Cosplay Might Be Better

Jamie Foxx has been cast to play Maxwell Dillion in the sequel to the Amazing Spider-man. While the movie was fun but mediocre and full of glaring flaw's like the need to have Parker take off the mask to talk. The studios have now ensured that I won't pay to see this movie.

Sure I already complained about Kurse's casting in Thor the Dark World. Hopefully he will be in a mask and it won't be a glaring mistake , given the nature of the dark elf make up we have seen so far he might be engulfed in latex. While Marvel has been guilty of trying to pander to being Politically correct in its Ultimate universe which in its more realistic design the movies have been barrowing from. I don't mind this Becuase it's not happening in actual continuity. I have no emotional connection to Electro I can appreciate they are bringing different Gillians to the screen than the Sam Rami films and truth be told I prefer the shocker over electro because electro's costume lookings like a St. Patty's court jester. It's safe to say we won't sera very faithful reproduction of that on screen and I'm fine with that, I'm fine with him being comprised of entirely of electricity and cgi. This might be the only redeemable way to handle this if Foxx was just doing the voice work.

But in essence it's the principal of pandering to the public, there are plenty of black characters they could use if the want Spider man to have a more diverse range of ethic Villians, Tombstone is black or the Tarntula if they wanted a Hispanic villian, the BLack KIngpin in Daredevil wasn't the worst part of that movie, with Clarke Dead that character recast would work as the Maggia would be a more interesting story with Slivermane, Hammerhead, the Enforcers and the Rose works for me. Instead I'm afraid of what we get so don't expect this joke to get any coverage of its production and with the Superior Spider- man coming out and major changes for the character teased, I expect another clone saga worthy tarnishing of who Marvel claims to be their Flagship character.

One thing about Nolan aside from Bane not being Hispanic , the Villians remained in their comicbook states, Marvel could stand to learn from this as the Villians are where the movies seem to suffer, none have been great aside from Maneto after him Dafoe come the closet, but we have had a tepid Dr. Doom, Senastian Shaw , Sand man and Emma Frost, though she was hot which pushed January Jones into an o.k place but the horrid ranks of Venom, Bullseye, Jigsaw, Whiplash, and Abomination is where this Electro is going to fall. As cosplayers are gaining more notice in geek culture which is quickly becoming the new pop culture , I think the fans want to see the characters as they are in the comics and if they can get it right why can't the studios or is Comic Con going to be the only place to goin you want to see the character depicted as they Re intended. I'm sure people might view my indignation as racism, I just see it as realism . After all these are characters I have grown up with and know them as they have appeared I. The comics I have been reading for the past thirty years, I see it like as if a black man walked into my house claiming to be my friend Aaron , I would kill him I self defmese for breaking and entering after I tortured him to find out what he did with the real Aaron, so Marvel don't send the studios into my house pulling this kind of a stunt and while Electro doesn't matter to me by allowing you to think we are o.k with this means by giving and inch you will end up taking a mile and one day try to send a black Bruce Banner to my house which will end badly.

Indestructable Hulk # 1

With Hulk being my all time favorite Superhero I wanted to really scrutinize and re-read the inaugural issue of the Waid run. The cover art was great everything thing inside was tolerable, the colors might be the problem, I'm going to need to see more before I make final judgement, but a good story can make up for lousy art.

I only read a little of Waid's Daredevil run I like that it had more of a seventies feel to it and in some ways this book feels like the era in the eighties after Hulk was walking around with a Banner brain pre- secret wars. I'm not a fan of Hulk having sidekicks who aren't a human Rick Jones, so not sure how I feel about Maria Hill, if this was Pak or David , Banner and Hill would be hooking up by the third issue and there pattering here is reluctant.

The first half of the book is establishing the status quo for Banner, though
The fact he was a mad scientist earlier this year was brushed under the carpet, there was only his ephinany and no period of post crazy readjustment, during Stay Angry rich we are supposed to believe Banner was out curing the ails of the world rather than setting Hulk up in death traps.

When the Hulk shows up to smash the Mad thinker, it's a blur of motion and robot fire, but this is less to do with story and more to do with the art, I do like the fact Thinker confirmed Hulks strength was incalculable and hopefully this is how Waid will approach his power set.

