The Hutch

Month: August 2009

  • Disney acquires Marvel Comics for $4B?

    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.

  • 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…