Falcon and Crossbones are Looking Pretty Fly
See what I did there? I hope so, because I’m rather proud of that pun. Either way, filming is under way for Captain America 3: Civil War, and photographic sleuths have captured the first images of Falcon and Crossbones in costume — and they look pretty great!
Falcon is sporting his full costume from the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron. I like it! Falcon has had some pretty bad costumes in his comic book career, so I’m excited for this more realistic, mechanical looking suit. I’m also grateful that they did mix in some red and white.
Sadly, no Redwing…yet
Actor Anthony Mackie has been great as Sam Wilson, so I’m excited to see him return for the threequel.
Actor Frank Grillo also looks pretty intense as supervillain Crossbones, a carry over from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Remember the semi-friendly SHIELD agent who turned out to be a bad guy, Brock Rumlow? He’s back as Crossbones in the new movie.
Though I’m a little disappointed in how suited up he is. Crossbones, especially recently, usually wears standard military-esque gear with just a skull mask. This costume is full-on super-villain.
Super-villain style
And check out those gauntlets on his hands! Probably meant for punching the super soldier Captain America.
Civil War is going to be an exciting film! Too bad we have to wait a whole year! It’s a good thing we have Ant-Man to tide us over.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 5/16/15
If you haven’t seen the news yet, the Gamer Girl & Vixen Kickstarter has officially launched! This is my first self-published comic and my first Kickstarter, so you better believe I’m going to be on pins and needles for the next month! Click on over and check out the Kickstarter, my comic reviews will wait.
Back? Alright, on with the reviews! This was a pretty great week for me, seeing as how we got new issues of both Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel, and both were really good. We also got new issues of Thor, Darth Vader and Silk, three more of my favorite comics. But only one can win Comic Book of the Week, and that would be Captain Marvel #15 as writer Kelly Sue DeConnick signs off ahead of Secret Wars. It’s a very touching, enjoyable issue.
Those faces!
Of course, it’s just my luck that Carol finally returns to Earth just in time to go on hiatus for Secret Wars. But I’m pretty sure the issue where she finally meets Kamala Khan is coming up! Somebody remind me to track that down.
Over at Word of the Nerd, you can read my continuing coverage of Secret Wars. It’s still pretty good so far. And much like Convergence at DC Comics, I really don’t think I’m going to be touching many of the tie-in comics. So honestly, I’m not sure what I’m going to even review for the next few months…so maybe indie comic bonanza!
Comic Reviews: Captain Marvel #15, Darth Vader #5, Ms. Marvel #15, Silk #4 and Thor #8.
Hey, speaking of indie comics, did you hear that I’m running a Kickstarter?
Pitch Perfect was One of the Inspirations for Gamer Girl & Vixen
I think it’s rather fitting that the Kickstarter for my comic, Gamer Girl & Vixen, is going to launch on the same weekend as the sequel to Pitch Perfect, one of the inspirations behind my comic. My friend and co-writer Kristi McDowell introduced me to the movie, one of her favorites, and I absolutely loved it. I love a good musical. And Anna Kendrick is the Gamer Girl & Vixen spirit animal.
So what better way to celebrate than with a showing of Everything Wrong With Pitch Perfect!
Thank you, Cinema Sins, for giving me something awesome to post on the eve of my Kickstarter. I’m so excited, you guys and gals! We launch tomorrow morning!
Also, we’re big Beca/Chloe ‘shippers. I’m not ashamed to admit that.
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Legends of Tomorrow: And Just Like That, Nothing is Ever the Same Again
One day after the Supergirl trailer hits, we’ve got our first full look at Legends of Tomorrow, the oddly not-named Justice League show spinning out of Arrow and The Flash. This is a real trailer, more than three minutes long, showing everybody in action against the forces of Vandal Savage.
I don’t think television is ever going to be the same again.
I mean, come on! This is a full-on superhero team TV show, featuring time travel, the Atom, resurrections, big fights, Firestorm; this is insane, right? This can’t really be happening? This can’t really be a real TV show that we all get to watch and enjoy?
Granted, it looks cheesy as hell, but they’re making cheesy work on The Flash. I don’t see any reason why this can’t be as amazing as we all want it to be. I even have some ideas!
Though I still want to know how they justify not having the Flash or Green Arrow on the team.
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Supergirl Trailer Hits All the Girl Cliches, But I Still Kinda Like It
CBS is definitely going ahead with a Supergirl TV show, and the first trailer hit the Internet last night. It’s a full six minutes long, so it’s packed to the gills with pretty much everything the show is going to have. Heck, it’s practically an entire episode in and of itself. Go ahead and watch!
The problem is that it looks like nothing but a ‘girly TV show’ cliche! The fine people at io9 sum it up very well. I can definitely see those cliches, but I still liked the trailer in spite of them. In fact, as soon as Supergirl starts using her powers and being heroic, the trailer looks pretty great. It felt really cool watching a female superhero take the lead in an amazing way, for once. Arrow and The Flash have their special effects, but here’s Supergirl catching an airplane! Here’s Supergirl letting bullets bounce off of her as she fights the bad guys. Here’s Supergirl having the fun, real world problems like finding a costume that looks good and a cape that doesn’t get destroyed.
And actress Melissa Benoist looks really good in the role!
Maybe the cliches are just part of the pilot, like the people making the show knew they needed to appeal to the moronic studio executives, so they delivered an easy to swallow pilot. Pilots are not the be-all, end-all of a TV show. I think this one definitely has a chance.
What’d you think? Let me know in the comments!
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