Cinema Sins Does Sin City, a Video So Sinful We All Might Be Going to Hell
This week sees the release of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Will it succeed, like the original Sin City? Or will it be just another 300: Rise of an Empire? Waiting a decade for you sequels rarely works out.
But you better believe I’m buying my ticket and seeing that film this weekend! I’m hoping for the best!
Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 8/16/14
I noticed something kind of odd when I went through these reviews, and I’m not sure if it’s a bad thing or a good thing. I’m still trying to read more comics than just the Big Two, but even at the big publishers, I seem stuck to the same titles over and over. There are two Batman books in my review stack this week, two Spider-Man books, and one X-Men comic. I know I try to branch out as much as possible, but for some reason, this week felt like I was in a specific rut. It’s a little weird. But what can I say? These are the comics I like to read and review.
Fortunately, sprinkled in among the mainstream superheroes, are some goodies, like new issues of Captain Marvel and Harley Quinn. But like some insane carnival mirror, one is awesome, the other is a dud! I can barely believe it! Care to guess which one is Comic Book of the Week?
Oh and hey, guess which classic costume is back in continuity again
Comic Reviews: All-New X-Men #30, Amazing Spider-Man #5, Batman #34, Batman Eternal #19, Captain Marvel #6, Harley Quinn #9, Original Sin #7 and Spider-Man 2099 #2.
Robin Watch: Costumes A Go-Go!
Not much going on today, so I thought I’d share this awesome cover image from Batman and Robin #36, where Red Robin, Red Hood and Batgirl all get dressed up in Robin variants of their costumes to honor Damian! It was drawn by Patrick Gleason.
Tim Drake looks damn good
The image was previewed in USA Today, in an article about how the Batman and Robin team, Mahnke and Peter Tomasi, are taking over the Superman/Wonder Woman comic. Good for them. But I only really care about the Robin stuff!
Especially a quote from Tomasi about why everyone is dressed in these variant costumes.
“All of these characters at this point are in the Robin mix,” Tomasi says. “The Bat-family will, in the end, rise to the challenge of helping a new Robin come to be in the DCU.”
A new Robin? That sounds a lot more firm than just bringing Damian back from the dead. So who could it be? I really don’t know at this point.
Though I’m holding out hope that this ‘Bluebird’ thing is all a feint, and Harper Row really does become the new Robin.
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Warlords of Draenor Cinematic Looks Badass
When it comes to video game storytelling, Blizzard has always had the best cinematics. Even going all the way back to Starcraft and Warcraft III, they blow me away each and every time. So, of course, the cinematic for the next World of Warcraft expansion looks dazzling!
Even if the expansion itself – Warlords of Draenor – is kind of insane.
Instead of expanding the known world like other expansions, this new one is instead about time travel. The villainous Garrosh Hellscream has opened a new portal and traveled back in time to when the orcs were living on the planet Draenor, prior to the events of the very first Warcraft game. At that time, the orcs, led by his father, Grom Hellscream, drank demon blood and became the green-skinned monsters that they’ve been all this time. But now, in the new expansion, the time-traveling Garrosh stops his father from drinking the demon blood, giving rise to the Iron Horde.
See it for yourself.
The story is absolutely insane, but at least the cinematic is gorgeous. I’m not entirely sure how time travel and alternate realities are going to impact World of Warcraft, but it’s not like they can just introduce new islands and new species every time they need another expansion. I’m confident they can pull this off.
I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to give it a try. I’m definitely going to spend at least a month in the new game, because I want to see the updated character models. That alone would be worth the price of admission…or at least the $15 it would cost for one month of playtime. We’ll see!
Today Feels Like an Expendable Kind of Day
I don’t particularly care for The Expendables franchise, but gosh darn it, I love the attitude behind it. The idea of getting together all of the classic action movie stars in one franchise is just the bee’s knees. And today, being the random Thursday of my week off from work, it feels like an Expendables kind of day!
Check out the Honest Trailer for The Expendables.
And then as a real treat, check out Expendables: The Musical by legolambs. These guys are geniuses and this is one of their best.
That song gets me pumped for the rest of my day of lounging around doing nothing!
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