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A Hench-Sized Ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
With the whole world enjoying Avengers: Age of Ultron, I saw a lot of lists on the Internet ranking the best and worst of the Marvel movies. I will gladly go on record claiming that there isn’t a bad movie in the bunch. They’ve all been good to great so far, and I fully expect that trend to continue later this summer with Ant-Man.
Being a blogger of the people, and a self-proclaimed Marvel fan, I’ve decided to rank all of the Marvel movies from my most to least favorite. I love them all and, were I a healthier man, I would gladly have attended one of those massive, multi-hour marathons that were playing in major cities. But alas, I live in a dinky little city that doesn’t get that kind of awesome attention. I need to move somewhere cool…
Also, this seems like a great time to share the first official synopsis of Captain America: Civil War. It seems Cap’s new team of Avengers are going to fill the New Warriors’ role from the original comic, and the movie will feature a metric ton of characters, including War Machine, Vision, Ant-Man and General Ross from The Incredible Hulk! They’re really getting William Hurt to return! That’s amazing connectivity!
So join me after the jump for my personal ranking of all the Marvel movies! And feel free to share your own in the comments below!
A Sweet, Sweet New Ant-Man Poster
With Avengers: Age of Ultron sitting all bubbly in our brainpans now, we turn our attention to the next Marvel blockbuster, Ant-Man, which is due to hit theaters on July 17. I’ve loved both trailers and I’m confident that this movie is going to rock! In fact, to confirm my suspicions, Marvel put out a new Ant-Man poster yesterday!
Let’s hope this signifies the start of around the clock Ant-Man advertising! I still want my Ant-Man LEGOs and Ant-Man Marvel Legends action figure!
I also don’t think I’ve said ‘Ant-Man’ enough yet in this post. Ant-Man!
Also, tune into my blog tomorrow when I will rank all of the Marvel movies from least favorite to most favorite!
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The New Ant-Man Trailer is What We’ve Been Waiting For
A second, awesome Ant-Man trailer hit the Internet today, and it’s exactly what we’ve all been waiting for! The first trailer was good, but failed to impress everybody. This new trailer is chocked to the gills with special effects, shrinking, and some awesome Ant-Man comedy! This is the movie we all want to see!
I am very excited for Ant-Man. I know Age of Ultron is going to be good. I knew Daredevil would be great. But Ant-Man is the big gamble. A lot of people aren’t too sold on this film yet. But I am going to be its champion! The movie looks great. Paul Rudd is an amazing choice for the main character. Ant-Man is going to ride its underdog status to success!
What’d you think of the trailer? Let me know in the comments!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 4/11/15
I’m sorry, DC fans, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to tackle Convergence. I’d considered it, and I read a few of the issues this week, but I have even less interest in covering this beast than I do Batman Eternal Year Two. Now, I am nothing if not easily persuadable, so if there is a Convergence comic you’d like me to review, let me know in the comments. But on my own, these reviews are going to be few and far between.
Such as this week’s Question #1. Greg Rucka returning to Renee Montoya is a dream come true.
In the rest of the comic book world, we’ve got some great books! I highly recommend Kaijumax over at Oni Press, it’s a lot of fun. New issues of Ant-Man and Spider-Woman impressed. And Darth Vader #4 easily won Comic Book of the Week for being one of the most action-packed comics of the year so far. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to look at Darth Vader the same way again.
Elsewhere in the world, you can check out my review of SHIELD #4 over at Word of the Nerd. That series continues to delight.
This is also the first week in a year when I don’t have an issue of Batman Eternal clogging up my reviews! It’s a good feeling.
Comic Reviews: Ant-Man #4, Convergence: Question #1, Darth Vader #4, Kaijumax #1 and Spider-Woman #6.
I’m Only One Man, I Can Only Handle So Many Character Reveals
Yesterday saw the debut of the red Daredevil costume for the new Netflix series (which premiers today!). I saw the costume, loved it, and wrote a blog post about it. But then the various companies in charge of our live action superheroes went insane. There were no less than five superhero reveals, including Daredevil, and all of them are pretty neat. Are you ready to just smash our way through all of them? Let’s just go nuts!
Thing
Yellow Jacket
Archangel
Vision
I wonder how many more we’ll get today. This is the week that keeps on giving.
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