Guess what...

...another 6-8 inches fell last night.

The Good: we were told to expect 10-14.

The Bad: It froze a bit last night, so the end of my driveway's covered with ice rocks.

How do I feel about it?

and

That pretty much sums it up.

DC Injustice Battle Arena...

Week 1...

Week 2...

Week 3...

I really want to buy this game...

What did Kevin Feige say?

According to Feige, Cap 2 will be a "political thriller".

I'm fine with that and the whole 'Phase One, Phase Two...Phase One Hundred Seventeen' thing

My issue is with his goal of releasing two films a year through Avengers 2.

That's a big goal.

Isn't that too much to handle? I mean I'd take one awesome Marvel film a year over two less than stellar ones because they were rushed.

No more Howard the Duck's is all I'm saying...

Well, it's February so you know what that means...

Digging my way out.

WTF? Fridays...2/22/13

Let's get to it...

There's an article over at io9 that talks about a recent investigation into Fredric Wertham, M.D.'s notes and interviews he had while putting Seduction together. It was done by University of Illinois Information Studies Professor Carol Tilley...

...and proves that the book is based on misinformation Wertham either manipulated, or outright made up.

I can't say I'm surprised by the news, just that it took this long for anyone to figure it out.

There's no question that this book changed comics forever, but the debate over what comics would have been like if this book never existed can now begin.

Like that?

That's the "newly released first image" from X-Men: Days of Future Past...

I'm gonna just throw this out there - the one on the right will be the alternate timeline version.

'Course, it'll have to be "mucked up" a bit...that timeline's downright dirty.

See, this right here disturbs me.

I get it. Rocket's on the team.

He's in the movie.

Now there's an action figure...

...of a raccoon in a suit...

...an angry one at that.

W...T...F...?

On a side note - Adorkette's having her birthday party this weekend. Yeah, she was born in December, but with the holidays and everything there wasn't time to host it until now. She's having three of her friends over for the weekend, starting tonight.

Needless to say, I'll be hiding out in the basement until Sunday afternoon.

I might not even come out for sunlight and food (well, maybe food).

I'll be back Monday after the dust has settled and the bathroom becomes available again.

Happy weekend everyone!

First Impressions - Warm Bodies

If Zombies were this popular back in the eighties, this movie would have been made back then.

I had to remind myself that this was a novel first and John Hughes died back in 2009, because his fingerprints are all over this film. Well, his and Shakespeare's (down to the balcony scene).

I'm calling this my second favorite Zombie film (falling just behind Zombieland).

Teresa Palmer reminded me of Kristen Stewart, and it took me a while to recognize the male lead as Beast from X-Men: First Class but other than that, Adorkette and I thoroughly enjoyed the film.

Go see it...it's pretty good and only a little scary.

Coast City Comic Con - The Aftermath, Part Eight

It's been so long, I forgot all about the Con...
...sorry about that.
So - what happened after the Celebrity Draw-Off?
The Costume Contest of course!
Now, I always thought I was a decent photographer, but with so many people moving about in so many directions...my pictures sucked.
Fortunately, other people posted theirs:

There were also a pair of Ghostbusters...who won a prize. The Blues Brothers also won a prize. But what really stole the show was Darth Vader Kid.

Don't know how old he(?) was, but he played it up, giving total strangers as well as Bill Corbett the Dark Side Choke Hold. All of us in the audience sang "The Death Star March" as he walked up and got his honorary prize. Darth Vader Kid was awesome.

More thoughts on Iron Man 3...

I was checking out the site and came up with some things regarding the armor development in the plot...

* We see Tony developing the "modular" armor. Since he had a complete suit follow him out the window in Avengers, it makes sense that his next upgrade would involve separate pieces that can come to him on demand.

* We also see him dragging pieces of the suit on a makeshift sled in the snow, making a very important point - when he's not wearing it, or when it's in complete shambles, the armor is nothing more than a big f**king paperweight. I think this is what drives Tony do go to China and develop the Extremis armor.

* In every Iron Man film to date...as well as Avengers...the movie ends with Tony donning the 'latest and greatest' in battle. My guess is that the Extremis suit will show up in the final battle against Mandarin.

I'm still working on who makes a cameo, what happens with Happy and Pepper, and why War Machine looks like a Captain America Transformer...

So...what's new with IM3?

How about a website?

My only question - What's with the missing helmet of the suit second from the right?

Some other thoughts...

Wasp is now available to play in Avengers Alliance...

...coincidence?

I have officially given up...

Not on the game, per se, just this...

Sometimes, I need a good game...

Never in my adult life...

...has a game...

...entertained and infuriated me...

...at the same time.

The Good:
images like this:

It also got me back in touch with my best friends from college. (Hey Doug and Greg!)

