6 Things I Want From the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe
I have always been a Marvel Zombie and I’m proud to admit it. Spider-Man and the X-Men got me into comics in the 90s, and the publisher has simply always been better than DC Comics, as far as I’m concerned. The characters are better, the themes are stronger and, especially in the past few years, Marvel has been putting out better comics.
So you’d think I’d be a little more freaked out by the apparent Marvel Universe reboot coming our way this fall.
Looks about the same
But I’m not freaked out at all. Personally, I don’t really think it’s going to be a reboot. I think Marvel is using Secret Wars to do a little garden-tending, and the Marvel Universe will look pretty much the same on the other side. But even if it’s not, I’ve been through enough alleged ‘major changes’ in comic books that I’ll weather this one just the same. As long as Marvel keeps putting out good comics, I’ll keep reading.
Though I do have a few suggestions for the New MU…
Movie Bebop and Rocksteady Are Going to Be the Most Accurate Characters Ever
I’m very excited that Bebop and Rocksteady are going to be in the new Ninja Turtles movie – but set photos have revealed that they are going to be intensely accurate characters. Check out these set photos.
The mohawk is real!
That’s Gary Anthony Williams as Bebop and WWE wrestler Sheamus as Rocksteady, both before their mutations into a warthog and a rhino respectively. Just look at them. They look exactly like the classic cartoon versions of the characters, to an insane degree. There are pictures on the web of Williams even wearing the classic vest.
In a movie that finally gave the Ninja Turtles themselves unique and individual looks, why go so weirdly cartoony on Bebop and Rocksteady? Why not re-invent them as well?
I suppose it doesn’t matter in the end. I liked the first movie, and I’m excited to see them in the second! I hope they’re not too campy. The writers should read the current IDW comic book series for an amazing portrayal of Bebop and Rocksteady.
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The New Favorite Movie Trailer Sound
Everybody is familiar with that BWAAAHHH! sound that was in every movie trailer following Inception. Well Internet and movie sleuth Toxyoi has discovered the new favorite sound – which actually sounds kind of like the original sound in reverse.
I wonder how this happens. I’m pretty sure that movie trailers are made out-of-house, meaning they’re not made by the regular film production staff. So there are separate trailer-making studios out there. Are they constantly running focus groups to find the cool new sound? Do they have signs on the walls saying, “Use this sound for the time being”? Do they think nobody will notice and just do it to save time? Are they really so in love with the sound that they want to use it everywhere?
Do they think this is a game?!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 5/30/15
Slow week for comics this week…or at the very least, slow week for comic book reviews from your pal and mine, Henchman-4-Hire…which is me! Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that I mostly sorta kinda dropped the ball and simply didn’t read that many comics this week.
Though I have been busy running my Kickstarter campaign for Gamer Girl & Vixen! We’re at more than 75% funded and going strong! Not too late for you Henchies to check it out and get on your favorite blogger’s good side! Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
Other than that, I took this week to check out some less mainstream titles. There’s the first issue of Surface Tension from Titan Comics, the last issue of Divinity from Valiant Comics, and I decided to double back and check out a comic I missed from last week, the new Lumberjanes! I figured they earned it, what with a possible movie coming out!
Though since I need to stick to this week’s comics, I’d have to say Comic Book of the Week goes to Divinity #4! Writer Matt Kindt concludes a solid introduction to a new Valiant hero.
Cosmonauts are tougher than you think!
Over at Word of the Nerd, I’m still doing my best to keep abreast of Secret Wars with a review of Old Man Logan #1. Now that was a great comic. And next week I promise to get back to reviewing more books. I think Convergence is over at DC Comics, so I’m going to dive into as many of their new, offbeat titles as I can!
Comic Reviews: Divinity #4, Lumberjanes #14 and Surface Tension #1.
Kung Fury
Remember that incredible David Hasselhoff video from a few weeks ago? It seemed to appear out of nowhere in some sort of glorious love-letter to the 1980s. Just as Hasselhoff single-handedly brought down the Berlin Wall, he also brought down the walls around our hearts and made us feel again.
His music video was part of the soundtrack for LaserUnicorns’ “Kung Fury.” The 30-minute action epic is about a cop who was struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra after seeing his partner killed in action, and developed super kung fu powers. With the help of the greatest hacker of all time, he travels back in time to kill Hitler.
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