Category Archives: Superman
Scribblenauts is Going Superheroic Because Awesome
I’m a huge Scribblenauts fan, and a huge comic book fan, so yesterday’s news about Scribblenauts Unmasked pretty much fulfilled every desire I could possibly have. Ever.
For realsies, that looks amazing. For those of you who don’t know, Scribblenauts is a puzzle game where you have access to your entire imagination in order to try and solve puzzles. The game developers opened up a dictionary and basically programmed every single word into the game. So all you have to do is type something – like, say, ‘purple monkey dishwasher’ – and it will appear in the game. The current puzzle might not require a purple monkey dishwasher, but you could create an army of angry, flaming zombies. Or maybe a blue cat. Or a time machine. Or a flying car. Whatever you can imagine, you can put into the game.
And now it’s going to star superheroes. Because awesome. That’s just awesome.
Word has it the game includes upwards of 2,000 DC superheroes, including alternate takes on classic superheroes. You’ll be able to create Pirate Batman and maybe Red Son Superman. Or maybe just regular Ambush Bug. Maybe the entire Blue Lantern Corps. I don’t know what you’ll need the entire Corps for, but that’s not the point. Scribblenauts is just awesome like that.
And it’s another reason why I need to get a Nintendo 3DS.
The Age Old Question
From Dorkly. PS: I’m enjoying Injustice: Gods Among Us well enough. Though my friend had it for weeks before me, and now she’s just too damn good to beat. Curse her!
The Greatest Justice League Video Ever Produced!
This may be the greatest Justice League anything ever produced!
The animation is amazing, the jokes are hilarious, and the voice acting is stellar. Wow. That is a tour de force of awesomeness! I’m even willing to ignore the Robin jokes. I live for cartoons this good. If I had this kind of skill, I would spend my life making movies like these and hope that I could find someway to get paid for them. The video was made by ForestFire Films, with help from Sean Willets.
I bow to their greatness.
Trailers This Week are Coming Hard and Fast, Two Things that Describe Superman
We’ve already had new movie trailers this week for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Star Trek Into Darkness, so how about a new Man of Steel trailer! Looks pretty neat!
I love prestigious trailers like this. I love the mood music, I love the ambiance. I love the depth and breadth they’re giving Superman. I’m definitely loving everything we’ve seen for Man of Steel so far, and I’m very excited for this movie. The snippets of action we saw looked pretty cool, though I’m not convinced this Zod is going to make a great villain. He seems kind of generically evil. Plus, on a personal level, I’ve just never cared all that much when Superman has to deal with some evil leftover from Krypton. I’m far more interested in everything Superman himself.
Superman Unchained is the Stupidest Name of All Time
Do you remember a few months ago when DC started hinting at a new Superman series written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Jim Lee? At the time, the comic was rumored to be called ‘Man of Steel’ to coincide with the big movie of the same name.
Instead, DC have revealed that the new comic will instead be called ‘Superman Unchained’ – quite possibly the most ridiculous name ever.
Here is the announcement article at USA Today. Reading that article makes me question – and not for the first time – what the hell even goes on at the DC editorial offices. According to Snyder and Lee – who, don’t get me wrong, are two of the biggest talents in comics today – the series is going to be like every other Superman series ever. It’s going to star Superman as a superhero and include his supporting cast, like Lois Lane. There doesn’t seem to be any special gimmick or pull or reason for the series to exist.
What the hell is the ‘Unchained’ even supposed to signify? Is every cover going to feature him breaking out of chains? And why chains? Since when has Superman ever been chained or had a problem with chains?
Why not call it ‘Man of Steel’ like the freakin’ movie!?
What about the comics already being published, Superman and Action Comics? Why not just put Snyder and Lee on one of those series? There’s no way Superman is going to be able to support three ongoing series. Batman can barely pull it off, and Superman is no Batman.
Speaking of which, DC is also bringing back the Superman/Batman team-up book, because they want to make money. Comics like Hawkman and Blue Beetle are being cancelled to make way for even more Superman and Batman comics. This is the future of comics from the Big Two publishers, people. Soon all we’ll see are Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Wolverine comics, with other characters only appearing in team-up books.
Still, Superman Unchained is a stupid name and it just seems to me like DC is shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to Superman and Action Comics.
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