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“Prometheus” Plot Inspired by Sigourney Weaver

  Sigourney Weaver is the reigning Queen of Science Fiction with the 4 Alien films, 2 Ghostbusters movies, and Avatar. I personally love her non-genre performances in The Year of Living Dangerously, Death and the Maiden and Gorillas in the Mist. The woman still has many great roles ahead but deserves an honorary Oscar just for this body of work. Back to why I’m posting…

Prometheus still of Noomi Rapace courtesy 20th Century Fox and USA Today

  With Prometheus being a prequel to Alien, what does the woman who played Ellen Ripley have to say about Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction, the story of Prometheus and working with the director on Alien. Here’s what Weaver told Movieweb.

“Fox and I disagreed on how the franchise should continue. But I’m glad it’s Ridley Scott doing it, and I’ll be as curious as anyone, or maybe more curious, to see it. I think he took my suggestion. Fox wanted to go to earth and I said: ‘That’s so boring. Who wants to see aliens on earth?’ I said ‘go back to the planet’.”

“We worked very hard together, and I certainly credit him in making Ripley an everyman character, not just a damsel in distress, but a character who is not giving up. James Cameron was also a breath of fresh air. He is a champion of strong women who never thinks in terms of gender characteristics.”

  Sigourney Weaver will appear in Avatar 2. For more of Weaver’s interview here’s the Movieweb link.

AVX: Wolverine: Alone

Wolverine and the X-Men #9 courtesy Marvel.com

  Wolverine Alone.

  Logan is an X-Man, an Avenger, Headmaster of a new mutant school. Which side will he choose in AVX? Will his friends and students at the Jean Grey School follow the headmaster’s lead?

  Comics Alliance scored this exclusive first look at the cover for Wolverine and the X-Men #9 by Chris Bachalo.

  Depending on which side Logan chooses, it could cause a rift at the School given Rachel’s connections to the Phoenix and her friendship with Kitty Pryde.

AVX Doctor Strange Makes Magik Vanish!

X-Infernus courtesy Marvel.com

  The Avengers and X-Men go to war in April over the return of the Phoenix Force. Marvel has revealed stunning AVX teaser images of potential fights. We’ve seen matchups based on strength, fighting ability, and mutant powers but what about magic?

  I know it may seem unfair to have an older man fight a young woman but since we’ve already seen the Emma Frost versus Hulk teaser, I’m going there. I want Doctor Strange to make Magik vanish…for good!

  I envision a scene inspired by Uncanny X-Men #136 in which Professor Xavier psionically threw down with Dark Phoenix. The psi battle lasted a few panels but the way John Byrne illustrated Chris Claremont’s vision for the showdown was epic.

Magik courtesy Marvel.com

  The Magik I loved from the early New Mutants and the reborn little snowflake who died from the Legacy Virus is long gone.  Magik (after so many reboots) is a member of the Extinction Team in Uncanny X-Men and serves as the teleporter. Given her own dark nature and demonic connections it’s only a matter of time before Illyana will become the Darkchilde again.

  Illyana is nearly as dangerous as the host of the Phoenix force. If you’re going to eliminate the threat of the Phoenix, you should excise the evil potential inside Magik.

Defenders #1 courtesy Marvel.com

  Doctor Strange lost his mojo and is guilt ridden from events in New Avengers but he’s getting it back in the new Defenders book. Many of Marvel’s cosmic entities consider Strange to be on their level in terms of his power.

  Doctor Strange versus Magik would be a mystic battle for the ages but maybe their combined power could tame the Phoenix?

Here’s the Magik Marvel bio if you’d like to learn more. To learn more about Dr. Strange here’s his Marvel bio.

Fangs for the Work! From Twilight to True Blood

Courtesy Deadline.com

  Christopher Heyerdahl must be having a bloody good time playing vamps. The actor played the Volturi Marcus in the Twilight Saga films. Deadline reports Heyerdahl is joining the cast of True Blood as Dieter Braun, a vampire who gathers intelligence of the Authority and enjoys interrogation to secure information. The actor’s resume includes more horror geek cred including Supernatural and Sanctuary.

Christopher Meloni (Law & Order:SVU, Oz) is also joining True Blood next season.

The Return of The Avengers “Mrs. Peel, Still We’re Needed.”

courtesy Boom! Studios

  A confession – when I was little kid and saw The Avengers listed in the tv guide I immediately thought it was a television show about Cap, Iron Man and the Scarlet Witch so I stayed up past my bedtime. I was a little disappointed at first but that quickly passed and then I got scared out of my young mind!

  I was watching “The Winged Avenger” episode and I thought sure that clawed monster could get in my house! That was the beginning of my love for The Avengers – John Steed and Emma Peel.

  Boom Studios released Steed and Mrs. Peel #1 this week, inspired by the classic television series.

