Game of Thrones Season 2 is Coming
It’s true, but you probably knew that already. Still, I loved Season 1, so I’m quite pleased to be sharing this trailer for Season 2. If you didn’t see the first season, this probably won’t mean anything. But for those of us who did, it’s pretty badass.
12 Angry Bros is a Funny Trailer, Bro!
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be in trial mode for my day job. As frequent readers might have picked up, I write the ‘Cops’ beat for a daily newspaper here in Central New York. That mostly focuses on crimes and accidents, but that also includes the court side of things. This week and next I’ll be spending almost every day in the courthouse covering a murder trial. I may write a bit about it here on my blog, but I’m relatively sure that people are more interested in fun pop culture stuff than my day job. Still, real live murder trials are cool.
But at the very least this may explain why I won’t be posting as much over the next few weeks. I will try to keep the entertainment going, and to kick things off, here’s a video that showcases the depth and importance of our judicial system. When one bro violates the Bro Code, to whom do you turn?
A jury of your bros, bro.
The Greatest Portal 2 Video Ever
Every so often, something comes along that changes the way you view creativity and the Internet. This is one of those times. The following video is called ‘This is Aperture’, a Portal 2 parody of the song ‘This is Halloween’ from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I love that song, and I love Portal 2. It was posted by a fella (or group) called HarryUK. It is, by far, one of the greatest parody songs I have ever heard. This is Weird Al quality parody.
It is my great pleasure to share with you one of the greatest achievements in Internet comedy ever.
PS, for those that don’t know, Aperture is the name of the evil company in the Portal games.
Yeah Baby! Avengers Halloween Costumes!
I knew these were coming! We’re still 10 months away from Halloween, but I knew that Avengers movie-brand Halloween costumes were coming! Marvel and, frankly, all superhero movies have jumped on the Halloween bandwagon in recent years. Does anybody remember the millions of Joker costumes following The Dark Knight?
Well I knew we’d definitely be getting costumes for The Avengers movie, and they do not disappoint! If only I was thinner, I would probably buy them all. Not only would they be fun for Halloween, but they’re a great starting point for a cosplay costume. They’d probably even be great for kinky bedroom role-playing too! I’m just saying. Laaaaadies.
You can check out all the costumes here, or check out the few I’m posting.
First up, check out this sweet Captain America costume!
It damn well better come with the shield
Personally, I hate, hate, HATE those costumes that don’t have real boots, just the visual of boots. It looks ridiculous! But that’s easily solved by a kickass pair of red boots. Likewise, red gloves. I just find it weird that these licensed costumes always stop there. Though apparently the gloves are sold separately. The puffiness looks kind of cool, as does the iffy helmet. If the actual shield looks that badass, this costume is a winner.
Obviously they have costumes for Captain America, Thor and Iron Man, the Big 3 when it comes to Avengers. Hulk costumes are on the way, as are Loki. But this costume company doesn’t stop with the big names.
Check out Hawkeye!
What, no bow?
At least this costume looks to have better boots. But I almost feel bad for it. Hawkeye’s movie costume is cool, in the movie, but as a Halloween costume it looks so boring! Nobody will have any idea who you are! Even if they see the movie in May, I bet most people who aren’t absolute comic book geeks won’t remember Hawkeye by October.
Unless he’s somehow the breakout star of the movie. Hey! It could happen.
Otherwise, we all know Thor is going to be really popular. Why else would people need to buy…this!
Those look like some gnarly waves, dude
What? No fake beard? Thor has always kind of looked ridiculous without the beard.
As for our African-American friends, there’s no reason to feel left out. There’s also, apparently, no reason to do something as ‘controversial’ as a black Thor or a black Hawkeye. These costumes have you covered!
You can be a black Nick Fury instead!
Though now I’m curious. Considering white Nick Fury looks the same as black Nick Fury, could that costume double as a white Nick Fury? All you’d need is some hair.
These costumes look hilariously awesome. Any true cosplayer probably wouldn’t bother with them, but for something cheap to buy and wear to a party or the bar on Halloween, these are fantastic!
But these are just for adults. The real people who need to benefit from these costumes are the little children who will actually be going trick-or-treating. Well don’t worry, because the little kids are covered!
He doesn't even need that crappy wig!
And the little girls are covered too!
Finally, a sexualized costume for little girls that I can support!
Review: Teen Titans #5
Writer Scott Lobdell and artist Brett Booth team up to deliver what could be the very best issue so far of the new Teen Titans series. The problem is that I only say that because this issue is wall-to-wall action and fight scene, meaning there isn’t time to focus on the various problems I’ve had with this series. Still, great fight scene! The Titans take on Superboy in this issue, marking their first real superhero brawl as a team.
Teen Titans #5
Do they win? Well, you’ll just have to keep reading to find out.
Comic rating: 4/5: Good!
I’m going to try, from now on, to get over the various hang-ups I’ve had with this series. I can’t keep repeating them over and over again in every review. The dialogue feels forced, N.O.W.H.E.R.E. is a terrible villain and this team of Titans feels like they were picked out of a hat and just thrown together. These aren’t going to be fixed because one random guy is whining on the Internet. So I’m just going to start incorporating them into the basic fabric of the book. If they get better, I’ll let you know. They’re all still evident in this issue, but they don’t drag down what is an otherwise awesome fight scene.
Every character that appears in this issue gets their moment to shine, highlighting new aspects of their personalities while building towards a better story overall. Definitely an issue I would recommend.
Story and synopsis after the jump!
