…….and, hands-down, one of the best Archie stories EVER. (Yep, even better than “Archie Marries…!”) Both parts were quite powerful. It’s sad when a final issue is so GREATER than almost the whole series, but not this time. Archie’s character was 73.
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First A Female Thor, And Now A Black Captain America?
The cool-ass Falcon is now Cap?
No, no, NO!
Marvel should use the REAL Black Captain America, from “TRUTH!”
See that “Double V” on that shield?!? TOO BLACK, TOO STRONG! LOL! 🙂
Marvel could also use the one from THE CREW–Josiah X, a.k.a. Justice!
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Talking about the new, female Thor, I was telling a friend just this morning about the top five things mainstream superhero comic creators do to spur media coverage and sales:
1) kill them
2) change their powers/costume
3) Change their identity (new, younger male)
4) ” ” (make them female)
5) ” ” (make them Black or Latino)
Ten years from now, it’ll be like it never happened. 🙂
Is It Too Early………
……to talk about next year’s “Avengers” movie?
No? Okay. 😉
JULY 28th UPDATE: And here’s the 2014 Comic-Con Panel:
*Whew!* That Was Close! LOL!
That aborted Time Warner-News Corp. merger would not only have created a ridiculously large world media conglomerate, it would have ALMOST merged Marvel and DC movies! *Gulp* NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT! 😡
Stop Kidding Around, Warner Bros!
The “Man of Steel” sequel has Batman, Wonder Woman AND NOW AQUAMAN? LOL! Just call it a “Justice League” movie, already! (I hope Henry Cahill is happy about the money he’s going to make!)
And, Speaking of “Star Trek” (re: Levar Burton Reading Rainbow/Kickstarter Update)……………..
………….I found this a GREAT idea! They’ll make $5 million for sure, now! (Although they were going to, anyway 🙂 )
For some reason, I’ve become obsessed recently with the LYRICS to “Star Trek: TOS.” It’s a little known fact. Here they are (and good going, whichever fan sang this 🙂 ):
Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand’ring in star-flight
I know
He’ll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.
Poor Rene Russo……!
Why do filmmakers keep cutting out her best scenes in these “Thor” movies?!? (Damn, didn’t she used to be a major movie star?) She basically cameoed in the first, and [SPOILER ALERT!] died in the second!
Above is her cut scene from “Thor: The Dark World,” and below is her cut scene from “Thor.”
And, being the Cap fanatic I am, of course I loved the final version of the below scene. In the one that made the movies, Chris Evans cameos as Cap!
Batgirl and Catwoman, On 1970s Tee Vee Every Day
Until I started watching the 1960s “Batman” show on ME-TV’s “Sci-Fi Saturday,” one of my summer pastimes was to watch this show on youtube.
As a kid in the mid-1970s, watching weekdays in endless syndicated reruns, I thought the “Batman” TV show was perfection. It was the only show on TV that met all my needs: pacing, color, action, cool music, a trap, and more action!
(Serious aside: Did anybody know that Burgess Meredith, who most remember from his Penguin role here, ABC’ s “Those Amazing Animals” and the “Rocky” films, was the director for James Baldwin’s “Blues For Mister Charlie?”)
I remember when I first saw Batgirl on the show. I really liked her, but had no idea why. Now, as a adult, looking at that practically painted-on costume, I can guess! LOL! From that time on, a “good” Batman episode was one that had Batgirl in it. (But a friend of mine once pointed out when we were in our early teens that if a villain amputated one of her legs, that would be it for her as a crimefighter. 😉 )
I now know that the Batgirl episodes (all of Season 3) are the worst, but what helps me deal with it is that reality is that they are also the ones that star Eartha Kitt as Catwoman!
Heeheeheeheeheehee……Catwoman has come upon some hard times, clearly. 🙂
112-Word Film Reviews (In Total): “Amazing Spider-Man 2” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
Spent so much time discussing Newark politics and legacies of new Ancestors, I’m glad to get back to geek stuff! 🙂
I find it interesting that so many film critics are having problems with this Spider-Man. (A “Spider-Man” film getting a “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Hide, Irving Forbush!)
Yes, this movie was a bit overstuffed. But the bottom line is this: this is a darker, weirder, vision than the Sam Rami films, and although this vision is not as stirring, it is a legitimate telling.
A triumph, because it proves that if a highly skilled filmmaker tries hard enough, a film can imitate the complexity of the comics. One of the best “X-Men” movies, ever! And it even rebooted the series, effectively, by erasing the tragedy of “X-Men: The Last Stand.” 🙂
JULY 6TH UPDATE: And, as a hard-core comicbook fanboy who bought the original story off the stands, I thought this was quite funny.
In Newark: Scrambled Notes No. 3
The Newark mayoral election, in pictures:
So the election is down to
vs.
Now, the former would like folks on the street to think of Shavar Jeffries as
The bottom line, with one week left: Jeffries would make a good mayor–of surounding townships/cities South Orange, East Orange or Orange. 🙂
Drums in the Global Village 