Remember the classic scenes played out time and time again in tired old cliche' Western scenes where the bad guy rides into town to face off in the town square against the films hero? And as he slowly saunters down the dusty center of town you see and hear doors slammed shut, windows shuttered, town folk scurry from the street seeking shelter from the impending draw down. Or in classic horror films where the "Evil" strides down a barren street late at night and all the street lights flicker out as he passes?
Well the only thing Angi could say after yesterday was "Well there's something you can blog about!"
Angi and I had the brilliant idea for a lazy Sunday and that was to take all the kiddos for a walk and get some Ice Cream at Checkers. Now when we go out with all the kids in tow we are used to getting glances and stares. Curious eyes flashing with obvious thoughts and questions, but we rarely pay it any mind. But our reputation seems to have preceded us yesterday as we turned from our street onto the straight run of Elizabeth lane and I kid you not, as we slowly meandered down the road the audible clunk of door latches and locks became apparent. A young child playing in his driveway was quickly ushered into his home as the garage door was hastily shut. A group of teenage boys further up turning onto Elizabeth from Souvenir Dr. slowed, paused then turned around and quickly rode in the other direction. The street rapidly became a ghost town.
Ah yes, our reputation preceded us.
Makes a fathers chest swell with pride!
*sniff!*
ANYWAY!
Once again it is summer time and for aficionados of all things "geek" the place to be is the San Diego Comic Con! Unfortunately for me, in my life time I have never had the opportunity to travel so far for such an event. I have been (with a certain twinge of jealousy) been following some of the proceedings. And is always the case any new and exciting info and teasers are saved for this annual celebration of Fanboys!
Some of the highlights have me quivering in my custom made spandex super suit! ( No....not really. Could you imagine ME in spandex!?) First is in the field of Avengers 2! The new film due out in 2015 will feature as it's antagonist....ULTRON!
OK. Some of you reading this for bikes may have NO clue what or who I'm talking about, and getting into ALL the back story on this character would require more space then this blog would allow! Suffice to say, he debut in 1968 created by scientific genius Hank Pym (aka Ant-man, aka Giant man...more on him in a sec) Based loosely on Pym's study of the synthetic Dragon Man, he imbued his creation with a copy of his own brain patterns but as Hank was a little on the unstable side Ultron gained self awareness with some REAL bad Daddy issues! He brainwashed Pym into forgetting he ever built him and sent him on his way, taking over the doctors lab he rebuilt him self several times, hell bent on the total extermination of Pym and all humanity he was a part of! Needless to say over the years this uptight 'bot has given the Avengers a run for their money many times over! And as the Ant-man Movies premiers 6 months after the release of Avengers 2 they are obviously setting up the character of Pym to lead in. How they will be able to side step all the rich continuity of these characters in the Marvel universe to present it in a digestive form for the general public will be interesting to watch! Some may ask, but what about Thanos? You know, the sneak peek at the end of Avengers. As was my assertion upon learning there would be a three film arc for Avengers, they are going to save him for the coup de' gras in number three, but have him working in the background .
AND Superman 2! Yes, right off the back of the INCREDIBLE success of "Man Of Steel" come a sequel with an incredible. long desired and anticipated team up of Superman and... you guessed it! BATMAN!!!
Oh..... be still my heart.
To understand the significance of this event you have to realize that fans of the genre have been waiting for this moment since Christopher Reeve wore the tights and cape! The closest to a team up was when George Clooney, wearing the cowl uttered the line "and this is why Superman works alone" And apparently not only will they be together on the big screen but rumor has it that it won't be a love fest! Traditionally Bat's and the "Big Blue Boyscout" have been at best, reluctant allies. Supes not liking Bats dark brooding manner, and habit of sidestepping the laws to get results, and Bats not appreciative of The big "S's" "Bright and Shiny" routine. Now Batman has not, of yet been cast. The complication being that the universe the latest incarnation of Christian Bales Batman is not the same as the latest Superman.
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I know. it's complicated. See, with the introduction Of Iron Man, and all the others tying into Avengers, Marvel has created a continuity on film, of some of their properties ( although other Marvel mainstays on film such as Spiderman, Daredevil and Fantastic Four...to name a few do not exist at current in the same Universe as they are film properties owned by OTHER production companies. Beyond that don't ask me to explain, it's all legalese!) and DC has decided with the creation of the new Superman to begin a new generation of films bringing some of their prominent characters into the same world. Leading up inevitable to a conflagration requiring the creation of the Justice League of America. Obviously hoping to bank like the Avengers! A tall order considering Avengers is the third highest grossing film of ALL TIMES!
And it's great to hear about all the legitimacy the comic book medium has been enjoying in recent years, as many Hollywood A-listers have been attending and raving about the experience (Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock and Matallica to name a few) and you learn something new everyday! I thought Samual L. Jackson was just doing a job by appearing as Nick Fury but it was cool to find out that he makes bi weekly jaunts to his local comic shop in LA where he has stuffed boxes of all the latest releases awaiting him! Although, in retrospect, I kind of should've known given his tenacity in demanding not only a roll in the latest installments of Star Wars, but also his insistence that HIS Lightsabre should be purple so you could pick him out in the panoramic battle scenes. Not to mention his appearing as "Mr Glass" in M. Knight Shyamaln's "Unbreakable".
Also, Marvel is branching out with Disney to begin creating animated films as well, based on Marvel properties! The first of which will be Big Hero Six loosely based on a Japan based group of hero's. Below check out a short snippet of the test animation. It's not telling of the storyline but the scope of the artwork is breathtaking! Oh I have said it before and I will say it again... IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A FANBOY!!!
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