Yearly Archives: 2013
Cosplay Rap? Sure, Why Not!
Apparently self-made music videos featuring cosplayers at comic book conventions are the new thing.
Meet the rapper Kid Apocalypse, who wrote a very specific, very continuity-heavy rap song, then filmed it at the Emerald City Comic-Con. So the next time you visit a convention and go in costume, you may get grabbed for a music video, it seems.
Game of Proms…or School of Thrones
Ever wanted to see a a comedy parody about Game of Thrones in a high school? Well now you can!
Apparently this is going to be a whole show, and maybe I’ll follow it. Starts off a little weak, but I give major props to anyone who can be this creative. That opening theme sketch alone is worth the price of admission…which I guess is ‘free’. Still, could be a fun show.
Captain Kirk is One Bad Boy
As evidenced by this new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer. Lotta cool new footage!
One thing I realized while watching this trailer is that they aren’t using as much humor, it seems. I remember the trailers for the first movie really played up some of the humor, especially with Scotty. But we’ve seen very little of Simon Pegg. He shows up briefly in this trailer to do a little funny mugging at a big fish, but not as much as the last movie.
This one definitely looks more action packed than the first film. I also realized there seems to be very little of the Star Trek mythos. Like the grandeur and majesty of Star Trek is gone. No more big shots of the Enterprise. Very little Spock. It’s like this is just a generic space action film. Heavy on the action.
Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 3/9/13
This week kicks off Marvel’s new Big Event comic the Age of Ultron…but it’s kind of a slow build so far. We’ll have to see if it picks up in the second issue, which comes out next week. Talk about accelerated shipping. Beyond the big stuff, we’ve got a good collection of quality comics. I think I liked every single issue I read this week, everything from the important titles like Avengers and All-New X-Men down to the smaller stuff like Green Arrow and Winter Soldier. Though now that I think about it, I need to buy more independent titles. Seriously, can anyone recommend any good comics that aren’t Marvel or DC?
But until then, I’m going to stick with the big guns, and it actually surprises me to say that Comic Book of the Week goes to Avengers #7! Where did that come from? I have really had it in for this series since issue #1, but Jonathan Hickman really knocked it out of the park this week. He actually made me interested in the New Universe.
They look just as surprised as I am
Let’s hope he can finally write a solid superhero story.
Comic Reviews: Age of Ultron #1, All-New X-Men #8, Avengers #7, Green Arrow #18, Green Lantern #18, Superior Spider-Man #5, Winter Soldier #16.
Henchman-4-Hire 