Monday, May 19, 2014
Marvel
The 2003 Hulk, by Ang Lee isn't part of the MCU (Marvel cinematic universe) however it's failure but financial success allowed Marvel Studios to create Iron Man. In the Early 2000's the marvel properties were scattered. Universal had Namor, Hulk and the alantians, Fox had the X-men, fantastic four, silver surfer, Punisher, deadpool, Hell's kitchen, Iron Fist, Dare Devil and King Pin. Sony had also just bought Spiderman, Green Goblin, Venom etc... This left Marvel with only a handful of the premium characters. However after the failure of Hulk (03), Dare Devil (00), Punisher (04 and 08), Fantastic Four (06 and 08) and Elektra (06) many of these properties lost face and value. As a result Marvel regained Hulk, Hell's Kitchen, Punisher, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, King Pin, Dare Devil and possibly Namor. Soon after Hulk returned Marvel hired Kevin Fiege to create Iron Man, the incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America. They based part of there plans of the brief but positive reception of 2004's animated Avenger's movie. Although D.C, Sony and Fox were all well established in the Nolan Trilogy, X-Universe and Remy Spiderverse (respectively), Fiege successfully crate the most dominant universe t date. the return of many of the aforementioned characters soon followed. In fact rumors involving Namor's return to marvel are still circulating.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Review of The Flash Trailer
Wow, that was awesome. I normally love trailers for movie but as far as T-V shows, well lets just say I am not normally a fan. However this trailer captures the essence of Barry (Flash) and really works. I loved the appearance of the Arrow. The trailer looked excellent and was funny. I don't love the costume or the idea of super powers in the Arrow universe but Slade Wilson killed that idea when he popped up all jacked up on MiraKuru. The powers looks great. I just wish Arrow got a better wardrobe. He looks horrible in sunlight. I don't hate all the costumes really love Black Canary's, Death Strokes and Merlyn's. Anyways looks good and I am looking forward to the show.
The Hells Kitchen and Namor
Since acquiring the rights to Punisher, Blade, Ghost Rider, Hell's Kitchen, Elektra, King Pin and many other characters Fox has failed to make hit. As a result they gave up there rights. Fox remains in control of X-Men and Fantastic four but Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, King Pin, Elektra, Dare Devil, Punisher, Blade, Ghost Rider, Black Heart are all premium additions to the MCU. Marvel/Disney has already prepped the creation of Netflix series for Cage, Iron Fist, DD and Jessica Jones. The Defenders will conclude these 13 hr. a piece Netflix series. Hells kitchen is rich with potential and there's a chance we could see hints or Easter eggs to these characters as soon as 2015 with Marvels Ant man. Other rumors are linking Namor (universal) to marvel, if Marvel pulls in Namor they gain another valuable piece, Namor is one of the remaining A/B Hero's unused in the MCU or X-Men universes. Although its worth noting Oracle, Namor's company has had signs in the background of Iron Man 1 and 2. In Iron Man 3 Fing Foom was granted a billboard as well. Namor is the equivalent to aqua man but much more well manly. Namor is a genius and member of the Illuminate in the comics. Foom is definitely owned by Marvel but is unlikely to appear as a villain or a character. He is pretty much a Chinese dragon.
Ranking the Top 20 Comic Book films So far...
#20 Dare Devil
#19 Hellboy
#18 Man of steel
#17 Star Trek 6 The undiscovered Country
#16 The Dark Knight Rises
#15 Godzilla vs. Destroyah
#14 Batman
#13 Superman 2
#12 Captain America:The first Avenger
#11 Iron Man 2
#10 Batman Begins
#9 Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan
#8 Godzilla Final Wars
#7 X-Men
#6 Iron Man
#5 X2 X-Men United
#4 Spiderman 2
#3 The Dark Knight
#2 Captain America 2: the Winter Soldier
#1 Avengers
Notables
Thor
Thor the Dark World
Godzilla (original)
Godzilla vs Monster 0
The Incredible Hulk
Spiderman
The Amazing Spiderman
X-Men First Class
The Wolverine
#19 Hellboy
#18 Man of steel
#17 Star Trek 6 The undiscovered Country
#16 The Dark Knight Rises
#15 Godzilla vs. Destroyah
#14 Batman
#13 Superman 2
#12 Captain America:The first Avenger
#11 Iron Man 2
#10 Batman Begins
#9 Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan
#8 Godzilla Final Wars
#7 X-Men
#6 Iron Man
#5 X2 X-Men United
#4 Spiderman 2
#3 The Dark Knight
#2 Captain America 2: the Winter Soldier
#1 Avengers
Notables
Thor
Thor the Dark World
Godzilla (original)
Godzilla vs Monster 0
The Incredible Hulk
Spiderman
The Amazing Spiderman
X-Men First Class
The Wolverine
Review of Man of steel
6.9 of 10
O.K, before you leave this page let me explain my rating. Although I was immensely entertained by the movie however there are far too many problems. I felt like the movie lacked a good plot and failed to make me at all believe any of the relationships. First off why does Jor El appear? how did the ship with Jor El land in the Artic? Did superman really destroy an entire city? Did superman really kill Zod (and like 1/2 million innocents in the fight)? Is there any chemistry between Lane and Kent? Why did John Kent need to die? So wait a 10 yr. old pushed a bus out of the water, and no one cares? The US military cant trace superman? Is it really downhill from the first kiss? How come the Kyrpotonians didn't evacuate? the knew well in advance. If you can answer all these problem please let me know, I can't and I've done my research. I am also curious, based on how the next movie is lining up I believe Lex Luthor, Batman and other major D.C Characters are already present so why didn't they show up? I guess that's more of a continuity flaw though. Finally, I the kryptonians new there world was dying why did they spare zod? they let themselves die but a criminal live.
