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August 2, 2013August 2, 2013

No More Ryan Reynolds in Comic Book Movies!

Can we please just stop with Ryan Reynolds! I recently put up five dudes that I would like to be the next Batman, and coincidently while at O’Reilly’s auto-parts I heard a lady say something horrifying, “They should make Ryan Reynolds the new Batman, he would be fun!” NO, NO he would not!

Look Ryan Reynolds is a good looking fella, and he has decent comedic timing, but I think he should just stick to the comedy genre. He has already killed enough comic book movies. Don’t believe me? Here is the list: Blade: Trinity, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Green Lantern, and as of right now R.I.P.D. Now I have not seen R.I.P.D, and given the reviews, I don’t plan on it, but I have seen the other three and they are incredibly bad, and with his latest failure he has killed a franchise from, DC, Marvel, and now Dark Horse. That is the three of the big four right there!

Now you could be saying, “Those movies would have been bad without Reynolds!” Maybe so, but we have no way of knowing. What I do know is that he has tried four times to make it in comic book movies and all of them have been disasters, and he as been awful in all four movies. I don’t care how attractive he is or that he has some charisma: he is super hero poison, Kryptonite has nothing on Ryan Reynolds. He has now lost hundreds of millions of dollars for movie studios.

If he is cast as Batman someone is going to get shot, and that is probably not an exaggeration. There are millions of comic book fans and some of us are a little unhinged. Luckily I am pretty sure the lady at the auto-parts store doesn’t work for Warner Bros, she is just from Vancouver and trying to push the local talent, so we should be safe, but still it is a terrifying thought.

July 31, 2013July 31, 2013

Shmee Decides The New Batman!

So with Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan done with Batman, and DC/Warner Bros planning a Batman versus Superman movie it begs the question, “Who will be the new Batman?” I have made five choices for Warner Bros, and I expect them to use one of them to make me happy, so here they are in descending order.

5: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

They all but set him up to be the new Batman in the Dark Knight rises, so even if they throw out the Dark Knight trilogy of films, I think audiences would except JGL as the new Batman. He is a little short, but he is young and could wear the cape and cowl for years to come.

4: Jon Hamm

It might be hard to see Don Draper as Batman, but he would make one heck of a Bruce Wayne, and everything I have seen Hamm in leads me to believe he is a great actor and he figure out how to be Batman as well. Plus he gives off an aura of wisdom that Bats would need to beat the crap out of Sups.

3: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

You man not recognize the name, but you may know him as Jaime Lannister. He is kind of the opposite of Jon Hamm in that he is easy to see as Batman, but harder to picture as Bruce Wayne, I think that is because he is blonde, but he would do a good job, and do fellow blonde Bruce Val Kilmer proud.

2: Jack Huston

He is probably the least recognizable name on this list, but I think that works for him instead of against him. He has proven to be a very talented actor on Boardwalk Empire as the disfigured Richard Harrow, and it has given him practice behind a mask, and even as a guy I am willing to say that he is a good looking fella, so he would be able to play Bruce Wayne.

1: Karl Urban

He already did the ultimate test screening for Batman in Dredd. The emotions he can bring with just his jaw are amazing, and considering his resume: Lord of the Rings, Start Trek, he was the best part of Doom, and of course Dredd, I have no reason to doubt anything he does, and if I am going to believe Batman can trash Superman, he is the Dark Knight to do it!

Since this is the internet, I am sure you think I am wrong, so please leave your pick for the new Mr. Wayne.

July 17, 2013

Enjoy A Good Saga!

Saga is a comic book written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples. It is published monthly by Image Comics, but I read the first trade paper back. It is a mix of fantasy and space opera much like Star Wars, but it still finds its own voice.

The story follows Alana and Marko as they try and protect there daughter Hazel from a war torn galaxy. Their parents are from both sides of the war, Alana from the techy planet of Landfall, and Marko from the magic using society of Landfall’s moon Wreath.

The story obviously steals from more then a couple familiar classic stories, but there is nothing else like it that I have read, and Staples’ artwork is top notch. Vaughan mixes up the action and character building quit nicely too, so it is not boring, but you also get to know and like the people you are reading about.

The only real downside to this series is that is defiantly for an adult reader. Much like HBO, I think they felt they needed make it a little edgier, but that being said it is still a lot of fun, and it is another winner for Image Comics.

May 8, 2013

I Check out a Couple of the New 52!

Thanks to Free Comic Book day getting me in my local comic book store Cosmic Comics on Cornwall Street in Bellingham WA. I decided to give a couple of DC’s New 52 comic books a shot.

Batman Inc.

First up I decided to try out Batman Inc. This is of course the comic book that follows Bruce Wayne’s ambition to start Batman franchises in Cities that need a caped crusader in their town, and the issue I read was all about Batman picking out just the right people to join his organization. It is a surprisingly funny comic book. It is drawn well, and it looks like they are picking a good group characters for the story arc. It is defiantly something that I will be reading in the future.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman has been praised as getting one of the best reissues of the group, and after reading the first few issues, I can see why. The story is really getting in to who Wonder Woman is: Her identity as the Amazonian Dianna and also as Wonder Woman, and which person is really her. The story follows Wonder Woman as she tries to protect a young girl from the gods because she is pregnant with Zeus’s child, and Dianna learns that she too is a demigod of Zeus’s. It is good to see that DC has decided to take the Princess seriously.

April 24, 2013April 24, 2013

Is the Army of Darkness Comic as Good as the Movie?

After watching the new Evil Dead movie and Army of Darkness recently I decided to give the comic book a try. The first trade paper back in the series is Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes. It is written by Andy Hartnell (Danger Girl), and illustrated by Sanford Greene (tons of DC stuff) and Nick Bradshaw who creates fan art, and because his art was of such high quality got the call to make this comic.

The comic book takes place directly after Army of Darkness with Ash just having just defeated the deadite woman at the S-Mart where he works. He soon discovers the Wiseman from Army of Darkness in the toy aisle who informs Ash that because he did not say the words correctly that he has come back before the cabin in the woods even happened, so Ash rushes off to hopefully save his woman, and hopefully stave off the apocalypse. As always the world is most certainly doomed.

The story works very well, and Andy Hartnell’s story is very funny. I laughed out loud a couple of times while reading it. Sam Raimi may not have to write a script for a new Army of Darkness movie because Hartnell’s book would work very well.

The art looks amazing, so hats off to Hartnell and Greene. They made a very stylized version of Ash, but you know instantly who he is.

If you are looking for a funny and action packed comic book to read, then Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes is a great one to pick up especially if you like Army of Darkness. I will be buying the next one in the series: Army of Darkness: Shop Till You Drop Dead.