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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Erica Durance as Wonder Woman

NBC First Look: Erica Durance in Wonder Woman costume courtesy Spinoff Online

  David E. Kelley’s NBC Wonder Woman pilot didn’t make it on air but the costume will in an episode of Kelley’s Harry’s Law.

  Erica Durance of Smallville will dons the star-spangled outfit in this first look from NBC.    Thanks to Spinoff Online for the scoop.

  Durance’s Lois Lane donned a similar costume in an episode from final season of Smallville. The Harry’s Law episode airs January 11th. As posted earlier, Durance is playing a troubled woman who retreats into the persona and costume of the Amazon warrior.

  Hollywood, get this woman in a series or movie!

Teen Titans New Year’s Eve Smack

Teen Titans #4 courtesy DC Comics

Superboy + Wonder Girl + New Year’s Eve +New York City. You’re expecting a kiss?

  No smack on the lips here just a smackdown.

Teen Titans #4 features a titanic clash between the super teens while Red Robin assembles other metahumans evade and uncover the secret organization hunting them.

  Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth continue the thrill ride with bombastic action and often hilarious team bonding.

  Like real kids this age, the book has endearing and frustrating growing pains and mood swings but the style takes me back to Lobdell and Booth’s 90′s work. This teenage dream/nightmare is a fun ride.

Emerald City Comicon – 11 for 2011

 

Jim Cheung and my Mystique sketch at ECCC 2011

  As I look back by my favorite geek experiences of 2011 I have to share a major highlight from Emerald City Comicon 2011 in Seattle. My first stop was waiting in line to meet and get a sketch from the amazing Jim Cheung. Characters kept popping into my head as I got closer in line and my time to request a sketch. When I arrived – Mystique popped into my head and she was my request. I have it framed now as you walk in my condo.

              I had several Young Avengers and New Avengers: Illuminati issues autographed and I picked up his stunning promo piece for The Heroic Age. It was an honor to meet and know that such a superstar could be such a great fan friendly guy.

 

 

Loki and Red Skull Versus The Avengers?

Avengers Character Banners courtesy Marvel.com

  Will The Avengers movie feature an old school Marvel Super Villain Team-Up?

  We know that Thor’s half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is the main foe of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. And he has a secret army. Is the God of Mischief teaming up with the Red Skull?

  MovieWeb caught on to what might be a big giveaway via a toy description. NECA’s HeroClix releases their Avengers line in 2012. The product description for retailers below does make you suspect the Captain America arch-enemy is helping Loki take on the super team:

“Charging straight out of theaters and onto your tabletop, Marvel’s the Avengers Movie HeroClix set features heroes like Captain America and Thor as they battle the villainy of the Red Skull and Loki! Each Counter-Top display includes standard one-figure boosters as well as new three-figure “Team Packs”! Team Packs are designed with strong thematic undertones – play a Hydra force or defend freedom with a S.H.I.E.L.D. team pack!”

 

Captain America: The First Avenger promo art courtesy Marvel.com

  If you remember in the climatic fight of Captain America: The First Avenger the Red Skull was transported into another realm via the Tesseract. Could the enemy have landed in Asgard or the realm of the Frost Giants?

Hugo Weaving was perfect as the Red Skull. Seeing Weaving and Huddleston together would be chilling and thrilling. I just hope the Red Skull (along with Sin, Crossbones and the Winter Soldier) are part of a modern-day Captain America 2.

 

Bryan Hitch Leaving Marvel

Bryan Hitch art from Ultimates #13 courtesy Marvel.com

  A major clue to the the Bryan Hitch Countdown mystery revealed. The artist announced via Twitter he was leaving Marvel Comics after 10 years.

 ”In two days time, an amazing decade at Marvel closes for me. What a wonderful time to have joined the party. Very proud and honoured.”

  Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch were frequent collaboratrs on Marvel’s Ultimate Line with the Ultimates and Ultimate Fantastic Four then later the Marvel line’s Fantastic Four.

Ultimates 2 #7 cover by Bryan Hitch courtesy Marvel.com

 

Hitch will apparently end with the Ultron War.We know where Hitch is leaving but where he’s going…stay tuned. A reunion with Millar on Millar World titles is the big speculation.

