The 6 Best French Superheroes
Leave it to the craziness of the world to spur my imagination! There I was, dear readers, wondering what sort of List of Six I could write for you this week. I hadn’t even started as of Tuesday morning, but nothing was coming to mind. Maybe a list of bird superheroes? People like birds…But no! Lo and behold, the universe was ready for me! French President Francois Hollande dissolved the French government this week!
And what better way to note the occasion than with a list of the coolest French comic book characters?
Oo la la!
I didn’t even know you could do that to the French government. It’s France! You’d think they’d have their croissants all in a row. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those French-hating Americans. Those guys are idiots. France is a pretty cool place, and was my foreign language of choice all through grade school. And you better believe there are some pretty cool French superheroes and supervillains out there!
Join me after the jump to get a good look at them.
Animated Miles Morales!
The world announced today that Donald Glover, from Community, was going to voice Miles Morales in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon – which means that Ultimate Spider-Man finally gets to appear in Ultimate Spider-Man! That’s good news and all, but I’m even more excited for animated Miles Morales! He’ll probably never show up on the big screen, but this is cool nonetheless.
Glover is pretty awesome in the role. I kind of want to watch Ultimate Spider-Man now.
And for anybody keeping track, I totally owe you guys a review of the last issue of Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man. I’ll get to it, I’ll get to it.
There Was A Surprising Amount of Smoking in Ghostbusters
Did I ever tell you that I met Ernie Hudson once? Winston was my favorite Ghostbuster as a kid, and Ernie Hudson made a guest appearance last year at Scare-a-Con, a horror convention that’s held near me every year. I was in line to meet him, even though I didn’t have any money on me to actually pay for any of his stuff.
Well he was about to go do a live Q&A session at another part of the con, and everybody who had been waiting in line was pretty much just going to be screwed, because he was leaving, and nobody had bothered to cut off the line in advance. Well I overhear that the family in front of me is going to be the last group to see Ernie Hudson, so when it’s their turn, I artfully walk up with them, as if I was part of this random family. They went through the whole deal of chatting with Ernie and getting pictures taken and getting his autograph, while I stood off to the side, just kind of enjoying being there.
Before he left, I simply stepped up and got to shake his hand. And that’s how I met my favorite Ghostbuster.
Holy Crap! There’s a New Floating Hands X-Men Parody!
How is this possible? How did the Internet bring this about? Enough rhetorical questions! Let’s just enjoy this two-part parody of the Messiah Complex! It makes sense that the first video in 6 years parodies a storyline from 6 years ago.
Part 1
Part 2
Heh, those are still great. And Part 2 includes Multiple Man! How cool is that? I hope this is a sign that the good people at Floating Hands Studios will be making even more! I’ll definitely be posting Part 3 when it comes along – which, based on their current rate of production, should be some time next year! Stay tuned!
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Doctor Who? Peter Capaldi, That’s Who!
Like the rest of geekdom, I watched the season premiere of Doctor Who Saturday night with bated breath, eager to see how new Doctor, Peter Capaldi, would do in the role. I wasn’t around either time when David Tennant and Matt Smith took over, I had to catch both of those regenerations in reruns online. So Saturday’s episode was my first real time experience with a new Doctor.
And it was great!
Independent State of Eyebrows!
The episode itself – Deep Breath – was pretty good. Not one of the best of all time, but that’s fine. I think I liked it more than any episode in Season 7. I love the Pasternoster Gang – Vastra, Jenny and Strax – so seeing them with the new Doctor was really fun. I hope they stick around, because it’s a hoot seeing a new Doctor interact with his former self’s supporting cast (though now that I think about it, Capaldi didn’t spend much time at all with Vastra and friends). I also really liked Clara in this episode. I think Season 8 is going to try to build her up a bit more – before she leaves around Christmas, of course.
Don’t make that face, you know what you’re doing
But the real draw of the new episode was Capaldi himself – and he absolutely nailed it! Oh man, that was an exciting performance. I knew to anticipate a lot with Capaldi, even if I haven’t seen any of his other shows, but he lived up to all the hype and hope. He was wickedly sharp in his performance, a touch more serious than Matt Smith. Once he gets his mind settled and emerges as the Doctor, Capaldi commands every scene he’s in. Whether he’s alarmed at his eyebrows or bantering with Clara, Capaldi fits perfectly as both the Doctor and his version of the Doctor.
In fact, I loved the banter the most. Whether they’re talking about the Sonic Screwdriver’s voice commands, or bickering about who is the bigger egomaniac in a booth at a family restaurant, Capaldi and Jenna Coleman worked great together.
He’s not a hugger
I’m now even more excited about the new season. The cameo at the end was nice, but I think I liked Capaldi’s response even more. He made a great first impression, and I’m confident he’s going to make a great Doctor.
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