 Tara King is on the hunt for mole. When Tara vanishes and her last contact turns up dead in a most oddly appropriate way, John Steed is called in to take over the mission. Steed defies orders and recruits Mrs. Peel to help him find the killer, the missing agent and uncover the mole.

 Comics Superstar Grant Morrison captures the quirky fun, thrills and chemistry between the one of the greatest duos in television history. Ian Gibson’s art is a perfect fit for the world of fantasy, espionage and danger and his likeness of television stars Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg is excellent. 

  It’s a testament to Diana Rigg who played Emma Peel. Steed actually had 6 partners during the show but everyone thinks of Emma first!

GLAAD Outstanding Comic Book Nominees

 

Life With Archie #16 courtesy Archie Comics

 GLAAD, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, reveals the nominees for Outstanding Comic Book for 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards:

Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, by Allan Heinberg (Marvel)
Batwoman, by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman (DC Comics)
Secret Six, by Gail Simone (DC Comics)
Veronica Presents: Kevin Keller, by Dan Parent (Archie Comics)
X-Factor, by Peter David (Marvel Comics)

  All of these nominated books feature a gay or lesbian lead character or a gay character in the ensemble.

X-Factor's Shatterstar and Rictor courtesy Marvel.com

  X-Factor won last year. Rictor and Shatterstar are boyfriends and co-workers at X-Factor Investigations. Rictor is a Mexican mutant who lost his powers but recently was repowered in Avengers: The Children’s Crusade. Shatterstar is a mutant warrior from another dimension – and wants an open relationship. Rictor wants them to stay monogamous.

 

Batwoman #1 from DC Comics

  Batwoman is Kate Kane, lipstick lesbian socialite of Gotham City and caped crusader by night. The fan favorite crime fighter is the star of her own DC Comics New 52 series.

  Kevin Keller is the front-runner. Archie Comics showcased an openly gay character in an all-ages book. Kevin is serving openly in the military with an African-American boyfriend. The partners were featured on gay wedding ceremony cover. Archie Comics didn’t just publish the story but gave Kevin’s story a big marketing push and it made huge mainstream headlines.

   Thanks to Comics Alliance for the story.

  For my pick to win and possible nominees for 2012 scroll down or click here for part two.

GLAAD Best Comic Nominees Part 2

    I hope Avengers: The Children’s Crusade wins the GLADD Best Comic Awards. Hulkling and Wiccan fell in love in Young Avengers. As the heroes try to save the Scarlet Witch (Wiccan’s mother) they are in the center of a huge storyline featuring Doctor Doom, Avengers and X-Men. The book is filled with action but the heart of story is the strong relationships between the boys and their devoted teammates.  This is one of the most beautifully written and drawn stories Marvel is publishing.

Northstar to the rescue. Courtesy Marvel.com

 

  I’m hoping that Marjorie Liu’s upcoming Astonishing X-Men (featuring the return of Northstar and his partner Kyle) will be nominated next year. Northstar (when he was in Alpha Flight) was the first superhero to come out. The Canadian mutant has been a teacher and mentor to younger gay mutants, Anole and Graymalkin.

  If you want to learn more about Northstar you can read my post about why he should rejoin the X-Men – which he will later this year.

  Teen Titans (part of the DC New 52) welcomed Bunker, an openly gay Mexican teen hero. Scott Lobdell co-created Bunker with the plan to make him flamboyantly out. It will be interesting to see Bunker’s story develop in Teen Titans and if the book will be nominated next year.

Teen Titans #3 from DC Comics. Art by Brett Booth.

  You may want to read my post about gay heroes in comics.
  Thanks to Comics Alliance for the story about this year’s GLAAD nominees.

James Bond Skyfall Plot Point Revealed?

Skyfall is not based on any of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels or short stories. An image on the official 007 Twitter feed could be a key plot point and perhaps the meaning of Skyfall? Never underestimate a fan’s obsessive eye and need for information!

 

You may consider this speculation a SPOILER so you may not want to keep reading:

 

 

 

  It’s just clapper board but if you look closer you see what looks like two meteorites entering the atmosphere according to MI6.com.

Courtesy MI6-HQ.COM

  Thanks to MI6-HQ.com for capturing the images and their analysis.

courtesy MI6-HQ.COM

  When I first heard Skyfall I thought the plot could be some invention that can bring down satellites – maybe like when Desmond Hume inadvertently brought down Ocean Flight 815 on Lost.

As I write this post (and remembering the official statement that M’s past come back to haunt her) I’m thinking of For Your Eyes Only when 007 races Russian operatives to recover critical military technology from a sunken ship. Perhaps Skyfall will involve Bond racing to recover secrets in a crashed satellite. After the plots of Daniel Craig’s previous films I think crashing meteorites is little too sci-fi but with the cast and crew involved – they could make any plot work.