 

Fantastic Four #559 cover by Bryan Hitch courtesy Marvel.com

This post features some of my personal Hitch/Marvel favorites but I’ve provided link on Marvel.com showing his work over they years.

Catwoman’s Claws in The Dark Knight Rises

 

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Image Courtesy Screen Rant

  Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman will have a nasty secret hidden in her costume according to an upcoming interview in L.A. Times Hero Complex.

  “I love the costume… I love the costume because everything has a purpose, nothing is in place for fantasy’s sake, and that’s the case with everything in Christopher Nolan’s Gotham City.” Hathaway says.

  The publisher describes Catwoman’s boots with “…stiletto heels that, on closer inspection, turn out to have serrated edges capable of leaving nasty claw marks in a fight.”

  Earlier Hathaway talked about how her portrayal of Catwoman will not be influenced by previous Catwomen but based on Nolan’s Gotham.

Catwoman: The Dark End of the Street courtesy DC Comics

  This latest on-screen version of Catwoman looks similar to the comic counterpart from Ed Brubaker’s run on the title – minus the hair.

Blade Runner Sketchbook

“If you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes…” Roy Batty, replicant

 

Blade Runner Sketchbook cover courtesy BuzzFeed

I absolutely LOVE Blade Runner. I’ve seen 4 versions on the big screen and own the collectors edition. 

Now humans can see this great out of print art book based on what is one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.

The Blade Runner Sketchbook has been out of print since its 1982 publishing date, but, thanks to this “BR” fanatic, we can now scan every page of the collector’s item online. Check out highlights from Director Ridley Scott and the film’s conceptual designers. Thanks to BuzzFeed and ComicsAlliance.

The sketchbook is listed on Amazon.

Here’s hoping Ridley Scott will return to the world of Blade Runner like he did Alien with his new film Prometheus.

A Geek Can Dream…Ms. Marvel & Wasp Casting Call

Ms. Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel.com

  As I poured through my sources for news and inspiration I had casting visions.

  2012 will see comic book and movie stars shine in Seattle for Emerald City Comicon this Spring and The Avengers assembled on the big screen this Summer.

 I’m already thinking of a sequel featuring more favorite Avengers and I had casting ideas inspired by ECCC’s media guests.

  Katee Sackoff as Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel. Katee’s portrayal of Kara “Starbuck” Thrace proves she could play the tough Air Force officer/CIA agent turned Kree ignited superheroine.

Avengers: The Initiative #20 courtesy Marvel.com

  Summer Glau’s turn as River Song (I meant Tam, thanks for a follower for the correction) in Firefly and Serenity showed how she could play the vulnerable yet powerful Wasp. The Avengers director Joss Whedon knows what Glau can deliver based on their previous experience together. She just needs the short cut and Janet Van Dyne’s glam.

  If you have the Wasp you must include Hank Pym. Could Tom Felton play the genius scientist with multiple super hero identities and a dark side?

Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel.com

 

  Of all the possible Avengers in possible Avengers sequels I think these ones I would want to see on the big screen.

  A geek can dream…

Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. Image Courtesy Screen Rant

  Anne Hathaway joins a famous sorority of actresses who have made Catwoman come to life. The actress is talking with the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex about her Catwoman and the connection to Bane.

  Hathaway wants fans to know her portrayal of Selina Kyle will be unique and based on the situation she finds herself in The Dark Knight Rises:

  “What’s come before doesn’t limit or even affect this new version. It doesn’t affect me because each Catwoman – and this is true in the comics as well – she is defined by the context of the Gotham City created around her. Catwoman is so influenced by Gotham and whoever is creating Gotham at the time… You have to live in whatever the reality of the world is and whatever Gotham is.

“Gotham City is full of grace. You look at Heath’s performance as the Joker, there was a lot of madness there but there was also a grace and he had a code there. There’s a lot of belief and codes of behavior in Gotham and my character has one, too. A lot of the way she moves and interacts with people is informed by her worldview. Chris has given us all such complex, defined, sophisticated worldviews that it’s just a matter of doing your homework and getting underneath the character’s skin.”

Courtesy The Daily Blam

Will Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman purr or roar? After The Dark Knight Rises her performance may claw up to the top of my Catwoman’s Greatest Cuts.

Thanks to the Daily Blam for the Hero Complex interview.