Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 7/22/17
Man oh man, it’s San Diego Comic Con weekend! So much cool news, so many good trailers, so much to get excited about! But for another year in a row, I’m stuck here in Central New York, about as far from San Francisco as you can get in the continental United States. Someday I’ll be out there.
At least this week was marked with good comics, like Batwoman, Harley Quinn, Power Rangers and the long-awaited second issue of the new Spectacular Spider-Man! All good comics, but Comic Book of the Week goes to Batman #27, as writer Tom King throws us a curveball with the unexpected new origin of Kite Man!
Knock. Knock.
Secret Empire continues to slog along. It’s getting a little long in the tooth at this point, and isn’t as sharp anymore. While The Mighty Thor is still good, but I skipped reviewing the issue again because it’s kind of just killing time. The War Thor is a neat idea, but he hasn’t done much of substance just yet. Still a great comic.
Also, in case you were curious, like me, the first issue of Astonishing X-Men does not yet feature the return of Multiple Man. I’ll let you know when it does! It was a pretty cool X-Men comic though. I like the idea of gathering a bunch of disparaged X-Men to go on an impromptu mission. I’d like it even more if they hadn’t added Old Man freakin’ Logan.
Comic Reviews: Aquaman #26, Batman #27, Batwoman #5, Harley Quinn #24, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #17, Ms. Marvel #20, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #2 and The Wild Storm #6.
Walking Dead Trailer Delivers Them Chills and Thrills!
I’ve stuck with The Walking Dead this whole time and still very much enjoy the show. The new season premieres in October, as always, and Comic Con has delivered a big, rip-roaring trailer!
Looks good to me! Bring on the war!
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I Am Loving This Modern Orc Cop Movie!
I love the premise of the movie Bright, coming out soon on Netflix. It’s a premise I’ve actually given some thought to writing in the past: put the conventions of medieval fantasy into a modern day setting. So here we have Will Smith teaming up with a rookie orc cop investigating some eleven mysteries. Just see for yourself.
Brilliant! Orcs, elves, magic wands in a real world, Training Day-esque setting. Sign me up! Make this movie happen and come out soon! Sadly, December is not soon enough.
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New Inhumans Trailer Still Looks Terrible
Comic Con has brought us a new trailer for the upcoming Inhumans show, and it’s pure garbage. Like, it’s clearly cut and cued like a professional trailer, but the material is just nonsense and terrible.
Somebody definitely wants to make a great trailer, but it just didn’t work out. The special effects are especially terrible. Can you believe Medusa’s hair in that trailer? Holy cow, that looks terrible! How did they let that see the light of day? And the makeup is bad, too. Triton just looks plain weird!
Inhumans might be the first Marvel project that I think looks bad from the get-go. This isn’t going to turn out well.
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First Look at Pacific Rim 2!
Comic Con news is going to come hard and fast this weekend, and I am the worst possible person to try and keep up with it. Oh my god, you guys, I am so lazy. Regardless, I like to pick and choose the news that interests me most to post about on my blog! As such, here is the first teaser trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising! Pretty neat.
And yes, that’s totally John Boyega!
It’s funny how the movie Attack the Block has since produced two of the biggest names in sci-fi. Watched that movie the other night and it was great.
I don’t know what to expect from Pacific Rim: Uprising. I’m very disappointed that we won’t be continuing the story of Raleigh Becket and Mako Mori directly. Give Mako a franchise and she could become the biggest Asian female action hero in history! She’s going to appear in Uprising in some capacity, but I’m pretty sure she won’t be a lead character again. What a rip!
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