Hello friends and welcome to the March 25th edition of The Comic Shop!
Lot of topics to cover today predominantly film, but I might branch out into a couple of on the page thoughts...
First I'll say this....I have not been a fan of 70-80% of what I have seen come out about "X-men: Days of Future Past". The release of today's trailer gave me a little bit more positivity about the project. I can't say precisely what it is that I like about it, but I have a more favorable opinion of it nonetheless. To give Bryan Singer & crew credit there are some things I feel that they have gotten right in the series as a whole.
Off the top of my head I like what they have done with the Magneto, Mystique, and even Ellen Page's Kitty Pride. I really like the star power in this ensemble cast with Michael Fassbender & Sir Ian McKellan as Magneto, Patrick Stewart & James Mcavoy as Xavier, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Page, Jennifer Lawrence, and many others. I will give credit where credit is due, but I do expect them to address the glaring continuity errors and reestablish Scott Summers if not Jean Grey as well.
I like Evan Peters in his roles on the anthology horror series "American Horror Story", but I feel that in costume and look his Quicksilver does not pass the eyeball test. Time will tell with this project, but I'm more willing to give it a chance now.
Second.... Really cool set photos hit the net today for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" I love the costume choices that they have made for Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver in this iteration. I can see the twins being a fantastic addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I give Aaron Taylor Johnson a lot of credit for getting himself into a heroic shape for this film and his other vehicle "Kick-ass". In other news with this project the "Building a universe" special teased an appearance of the Hulk-buster armor, which makes this blogger tingly all over.
Third... Exciting times as we sit a little over a week away from the release of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". I feel somewhat alone as a huge fan of the first entry, because I have heard some negativity about the project. Overall though I think that was the only way to introduce Cap, and it had the right formula of sci-fi, intrigue, and military service to capture the essence of what makes Steve Rogers the greatest hero of multiple generations (in the Marvel Canon). I'm really looking forward to this movie because I love the Winter Soldier character, and it will be nice to see Agent 13 & Crossbones introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In other news with Cap talks about the heavy in the third installment of the franchise have started up with it being suggested that a deranged Cap clone from the 50's MIGHT be the next villain. I enjoyed what Ed Brubaker did with the Cap Clone in his run with the character, but I'm not sure how a clone story would play with a large audience.
Fourth...FROM THE PAGES OF DC: I have to admit that even with the Batfan that I am I'm going through a little fatigue with Scott Snyder's "Year Zero" as in my opinion it has lived past it's sell by date. I will continue to buy the book because it's by no means terrible, but I am ready for the time to shift back to "current" day. I'm also not a fan of the "Batman: Eternal" weekly series that is coming up, and as much as I love Batman and like Snyder I hope it fails.
Fifth...FROM THE PAGES OF MARVEL: Mark Waid ushered hornhead into Marvel NOW! officially with the release of "Daredevil #1". Essentially this was a new volume of Waid's DD run, but he has drastically changed the status quo for the character. I was not initially a fan of the move out West and away from Hell's Kitchen, but it is fun to see Murdock adjust to life in a new city.
Lots of big news for Spidey as creator Dan Slott announced his November event "Spiderverse" that will feature every Spider-man EVER. Not to be outdone Brian Michael Bendis has promised a sequel to his universe crossing tale "Spider-men". I'm not sure what to think about either at this point, but it looks like Spidey is in for a big year.
FINALLY..... As promised on my Facebook Fan Page I want to delve a little into the choices made by the crew attached to the "Fast 7" movie. Specifically the choice to hire four body doubles and use CGI to complete Paul Walker's role in the film. Allegedly, there is still over half of his role to film. I have conflicted thoughts about this proposal, because on it's face value I think it's a shameful grave robbery. I realize that it has been done before like Brandon Lee's role in "The Crow" in example; however, I think that was intended to be a one shot project (and I'd like to pretend that it is) and not the latest installment in a annual franchise release. I think if the family is okay with it and it gets money to his foundation and his daughter that would be okay as well. To hedge though I have a sneaking suspicion that the CGI won't look real. That could make for a very awkward & uncomfortable viewing experience. It's a different thing to digitize a fantasy character like the Hulk or Smaug than to digitally manipulate stock footage of a person's face.
That's all for today I apologize for my long winded rants, but I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and write so I had a lot to get out.
The good news is I will be back on my regular schedule next week. Which means more time to plan, prepare, & write.
Thank you for reading and see you next time at The Comic Shop!
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