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February 11, 2014July 7, 2015

Who Should Play Ms. Marvel?

With the exciting news that news that Ms. Marvel is going to be in the next Avengers movie a lot of people have been asking me who I think should play Carol Danvers. Fox already has two of my top picks under contract for super heroes with Rebecca Romijn and Jennifer Lawrence. Ironically they both play the same character Mystique separated by time. The current internet favorite is Katee Sackhoff, but I am not sold, so here are my five alternates in reverse order.

5: Yvonne Strahovski

I mostly chose her because she has the look, but she has had a lot of practice playing a hero thanks to Chuck.

4: Ali Larter

Again she is another “got the look” choice, but in TV show Heroes she was really good at giving that I am going to kill you look that would suit Ms. Marvel very well.

3: Emily Blunt

She would need some hair dye, but she is talented actress who could hold her own against the growing number of leading men in the Avengers film.

2: Claire Danes

She might be busy with Homeland, but ever since the underappreciated movie Stardust, I have been wanting to see her breakout in movies. She has the acting chops to really bring Ms. Marvel to life.

1: Anna Trov

The Fringe star has the ability to kick butt and dish one liners with the best of them. She will never get picked because she is too perfect for the role, but if they did, I would be one happy Shmee.

Movie studios never seem to like my casting choices, but I will keep offering my advice anyway! Do you guys or gals have any favorites to play the current Captain Marvel?

February 7, 2014February 7, 2014

We Are Finally Getting A Ms. Marvel!

There was some big news yesterday as it was announced that Paul Bettany would be playing The Vision in the new Avengers movie. Since Bettany already plays the voice of JARVIS (Tony Stark’s AI butler) in the in the Marvel Movie Universe, it seems to point to the fact that Tony Stark not Henry Pym (Ant Man) will create the evil android Ultron, and in return Ultron will use Stark’s loyal companion against him. At least at first if they follow the comics at all.

While that is all very cool news, and interesting to think about. People seem to missing the even bigger news as the Latino Review pointed out, they are casting for Ms. Marvel (though he says Miss Marvel)! It is about time Marvel finally brought a top tier female crime fighter in to the mix. As a matter of fact Ms. Marvel is probably more powerful than the rest of the Avengers combined, so this version of Ultron is going to be one bad dude.

I mean no disrespect to Scarlett Johansson, but the Black Widow would be as useful in a fight against Ultron as a guy with toothpick versus a bunch of samurai with katanas, so to have the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Ms. Marvel will let the ladies show up to the fight in force. With the amount of firepower Marvel is packing in to this movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron may be the biggest movie of all time.

January 15, 2014January 15, 2014

A Giant Week For DC!

I rant about DC comics a lot, but since last time I checked this is my blog, so I am going to do it again today! The reason for this is that there is a lot of exciting news going around, and I had to give my opinion on all of it. Lets start with the movie news shall we?

Justice League Movie!

So the current rumor from the website Latino Review is that they will be filming a Justice League film directly after they get done filming Batman vs Superman, and that they are talking to Dwayne Johnson to be John Stewart, one of the cooler Green Lanterns, or possibly some other character, so Cyborg. This makes a ton of sense since they could spend a lot money, but get two films out of the deal much like The Hobbit, and it would help them catch up to Marvel. If this is true expect to see a lot of casting rumors in the next few weeks.

It is kind of scary to think that DC is finally getting its movie act together, but this is a large step in the right direction. If they do this right we will get to see all our favorite DC heroes, but not have to sit through any more origin stories! What a wonderful future that would be. Now on to TV news!

Even More TV Shows!

In an earlier rant I talked about the three new DC TV shows in the works: Hourman, The Flash, and a Gotham Cop Show. Well those are all still on the docket, with the exception that the Gotham cop show is now pretty much Batman Smallville, curse you Fox! A cop show in Gotham sounded interesting, but a bunch of brooding teenagers fighting each other in high school sounds awful, but maybe it will turn out (it won’t). I have my fingers crossed!

They also announced this week that NBC is ordering a Constantine show, and since they have already done a good job with Hannibal, Dracula, and Grimm this could be a great fit. Heck he could fight those guys, and it could be a lot of fun crossing over everything together in a large NBC/DC universe. They won’t do that, but still it is fun to think about. That was not the only TV announcement either.

AMC is ordering The Preacher from Sony Pictures Television, and Seth Rogan is producing. I don’t know if that means it is going to be a comedy (please no, but maybe yes?), or that Rogan just likes The Preacher, so he is putting some skin in the game. I hope it is the latter. Either way I love the work AMC does, so I am very excited!

Now if you are counting, the success of Arrow has spawned not one but five TV shows: Gotham (Meh), The Flash, Hourman, Constantine, and The Preacher. I guess DC decided that they couldn’t beat Marvel in the movie game, so instead they are going to win at TV. Not a bad plan. So that means maybe the people running DC are not total idiots. We live in a brave new world, and I am extremely excited!

December 18, 2013December 18, 2013

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Signs On For Vertigo’s The Sandman!

Interesting news yesterday as Deadline.com reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be staring in and directing Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman for Warner Brothers. Gordon-Levitt afterwards tweeted that he would just be producing with the possibility for more as the film progressed, but still it confirms that Warner Brothers is moving ahead with one of Vertigo’s (DC’s art house brand) most successful comic books.

The Sandman should be a fun movie. The comic book was written by the great Neil Gaiman, and he has given his blessing to this film. The Sandman has some of the craziest art to ever be in a mainline comic book. This movie will either be awesome or someone’s fever dream, but I am kind of hoping for both.

Considering they are just naming writers and producers at this point, I am guessing we have a ways to go before we will be watching this at our local mega-plex, but it will give you some time to check out the comic book!

P.S. Speaking of awesome Neil Gaiman comic book movies, you need to watch Stardust. It has a purple case, and it looks like it is for thirteen year old girls, but it is fantastic.

December 12, 2013

Re-Watching Batman Beyond!

I noticed Batman Beyond on Netflix, and I have started watching it again. The animation is a little rough, but I am impressed with how well the stories have held up. For a cartoon that was just supposed to be cool so that it would appeal to thirteen year old boys in the 90’s, they did a great job.

Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) is too old to continue to be Batman, but with the help of the young Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle) in a high tech Batsuit they are able to keep the Gotham of the future safe.

Kevin Conroy is voice of Batman. It is a shame that he and Mark Hamill (the cartoon Joker) have stepped down. I hope they get to make The Killing Joke for their final carton movie. They are some of the best voice actors of their generation. Will Friedle is good too, but Conroy is simply great.

Watching the series now makes me wish that they would have gone ahead with the movie they were planning before Batman Begins. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy with the Nolan Batman movies, but a Batman Beyond movie would have been awesome. I hope Warner Brothers dusts that script off and we get to see it.

If you are looking for a good thirty minute show to watch, Batman Begins is one of my favorites.