Category: Movies

Kid Apocalypse Rising

Emerald City Comicon photo by ComicsBlend.com
Emerald City Comicon photo by ComicsBlend.com

Heading to a club this weekend? You may see the mutant rapper Kid Apocalypse! I met this creative cosplayer at Emerald City Comicon and later learned he was shooting a mutant rap video which I shared last week.

Kid Apocalypse is a great rapper and knows his X-Men history. Before the ECCC video the Kid and Beast made this video Kid Apocalypse Rising. Listen for the classic music track Kid raps over! Enjoy:

Yes, that’s the theme from the X-Men Animated Series from the 90’s.

Thanks Kid Apocalypse and Mongrel Studios!

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Dave Bautista as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel

A WWE Superstar shoots for the stars in Guardians of the Galaxy! Marvel has signed mixed martial artist and WWE wrestler Dave Bautista has been signed to play Drax the Destroyer according to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision.

Chris Pratt (Community, Zero Dark Thirty) is the lead in the James Gunn directed film. Pratt will play Peter Quill, half human-half alien pilot who becomes Star-Lord and leads a ragtag collection of alien warriors.

Drax is a human transformed into a massive green skinned warrior and engineered to kill Thanos! Guardians will tie-in Continue reading Dave Bautista as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy

Wasp Joins Uncanny Avengers

Uncanny Avengers #5 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #5 courtesy Marvel

I would love to see founding Avenger Wasp on the big screen in the next Avengers movie but it doesn’t seem likely.

Janet Van Dyne fans can celebrate the next issue of Uncanny Avengers! In one his final acts as the Avengers writer, Brian Michael Bendis brought back Janet. Turns out Wasp didn’t die in Secret Invasion but she was in the Microverse! Wasp, Wonder Man and Sunfire join the squad made of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Children of the Atom. I wanted to share part of Rick Remender’s thoughts on how Janet will fit into the Marvel Now and this hybrid team.

“Wasp’s time in the microverse has Continue reading Wasp Joins Uncanny Avengers

Secret of SUPERMAN UNCHAINED?

Superman Unchained #1 courtesy DC Comics
Superman Unchained #1 courtesy DC Comics

Superman Unchained #1 by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee is one of THE most anticipated new comic book series of the year – it’s the Man of Steel’s 75th Anniversary! First came the creative dream. Then came the title of the new brand new book. Now we know how the new Man of Steel series begins.

Here’s how DC Comics teased the first issue:

When thirteen satellites fall from the sky in one day, the logical suspect is Lex Luthor—even though he’s still locked up in prison! But a stranger question remains: If Superman didn’t stop the last satellite from falling, who did? There’s a mystery hidden where even Superman can’t see it Continue reading Secret of SUPERMAN UNCHAINED?

New STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Trailer

Star Trek: Into Darkness courtesy Paramount Pictures
Star Trek: Into Darkness courtesy Paramount Pictures

While the first trailer was an ominous tone starring Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain John Harrison. The new trailer for Star Trek:Into Darkness warps up the action and humor. We see more of the Enterprise crew running through an alien jungle and leaping off a cliff, Kirk being drilled by Admiral Pike and rapid fire one-liners even one by Spock. Enjoy:

What was your favorite scene?

Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision.

Star Trek: Into Darkness warps into theaters May 17th.

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Who Should Direct James Bond 24?

Skyfall set photo courtesy Empire
Skyfall set photo courtesy Empire

Sam Mendes will not return for James Bond 24. I named the Oscar winning director of Skyfall the Best Franchise Savior in My Geek Oscars.

The director of the next Bond film has a daunting task after the huge critical praise and billion dollar box office success of Skyfall. Mendes set the next 007 film up for success with his introduction of a new M, Miss Moneypenny and a new Q. The next Bond film has all the trappings even screenwriter John Logan is back to pen the new adventure. Who should direct the next James Bond film?

Let’s eliminate the obvious choice. Christopher Nolan has said he would not consider taking on 007 unless there was an opportunity to start fresh with a new actor in the role. Daniel Craig is keeping the tux.

Now here are my 7 directors for 007: Continue reading Who Should Direct James Bond 24?