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I forgot they where making this movie until it popped up on the grid yesterday. I remember lovign te disney version when i ws a kid. The trailer does its job, it got me interested

If the movie is anywhere as good as the trailer, then I am officially hyped.

The new watchmen trailer is online.  Every trailer gets me more excited.  I wonder if comic fans are the only ones excited about this film?  I hope not. 

The first episode of Batman: The Brave & The Bold at 8PM (EST) on Cartoon Network.   I’ll give you a review next week.   Comicbookresources has a great article about the show.  click the image for the article.

Source: THR.com

Marvel Animation is developing and self-producing a 26 half-hour episode series based on its long-running comic book, with the series targeted to launch in fall 2010, following Marvel’s live-action feature “Thor,” which bows in 2010.

The animated series will follow Thor, the Norse god of thunder, as he defends his mythical home of Asgard against fantastical villains, fiendish hordes, winged creatures and angry giants. The show will take place in various worlds — from mountainous landscapes to places of icy mists and fiery voids — and will include many of the comic’s supporting cast, including Balder the Brave, the Warriors Three and Thor’s evil adopted brother, Loki.

Marvel president of animation Eric Rollman said the series is part of the company’s plan to follow each live-action movie with an animated series and “offer a continued awareness in the marketplace.” It already is in production on cartoon series “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” which will be available for broadcast in 2011, in time for Marvel Studios’ releases of the live-action “The First Avenger: Captain America” and “The Avengers.”

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Jackson will play Sho’nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, a role played in the original by the late Julius Carry, whose spiel included asking ego-driven questions like “Am I the baddest mofo lowdown around this town?” Each time his gang of thugs answered, “Sho ’nuff!”

The updated plot will be along the same lines of the original, centering on young martial arts student Leroy Green in his quest through the streets of New York to achieve the highest level of martial arts accomplishment, known as the Last Dragon. Those who achieve the high ranking possess the Glow, making them the greatest fighter alive.

The original, which also starred one-namers Taimak and then-Prince protege Vanity, was released in March 1985 by TriStar Pictures and received lukewarm reviews by critics like Roger Ebert, who gave it 2 1/2 stars and said it was a “great near-miss.”

Despite the reviews, “Last Dragon” did well at the boxoffice, grossing nearly $26 million. It soon became a cult classic for scenes like Bruce Lee follower Green remaining so loyal to the martial arts star that he eats his popcorn in a movie theater with chopsticks.

Source: Variety

According to Variety, Djimon Hounsou will be the voice of the Black Panther in the animated series premiering in 2009 on BET.

I really can’t see this happening but it was interesting to ponder for about about 5 min. Here’s my pros and cons in regards to Beyonce as Wonder Woman,  if you have a better suggestion let us know.

• Pros:  Star-power she is a house hold name which could make her a draw, Phyisically she can pull it off (shes only around 5′ 7″ but once she’s in costume the heels on the boots will make her closer to 6 feet).
• Cons: Lack of acting ability,  People may have hangups about the race switch (it should be noted that their are black amazons in the comics so its not really a stretch)

Source: LA Times 

Beyoncé is ready for an Amazon-sized challenge — the pop superstar wants to be the first actress to wear Wonder Woman’s famed red, white and blue bathing suit on the silver screen.

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We have just elected the first African-American as President of the United States.  And this is my blog, so I can talk about it if I want to.  What is amazing to me as a geek is the fact that President-elect Obama took advantage of what we on the net call new media to not only raise an incredible amount of money and to increase the excite and participation of more young people in the electoral process.  Obama was not the first candidate to take advantage of new media.  Gov. Howard Dean saw the future of the role of the internet and that almost got him the nomination.  Ron Paul’s entire candidacy was driven by the web.  But President-elect Obama was the first candidate to not only use Myspace as a tool to reach people, but he also was all over Facebook.  He has the most twitter followers, a total of 112,000.  That’s more than the number 2 and 3 person combined. 

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We are starting to get more information on why Terrance Howard was replaced as James Rhodes in the Iron Man sequel.  Click here for the full article.    

Hollywood insiders believe the exit stems from Terrence Howard’s difficult behavior on the set of Iron Man. But those with intimate knowledge of the situation suggest a far more dramatic backstory: Howard was the first actor signed to the film and, on top of that, was the highest-paid. That’s right: more than Gwyneth Paltrow. More than Jeff Bridges. More than Robert Downey Jr.And once the project fully came together, it was too late to renegotiate his deal. It didn’t help that, according to one source, Favreau and his producers were ultimately unhappy with Howard’s performance, and spent a lot of time cutting and reshooting his scenes. (Favreau could not be reached for comment, while Howard’s publicist says: ”Terrence had a tremendous experience working on Iron Man.”)

On a related note a online petition has been started to protest Howards dismissal.  Check it out at http://www.howardnotcheadle.com/Site/IM2WM.html.  

Here my two cents on the whole thing.  I thought Howard was adequate as Rhodes but he didnt blow me away.  Nothing about his performance was “military” to me, which was a critical part of the character.   If the facts in the EW story are true, the writers  where minimizing Howards role in the sequel because of performance issues.   Replacing Howard with Cheadle means we will see more War Machine in the sequel.   So here are your options.

A. Howard in a small role because of performance issues

B.  Cheadle in a larger role (which means more screen time for War Machine)  

I’ll take B, I will give up Howard to get more War Machine