Review: Mimic and the X-Men #3
How freakin’ awesome is it that the Mimic is now a regular character in an ongoing comic book series? We haven’t enjoyed this since back in the 1960s for about three issues of X-Men – that is if you don’t count Exiles, which I don’t, since it was a very different Mimic. We’re truly living in a Golden Age of being a fan of the obscure comic book character the Mimic! But sadly, as awesome as this is, it’s also a double-edged sword. Because in the first issue following Mimic’s grand return to the X-Men, he’s reduced to just a side character with very little panel-time.
One very Mimic-less issue
This is Rogue’s comic, after all. But I may keep up these reviews since I know I’m not the only Mimic fan in the world.
Comic rating: 3/5: Alright.
As a Mimic comic, this issue sucks. He barely appears. It’s great that he’s in the cast now, but it’s sad to see him doing nothing. As a tie-in to Avengers vs. X-Men, the comic isn’t any good either. It’s been less than a year since Regenesis, when Wolverine split the X-Men in half in order to go off and re-open the school in Westchester. Yet one giant crossover later and everything he set up is being thrown under the bus, all in the name of yet another punch-fest between superheroes.
This issue pushes the whole school idea just a little too far, revealing it to be the sham that it is. The students don’t want to learn, they want to join in the fight against the Avengers. If they wanted to fight so badly, why didn’t they stay on Utopia? And the ‘teachers’ spend all their time worrying about making sure they stick to the class schedule – yet they all still dress in superhero costumes.
But who cares about all of that? Bring on the Mimic!
Hey Gang, Guess What! Harley Quinn has a Butt!
That’s the number one thing to take away from the latest tease trailer of the Harley Quinn’s Revenge DLC. We get next to nothing new about gameplay, storyline or Robin – but it’s a new trailer for the Arkham City DLC, so of course I’m going to post it! Enjoy!
The Peoples’ Villain: “Let’s get rid of these silly vigilante nerds.”
Seattle Supervillain Rex Velvet rails against hero Phoenix Jones in his latest video. Can brightly-coloured tights and goodwill stand against cunning and resourcefulness?
Muhaha.
Princess Peach has Royal Duties
She is a princess, after all. When she’s not being kidnapped by King Koopa, one has to assume that Princess Peach (or Princess Toadstool) is overseeing her kingdom. The people at Random Encounter have made a fun song saying as much.
We Might Not See Ant-Man Film Anytime Soon
I’m incredibly torn by the news that director Edgar Wright is going to start production this September on his next film The World’s End. I’m torn because A.) That doesn’t sound like Ant-Man to me. And B.) because it’s the third movie in the unofficial trilogy after Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, two amazingly brilliant movies that are counted among the few movies I’ll pop in the DVD player to watch over and over again. Not very many movies hold up to excessive repeat viewing, but those two definitely do. As do their commentaries!
And according to Deadline, The World’s End will once again be co-written by Simon Pegg, and will also star Pegg and Nick Frost, the stars of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. So the recipe is in place for The World’s End to be another amazingly brilliant film!
Damn your handsomeness, Edgar Wright!
But Wright is supposed to be working on Ant-Man! How does the $207 million opening weekend for The Avengers not light a fire under everyone’s butt to get Ant-Man into production? If you can’t tell, I’m very excited about Ant-Man.
Anyway, let us not discount the great news that we’re going to get a third film by Wright, Pegg and Frost. The World’s End is expected to be released in 2013. Here’s the description, which sounds pretty epic:
Twenty years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.