Yes, I believe the movie had problems, lots of them, but Zach Snyder does an amazing job at CGI and actions scenes, but I didn't want to see 2 hrs of fight scenes, the movie starts out with a poorly but creative way to show Superman origins, but it comes off as disjointed at least to me. The movie I feel wasn't a great base for a franchise. Overall I would like to see more Dailey Planet and everyday heroics before a big battle. I felt they needed to go more in depth and build his character, its not like we just wrapped up a superman story and everybody knew how john kent died and how Superman grew up, it's been 6 years since a previous film (Superman returns) and over 15 since his origin was told. However the actions was AMAZING!
Plot Summary
In a military coup General Zod kills Jor-El, however he (Jor-El) is able to launch his son (Kal-El) into space with the life codes and genetic information for all of the future kryptonians. After crash landing on Earth following Kyrpton's destruction the Kent family raises Kal-El, now named Clark Kent. At a young age Clark could bend fencing, move trucks, leap great distance hear extremely far away and more. As he reached his later teens a tornado killed John Kent. He sacrificed himself to hide his son's ability. Eventually Clark finds a crashed ship with his fathers essence. After learning about his family and Krypton he begins learning his power. He learns to use his heat vision and flight ability. Eventually General Zod threatens the planet and Kal is taken captive along with Lois Lane, a reporter. Zod means to use the codes inside Kal to rebuild Krypton, on earth. A battle ensues and eventually the entire city of metropolis is destroyed. Amazingly Lois Lane lives. Lois kisses Clark and the final showdown between an enraged and alone Zod and Superman begins. Of course superman wins but in a shocking turn of events Zod is killed. I actually liked that part. The movie ends with a kinda weird scene involving the US military and a officer who finds superman hot. At the end Clark Kent arrives at the Dailey Plant as a new reporter and Lois Lane recognize him.
O.K, before you leave this page let me explain my rating. Although I was immensely entertained by the movie however there are far too many problems. I felt like the movie lacked a good plot and failed to make me at all believe any of the relationships. First off why does Jor El appear? how did the ship with Jor El land in the Artic? Did superman really destroy an entire city? Did superman really kill Zod (and like 1/2 million innocents in the fight)? Is there any chemistry between Lane and Kent? Why did John Kent need to die? So wait a 10 yr. old pushed a bus out of the water, and no one cares? The US military cant trace superman? Is it really downhill from the first kiss? How come the Kyrpotonians didn't evacuate? the knew well in advance. If you can answer all these problem please let me know, I can't and I've done my research. I am also curious, based on how the next movie is lining up I believe Lex Luthor, Batman and other major D.C Characters are already present so why didn't they show up? I guess that's more of a continuity flaw though. Finally, I the kryptonians new there world was dying why did they spare zod? they let themselves die but a criminal live.
Yes, I believe the movie had problems, lots of them, but Zach Snyder does an amazing job at CGI and actions scenes, but I didn't want to see 2 hrs of fight scenes, the movie starts out with a poorly but creative way to show Superman origins, but it comes off as disjointed at least to me. The movie I feel wasn't a great base for a franchise. Overall I would like to see more Dailey Planet and everyday heroics before a big battle. I felt they needed to go more in depth and build his character, its not like we just wrapped up a superman story and everybody knew how john kent died and how Superman grew up, it's been 6 years since a previous film (Superman returns) and over 15 since his origin was told. However the actions was AMAZING!
Plot Summary
In a military coup General Zod kills Jor-El, however he (Jor-El) is able to launch his son (Kal-El) into space with the life codes and genetic information for all of the future kryptonians. After crash landing on Earth following Kyrpton's destruction the Kent family raises Kal-El, now named Clark Kent. At a young age Clark could bend fencing, move trucks, leap great distance hear extremely far away and more. As he reached his later teens a tornado killed John Kent. He sacrificed himself to hide his son's ability. Eventually Clark finds a crashed ship with his fathers essence. After learning about his family and Krypton he begins learning his power. He learns to use his heat vision and flight ability. Eventually General Zod threatens the planet and Kal is taken captive along with Lois Lane, a reporter. Zod means to use the codes inside Kal to rebuild Krypton, on earth. A battle ensues and eventually the entire city of metropolis is destroyed. Amazingly Lois Lane lives. Lois kisses Clark and the final showdown between an enraged and alone Zod and Superman begins. Of course superman wins but in a shocking turn of events Zod is killed. I actually liked that part. The movie ends with a kinda weird scene involving the US military and a officer who finds superman hot. At the end Clark Kent arrives at the Dailey Plant as a new reporter and Lois Lane recognize him.
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