I'm pretty hopeful though I imagine all the armour Hulk is picture wearing is going to have something to do with Banner controlling him after all why else would Hulk need armour? This is the only part I'm skeptical of. We know Attuma and Sand man are both due to show and have seen picture of hulk fighting a lot of heavily armored robot things, I would like to see a new spin taken on some Classics like Abomination , Leader and Zzaak. I think we are good on Tyrannus for the moment and M.o.d.o.k is a little overused. I have a feeling we will see Jarella soon for things I have read in interviews. The gremlin and rhino would be cool to bring back if I was making a wish list, which would also include appearences by Hyde, Moonstone...ok vs old thunderbolts, a raft break out? Go ahead throw in a reworked Ring Leader,and rock and Orgress from the old buster sand if I was writing the book I'd bring back Speedfreak and make some b list villains like him higher profile.

What Now Marvel

Well I'm going to need to re-read Indestrutible Hulk number one before I make a conclusive view of it. I can however form an opinion Blut other releases, Thor number two shows promise, the God Butcher is a nasty and unlike able enough Villian though one dimensional. However this doesn't keep the book from being a lot of fun, the artwork is some of the better stuff coming out from the Now books and the varied time frames of Thor past, present and future isn't too much of a distraction to lead the book off course.

Next up All New X- men number 2 shows improvements as well the art is nothing to write home about but the interaction between Xmen past and present is entertaining and working out better than I though of not appearing to be cluttered with duplicate mutants.

Ff 1 is a joke I don't find funny, the Madman artist is absurd as the books pacing, the putting the team together thing seems like its weighted down by the comedic elements, sorry to see Jen Walters dragged into this mess.

New Avengers 34- the brother Voodoo possessed Avengers fighting Dr. strange is o.k Damian Hellstrom just showing up well it's consistent for this book but doesn't work in the story however the pay off is all in Dr.Strange reclaiming his place as Sorceror Supreme , it's becoming cleaner the more I read Marvel that Strange is one of ,y favorite CHaracters, sure I don't like when he is pit against Hulk in the past but have I ever liked that from anyone...so Strange needs is own book but it looks like it's just coming in the form of the illuminati type avengers book.

Uncanny X-men number 2- the red Skull gives Scarlet Witch a pep talk she almost buys into, Rogue admits to being a power bottom and the team is set into motion but Thor and Cap. Red Skulls little band of anti mutant mutants doesn't really seem to be much of a threat so it's a good thing he got that brain transplant which means the mutant power is not the person but the organ it resides in ? So mutant organ transplant means it can make you a mutant.

I also read the beginning of Super-man Hel on Earth. So there's this scarred up clone who is more powerful than Super-man , so in the 52 we seem to be inconsistent with what Supermans true power level is at and of it is what they lead up to be that he can lift the earth a couple times over is it really that easy to make being more powerful than him ?

Oh and we have the age of Ultrom to look forward to. I imagine this means Pym, Vision, Janet and Womderman are being set into place to play larger roles , which I'm down for as with wasp , Vision and Scarlet Witch back in play like the glory days of the Marvel universe.

Thor 1 and Marvel Now checkup

Along side Uncanny Avengers , Thor of Thor God of Thunder,I s avast improvement from the directin the book had been nosediving into under Matt Fractiong. It's no mystery that Uncanny Avnegers is going to be plagued by shipping delays , which I think is going to hurt the book in th umber same and marginally readers will forget about or have a hrd time caring during the gaps.

Thor excels more in the art than story which I see getting bogged down in being told from three timelines past, present and future, visually the future one looks cool inhospitable destroyer armor if not a little too much like Odin, but it see,s a distraction, the flash back parts are tolerable if handled as thei re now if the writer fails to keep it balanced it will be hardcore ,e to care about the modern story and want to read the character int he context of the a never books instead.

My only complaints with the art is the present day Thor should not be much smaller than the future Thor, he,s a little too skinny like the movie Helmsworth Thor and his armour need to dhre a little closer to the classic look.

Red Shehulk continues to best one of the better books, she's fun as an anti hero scuffling with the Avengers and then it gets questionable with all new X- men being a disappointment on how it's being handled with Beast going back in time to get the past Scott Summers to stop the Scott Summers he is now and this new team of original X-men look like their main objective is going to be to stop this new brother hood of evil mutants, which I'm fine with Cyclops being a bad guy now, I think Cable wold have been a better fit for the time traveling.

