Firefly Episode 1 Reviewed

Firefly is the 2002 sci-fi show with a western/steampunk twist to it. I thought reviewing the first episode for people searching for a fantasy show would be helpful so here you go. The show takes place approximately 500 years in the future and follows Captain Mal Reynolds and his ragtag of a space pirate crew who deal in black market smuggling all across the galaxy. The first episode properly introduces all the characters and what their role is on the ship. Character development is lacking a bit in the beginning but by the end of the episode, you have a feel for where all their hearts are.

The episode is a bit campy (Especially in the beginning) but if you look over that, the story is entertaining and original. I also enjoy how the show obviously takes place in the future but they don't shove it down your throats with crazy looking aliens all over the place and plasma gunfire flying everywhere. They're very calm in showing you that the show doesn't take place in this time frame. Which is different from other futuristic shows. And does anyone else see a resemblance in the ship's mechanic Kaylee with Battlestar Galactica's Cally? I mean even their names are similar along with their personalities. A bit odd...
Anyways, with an impressive soundtrack and an entertaining story, Firefly is definitely worth your time viewing, and if your looking for a classic show to call home, this one is welcoming with open arms.

Newly Released Marvel Teasers - Has The Ultron War Finally Arrived??

A few days ago, Marvel released a few teasers of a new event to happen this October right after the conclusion of Avengers vs. X-Men. Posters include the below.

Looking at blog discussions on websites such as IGN, many people believe that these posters are the first announcement of the Ulton War that Marvel has been teasing about for a while now (Ex. Marvel's Free Comic Book Day Issue) and as much as I'm excited to see the Avengers face off against one of their biggest rivals in a climatic limited series that will be as big as titles such as Fear Itself and House of M, I'm not so excited to see it being released RIGHT after the events of AvX. Like one post said on IGN, I think Marvel should let the aftermath settle with AvX before jumping right on in to the next main event. Ya know? Not just throw another big fireball of epic battles RIGHT after AvX.
Another concern that people are showing about this announcement is that they don't like how every year Marvel has a new big event (Secret War -> Avengers Disassembled -> House of M -> Secret Invasion and so on) but personally, I like looking forward to a new big epic story every year. Yeah I wouldn't mind if Marvel took a break every once in a while so I could catch up but if the stories are gonna be as good as House of M and Avengers Disassembled, I say keep 'em coming! Unless they're like this years event with JRJR's artwork which just does NOT match the storyline of AvX. Regardless of it's timing and what the event is, I'm anxious to see Marvel's news on these teasers later down the road.

Batman #10 Reviewed

BATMAN ISSUE 10 SPOILERS
With the DC New 52 Crossover event coming to a close, I'm anxious to see how they wrap it up. Earlier this month the Batman issue 10 came out and holy mother of god. What a cliffhanger... Bruce Wayne has a brother and he's leader of the Court of the Owls??? And he was running for mayor?? Talk about a twist! I had my jaw to the floor when i finished that issue and I can't wait for more.... WHY DO CLIFFHANGERS HAVE TO MAKE ME SCREAM IN AGONY??? Gah. Well regardless, Night of the Owls seemed to end up to be quite a clever story and I'm very impressed. Glad I kept up.

Epic Cover

Batman: Arkham Unhinged Comic Review Update

Okay. So this is an update to my previous Arkham Unhinged review. I've read issues two and three since then and all I've got to say is what the fraking frak. What happened??? This comic had so much potential thanks to the success of the ground breaking, addictive video game and they started off strong with an entertaining first issue with Catwoman and Two-Face back story and then there's these next two issues that were far from interesting. I'm definitely taking this out of my folder at my comic shop. The art is still cool but would be so much cooler if there was actually some god damn action every once in a while! I mean the second issue is Batman talking to Commissioner Gordon for the whole story and the third is just about the Penguin talking about how he used to be friends with the Joker or something. It was lame. I spoke to soon about this comic unfortunately. But I do have to admit. The covers to each issue so far have been pretty fantastic.

Superior Reviewed

I just finished the limited seven issue series Superior by Mark Millar  (Artwork by Leinil Yu from Secret Invasion) and despite where the first issue seemed to be heading, I will say it was worth the read and I am impressed..yet again. Millar has once again taken a cliche idea and made something original with it. The story is about a young 12 year old boy named Simon Pooni who has the disease multiple sclerosis. He's picked on by kids at school and his true friends are limited. But that all changes one night when a strange space monkey in an astronaut suit appears in Simon's room and changes the boy into the iconic hero Superior. Similar to the abilities of Superman, Superior has all the textbook symptoms of an old school hero. I don't want to give much away but all I'm saying are things aren't always the way they seem...

Superior is a fun, light, action-filled series that is clearly done by the brilliant mind of Mark Millar. With familiar artwork from Leinil Yu, I couldn't help but feel a skrull was gonna pop on in for a panel or two. Excessive f-bombs does make this a comic for a more mature audience. Surprisingly, the ending wrapped up with no noticeable cliffhangers like Millar's other pieces (Nemesis, Kick-Ass) which I think would be best. This isn't exactly a franchise that could go on for a sequel.

