Eye of the Sparrow, Baby!
If only all political debates were like this:
Bad Lip Reading is quickly becoming one of my favorite humor videos. They have done some fantastic work with movies, and now they’re hitting politics like a hilarious sledge hammer. I would watch every political debate if they were like this. I can’t wait to see what they do with the next two.
Superior Spider-Man Confirmed and Detailed
With New York City Comic-Con this weekend, Marvel has gone ahead and revealed the new Superior Spider-Man in the pages of USA Today. We all know that Amazing Spider-Man is going to end with the upcoming issue #700, during which a big, epic something is going to happen.
And while that something hasn’t been revealed, we’re now getting our first look at the aftermath.
Superior? What, he thinks he’s better than me?
According to the article at USA Today, the big epic something is going to result in a darker, meaner Spider-Man.
“I’ve always been the omniscient hand that’s been protecting Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and not letting anything too bad happen to him,” he adds. “And now I’ve become this cruel god. There’s something exciting about that, about going, ‘Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha, here is what’s going to happen to you, Spider-Man!’ And it’s drastic and it’s big and it’s exciting and it’s never been done before.”
Slott also said the term “Friendly Neighborhood” is no longer going to apply to Spider-Man.
Artists will include Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli.
This darker Spider-Man is lending a lot more credence to my theory that Doctor Octopus is going to kill Mary Jane Watson!
Along with the new title, Slott said that Spider-Man will get some new powers, and his costume is going to be tweaked a little. The blue will be replaced by black, plus a few other extraneous changes that you can see in this picture.
Look! He’s got little toesy thingys!
So yeah, there is our first introduction to Superior Spider-Man! We may learn more at Comic-Con, and I’ll keep everyone posted as best I can. Though I can’t say I’m excited to see these changes to Spider-Man, my curiosity may be piqued enough to at least buy a few issues.
6 Potential Marvel Crossovers After the Success of Avengers vs. X-Men
So what the heck is Marvel going to do now that Avengers vs. X-Men is over? It sold incredibly well, and definitely got a lot of mileage out of the hero vs. hero concept. Marvel pretty much struck gold! No doubt they want to capture that same magic again. Because if the entertainment industry has taught us anything, it’s that if one thing is popular, then repeating that thing over and over again will be just as popular! How else do you think we get most movie sequels?
But what can Marvel do next after Avengers vs. X-Men?
The only AvX battle that really mattered
I don’t know about you, but I liked Avengers vs. X-Men. It was action-packed and had a lot of neat, complicated character growth, even if the whole thing was a little bloated. But it was big in scope, and really took the characters on an epic, world-saving adventure. If Marvel is hoping that lightning strikes twice in the same place, I have a few suggestions for them.
In the Mines of ‘Give Me Moria’ of This!
Behold, LEGO Lord of the Rings brilliance!
How is it that we live in a world were LEGO humor is relegated to fan-made videos on Youtube? Where is the TV executive who isn’t greenlighting a full stop motion animation LEGO cartoon for Saturday mornings? Somebody find that person for me and introduce them to the Brotherhood Workshop. These guys are geniuses!
Animated Perry Bible Fellowship!
I am a huge, longtime fan of The Perry Bible Fellowship, a cartoon by fellow Syracuse University alumni Nicholas Gurewitch. Well he’s been posting a few of these animated shorts, which he directed, on Facebook, so I thought I’d share. I don’t think he animates them himself, and they’re made for the BBC, but it’s still probably the closest thing we’ll get to an animated Perry Bible Fellowship!
