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[Drazar]

Originally Posted by The Hylden

I AM THE LAWAH!!

Puh please.

So anyone else a fan of Avatar? Anyone else enjoyed the season finale of Legend of Korra? It was mostly great, however it ends with a huge deus ex machina that almost makes the status quo back to normal, thus the story is almost as irrelevant as any comic event, outside of possible character progression.



Cautiously optimistic about this game being worth the 40€ purchase.

[batfan08]

Dredd looks awesome, and I may check out TASM after I see the film. What else is awesome? These:

[The Hylden]

My goodness! That's a figure? Craziness, the level of realism there...

[batfan08]

Yup, 12" tall, I Pre-ordered mine. He comes with everything seen here plus a shotgun and a chain:





...and a few more for good measure:

[Batman The Trailer Hunter]

So i have been watching some Marvel Animated films...THEY ALL SUCK ARE UTTERLY TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Old_BenKenobi]

Originally Posted by Batman The Trailer Hunter

So i have been watching some Marvel Animated films...THEY ALL SUCK ARE UTTERLY TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought Hulk Vs and Planet Hulk were pretty good. Other than that? ...

[Batman The Trailer Hunter]

Originally Posted by Old_BenKenobi

I thought Hulk Vs and Planet Hulk were pretty good. Other than that? ...

Hulk Vs would have to be my favorite out of all of them. Planet Hulk was Decent 6.5/10


But there is soooooo many problems with the logic at times.

[Drazar]

How was the Iron Man and Dr. Strange ones?

Batman: Earth One PREVIEW! In stores July 10th! Just 10 days away from the Dark Knight Rises:

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BF = Buffzeed
GJ = Geoff Johns

BF: Well, let’s just to dive into these questions then now that you can! To start, for people who aren’t sure what the premise of Batman: Earth One is, what’s a quick summary?

GJ: Sure, the first Earth One book was a modern retelling of Superman’s origin and Batman: Earth One is a modern retelling of the beginning of Bruce Wayne and Batman and it’s a look at the man more than it is the mask.

For Gary and I we wanted to take a very human approach to these characters, Bruce Wayne and Alfred, and you’ll see a very different Gotham and a very, very different Alfred and a Bruce Wayne who is not quite the Batman that everyone knows. He’s not very good yet, he’s not a fighting machine. He’s just a guy who is seeking vengeance.



BF: Yeah, he’s also kind of a dick, which surprised me. You actually made the fact he had money make him a bit of an entitled brat as a child. And how it partially led to his parents shooting.

GJ: It’s hard, I think. It’s gotta be the single greatest regret in his life, is that moment. And I don’t think there’s one second it doesn’t haunt him and he hasn’t told anybody about it and that’s eaten him up inside since he was 10 years old.

BF: It was interesting how you showed the death’s of Bruce’s parents. The moment is so iconic, but as far as I know, no one has gone into the immediate aftermath of what happens when a 10 year old watches his parents get shot in the street. Did that grow organically while you were storytelling or did someone on the team have a moment where they said, “We should probably go into how that would be psychologically traumatizing to a child and warp their world view.”?

GJ: When Gary and I talked about the characters, when we first had the opportunity to do this story, the greatest thing about it was the format. We didn’t have a monthly deadline to worry about, we didn’t have any other Batman comics to worry about, this was really a stand alone story, a universe that we could create all our own. We could take characters and push them in directions they haven’t been pushed before because we thought it could make the story better. And in the end there were some things that were very true to the Batman stories and there are some things that are very different but the DNA of it is there. It looks familiar but emotionally I hope it resonates in a different way. And so when we talked about Bruce and what he would go through and what he would be like and what would happen, it really took the story in a different direction.

BF: It was much more realistic or darker than previous Batman arcs.

GJ: And I think more nuanced. It’s not so cut and dry. It’s not black and white. The space and the time allows us to delve deeper into these characters and the choices they make and motivations change and everyone changes as they experience and confront things and we wanted to show that.
BF: You guys introduced a new villain in this graphic novel, and I’m obviously not going to say who, but it’s a fairly awful serial killer. Do you plan to expand their story or origin in the future of Batman: Earth One and their role in Arkham’s mythos since it remained an opaque character throughout?

GJ: Yeah, in subsequent stories you will learn more about everybody. That’s all I can really say.



BF: You were talking earlier how all the characters are fundamentally who they are in Earth Zero but you’ve kind of shifted the dynamic. Alfred in particular seems to have undergone a sort of drastic re-imagining, which to me as I read just translated as, “OMG Alfred is a badass now!” For you, which character revamp is your favorite? Were there any you felt you should just leave alone?

GJ: Um, God they were all great. There was nobody in it that we felt we couldn’t change. Everyone has changed. My favorite? I really love Bruce and Alfred together. And the cops. The cops became much bigger than Gary and I ever thought. They just took on a life of their own.

BF: Gordon's struggle with his place in Gotham’s bureaucracy was just such a great subplot. It was so nuanced and well-written. (Editor’s Note: My fangirl is showing, how embarrassing.)

GJ: Thanks.

BF: Just to end on a light note, there’s a kind of a running joke about Batman’s cape, was that a nod to Pixar's The Incredibles and their whole “capes get superheroes killed” bit?

GJ: No no, not at all actually.
BF: Before we go, do you have anything you’d like to add?

GJ: Just that Gary Frank, my artist and partner in crime on this thing, is great. He allows me to slow it down and let the emotional reactions of the characters tell the story. I don’t need to do narration when I work with somebody as talented as Gary. I think he’s just a master storyteller and I really can’t wait for people to see this body of work he’s done with our inker Jon Sibal and our colorist Brad Anderson.