Apparently Millar announced that movie director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass director) bought the rights to Superior and is going to create a film adaption. Definitely will be worth seeing.

The Hobbit Trailer

Guys I can't wait. This year, I get to return to the world of Middle Earth (My ideal home is Bag End). The Hobbit is on the horizon. Although the trailer has been out for a few months now, I finally have viewed Peter Jackson's teaser to the prequel of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and oh mi god. This movie is going to be epic upon epicness. It's release date is for this December on the 14th, but judging on how awesome movies like this are usually pushed back a few months from it's original release date, I'm not getting my hopes up. I can't wait to see Jackson's vision of The Hobbit. I trust it'll be in good hands after seeing what he did with the trilogy. And Ian McKellen is Gandalf! He played the role perfectly in the earlier films!
Scenes I am looking forward to seeing are ALL Smog scenes, the giants turning to stone, and the riddles with the one and only Gollum... Brace yourselves guy. This is gonna be a real treat.

New Halo 4 Live Action Trailer W/ Gameplay Released at E3!

Yesterday, at the 2012 E3 conference, Microsoft released an all new Halo 4 live action trailer with about five minutes of game play footage and after viewing it, oh mi god am I excited. There are two videos. One that is shorter and does not have as much campaign footage and does not show the live action trailer but does have multi-player footage and one video that is seven minutes with the live action and only campaign footage The trailer shows UNSC marines lined up listening to a speech while the video flashes forward to their ship being infected by an unknown virus that takes over. It finally then jumps to Master Chief. The man of the hour and as he watches the UNSC ship (That resembles the Pillar of Autumn) seem to come through a portal of some sort (Possible a time portal) and fly over him with obvious complications. Chief watches it fly off in the distance as he's surrounded by nature. Obviously, he has progressed and landed on this turf since we last saw him in the Halo 4 teaser that was released last year. Will the game reveal what happened between that time gap? I hope to god they do.

If you read my earlier post about Halo 4, then I must make a correction. I was under the influence that the Covenant were gone but after watching the footage, there is a scene with two grunts, an elite and a jackal. So yes. The humans most hated enemy is back. As the elite charges you, it seems to be shot with an orange ray that disintegrates it in it's own footsteps. That is where the new alien species is introduced. They look to have a mix of organic and technology base to them and as Chief shoots some, they self destruct where others have the ability to teleport. He even does hand to hand combat at one point which is extremely bad-ass and when picking up one of the foreign guns, it seems to recreate and modify itself at the sense of his touch.
At the end of the video, a strange red symbol appears with the words "An Ancient Evil Awakens". My assumption? Forerunners. Cortana even mentions them at one point when discussing the aliens. So yes, mysteries of the Halo universe will be revealed in this new trilogy.

Earth 2 Reviewed (In a Nutshell)

Earth 2. New stories. New heroes. New villains. New universe. New everything. With issue 2 hitting stores soon, I thought I should hurry on up and review DC's start to their 'Second Wave' as their calling it and tell you guys all about this parallel world. With awesome art and a neat story line, I'm definitely looking forward to the next installment. The cliffhanger to this one was already one that was too much to handle. I'm not going to give anything away but you'll be craving for part two as soon as you're finished. And they even got cool details down like the new Robin replaces Batman's son Damian in the original universe and becomes his daughter instead. This comic shows a lot of potential but at the same time, it also has much riding on it and I hope DC doesn't crash and burn with letting us readers down. So let's keep our hopes up and wish for the best guys! The second wave has begun!

Earth 2 & The Controversy It Has Spurred

Last month, issue one of DC's New 52 series 'Earth 2' hit stores and it hit hard with the information that in this parallel universe story, the Alan Scott Green Lantern is...yup. Gay. This is obviously DC's way of saying "Hey! We Support gays and lesbians!" Along with this controversial news, Marvel also has a little gay announcement in one of thier series right now involving Astonishing X-Men and a marriage with Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle. The event takes place in issue #51 of the ongoing series. Due to these announcements in the comic world in what seems to be an attempt to be connecting with minorities of the world, the group One Million Moms responded to this with a post on their site telling their fellow moms to

"Please send DC Comics and Marvel an email urging them to change and cancel all plans of homosexual superheroes immediately. Ask them to do the right thing and reverse their decision to have sexual orientation displayed to readers."


And I quote that directly from their pathetic, bullshit of a site. Their argument for why superheroes should not be gay or lesbian is because they feel superheros should be 'proper' role models for children and if they read those comics and see Northstar or Green Lantern kissing another guy they they will want to do it too... Um. Back up for a second. First of all, I don't even think that they will think anything of it if they are young enough and will just see two people kissing. Second off, I am POSITIVE that they will not want to imitate the superhero based on who that hero is dating or kissing. This One Million Moms is B.S. and should leave the comic industry alone. If they are this strong headed about the subject, then just don't let your kid read that comic. But don't try and ruin these events for us more open minded people who have grown up and aren't still living in the 1950's. Kudos to Marvel and DC for sticking to their guns. I applaud you.