New Justice League Dark Animated Film

Looks awesome!  And yeah, it's a cartoon.  Cartoons can be cool.  I swear!

Hoping I never grow out of a good cartoon,
~Steve

The History of Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts

Other than the fact that he spells his name incorrectly I love Dr. Strange!  Like every Marvel character he's had some rough story lines during his time but there is just something about him that keeps me constantly rooting for this M.D. turned Mystic to play a larger more awesome role in the MCU.  With the movie coming out he's getting more of the attention he deserves and this article does a great job of summarizing some of his cool and unusual history and plot lines:

STRANGE HISTORY: THE LONG, STRANGE JOURNEY OF DOCTOR STRANGE

Looking forward to seeing Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange on the BIG SCREEN,
~Steve

Iron Man 3 Comic Panel Recap

This is an awesome look at what's really going on in the new Iron Man 3 movie that came out last week.  I saw it on Friday and it was AMAZING!  These guys did a great job capturing the theme behind the action in the newest installment of ole shell heads movie.

 Check out the original post on wired.com

Already wanting to see this again,
~Steve

Amazing Spider-Man Movie - Suction Cups?

Ok, so I'm not on the edge of cutting edge entertainment news but I just saw the following shot from the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man movie and I'm a little confused and concerned about what I see.  Check it out:

Are those suction cups? Seriously?

Why the hell would SPIDER-MAN need suction cups?!  Spider-Man does NOT have suction cups!  Look, I'm all about creative liberties but SUCTION CUPS?!  I'm not exactly what is going on here.  I've scoured the internet to see if I can find a reason why this new adaptation of Spider-Man has suction cups but have come up short.  I'm super happy about the change from organic webs in the previous series to the web shooters to me they're a big part of the character but I cannot fathom any instance in which suction cups come into play.  I own 1000+ issues of Spider-Man titles, I SHOULD KNOW.

Historically, the only time suction cups even come close to anything Spider-Man was when the Spider-Man villain Blood Spider tried to mimic his powers and was rumored to use mini suction caps to stick to walls in a strategy to try to defeat Spider-Man.  Well guess what, HE LOST, you know why?  Probably because of THE SUCTION CUPS!!!  ARRHHGGG!!!  As you can see I'm not happy.  This is just not a worthy perception of Spider-Mans powers.  Look how fast Spider-Man takes out Blood Spider in Amazing Spider-Man #367:

Ok, I think I'm done.  I just hope that they do a great job with this movie and I'm looking forward to thoroughly enjoying it, so here hoping there aren't going to be too many weird deviations like this.

SUCTION CUPS!?! Ok now I'm done,
~Steve

Avengers Movie Posters - Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Nick Fury, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Loki

I'm so excited I can hardly contain my joy!

Avengers Movie Poster from left to right, top to bottom: 

Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Nick Fury, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Loki

Hoping Spider-Man makes it into the next Avengers movie,

~Steve

Dark Knight Rises - Bane Vs Predator

So, is it just me or does anyone else see the similarities?

Just me? hmm...
~Steve

Turning Movies into Comic Books

Every single time a new super hero movie comes out, a new series of comic books HAVE to come out too.  Which comic books am I speaking of?  The ones that take our beloved heroes stories and change them up a bit to fit the new story line for the MOVIE.  Case in Point:  New movie Iron Man 2 so new comic book…

Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #1

Now, I don’t know exactly how different this new movie storyline is going to be from the comic books but these comics are just completely worthless.  I understand that Marvel needs to make money and that publishing books based on the movie sparks interest in and reaches a whole new target audience, but I feel like these new books are cheating on the old storylines!

Think about it!  Why did they choose to make a movie with these characters?  BECAUSE OF THE COMIC BOOKS!  The stories and characters in the comic books were so good somebody thought it would be a good idea to make movies out of them right?!?  So, why reverse the process?!?  We’re not making a movie from completely new concepts, stories and characters and some genius thought it would be a good idea to put them in a comic book NO!!!  It’s the other way around people!

I understand that the story has to change a bit to fit the silver screen and I don’t care about that; If I walk into a movie and in no way expect them to follow the comics I walk away entertained every time!  The point is that in the comic world it is meaningless to release a book like this;  Marvel should do itself a favor and instead put out a fresh series outlining the real history of these two characters so that comic people and movie people will pick it up and possibly enjoy it, instead of releasing the ‘refab’ story and having it suck like most of these comic types do.

Going to get my inhaler and calm down a bit now,
~Steve