[Plasma Shield]

Well, I finally got round to watching it. After hearing my friend rant on for a little bit about it, I decided “What the hey?” and went to go see it.

Thank god I did.

I have officially had my mind changed about comic book movies. No longer will I worry about them sucking. This was amazing.

The Hip:

Oh my god, the special effects. I really do mean wow. Explosions haven’t looked this good in a while. His suit’s all sleek and shiny. The fight scene’s spectacular. The action exceeded my expectations. Which were extremely high, as they were the one area I knew this movie would do well. (more…)

Craziest… Idea… EVER…

Marvel Comic has just announced that in October this year, they will be releasing “MARVEL APES”. A mini-series in which all your favorite marvel heroes; including so far: Spiderman, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage and Wolverine; are… wait for it…

MONKEYS

Yes, that’s right. You will get to witness a Gorilla in a Captain America outfit, more banana jokes than you can handle and; as has been severely implied by the series’ writer, Karl Kesel; your favorite comic book characters flinging their own feces. Quite honestly, what more could you want?

The Hip:

THEY’RE FREAKING MONKEYS!!!!! I mean, what could be cooler. Honestly, until they come out with Marvel Ninjas/Pirates, this is the coolest thing they’re going to do for a while. Also, it features Gibbon, Marvel biggest loser. The WORST villain of all time. Marvel has officially stated that he is the Biggest Loser in their comics. And he’s not on a diet*. Notorious for having nothing go right for him (as in, born a mutant, has had two additional forced mutations, been poisoned and burnt AND MORE), he must now save a universe filled with monkeys. Yes, that’s right, FILLED WITH MONKEYS. And it’s also filled with monkey puns. My favorite one they’ve shown us so far is Spiderman now being Spider-Monkey. (more…)

Update: Hip to be Square: I am Iron Man, Part 2 [Movie Review]

Ladies (scoff) and gentlemen. My name is Undead Knight and I’ll be talking about the latest and greatest in nerd fashion. Oxymoron much? In this column, I’ll be talking about movies, comic book, video games, TV shows, whatever. If it’s upcoming, nerdy, and it’s going to be big I’ll ramble on about it. I wanted to start off with a bang so I figured I’d go with the biggest thing for nerds so far this year…

Iron Man: The Movie

I saw the trailer. I quite honestly have no idea what to expect from it. If I am to go solely on the trailer, this movie could go either way. And I have to go on the trailer seeing as I can’t actually make a judgement on the film until it is released on May 1st. For those of you who have no idea who he is, Iron Man is millionaire (Upgraded to Billionaire in the film) Tony Stark who after being kidnapped makes a metal suit with gadgets that he uses fights crime. This is where (from what I can tell) the Movie is in directly in line with the book, though there are other slightly altered links that have been modernised. For example, instead of being kidnapped by “Commies” like in the comic, he’s kidnapped by terrorists. He is a weapons manufacturer in the movie, where as he’s just an inventor that had his technology used in weapons in the books. This is rather a moot point however. If I’m going to comment on this, I need to start listing good and bad points.

The Good ***

It looks amazing. The special effects are really outstanding. The only word I can use is sexy. At times, I wish I looked as good as these effects do. **** This leads to my first law of nerd movies: “Special Effects are directly proportionate to the “kick ass” of the Action.” And from what I can tell, it fits here. Iron man looks all sleek and shiny, the bullets and flames all look realistic. He is generally a robotic badass, which is what we want from the movie. Also, there is some quality humour (“Is it cool if I get a picture with you?” “Yes, It’s very cool.”) and the dialogue appears to be well written. (more…)