Deadpool goes to show having a comedian write a comic only sound alike a good idea on paper, I am not sure he is that familiar with eh character shis voice sounds off and vs the dead presidents thing is sill and from the solicits looks like its going to be dragged on for far to long.

Fantastic Four, was a snooze fest,the art was fitting but it is a jumbled up space Brady Bunch book none of the characters felt like they were where they needed to be even with Ben going to talk to the Yancy St gang felt like it was reaching for something that wasn't there.

New avengers...mmm tho book seemed a little off to me there are wrapping this story up at a snailsace is Matt fraction wiring is book now if not who where it is need to stop taking notes from him on pacing.

Amazing Spider-man , a lot of the ideas in this book unshaven sounded good in the planning stages but it's a mess with the two hobgoblins fighting and teaming up and spiderman using goblin weapons to fight goblins well that my friends is what you call the shark.

I'll try to catch up on at least the batBooks today not sure if d/c has anything else remotely interesting, I look at the books on the rack and nothing seems appealing int the least the Lantern books look even more painful than ever.

the Arrow

There are complaints, but why start by looking this gift horse in the mouth, first off I have no emotional investment in Green Arrow aside from stints in JLA and Smallville. He is not handled all to differently than his Smallville incarnation which had already been road tested for the Cw ,so they took it and made it a tad bit more edgey in his approach to being a vigilante.

Oliver Queen is a typical Cw demographic bad boy, a Showtime version of the Punisher would be a better one but hey Dexter is close enough. The show is shot as slickly as anything else on the network , though I would say the hot chick factor is diminished when compared to Supernatural or Vampire Diaries. So maybe this is all about getting the gay demographic on board which Hollywood and the comic book companies are convinced is a substantial margin despite the fact I have seen very little actually proof of that outside the occasional queen wearing a retro Aquaman shirt they got at target, no one has been flaming up the aises in the comic book store aside from Johnny Strom.

The first four episodes of the Arrow , have had china white and dead shot , with the royal flush gang already shot for this, now bring in Solomon Grundy and I would be impressed though I don't see that happening,I'm not familiar enough with his solo mythos to know who else should be showing up aside from the Black Canary the ground work is already laid for.

Hollywood could learn from this series in how to handle origins in smalls doese via flash backs , so far I thinks it's well done though so piece meal if over done it could become tiresome why not let some of it be in secret , I think that's one of the most alluring parts of any superhero to distance themselves from the rest of the world is the secrets which prompt their adaptation to having an another identity.it looks like in next weeks episode this is going to be handled n a somewhat different manner with...spoilers....Queens arrest.

With a street level character of this ilk I was concerned it was going to be handled like the Cape show, but it was a graceful transition, not wasting too much time to get to costumed heroics, something the dark night rises could have taken notes on. The new actor works as well as Justin Hartley and while I am skeptical as to how apologetic they will become at being connected to the xc universe and being a comic book show remains to be seen.i know they are distancing the,selves from supernatural elements but how would a Booster Gold fit ? Hawk an might be too much as he has become that way in the unreadable travesty of a comic book, but there is a wealth of characters to be explored will be a regular viewer of the show if nothing else to cast my vote and get marvel off there ass to bring it to live action television , even if I am leery of another live action Hulk show and would like to see Cloak and Dagger or Dr Strange on tv first.

Incredible Hulk: End of the Aaron Era

Issue 15 of Incredible Hulk marks the end of the rather bland run Aaron had with the character, there was supposed to be a shocking earth shattering change at the end which according to the press would change the way we read the character from now on and what was it?...Hulk and BAnner share the same body once again, like this merger isn't common place in their on again off again relationship , this has been happening since the smart hulk of the nineties.

So what did he do not a lot the whole vs crazed banner was long and drawn out then a feud with dr doom of sorts and then the whole stay angry arch which where really did that go but wrap the story started 15 issues ago. Sure the thing, wolverine, punisher and kraken the hunter put in appearances as well, it broke up the whole hulk family mess, though I liked the issue Red She Hulk appeared in I had the feeling he did not have a good grasp of Betty Banner and feel he avoided the use of the characters most crucial to the Hulk Mythos as he was not familiar with and was afraid to write them as this would show up in his inability to write in their proper voice.

