Batman
Geek Thought of the Week: Five Things X-Men First Class Must Do to Succeed
I’ve been thinking about this lately. The X-Men film series is screwed. It has been for a while. The first two films, while taking liberty with the vast X-Men universe, were good films in their own right that could be watched by people who have never before read about Sniktbub and his amazing adventures. But with X-Men: The Last Stand, things started going all crap shaped. Too many character...[Read More]
Joker Week: Joker in the Media
Here we are, the final day of Joker Week. I’ve talked about the various stories of Joker’s early life and encounters with Batman, and we’ve looked at what makes Joker work as Batman’s greatest enemy. Today, we’re going to look at those portrayals that distilled the very essences of Joker, those who not only brought what was the core of the character at the time, but i...[Read More]
Joker Week: Lovers and Madmen
Joker week continues, my lovely mad little fools, and today we have a juicy one. Lovers and Madmen, done by the team of Michael Green, Denys Cowan and John Floyd, was published in Batman Confidential, a fairly recent comic series that is supposed to cover early events in Batman’s career, such as his first meeting with Lex Luthor. This is their take on Batman meeting Joker. While I love the s...[Read More]
Joker Week: The Man Who Laughs
We’re halfway through Joker Week, and I’m hoping my sanity continues to hold up, despite all the exposure to madness. In keeping with the theme of Joker Week focusing on Batman’s early encounters with his archenemy, today we’ll talk about The Man Who Laughs, a graphic novel written by Ed Brubaker, drawn by Doug Mahnke and colored by David Baron. This is a modern update of J...[Read More]
Joker Week: The Killing Joke
If you ask me for my opinion about Alan Moore, I will probably go into a long rant. While I don’t like him as a person, I can’t disagree with his genius as a comic writer. This man does things with setting up panels and what-not that I could never hope to do. And my pick for one of his best stories is also the second entry in Joker Week, The Killing Joke, a tale that looks into the Jok...[Read More]
Joker Week: Batman vs The Joker from Batman #1
The year is 1940. Batman is still relatively new to the comic scene, and Robin had just made his debut. It’s that period where our hero is still in touch with his pulp roots, and the stories are still dark, but slowly getting more to the comics we know. And as far as enemies go, Batman has already faced threats like the Monk and Hugo Strange. But he’s about to meet the greatest enemy h...[Read More]
Next Week is Joker Week!
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to give a little love to that great villain. The Crown Prince of Crime! The reason people are afraid of clowns! The undisputed archenemy of the Dark Knight himself! The one, the only, THE JOKER!
Henry Cavill is Superman
The star of Showtime’s The Tudors is set to star in the reboot of the Superman movie series.
Review: Two Worlds II (X360)
Developed by Reality Pump (TopWare Interactive), and released by publisher SouthPeak Games, Two Worlds II is a direct sequel to, you guessed it, the 2007 game, Two Worlds. Before reviewing Two Worlds II, however, I feel that something needs to be made clear; the most I played of the first Two Worlds game was the downloadable demo. This will be important later on.
Geek Thought of the Week: Why Should We Trust Nolan With Batman 3?
In which we discuss trilogies, why they usually suck, and why Christopher Nolan might be the man to prove that second point wrong.
Review: DC Universe Online (PS3)
I just want to start out by saying that I am not an MMO player. I have never played World of Warcraft. I don’t know how to raid. I am not leetz to your skillz or whatever the deuce you children say. I have tried out a few MMOs and they have all crapped out on me at about a month into it. It just wasn’t interesting for me. So I went into DC Universe Online with some trepidation. I do lo...[Read More]
The Dark Knight Rises to Feature Selina Kyle and Bane
Two of the next Batman movie’s villains have been confirmed, and they are to be played by Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy.