I Fully Support Flash Mob Orchestras
Especially when they are of the Star Wars variety.
But then I’m a big fan of flash mobs in general. I hope to be in one some day.
Sorry for the lack of posting today. Not much was going on, plus I’ve just been too lazy to wrap up all the outstanding Comic-Con stuff I didn’t cover. I think I got all the important stuff. Tune in tomorrow for a new List of Six and hopefully more activity out of me!
I’m Not Made of Stone, People
When someone makes a video of a bunch of adorable Pugs dressed up like the Avengers, you better believe I’m going to post it!
Because what am I doing with this blog if not bringing you videos like this one?
Excited by Arrow? Well Here’s Some More!
I really enjoyed the first episode of Arrow, and it just so happens to have come on the Even of the New York City Comic-Con. Sure enough, the good people at Arrow decided to show off even more of their show to the gathered geek masses with this highlight reel of upcoming episodes! Enjoy!
We’ve got Deathstroke, Deadshot, China White and more! I can’t say as how that clip show got me too excited, but it all looks to be a lot of fun. I can’t wait for more episodes!
Review: Scarlet Spider #10
It’s crossover time in Scarlet Spider, where our favorite wall crawler teams up with Venom to take on Carnage…and the Micronauts, for some insane reason. I’m not going to review the entire crossover, just the issues of Scarlet Spider that are involved. But I’ll provide recaps to make sure everyone is up to speed. This review will focus entirely on Scarlet Spider #10, the second part of the crossover. It’s a pretty good story, hampered only by the general silliness of the plot itself. It’s just my own personal taste, but I don’t particularly enjoy some of comics more fantastical elements. Especially when writers can’t modernize those elements and make them work with modern day comic reading sensibilities.
Scarlet Spider #10
This is basically my way of saying that I just don’t think it works when street-level or military characters are suddenly thrust into a magical micro land full of wild, random characters. But such is Minimum Carnage.
Comic Rating: 3/5: Alright.
There’s nothing particularly special about this issue or this crossover so far. I like the interactions between Scarlet Spider and Venom, and there’s a…minor sense of menace when it comes to Carnage. I’ve always liked Carnage. I wasn’t reading comics yet when his most famous story, Maximum Carnage,came out in the 90s, but I’ve read an issue or two here or there. And there was this palpable terror in the comic. Carnage is a serial killer given extreme super powers, and Maximum Carnage was all about him cutting free and just killing at random in the streets of New York City. People were terrified, the hospitals were overflowing with the injured and the superheroes were pushed to their limit. The Joker always has some kind of game or plan in the works when he kills people. But Carnage just killed indiscriminately, and few have the power to stop him.
Time, of course, has dulled Carnage’s menace. But there are hints and shadows of it in this series so far, not to mention the fact that Carnage has been treated like a pretty important character in recent years. Minimum Carnage comes on the heels of two separate Carnage mini series, one in which he took over an entire town and captured the Avengers. So Carnage has been on a pretty good streak recently, but this new series kind of goes off the rails…
Still, it’s readable. And it’s nice to see Kaine interacting with some other people from the Marvel Universe.
Join me after the jump for a full synopsis and more review!
The Dark Knight Returns Returns in Part 2
If you want more proof that Peter Weller is a terrible Batman, here’s a trailer for Part 2 of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns:
I was moderately OK with Part 1, as you can see in my review. The worst part of the film was Peter Weller as Batman. You can hear it in the first lines of that trailer. His voice is so flat and emotionless. Batman is better than that.
Well Part 2 promises to include Superman and the Joker, though Superman still just looks like normal, everyday Bruce Timm Superman, another drawback of these animated adaptations. Frank Miller had such a unique style to his art for the original comics. I wish they’d tried to replicate that look for these. Oh well, what can you do? At least Ben Linus is voicing the Joker. That should be fun.
Also, we’ve now learned at NYC Comic-Con that the next two cartoons will be Superman: Unbound, based on Geoff Johns’ recent Brainiac reboot story, and Justice League: Flashpoint, based on the alternate reality tale that brought us into the New 52. Which makes me wonder if all future DVDs after that will be based on New 52 stories. That might be cool.
