The Chicken Coop

So, the next biggest most hugest thing to come out of Marvel is going to be... Hold on, some people might not know yet... SPOILER ALERT!!!...o.k? we good now... Alright... Avengers vs X-Men!!! AWESOME right!? What an amazing idea Marvel has come up with. Super Hero pitted against Super Hero. Two sides not agreeing and ultimately going to blows... that is COOL. Man, who ever came up with that idea should get a HUGE raise... Super Heroes fighting each other, that's crazy talk, their supposed to be on the same side... it's almost like a... what's that called when one group doesn't agree on something and they start fighting with each other??? Wait, it's on the tip of my tongue... I have it... A CIVIL WAR!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME MARVEL!!?? I know it was 6 years ago, but really did you think we forgot about it!!?? Do we have writers block? Since we're doing things we've done before, how 'bout you make a movie about the origin of Spiderman... AGAIN... UHT! They're doing that too!!! If this is the future of Marvel, I'm a little scared. The world needs Marvel Comics, it truly does, but I don't know who they have steering the ship, but I think it's time for a good MUTINY MR. CHRITIAN!!!

-Joe

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So, I was just over at CBR (Comic Book Resources) and I was reading some interesting stuff about a Tim Burton Superman Reboot movie... and when I say "interesting" I mean CRAP! What the Heck is wrong with people? Why can't anyone make a good Superman movie? He's the Founding Father of super heroes and he gets hosed time and time again when it comes to the big screen. Nicholas Cage as Superman.... ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!? While we're at it, why don't we get Andy Dick to play Batman, Seth Rogan to play Aquaman and Rosanne Barr to play Wonder Woman, and we can make a Justice League movie. Oh, and don't forget to throw Jim Carrey and Jack Black in there somewhere. How could we ever make a movie with out those two juggernauts of the Silver Screen?... Now don't get me wrong, I don't HATE Nicholas Cage. I LOVE the National Treasure movie... and... Well I love National Treasure.... But as Superman???? Oh, and can we cut it out with the lovey dovey crap with Lois Lane? If they want to date and have a little fling, let them do it on their own time not when I'm paying $10 + per ticket to go see a movie. I want to see Superman as he was supposed to be kicking the crap out of bad guys... We all know he came from Krypton and he was raised by the Kents and BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, YADDA, YADDA, YADDA!!! Enough already, I don't want to see all that crap everytime some genious in Hollywood thinks they're movie is "Special". Put him in the suit, throw a couple of Super evil bad asses at him, and let them have at it! I want to see Superman get his butt kicked, and just when you think he's done... BOOM! His Super Underdog Energy Pill kicks in with his Hulk Hogan Vitamins and he comes back from the brink to save the day... I'm not a huge Superman fan, but I think he deserves a lot better than what he's been given. I guess only time will tell, but grab an extra roll of toilet paper just in case.

-Joe

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Growing up, there were things in my life that I could guarantee you as fact. My father would buy a Chevy, and that Chevy would have Mobile gasoline in it. Since we are nothing more than byproducts of our parents, I picked up on those loyalty traits my father exhibited. When I was in school, I bought Marvel comics. My friends and I actually would make fun of people that were reading DC comics. We had no reason why, it's just the way it was. So, now I'm older. I've traded in all my Chevies, and my driveway is filled with Fords. I drive past the Mobile station to get to the Hess station, and with the New 52, I have quickly become a DC Guy. Heck, the only Marvel comic I get these days is Captain America... and let's face it, it would be unpatriotic to drop that from my subscription list, and no one wants that. So if you actually read these blogs, you'd see I was strongly against the New 52, I thought it was a slap in the face to comic collectors, but now I see it as GENIOUS! The stories have been amazing, and I find myself finishing one issue and impatiently waiting for the next. So I talk with other comic fans and we contemplate how Marvel will retaliate to this epic onslaught from DC... and we wait... And wait... Now I know it hasn't been that long, but Marvel doesn't seem to be batting an eyelash, like nothing just happened. Which I for one find odd. Will they do anything? If so what possibly could top a reboot of your entire universe? Well, I'm waiting...

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     So usually I come on here and I vent about things that bother me, but today... well I guess nothing is bothering me. Last night I finally got to read Aquaman number one, and I must say, it was awesome. Over the years, growing up with the Superfriends through the 70's and 80's you kind of developed this image of Aquaman and all those jokes that ended with him as the punch line, got addressed in this issue. Geoff Johns did a great job of saying everything that everyone was thinking, and doing it in a comical way that didn't take away from the story, it only made it that much better. From a guy who wasn't even going to get issue number one, I now can't wait for issue number two. And being a big comic art fan, I have to say this book had it all, a complete package.

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   So Catwoman #1 came out recently, for those of you who read it (which you all should it was AWESOME!) you'll get where I am coming from on this. You see, for me I develope in my mind what I believe a character should be, and then I hope that the comic world complies with my thought process, and I must say Judd Winick's depiction of Catwoman was dead on. It was as if I wrote her myself. Everything I would imagine Catwoman would be, she is in the new story line, sexy and psychotic. Oh and violence... it was, to coin a phrase, peeerrrrrrrrrfect. Which takes me to... sigh.... Anne Hathaway. You know, the chick from The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada.... insert scratching record noise here...... I'm sorry, WHAT!? This is the person who you have chosen to represent what I just read in your comic... How can I put this... that's like putting Louie Anderson in a Speedo. Sure, he's a great guy, but it just doesn't work. So after a year of kick butt comic movies, and the hopes of greatness for 2012, this is what will haunt me for the next year? Shirley Temple playing Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct (I get the comparison). I hope next year I will be posting an apology to Ms. Hathaway, but I have a funny feeling I won't be.

-Joe

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