To me, it seems like Geoff Johns might have been inspired by Brave & Bold's christmas episode where you learn that Batman's childish bratty behaviour lead to Thomas taking the family to see Zorro to cheer him up, which led to their deaths, thus Batman is carried by this huge guilt.

PS. Inbefore people hating on Geoff Johns for "ripping" off Tim Burton?

[Nemesis296]

Originally Posted by Drazar

So both Amazing Spider-Man the movie and game (game gets less praising) is getting good reception, but be warned! Just playing 20 minutes of the game spoils the movie's biggest conclusions apparently, but yeah it seems Beenox taking from Batman helped.

Has anyone gotten this yet? I absolutely loved Spider-Man 2, which this actually looks like it might be a decent game that gives back the "feeling" of being Spider-Man. I'm not too keen on spoiling the movie a week before it comes out, but I love swinging around New York City nonetheless.

By the way, this game gets the awesome vote just because Bruce Campbell is in it.

[Drazar]

I'm not playing mine till i've seen the movie.

I saw Men in Black 3 today, it was bad if you ask me. Below mediocore, it had a few laughs, my favorite being the joke towards Wall Street, but the story lacks any impact except the one particular reveal scene, the antagonist has no charm whatsoever, but Josh Brolin was pretty cool. Not really recommending, even tho there are better (and worse) movies in the market right now lol.

[Old_BenKenobi]

Originally Posted by Nemesis296

Has anyone gotten this yet? I absolutely loved Spider-Man 2, which this actually looks like it might be a decent game that gives back the "feeling" of being Spider-Man. I'm not too keen on spoiling the movie a week before it comes out, but I love swinging around New York City nonetheless.

By the way, this game gets the awesome vote just because Bruce Campbell is in it.

From what I've heard the game is basically Spider-Man 2: Ten Years Later, except with worse webslinging.

[Drazar]

Gameinformer gave it a 6.75

EDIT: Luckily i could cancel my pre-order.

[Old_BenKenobi]

Tsk tsk Draz, preordering an Activision movie tie-in game? Could it have gone any other way?

[The Hylden]

Yeah, I've heard the movie and the game aren't very good.


So, the latest "Oh no!!" moment in life:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/...e-highlander-2

Ryan Reynolds has been cast as Connor MacLeod in the forthcoming reboot of the Highlander franchise.

According to The Tracking Board - who broke the story - Reynolds has been in negotiations for the last month to play the immortal, who was a sword-happy Scot in the original.

There’s no word yet as to whether Reynolds will be attempting a Celtic brogue in the reboot, though we recently caught up with director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who told us the following about his vision for the flick, including whether or not he'll be using any of Queen's iconic soundtrack.

The accompanying video has the director say he'd actually like to have a Queen cover in there, but all else a restart. So, no original cast in cameos, even.

Yeah...

[Old_BenKenobi]

The Avengers has hit 600 million! If Titanic hadn't been rereleased this year The Avengers would have beat it.

I am hearing some wonderful wonder talk about a certain wacky haired jerkass playing the role of Emperor Palpatine in The Amazing Spider-Man. My hype meter has officially started to rise..

[Batman The Trailer Hunter]

I rented the Spiderman game, its ok i guess...the more i play the more i like it. While its a sub par game its really fun. They even made a batman joke :P

[JackWinz]

Originally Posted by The Hylden

Yeah, I've heard the movie and the game aren't very good.


So, the latest "Oh no!!" moment in life:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/...e-highlander-2




The accompanying video has the director say he'd actually like to have a Queen cover in there, but all else a restart. So, no original cast in cameos, even.

Yeah...

Oh god why?!?
I had such high hopes for a new Highlander movie.

[Drazar]

I never understood the love for Highlander, i mean the 1st movie is allright and theres some fun factor with Clancy Brown being the villain, but i just found the movie itself rather mediocore.

PS. 7 Dark Knight Rises tickets purchased.

[The Hylden]

That's a shame.



"I know that people talk about me -- I hear it every day! -- but I can prove them wrong, because I'm right! First time!" even the lyrics are magical!

[A Dark Knight]

TASM the film currently has a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes and the game has a 73 on Metacritic. Considering that that's pretty good for a movie tie-in game, I shall be picking it up soon enough.

Watched both Prometheus and Alien in the past week. Both good decisions.

[JackWinz]

Oh man, over the past few weeks I've remembered how big of a Spider-Man fan I am.
I cannot wait for the new movie.

[A Dark Knight]

Eh, it was always going to be average, and it's certainly shaping up to be average, if not slightly above.

TDKR is much more important to me.

EDIT:

Also, consensus is up on Rotten Tomatoes along with a rating of 75%:

Thanks to a well-chosen cast and sure-handed direction from Marc Webb, The Amazing Spider-Man manages to thrill despite revisiting many of the same plot points from the origin story told in 2002's Spider-Man.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_amazing_spider_man/

[Batman The Trailer Hunter]

Spiderwho?

[A Dark Knight]

Rating for TASM on Rotten Tomatoes has gone up to 77%.

I look forward to seeing it Tuesday.

The movie tie-in game is pretty fun so far.

[Old_BenKenobi]

Originally Posted by Batman The Trailer Hunter

Spiderwho?

Is that a gag dub? The voice sounds just as stupid (and possibly stupider) than it did in th last movie.

E: Just saw that Roger Ebert gave ASM 3.5/4 stars, basically saying it was a more thoughful and interesting telling of the story (he didn't like the first or third Raimi movies). Now I'm kinda more interested in seeing it.