None of My Favorites Have Been Nominated for the X-Men
It’s that time of year again! Time to vote for who we want to join the X-Men. I still love this idea. I also still think that one year of comics is not nearly enough time to really get a roster to gel as a team or as characters. But the novelty of the whole thing is still too good to pass up, so I’m all for it.
Unfortunately, none of the nominees this year are in my pool of favorite X-Characters.
In previous votes, both Strong Guy and Avalanche were in the running — though hardly contenders. That was fun. This time around…I dunno. I think I’d vote for Juggernaut, or maybe Dazzler, even if she’d have to give up being an X-Terminator to join the X-Men.
Honestly, why isn’t anybody writing a Dazzler comic where she forms a mutant rock band and goes on tour? There are so many modern comic book writers eager to tackle Dazzler. We had X-Corp, a comic about the business side of Krakoa. Why not a comic about a mutant rock band on tour?
Anyway, I’m getting off topic. You can vote for the newest member of the X-Men here.
And hopefully next year, the likes of Multiple Man, Mimic, Strong Guy, Toad, Blob, Avalanche, Stacy-X, Cecilia Reyes, Marrow, Maggott or others will run for membership!
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The New Dungeons & Dragons Movie Looks Good To Me
Sadly, I have never played Dungeons & Dragons proper. I’ve played video game versions. I’ve sat in on some games my friends were running while I was there visiting. But I’ve never had the opportunity to sit down with a group of friends and play a full game. I think I’d be great, I think I would love it; but life has not yet found the way for me to play. I’ve got to live with that.
And while I do, I’ll go see the new movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, in the theaters in a couple of months.
I think the movie looks really fun. I don’t know how well it will do in the theaters, but they’ve got a good cast, good CGI, and a real plethora of things and gewgaws from the games to really flesh it out. I think that’s exactly what is needed. Hopefully it’s enough to keep audiences interested. Who wouldn’t enjoy a movie franchise along these lines? Critical Role is doing good work with the idea in their live shows and their Vox Machina cartoon. Why couldn’t another one succeed as well?
Though the new movie probably won’t have Critical Role’s charisma…
Anyway, Honor Among Thieves comes to theaters on March 31, which will be here before you know it.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 1/28/23
We’re back with another solid week of new comics, as we are every week. Was this the best week of new comics ever? No, sadly not. Was it the worst week? Nah. Just a pretty average week. Though this week did see the return of Saga!
Comic Book of the Week goes to X-Terminators #5 for a very enjoyable wrap-up to this excellent series! This is the sort of X-Men ongoing I could get behind.
Meanwhile, I’m probably going to skip Sins of Sinister. I’m just not into crossovers these days anymore. More my loss. I also finally beat Pokemon Violet! I really liked the open world aspect of the new game, but the whole thing wasn’t very fulfilling. Perhaps they’ll do better with the next one. Also, I started watching Lockwood & Co. like I mentioned yesterday, and I’m enjoying it so far!
Comic Reviews: Action Comics #1051, Justice Society of America #2, Saga #61 and X-Terminators #5.
Read the rest of this entryCheck Out Lockwood & Co. on Netflix
There’s a new TV show coming to Netflix today called Lockwood & Co. It’s created and showrun by Joe Cornish, the genius behind the Attack the Block movie, which I love. That is more than enough to get me to watch. But this trailer is also really good. It’s about some young ghost busters who use swords to fight the supernatural.
Apparently, this is based on a book series, so that’s neat. Yay books! But I’m really looking forward to this new show. I’ve been needing a new show to watch, and I think Lockwood & Co. will be it. You can all watch as well and let me know what you thought. Should be fun.
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There’s a Lot Going on in Shazam: Fury of the Gods
I really enjoyed the first Shazam! movie. It was fun and charming, with a lot of good character and energy. So I’m pumped for the sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods. It looks to have the same charm, character and energy. And, apparently, there’s just a whole lot of everything in this movie.
Wow, that trailer is stuffed to the gills with stuff happening. We’ve got the two new villains, we’ve got the various family members depowered and split up. We’ve got the Wizard coming back. We’ve got Billy Batson making all sorts of decisions. I feel like the plot is pretty simple, but that trailer wants to show off everything. More power to them, I suppose!
Shazam! Fury of the Gods comes to theaters on March 17.
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