Simon Pegg is Making a Weird Movie
I got nothing. I like to post stuff on Mondays, I like to share movie trailers and comic book news and whatever else I can find. But I got nothing. Nothing is happening! I’m falling back on this weird Simon Pegg movie trailer, just so I can post something! It’s called Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose.
What even is this movie? Is it based on an ancient book? Did someone trip acid and write this script? It looks a little fun, if only in how weird it is. So maybe I’ll see it! Except there’s no way it’s going to come out in mainstream theaters. So…streaming someday? We can hope.
Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose comes to some theaters on Sept. 1.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 8/26/23
Some weeks you just don’t want to read comics. Sometimes a bunch of new comics come out, but you can’t work up the energy to read any of them, especially not when immersed in some Baldur’s Gate 3. But I for sure checked out the Captain America Finale, for one.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #111 because the new storyline kicks off in dramatic, exciting fashion.
Meanwhile, I am definitely still playing Baldur’s Gate 3, though the bugs are starting to get to me. Some are directly impacting one of my playthroughs, and the internet tells me it gets a bit buggier towards the end. I’m starting to wonder if I should just stop playing and wait another year for the Definitive Edition that’s likely to come out. At least I can watch and enjoy the new Ahsoka show! Which reminds me, I have yet to play that new Jedi game that came out in the spring…
Comic Reviews: Captain America: Finale and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #111.
Read the rest of this entryMore Mortal Kombat 1 Characters!
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a huge fan of Mortal Kombat lore. All the ninjas, the crazy characters, the worlds, the battles; it’s all great stuff. So I am loving Mortal Kombat 1’s approach to introducing it’s playable characters: these one-off little videos that introduce some lore and pop out a few characters. Here’s one for Sindel and Shao Kahn!
Looks great! I’m loving this whole concept. It’s almost like Ultimate Universe Mortal Kombat. Take all the characters, all the histories, all the everything, and remodel it all into a new and similar universe. They did this once before with Mortal Kombat 9, but that was more of a simple cleaner retelling, with some big story changes. This looks like a whole new alternate universe with the same characters, just told a different way.
Now I really want to play this game for the story alone! Mortal Kombat 1 comes out Sept. 19.
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There is a Lot Going on in Rebel Moon
Rebel Moon is director Zack Snyder’s next big opus, a mind-boggling space opera that’s going to be split into two parts and show up on Netflix at the end of the year. We’ve got our first teaser trailer and it is…a lot. I’m not entirely sure what’s happening, other than a bunch of space opera tropes all being grouped together into a pretty cool trailer.
It all looks visually cool, but this trailer is all over the place. Who is the main character? What is the time period? Are there multiples of everything? Who is rebelling? And against what? And on which moon?
Your guesses are as good as mine. Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire comes to Netflix on Dec. 22. The second part, The Scargiver, arrives on April 19.
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6 Thoughts on Blue Beetle (Review)
As could have been predicted, the Blue Beetle movie is not doing well at the box office. The general public has turned against DC superhero movies, and even when they’re good — like Blue Beetle — they still flop. It’s a damn shame, because I really enjoyed this new superhero movie. It’s not perfect, but I had a fun time at the theater.
Movie Rating: 8/10 – Very Good
Blue Beetle has had an odd journey to the big screen. There have been rumors and test footage for a show for years, all with this modern costume, but they never materialized beyond an episode appearance on Smallville, I think? Then they greenlit this movie for HBO Max, then decided it was so good that it would go to the big screen, then decided to ditch the old DC movie universe and start fresh, then decided that Blue Beetle would be the first movie in the new DCU without actually being made by the DCU people. It’s been wild! And here we are!
Join me after the jump for my full review and thoughts on the Blue Beetle movie. Expect FULL SPOILERS for the whole movie. And feel free to share your own thoughts in the comments below.
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