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Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer Full of Movie Stuff
I don’t know what it is yet — and it better not be superhero fatigue — but I remain merely whelmed when it comes to these Spider-Man: Homecoming trailers.
This looks great. There’s no denying that. I definitely like Tom Holland as Spider-Man. I like the stuff with Iron Man. I like the civilian stuff we’re seeing with Peter Parker at school. And I like the look of the Vulture here. Michael Keaton is going to be great, hopefully.
But just in general, overall, I’m just OK with the trailers we’ve seen so far. And OK is fine. I’m still going to see the movie opening night and probably love it — hopefully love it.
Heck, I loved both Amazing Spider-Man movies, so maybe I’m not one to talk…
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The Green Ranger is Real!
The new Power Rangers movie is out in theaters and I loved it! Great film, a ton of fun and hopefully it’s going to lead to a lot of sequels. Consider me on board for them all!
And like any Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fan worth his salt, I fully expect the sequels to include the Green Power Ranger, inarguably the best Power Ranger of all time.
Green Ranger is best ranger
Would you like to hear how the movie incorporates the Green Ranger? I’m sorry if you consider this a spoiler, but there was no way they were going to make this franchise without including him. As a big fan, I can’t wait to see him on the big screen.
But just in case this is considered SPOILERS, join me after the jump for how the movie uses the Green Power Ranger!
Calling It: Justice League is Gonna Stink
The first proper trailer for the Justice League movie arrived on Saturday, and while the rest of the Internet seems blown away, I have arrived at one conclusion: this movie is gonna stink.
The trailer looks exactly like Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Heck, this trailer looks worse than the trailers for those movies. I remember being excited about those trailers.
Justice League looks like just another dark, joyless affair. All people seem to care about is seeing their favorite superheroes in cool poses. But as we keep seeing, that doesn’t make for a good movie. Most of this trailer is just the heroes fighting faceless henchmen. We don’t even get a sense of the villains or the story or the scope of anything. It’s all just gray-colored action posing.
There’s one joke at the end, but the comedic timing is way off.
So I’m calling it right now: Justice League is going to be another dreary, poorly paced, over-stylized action movie that does not save the DC Cinematic Universe.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 3/25/17
Everything is backwards! The Iron Fist TV show came out last week, but the new Iron Fist comic comes out this week. The Power Rangers movie comes out this week, but the new Power Rangers comic came out last week! You’d think people would figure out better synergy.
Light week of reviews this week for reasons that will ever perplex me. Why do all my favorite comics come out in the same week? Still, we’ve got some greats, including Hulk, Detective Comics and the final issue of Prowler!
Comic Book of the Week goes to the final issue of Unworthy Thor because writer Jason Aaron is able to dig even deeper into a character he has so thoroughly mastered.
He’s got that crazy look in his eyes!
As for the stuff I mentioned earlier, I enjoyed the Iron Fist TV show, despite its obvious flaws. And loved the Power Rangers movie! It was great! Go see it this weekend!
Comic Reviews: Detective Comics #953, Hulk #4, Iron Fist #1, Prowler #6 and Unworthy Thor #5.
The New Power Rangers Movie Does a Great Job with Diversity
The new Power Rangers movie blew me away. I saw it last night and loved it! I had a vague idea of what to expect based on the trailers and early reviews, but the film exceeded all of my expectations and delivered an exceptional thrillride of nostalgia and awesomeness. It might help that I was a huge Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fan when I was a kid. And as that fan, I couldn’t be happier with the new, modern re-imagining.
Especially when it comes to the diversity in the cast, because I think Power Rangers was near perfect in building and fleshing out its characters.
The costumes also look great on screen, but make terrible toys
There have been a lot of reviews and think pieces written about the Power Rangers movie so far, especially after the producers made a big deal that the Yellow Ranger, Trini, is gay. This makes her the first openly LGBTQ superhero in the entire superhero genre, which is a pretty notable step forward, even if Power Rangers is an unexpected choice for that distinction.
I’ve seen people decry how underplayed the moment is in the movie, and I’ve seen people decry that it’s not a big enough step forward. As someone who loved the moment and the diversity as a whole in Power Rangers, I wanted to throw my two cents onto the pile.
So join me after the jump for why I think Power Rangers gets diversity so right! There will be some SPOILERS for parts of the movie.
