StorytellerSJK

March 16, 2012 8:27 pm A lot of what I am reading here reminds me of the complaints about Brave and the Bold before it aired and we all know how that one turned out. And even then it took that show a season or so to really grow into its full potential. Honestly, I do think USM has a lot to live up to considering just remarkable of a show Spectacular was and while I do wish that one had gotten a longer run, I intend to fully give this incarnation a fair chance. The creatives involved alone are beyond impressive. Are there some moments in the trailer that look like they were designed to sell toys? Yes, but it is hard to fully judge something like that out of context. I also have no doubt that the "Power & Responsibility" angle will definitely play a role. If nothing else I love the inclusion of the other young heroes like Power Man, Iron Fist, Nova, and White Tiger since that is something that could really give the show a fun and truly distinct dynamic different from other TV incarnations of the webhead. If we have to have a new Spidey cartoon, why just repeat what has come before? Time will tell but I have my fingers crossed. I just wish it was the same Nick Fury and Iron Man from Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes cause that would be awesome.

February 7, 2012 3:47 am Positive: We finally seem to be getting the wisecracking Spidey of the comics. Negative: The 'Spidey without his mask' trope seems to be continuing. Why? How often does Bats take off his mask in his movies? Overall its a strong trailer that hints at potential for the movie as long as it can over one possible major hurdle: the CGI villain. And I am not one who automatically counts CGI being used as negative but something about the glimpses of the Lizard leaves me... disquieted. But that could just be me. Anyways, CGI can take longer than anything else in a film to finish and is fairly open to tinkering during post production. So fingers crossed.

January 24, 2012 3:39 pm I agree wholeheartedly with you sir. I am really looking forward to these and I expect both books to be a great deal of fun in the classic Marvel manner.

January 11, 2012 4:41 pm Cullen Bunn + Cap & Hawkeye fighting a bunch of dinosaurs = SOLD!OHMYGODTAKEMYMONEYALREADY! :)

January 6, 2012 3:54 pm Well if you are going to do something like Avengers vs X-men you may as well have fun with the thing. So on that basis, I approve of Versus. Marvel fully admits it is non-essential and just for fun, which sounds good to me.

October 17, 2011 3:53 pm Come on man, everybody knows that Jessica Fletcher is actually a super-villian in very clever disguise who goes around murdering all those other people and then framing others and then brainwashing them with her mental powers to think they actually did it. Its the only explanation that makes sense. Or would you have us believe that this little old woman just happens to stumble upon an unnecessarily complex murder case everywhere she goes on a weekly basis? I mean, that would just be silly. :)

October 14, 2011 7:14 pm I don't think it is Ben Reily. Based on recent issues of Amazing, I have my own guess but I not going to write it here for fear of spoiling others. By the way, Spider-Island is easily the best 616 Spider-Man story in at least ten years. Possibly even more.

August 17, 2011 3:27 pm I'd bet dollar to donuts that this Forgiven: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33942 is the vampire character introduced in Throne of Blood. So maybe these are the good guy Vampires for the big Vampire event Marvel has been teasing the last couple years?

August 5, 2011 3:30 pm Brilliant piece. Simply brilliant. Insightful, honest, and full of truths, this is easily among my favorite of all the pieces you have written. Thanks for sharing it with us.

July 24, 2011 6:15 pm

@TheNextChampion Uh-huh. Gee. I don't remember saying you did. Could you, oh I don't know, actually pay attention. Also sales figures were not really the heart of my argument, but instead one example that I listed as part of a larger rebuttal. So, why did you not address anything else...? Oh right, you are clearly not interested in having an actual discussion but only in making snide comments. And hey, I love me some snide comments, but I also like to back those up with some thoughtful statements as well. My main point was addressing your gross overstatement and to answer your question of why anyone, not just you but ANYONE, might be interested in the topic of this article. Hence my "Besides, you can not like the event itself and still look forward to the aftermath." line. Do you understand now? Hopefully you do. If you have something intelligent to say, then by all means, respond to this. Otherwise, I'm just going to ignore you going forward. Honestly I probably should done that from the beginning. *shrugs* Oh well. C'est la vie. I bid you good day sir.