Back in April I put up a review of the Iron Man Armed Adventures pilot. To give the abridged version I was pretty harsh on it. I found a lot of faults and the bulk of my complaints stemmed from the so called “Teen Tony” approach. The show is now well along into season one and at this time I feel compelled to comment further.
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During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien actor/comedian Eddie Murphy denied rumors that he may play the Riddler in an upcoming Batman film. He said that he believes Jim Carrey did a good job as the Riddler in Batman Forever. When asked which Batman villian he could see himself as Murphy responded with Egghead, a character created for the 1960’s Batman television series played by Vincent Price. Based on Murphy’s impression I think that’s an awesome idea.
Oh the world that could be.
The prayers of 360 owning Metal Gear fans have been answered…sort of. No they will not get the much rumored (and highly hoped for) MGS4 port but instead what can be considered the next been thing: a brand new adventure.
Anime Boston took place this past weekend from May 22-24th. At first I wasn’t going to go to Anime Boston this year because last year wasn’t that spectacular but I made a last minute decision to go. Pictures and such after the break.
The Press the Action Button staff went to a local mecca for the people, aka Ocean State Job Lot, and picked up a four pack of Java Pop Coffee Soda for the grand total of one dollar. Was it a good investment? Find out after the break.
Of all of Marvel’s characters, Wolverine has always been the most mysterious; numerous flashbacks and glimpses into his past, prior to the revealing of his origin, were never any help to those attempting to discern a coherent story – in fact, they were generally often considered to be fake, retconned as fake memories implanted by Weapon X. Whether or not Wolverine would ever remember what really happened to him in the past, and the mysterious nature of his origin lended to the character in ways that having an actual, coherent origin never could have. However, Marvel, in times of economic hardship, has rejected this belief system in lieu of complete disclosure, evidenced by their recent film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. What does this all mean?
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Back in late 2008 I first heard about the latest Iron Man animated series. Outside of the name and the network I didn’t learn much else and after a while the show slipped from my thoughts. Then a couple days ago I stumped upon a free iTunes download of the pilot and figured I’d give a look.
I picked up a copy of the 2000 DVD release of Friday the 13th Part III at Circuit City today and noticed something interesting about the summary written on the back. It reads:
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors….
Did the person who wrote that even watch the movie? The people in Part III aren’t camp counselors, they’re just a bunch of sexed up youths. It’s sad that the person who wrote the short blub on the back didn’t even know what the movie was about. Although they never state what the professions of the characters of this movie are so who knows. They could be, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
While DC comics and Warner Brothers might have about a half dozen superhero films in the works most of them won’t see release until 2011. This March the much hyped Watchmen finally hits theaters and then DC fans will have to wait until 2010 for the release of Green Lantern’s first cinematic outing. Now while I am far from a GL expert I know enough about the character and his mythos to realize that a movie adaptation should surely work, assuming of course the script stays faithful to the source material. My fears of potential mismanagement have been alleviated substancely with the latest bit of big news regarding the movie. Apparently Martin Campbell is in negotiations to direct.
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A new trailer for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion has been released from New York Comic-Con 09, and this one acutally shows gameplay. It really doesn’t look like it’s making many strides from the original game graphically, and the only new character I noticed in the trailer was Hercules. I’m very interested to see how the Civil War story line is handled, because I imagine changes are going to have to be made to wrap up the story, since it technically never ended and is still going on. Oh well.
Also, I’ve probably said this before but why the hell is Storm featured so prominently in not only this trailer but for most things Marvel in general? Who the hell gives a shit about Storm?