Pak and David despite their faults contributed to the mythology and left behind the pasts the built where , Aaron just played in the sand box too carefully tolerate a mark, while the positive of this is he didn't create an absurd mar on continuity where we would be ashamed it happened in continuity, his contribution in the fifteen issues was almost non existent aside from creating a feud with dr. Doom, which just happened previously in Thor so now Doom has not stone un turned in the marvel universe ,as smart move for a monarch.

So looking ahead we know , the Hulk in marvel now will be working for Sheild and answering to Maria Hill, wearing some sort of a suit so Banner can control him and the little ball floating around him in all the picture I wouldnt be surprised if thats Banners camera to keep an eye on him.

The best Hulk book going now is the Red She Hulk, it continues the red hulk Hulk series numbering. She is an anti hero going up against general Fortean and the army, this is going to put her at odds with the avenges, so will be a hulk vs the world theme which is where any Hulk works best... that is not working for sheild, the art is alright and story is action that still tells a story and moves plot along un like the Everything burns arch with Thor which fet jumbled like a d/c book. Thor make second favorite superhero is going to now be written by Jason Aaron, so I am cursed to read his books, doubt he will do much better.

Wrap up of Avengers VS X-men

O.k going to hit on the big even wrapping before touching on some single issue stuffers. The past couple weeks.

So the shark was jumped when the Pheonix force spilt into the five x-men, Becuase the basic just x-men vs avgners fight would have wrapped in three issues with the X-men getting their asses handed to them , which would have occurred no matter what side Wolverine or Storm fell on.

So it's no surprise this went the way it did , so o.k we undid no more mutants and made Cyclops look like an ass hole, tis is nothing new I have never read him as a likable character. Black Panther and Storm split , who cares? The biggest repercussion is now the X teams and Avenger at further blurred and distort the. Sense of identity. I mean the whole mutant metaphor running the books is the outsider prespective. So take that way and it's powers and tights. I think the avengers had that covered, the fantastic four has space handled and the xmen handled the mutant fringe. The marvel now wants to jumble this up no wonder they want to give avengers vs xmen credit for creating the mess to come.

Other repercussions it looks like I might get my wish of having Luke Cageout of the avengers, the new avengers team looks liked Black Panather lead team of the Iluminatti with of course the now lobotomized corpse of Xavier not counted among them.


Things got better and worse the past couple weeks in new comics. On the better end was " the incredible Hulk" Jason Aaron is unlike Matt Fraction as he will hit fr ever two misses, this issue was a lot of fun though not with out its holes in the story such as it feels out of character for Dr.DOom to seek an outside help from a company who brokers mind assassins. But this VOn Doom chick who has a thing for Hulks is a good addition to the supporting cast, I can do without her henchmen. The doom bots being a sentient cult worshiping Doom, was a twist though this could have been introduced in Fantastic Four and I would be none the wiser.

There was some smashing , and we are going to see him in between the rock and the hard place with the assassin induced head ache and the gamma monsters who didn't pose too much of a problem earlier in the run. So Aaron won't go down as Pak or David but hope he makes the transition to the reboot gracefully.

Avengers 31... The art was great in the sense it was a creative use of splash pages. The whole Red Hulk vs Wonder-man fight didn't make much sense, did he use the ionic energy to knock him out as it sure the hell wasn't with a choke hold. It felt more liken avengers book than it has in the past and worked Asa tie wrap up for avengers vs xmen.

In the worse would be the mess that was Amazing Spiderman, though Captain Marvel and Secret Avengers were not much better. I also tried to give Journey into mystery a chance but it was a mythological mess. None of the books had the sort of art which at least made it an interesting collage of chaos to look at.

The d/c zero titles continue to not having any appeal and the xbooks in the post avengers vs x- men story lines did not look appealing, though maybe ill get bored and give them a shot , this time traveling original team book I will give a shot as I will uncanny avengers, though expectations are low from what I have seen in the trade previews.

Yet to read red she hulk or uncanny avengers so I will write those up when. I do also look for me to a review of the arrow , the green arrow show premiering this week.