Category Archives: Marvel
Avengers Legos Look Awesome
Toy Fair 2012 is happening right now in New York City. It’s like a big, exciting toy convention showing off all the upcoming action figures and other knick knacks we can buy. I’ve been flipping through a lot of the pictures off the convention floor, but so far the action figures just look boring. The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers movies look like they’ll be producing the most basic action figures imaginable. We’re going to get a ton of Spider-Man figures, and then the various Avengers. Boring.
Fortunately, there are going to be some badass Legos.
I love what they've done with the Hulk
It’s like childhood dreams given physical form. Captain America? Hulk? The Avengers? they look so completely badass! Everyone except Iron Man, though. He looks stupid. But check out Black Widow’s hair. And Hawkeye looks sweet too. Plus turning Hulk into a ‘beast’ instead of just a regular mini-fig was brilliant.
Check out some actual Lego models after the jump!
6 Superheroes Put on Trial
As is usually the case with my life, I put everything in the context of comic books. My two weeks covering a murder trial for my day job is no different, so I thought about comic books in the courtroom. Not actually reading comic books in the physical courtroom (though that would be fun!), I mean when comic book writers put their heroes and villains on trial. The whole point of superhero comics is fighting crime, right? So you’d think that, in theory, all of these super-villains eventually have to appear before a judge, right?
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. And sometimes, it’s the superheroes who are put on trial!
I sense prejudice on the bench
So I scoured the Internet and the world of comics to find 6 cases when a superhero was forced to face the judicial system as part of a story. I mean an actual, normal courtroom with a judge, a jury and everything! And not those weird cosmic trials, like when Reed Richards went to Universe Court for the genocide of the Skrulls, and Galactus was called as a witness. That’s just crazy. Here are 6 cases when heroes were put on trial for their crimes!
Review: Scarlet Spider #2
The second issue of this new Scarlet Spider series lives up to the awesomeness of the first. Kaine is badass and very much still in line as the Anti-Hero Spider-Man. There is one little hiccup towards the end, which I’ll discuss later. But it’s safe to say that the book has a good start. There is no second-issue-slump. Writer Chris Yost continues his world building efforts, and I hope he gets a chance to really flesh them out.
Scarlet Spider #2
Because frankly, there’s nothing very special about Scarlet Spider.
Comic rating: 4/5: Good!
I know that sounds negative, but it’s true! There’s no hook to this book. There’s no catchy or flashy gimmick, no particular reason for it to exist. It’s just Badass Spider-Man being badass – in Houston of all places! So I’m worried that Scarlet Spider is just not going to keep an audience. It’s written like a generic superhero title, one that just happens to cling to the Spider-Man family of books to stay afloat. I’m sure a large portion of its audience are people like me, who are big fans of Kaine and the very concept of a ‘Scarlet Spider’ series. But that audience alone can’t sustain a book.
Yost needs to come up with a very compelling reason why people should keep reading. Spoilers and synopsis to follow!
New ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Trailer!
Not to be outdone by the wonderful Avengers trailer released during the Super Bowl, Columbia Pictures has put out a new trailer to The Amazing Spider-Man, which is due in theaters on July 3. This trailer is filled with action, with plenty of Spider-Man and our first official looks at the Lizard. So enjoy!
Personally though, I’m still not feeling it. The trailer is pretty cool, and we get to see a lot, but it’s definitely still too dark and moody to be all that appealing. There’s one wise crack in that entire trailer, and the rest is just darkness. I’m not saying Spider-Man has to be all bright and colorful, like the original trilogy. I’m just saying that Spider-Man should not be The Dark Knight, which I’m sure is what this movie wants to be.
But at the same time, I doubted that X-Men: First Class would be anything special and it was the best superhero movie of 2012. So I’m definitely going to give this Spidey reboot the benefit of the doubt.
Here’s the movie description:
The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
The Avengers Super Bowl Trailer!
I’m not a sports guy, hence no mention of the Super Bowl on my blog. But I have been eagerly awaiting the new, extended The Avengers trailer set to debut! Everybody says the commercials are the best part of the Super Bowl, and with this commercial, I couldn’t agree more. It’s fantastic!
That was even better than the original trailer! It sets up the story nicely, gives us plenty of good shots of all the characters, and show a lot of the Hulk kicking ass! And how cool was that group shot where the camera pans around them? This commercial definitely has me salivating for the movie to come out on May 3. Let’s get this hype train going, people! ChooChoo!
