Oh man I was worried that I would have to review Pompeii today, but the Fantastic Four came to the rescue! Not having to write about Pompeii, if even for one more day, makes this group my Heroes! Also that being said, it doesn’t look as bad as I was expecting. I mean there has been complete radio silence about this film, and it comes out in August. I really hope this comes together since this is Fox’s other big chunk of the Marvel Universe. Fantastic Four plus the X-Men could be really great. I got my fingers crossed! But with the history of the Fantastic Four movies, I am hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.
Well We Finally Know Supergirl’s Identity!
Melissa Benoist will get to bring life to Supergirl on the small screen according to TheWrap.com, and then confirmed by Benoist’s Twitter account. She has done a lot of things, but she is mostly known for her role as Marley Rose on seasons four and five of Glee. She is also in the award winning movie Whiplash, so an up and comer for sure. If you are worried that she has the wrong hair color, worry no more:
She has taken care of it. I can’t wait for this show to start! If they don’t pick up Constantine for season two I will need something to watch (I am totally going to watch it anyway). I wish her the best of luck. They took a long time to find her, so I am sure she will be great in the role!
Marvel Is Pulling A DC!
So Marvel is kicking off its Secret Wars, and it looks like it will kill off the Marvel Universes as we know them. The heroes will face off once again in Battleworld to fight for their survival, and not just their survival but the survival of their little piece of the universe.
One of Marvel’s biggest draws has always been its long almost never ending story line, but that is all coming to an end. Really this is their version of DC’s Infinite Crisis. Marvel fans are more than a little upset, but really this is Disney’s way of making Marvel its own. They get to pick how these heroes move forward, and I am sure that they will start to look and act a lot more like their movie counterparts. Because movies are where the money is.
If they do this right it could be fun, but if they do it wrong there will be a lot of Marvel fans calling this the Marvel version of the New 52. Though unlike the New 52 there will be only one universe when this is all over. DC still has its multiple universes and I am pretty sure they always will have them. My question is: how long will they be able to stick to their guns and keep to one universe? I give them six months. Maybe.
Here is the announcement video:
New Supergirl Info!
Well some audition tapes for the new CBS show Supergirl have leaked, and while they have already been taken down, they do give us some interesting tidbits about the show. You can read the full dialog over at SpoilerTV, but I thought I would just give you some of my takeaways.
1: Superman will exist in this show. Whether they are casting a new one or are going to use the current movie Man of Steel and just use pictures we don’t know, but the dialog talks about him a lot.
2: It looks like Jimmy Olsen is going to be regular. If Superman is around somewhere, why not his best friend Jimmy.
3: Supergirl will remember more about Krypton than Supes. It looks like she left the planet when she was twelve not an infant, and it appears that she is quite attached to her old life.
4: Just like the Man of Steel movie it doesn’t look like Kara’s family is to happy about her new side job. They are worried about her, and what people will do once they find out what she is. Though with Superman around it kind of seems like an odd worry to me.
Sadly we still don’t know who will be playing Supergirl, but I am sure we will soon if they are in the middle of casting. I keep meaning to do a casting for this show, but it always kind makes me feel a little like a perv looking for young talented actresses on the internet. The internet version of talent is different than what you would think.
Here is hoping this show turns out. Though I think they could have saved themselves a lot of trouble by just making a Powergirl show. Oh well. We will see what CBS comes up with next year.
The Sandman Returns To Your Dreams!
I have been meaning to read Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman for quite some time, but it always seemed like such a daunting task. It is a large and weird work, and it was so 90’s looking if that is a thing, but I can’t stay away from Gaiman’s books for forever, so I gave The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes & Nocturnes a try. Clearly staying away from this series was an error in judgment because it was wonderful.
The series revolves around The Lord of Dreams aka The Sandman. It starts off with him being captured by a group trying to gain immortality. They think that he will give it to them in exchange for his release. They of course or wrong because it turns out that immortals have a lot of patience. Still, eventually when he does get free he has to fix what they broke and reclaim his Kingdom and tools. Which will require quite a bit of effort even for the Dream King.
I love that this book is so different, but still so familiar. It is odd and it is about an old immortal, but it is still firmly in the DC Universe, so having the Martian Manhunter or John Constantine show up is completely normal. Though I guess if the DC Universe can have Dr. Fate or The Enchantress why not an old god or two.
The art is wonderfully crazy. While it still mostly looks like the DC Universe we have come to know and love, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcom Jones have created their own very dreamy version. It is really pretty, and fun to look at. Sure it might be a little too 90’s punk, but overall it is just great work.
Taking so long to start this book series was a huge mistake. Like all of Gaiman’s work, I am in love with it. Though I should point out that this book is for adults only. I will not be letting little Shmee read this for quite some time, but I hope to share it with her when she is old enough. I will not wait as long to read the next volume. I am doing my best to learn from my mistakes.