Look: Silver Samurai from The Wolverine

First Look: Silver Samurai from The Wolverine

Not a lot of detail to go by seeing as both blurry and only partial view from the back… but looks on the mark, got no complaints. Click here to see more images taken with this one.

Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper in The Wolverine

EDIT: I had pictures up of Viper but apparently the site didn’t have rights to them and they got removed, oh well, we’ll have some more later.

Also, there’s video here of filming but I haven’t seen it yet so don’t know how awesome/lame it might be!

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I like a man who can own up…

October 10, 2012 by X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

Thanks again to CinemaBlend for cutting an interview with Mark Miller down to size for us. Miller is Fox’s answer to Whedon in the Comic Book Movie genre. He’s there to whip the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises back into shape.

I’m all for this.

The problem is, is Miller the one to get this done? Not having read any of his work, I just don’t know. I watched the Kick Ass movie and it was decent, I liked the spin and a few great scenes, but overall it didn’t move me to want to read the comics. As for the Ultimates, don’t read those either, mostly cause I don’t care for some of the story lines I’ve seen are in them (though I don’t know how much of those are directly Miller’s creations).

The saving grace here is this:

There have been some poor decisions in the past, but you also have to remember that there have been some excellent ones too. Bryan Singer’s X-Men for example, I think revolutionized superhero movies. It pre-dated Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, and I think you forget how close that was chronologically to Batman and Robin! To open with a Holocaust scene in a superhero movie was just unheard of. Fox get a lot of flak for the films which didn’t work out, and quite rightly, but you forget that they’ve done some really great stuff too. I’m thinking specifically of X-Men, X-Men 2 and X-Men: First Class.

He’s right, we give X3 and XOW so much flak cause they are just horrible films (not going to even go there with FF) but really, X-Men was a game changer in the Comic Book Movie genre. I remember watching the movie in the theatres and being totally blown away by it. Granted, it had its flaws, but overall, it was a great film which did its best and provided so much promise (some of which was delivered on… some, not so much).

I’d even go as far to say that we might not have gotten a Batman Begins without an X-Men.

As for Miller, I’m glad that he can recognize this and fully admit it. This bodes well! Now… if we can get him in with the producer lady who wants to merge the universes and then get Marvel interested in cornering the Super Hero tv market with an X-Men tv series… yes, I have a one-track mind.

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