The Bad:
I got so mad last night that I couldn't sleep.

I'm on vacation this week, starting yesterday afternoon, and I couldn't f**king relax enough to sleep!

Some call it obsession.

I call it passion.

Still gonna collect more images though...

WTF? Fridays...2/15/13

This will have to be a short one because I'm opening at work today...but it's a biggie.

It's been confirmed by director Bryan Singer that Peter Dinklage has been cast in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

...

I've got two words to say about this:

I'd have preferred that this happened through Marvel Studios, and it's unclear if Fox has the rights to things this far out of left field when it comes to the X-Universe, but still...

10 comic book couples who celebrate Valentine's...

Comics are essentially soap operas for boys. Yeah, they've got cool characters that have awesome powers, and bad-ass villains that you want to see beaten...

...but they've also got relationships. Some good, some great, some ridiculously sappy.

Accept it. I have.

So for Valentine's Day, I thought I'd mention some relationships I've seen develop - and in some cases disintegrate - over the years.

10) Sam Guthrie and Lila Cheney

This was a great relationship. Sam was a skinny kid wit...let's just say poor social skills with the ladies. Lila was a punk rocker with groupies.

There was some flirting, and some interesting dress choices, over the years, but this story, New Mutants #42, really brought their relationship to a new level. Sam brought Lila to Kentucky to meet his family. We meet his brother Josh (never mentioned again to my knowledge), and the rest of his brothers and sisters appear for all of like two panels. I'm sure Paige was there, but I don't think she was mentioned by name...

Anyway, Sam and Lila fight, break up, she gets in a plane crash, he saves her and they make up in time for dinner. It was stories - and relationships - like this that made me the die-hard New Mutants fan I still am today.

9) Kurt Wagner and Amanda Sefton

This is kinda weird. Kurt and Amanda grew up together in the circus and raised by the same woman. They knew they weren't related, but had a sort of "step-sibling" relationship in their youth.

Then they grew up.

This showed that love isn't skin deep. Kurt's been close with the ladies, but always felt an outsider because of his appearance. Amanda was good for him, and he for her. Shame it didn't last.

8) Oliver Queen and Dinah Laurel Lance

Now I admit that my knowledge of comics isn't as deep with DC as it is with Marvel, but even I know this is a messed-up relationship.

My first reading of this couple wasn't until Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters. He asked her to marry him, she turned him down, she went after a killer, got caught, he saved her.

These two really need each other and should be together forever, but the on-again/off-again/died/came back/imposter thing sounds a little familiar...

7) Scott Summers and Jean Grey

This is just a lesson in futility.

Forget every "twangsty" show on the CW. If you want to watch a relationship on a roller coaster ride...with vomiting... read about these guys.

Scott and Jean were childhood sweethearts with mutant powers.

Then things happened. Lots of things.

Message to comic writers: Quit It!

6) Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown

If I was 12 when these two met, I'd have read every issue they appeared in. Even the whole baby thing.

I've said before that Tim was one of the best written characters in the DC 'verse Post-Crisis.

This relationship was proof.

5) Kal-El and Lois Lane

Here's an example of how a relationship that's supposed to work ends up being boring.

These two are the quintessential example of a love that is meant to be, but once these two get together there's nothing to write about.

The pursuit is more important than the goal, which is sad really - because in life, isn't the goal the reason for the pursuit?

Reminds me of the Moonlighting show, and another relationship on this list.

4) Reed and Sue

Here's a happy couple. 

They've seen it all, and have lasted (how long now?).

A true testament to love, the ups and downs of a marriage, and is still interesting to read!

3) Barry Allen and Iris West

I don't care what's going on nowadays.

Again, I don't know as much about DC relationships, but this one was cool.

2) Ralph and Sue

Identity Crisis was my first reading of either of these characters.

I cried...

Then I read 52, and cried some more. Only this time they were tears of joy. 

Like all the other couples on this list, these two don't deserve each other, they belong together.

But not quite as much as couple #1...

1) Peter Parker and Mary Jane

This couple gave me hope. 

What teenage boy growing up in the eighties didn't identify with Peter?

Geek...Dork...Nerd...

...Super-Hero...with a hot wife.

A. Hot. Wife.

'Nuff Said.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Honestly, I have no idea what to talk about...

There's stuff I want to talk about:
* an update on X-Men: Days of Future Past
* continuing Tim Drake's activities during the War of the Gods story
* comparing Marvel Ultimate Alliance to Avengers Alliance
* another Adork(ification) movie review
* Valentine's Day
but I'm short for time today because of all the things I have to do that take me away from the fun stuff.

Happy Day everyone!

Toy Fair 2013...

I honestly had no idea this was happening,

but then I saw some pics...

...and remembered the days of dragging my mother to Toy World every Saturday to get "yet another Star Wars figure".