There’s a Lot Going on in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
A brand new trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day come out yesterday and it’s packed a lot into a regular trailer length. I won’t spoil any of it here in the opening comments, but jeez louise, there are a lot of things in this movie.
I’m not necessarily complaining. I very much have faith and trust this movie. It’s directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the genius behind Shang-Chi and Wonder Man. The dude has proven himself very capable, so I trust both him and Marvel Studios with this new Spider-Man movie. I trust they know what they’re doing to juggle and balance all these elements. I don’t need Scorpion and Boomerang to be full-length movie villains. They’re perfectly fine as jobbers!
And I’m perfectly fine with all the other stuff in this movie.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day comes to theaters on July 31.
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I Do Not Care About the Updated Animation in Shrek 5
Because the world is hell and we are easily distracted by circuses, the uproar online is that everybody hates the new animation style in Shrek 5. They hate the very subtle, incredibly subtle, facial changes made to the Shrek character model for the new movie. I just want to go on record as saying that I could not care less.
It looks fine. We live in post-Spider-Verse world. We live in a post-The Last Wish world. Animation is going to change. It’s been 16 years since the last Shrek movie. Things change. The world changes. The world spins madly on. There are worse things in the world than Shrek’s character model getting updated for a new animation style. Jeez louise!
The real thing people should be complaining about with this trailer is the lack of Puss in Boots. The Last Wish was an awesome film! And it ended with a tease of a crossover with Shrek! So why isn’t Shrek 5 that crossover? Why doesn’t it lean into the awesomeness of The Last Wish? Wasted gorram opportunity, I tell you what.
Shrek 5 exists and it’s coming to theaters next summer and it looks fine.
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Strong Guy Watch: Let’s Tease X-Men ’97 Even More!
This weekend, we got another trailer for the upcoming second season of X-Men ’97. And it’s not so much a trailer as it is a who’s who of X-Characters who are going to appear this season! And we already knew this was happening, but how cool is it that both Strong Guy and Multiple Man get mentions?!
I can’t wait. The first season was one of the best TV shows of the past few years, and all the trailers for season 2 so far look amazing. It’s just so exciting that my favorite superhero, Multiple Man, gets to exist in an adaptation in the first place and not be a villain. And then he gets to exist in one of his greatest forms, the 1990s X-Factor form. That’s when I fell in love with the character, in large part due to that awesome trench coat costume! And then Strong Guy too!
The only shame is that we haven’t seen Iceman yet. You can’t imagine how cool it was for me as a kid to have both Iceman and Multiple Man in the same episode of the original series!
Season 2 of X-Men ’97 is coming to Disney+ on July 1.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 6/13/26
We’re here, we’re reading comics, it’s been an OK week of life. So OK that we’ve got a pretty OK pile of comics to have been read and now reviewed, like the brand new Absolute Catwoman and the brand new Avengers: Armageddon.
Comic Book of the Week goes to The Fury of Firestorm #3 for an exciting retelling of the character’s new origin story.
Meanwhile, still enjoying Crimson Desert and will be for a while. Don’t you worry about that. I went to the theater and finally saw The Mandalorian and Grogu and I enjoyed it. Just a fun Mando and Grogu adventure. And I finally stayed home and saw Mortal Kombat II. Wasn’t thrilled at first but it won me over in the end.
Comic Reviews: Absolute Catwoman #1, Avengers: Armageddon #1, Daredevil #3 and The Fury of Firestorm #3.
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I’ve been a big fan of the Dropout crew since the College Humor days, and have been a subscriber since Day One. So I’m always happy to showcase some nifty Dropout content or Dropout adjacent stuff. Like this trailer for Mock Trial, the mocumentary movie by Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino. Looks hilarious!
I love the people involved, I love the concept and I really enjoyed this trailer. I believe they ran a Kickstarter to get the movie made, and I wish I’d backed it so that I’d have some idea of when this will be available to watch. I hope to be able to watch Mock Trial some day!
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