I don’t normally post trailers for TV shows, but when those shows involve Marvel properties – or truth be told, anything that interests me – post them I shall! Seeing that this is a teaser trailer you can’t necessarily say that how it reflects on the upcoming series, though it looks pretty good.
Though I do see that their vehicles have the S.H.I.E.L.D logo in plain sight…
“Iron Man 3″ Is The Superhero Film Quentin Tarantino Would Direct, If He Had Directed A Superhero Film”
The biggest problem I had with with Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man 2″ was that the filmmakers decided to pit Iron Man against another armored character, just like in the first film (though there was also the way that they turned Justin Hammer into a Tony Stark wannabe, when in the comics he was far more threatening and a much better foil to Stark).
Shane Black seemed to learn from their mistake, because other than Iron Man himself and War Machine – now known as Iron Patriot – there are no other armored characters in the film.
What struck me as odd about the film is that it plays more like something by Quentin Tarantino, in that you get what feels like tons of dialog, with a few set pieces strategically placed to remind you why you’re there in the first place.
Here’s the latest trailer – thanks Deadline – that came from the same place as the latest “Pacific Rim” trailer.
Which is CinemaCon, not Comic-con, by the way.
In it Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is doing all sorts of stuff, much of it involving either his claws, or a threatening grimace.
We finally get some shots of Silver Samurai (they’re really quick. Blink and you’ll miss them) and he looks really good. What seems to work for me is that he appears, proportionally speaking, significantly larger than Wolvie, which is as it should be.
There are rumors that Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are going to be in ‘Avengers 2,’ though I have to ask why, especially when they’re two of the most uninteresting characters – in my not-so-humble opinion – in the Marvel canon.
Why don’t they go in another direction, and leave the Maximoffs to Fox (both Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are mutants, which appears to include them in the deal that Fox has with Marvel. If I recall Fox got a bit out of sorts of the “Mutant X” television series in 2001, so they take their mutants very seriously. If they were to be used by Marvel, there can’t be any mention of their mutantness).
Though if they’re looking to introduce a new character, perhaps they should take a look at the Vision.
He’s a synthezoid created by Ultron (whom built him), who ends up becoming a hero.
Not only is he awesome, they would also have to introduce Ultron (perhaps during the upcoming Ant-Man film?), which would mean that they could introduce the theme of technology run amok, which is always a good one.
I don’t want to like this movie. I am a Marvel fanboy and think that Superman is rather lame. Even lamer is David Goyer, who I will forever remember as the many who killed ‘Blade,” and was too arrogant to say “I’m sorry. I f%cked up.”
Christopher Nolan produced the movie, whom I also don’t think too much of (despite him seeming very gracious when I was an extra on “The Dark Knight Rises”). I don’t want “realistic” superheroes. I live in reality , and don’t want too much of its influence spreading to my comicbook-based movies.
And Zach Snyder? He reminds me of Michael Bay, without the zeal, the passion that makes Bay more interesting than he has any right to be.
And yet this trailer has convinced me that I have to at least see this movie before I pan it.
Baby steps. Baby steps.
Working with DC Comics’ We Can Be Heroes campaign, a relief effort to fight hunger in the Horn of Africa, Kia created a number of custom vehicles for the 2013 New York Auto Show.
The vehicles are designed with styling queues from iconic DC superheroes like Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, and Aquaman.
The cause that both companies support is admirable and worthy, though the vehicles themselves are a bit…hideous.
For instance, above is an Aquaman-themed Kia Rio5. The angle of the photo, while dramatic, isn’t the best for seeing the vehicle in its entirely, though you can probably tell it’s not that attractive (which is interesting because Aquaman himself isn’t interesting enough to evoke much emotion one way or another).
What’s better than the new “Kick-Ass 2” Official Trailer? The new “Kick-Ass 2” Red Band Trailer. Usually, what separates a ‘Red Band’ trailer from the run of the mill variety is that they tend to show more–more blood, gore, sex, whatever the movie happens to be selling.
It this case it happens to be violence and excessive potty mouth on the part of some of the characters.
That being said, I dig the transformation that the Red Mist has gone through.
Collider has reported that Dave Bautista has been chosen to be Drax The Destroyer in Marvel Studios’ upcoming space saga, “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” That being said, I should admit that while I haven’t seen too many films with Bautista in them, I have seen virtually every episode of “Stargate: Atlantis” with Jason Momoa, as well as “Conan” (which isn’t nearly as terrible as many make it out to be) and thought that he would have been a better choice.
I hope that it was determined that Dave Bautista better suited the character, and it didn’t just come down to him being cheaper (though it wouldn’t be the first time that Marvel had difficulty getting an actor for a particular part because of a reluctance to part with the ducats). The decision doesn’t sour me on the film–it’s the Guardians of the Galaxy, for frak’s sake–but it does make me hope that future casting decisions work out better.
And by “better” I mean more in line with my expectations for the film (which is arrogant nonsense, I know).
It appears that Nicholas Cage has finally come to his senses, and is putting the Ghost Rider behind him. 2007’s original, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, wasn’t terrible, but it made a sophomore mistake, namely that it was pretty tame for a movie about a character that’s possessed by a demon.
The original film should have been in the vein of 1998’s “Blade,” which was an action film that didn’t skimp on the horror. Guillermo del Toro’s “Blade II” upped the horror/action ante.
“Ghost Rider” took another route, and treated the character like a typical superhero (he’s been portrayed in both ways in the comics). The first film, based upon a screenplay by David Goyer (who also wrote “Blade”) was supposedly gorier than Johnson’s final film though despite such shortcomings, it earned over $228 million worldwide.
Kickstarter: Gladstone’s School For World Conquerors
Gladstone is a school for the children of supervillains, like Hogworts for the criminally inclined. In the latest chapter of their adventures they decide to seek some Tarantino-esque vengeance against the superhero known as StormBreaker, who also happened to have defeated their parents.
According to Villavert Jr. the cost of a 22 page section of the comic costs $1000, and that’s only for coloring and lettering, which is probably why the Kickstarter is offered as a PDF instead of an actual graphic novel. That being said I intend to contact the backers of this Kickstarter to see if it will eventually be offered in a physical format because a good book needs to be appreciated, and the best way to do that is to actually hold it in your hands, something that you cannot do with a PDF.
And as far as I know, Mark Andrew Smith isn’t rolling in dough, which happens to be the case with most writers.
Below is a review of the first series of ‘Gladstone’s.’ The review itself is a bit irritating, though it does illustrate the artwork.
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