Reportedly, Disney has purchased Marvel Comics for 4 billion dollars. In related news, “Spider-Man 4” is now filming, with Spidey battling the evil Dr. Flubber.
Month: August 2009
Game Review: “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” for the Wii
Most of us are acquainted with the idea that the video games tied in to motion pictures are lesser offerings, often budget-priced mini-games. In this case, however, the video game version of “G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra” is a direct sequel to the movie with an original plotline that picks up where the movie…
“Offline” indeed
I was reading this archived message board post about how Nightcrawler was created. Why? I was learning more about Dave Cockrum and had found a link to it. This message board post from 2002 is Dave’s write-up about how he first conceived of Nightcrawler, pitched it to DC as a member of the Legion, and…
Free Destructoid stuff during Twitter Party on Friday!
I’m passing this along from my friend at Rocket XL: We just set up a Twitter party with Destructoid … We’ll be giving away a PS3 Slim and limited edition Eddie Riggs (Jack Black) statues to lucky followers who tweet using the hashtag #brutallegend during the party. Below is some info about the Destructoid/Brutal Legend…
Apple Movie Trailers: Legion
Legion looks very bizarre. I’m tempted to do that David Spade “I liked it the first time I saw it…when it was called The Prophecy!” except I didn’t like The Prophecy. It looks to be yet another post-religious film with little understanding of doctrine aside from what it can use to tell the story it…
Geoff Johns revisits some old favorites
Over at Dixonverse, they’re discussing a topic I’ve been thinking about for a while: Geoff Johns seeming to go overboard with the material from a number of Alan Moore stories. While I like much of what has been happening…indeed, Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps are the ONLY DC Comic books I still buy… this…
Video game review coming: “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra”
We will be posting a review of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”. Watch this space!
Beautiful new Tron Legacy trailer
Actually, this is billed as an SFX test, but this trailer is amazing. Bruce Boxleitner is in this, too! Excellent. Here’s a point for discussion: I actually appreciate trailers like this, featuring a single exciting scene to get your curiosity, rather than the rapid flashing Blipverts of dozens of moments from the movie.
A few more thoughts about G.I. Joe
These thoughts regarding G.I. Joe contain spoilers, so I’m hiding them after this break.
REVIEW: Cobra assaults civilization; “G.I. Joe” assaults senses
One of the highlights of the film is a sequence where our heroes pursue terrorists who are threatening to destroy Paris with a W.M.D. Guns blazing, they take out the terrorists but not without many casualties. While Paris and millions are saved, the Eiffel Tower is destroyed and it is a Pyrrhic victory. But enough…
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