What the Heck is Happening to Toad?
I don’t know if anybody else has noticed – or even cares, frankly – but the X-Men character Toad has been quietly turning into a goblin.
Despite this picture, this is not an article about World of Warcraft
What’s up with that?
Alright, the answer is probably very obvious. I just don’t happen to like it. I’m a big fan of Toad, and all of his Brotherhood of Mutants cohorts. They’re probably my favorite villain team in all of comics. And I’ve absolutely loved Toad’s storyline over the past few years. That he’s now the janitor at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning is the perfect place for Toad in the current X-Men status quo. I’m loving him in Jason Aaron’s Wolverine and the X-Men.
But why, oh why, does he have to go back to looking like a little goblin, ogre, thingy?
You heard me, Devil Kermit
I much prefer his more human-looking movie makeover. At least then I can take him seriously. And Toad deserves to be taken seriously. Join me for more after the jump. Though I should warn you, this is basically a silly little rant about an entirely aesthetic problem. But it’s my personal opinion on a matter, and that’s what my blog is for: ranting my personal opinion on comic book matters. Plus it gives me a chance to talk about Toad. How many other people on the Internet would ever bother to talk about Toad? Exactly.
The Dragonborn Comes
I’ve realized for a few months now that not only did I never write a proper review for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but I also never let my readers know how my orc warrior Tannenbaum did on his quest. Suffice to say, he kicked ass and saved the world from the dragon menace. The game was awesome. I logged in more than 100 hours over three characters…but then sadly, my interest died down the moment after I beat the main story. Which sucks. I never played my side characters to their fullest, or really even finished with Tannenbaum.
But I do hope for some excellent DLC one of these days. My idea is to get Tannebaum married and set him up in the biggest mansion in the land, having retired from adventuring after he saved the world. Then when the DLC hits, he’ll have to come out of retirement. It’ll be awesome.
To make up for my lack of Skyrim closure, here’s the absolute best song from the game, song by a nice lady named Maluka. It’ll take people back.
Review: Teen Titans #8
So everybody gets new Tron-inspired costumes! That’s got to count for something, right? Why do they get Tron-inspired costumes? Who knows! But apparently that’s what NOWHERE does when it captures young metahumans. So if nothing else, I can at least stop complaining about how lame NOWHERE is as the bad guy. They finally step up their game in this issue to reveal some pretty nasty goings ons.
Teen Titans #8
Unfortunately, that doesn’t make for a good issue. But at least it’s not as terrible as last month.
Comics rating: 2/5: Bad.
At the end of the last issue, the Teen Titans were grabbed by the evil Harvest and NOWHERE. This issue gets pretty freaky. NOWHERE has some people who can warp reality, so the Titans are put through some really weird, sometimes confusing torture shenanigans. The idea is to break the Titans by revealing their inner most secrets, except that nobody has very interesting secrets. We get little vignettes about each character, but none of them really build the characters up at all. At the very least it puts the Titans in a precarious situation as they gear up for the big crossover event with Superboy and Legion Lost (for some reason).
Though somebody get guest artist Ig Guara away from superhero comics immediately. Ig Guara is a good artist, but holy cow do some of his characters absolutely suck. When your costumed superhero looks like a kid wearing big, uncomfortable pajamas, you were not destined to draw superhero comics.
Video Games are the Movement of the Soul
Or at least they will be for you once you watch this brilliant video called ‘Go Right’. We were all raised in a world of 8-bit platformers and plucky little plumbers. When victory was always somewhere to the right, and only a few power ups or a boss fight away. This was when video games were pure. When they were simple and enjoyable. And watching this video, by RockyPlanetismal, will take you back to those days of yore. Wonderfully touching and delightfully nostalgic, I do hope you enjoy.
Avengers the Boy Band
There are so many good Avengers parody videos coming out this week. I have more than enough material to make the funny as we await the US release of the film. Those geniuses over at IGN created this hilarious Boy Band video, which is worth a watch. They also posted their review of the movie, and gave The Avengers a 9/10. So by all indications, all the reviews I’ve been reading, this movie is going to be as awesome as we’re all hoping. Don’t worry, that review is spoiler free. Go ahead and read.
And then watch their video!
