There’s been a lot of talk lately about a female 007 vs. a female equivalent to James Bond. Well, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli was responsible for a new movie coming out called The Rhythm Section, about a woman assassin seeking revenge, and promises this isn’t the female James Bond but an action character who is a woman and is doing her own thing. In a recent interview she also goes over why making James Bond but with boobs may actually be a downgrade for women and I agree with her. Make good characters and people will come see them. Have some faith in your creations rather than use a cheap marketing ploy that will end up failing anyway.
Even the secret identity rose from the dead. And now Brian Michael Bendis re-killed Clark Kent. DiDio loves playing to the “cool kids” in the hopes of getting them to buy comics (they won’t) and one of their problems is Clark Kent. They either refuse to believe someone as powerful as Superman would take on a weak alter-ego–meaning they’re basically agreeing with Lex Luthor and the villain from the Kill Bill movies–or they don’t believe a pair of glasses is enough to fool anyone–because they don’t realize it isn’t just the stupid glasses! As the dating on the above image notes this isn’t the first time DiDio’s writers tried to kill Clark off and have him be Superman 24/7. I’ve defended the secret identity time and again both as a story telling tool and why Superman NEEDS his alter ego to maintain the “man” part of Superman that these people keep forgetting. He isn’t called Supergod, you know!
Enter Bryan Reesman, writer for NBC News’s website with a commentary about why it’s a good thing Bendis is getting rid of the identity. Naturally I think he’s not only dead wrong, that wrongness might as well be a Black Lantern. His arguments show how little he understands the character, secret identities, or the modern world. Just look at the headline for this thing:
Ah, the 90s. While there were a few diamonds in the rough…there was a whole lot of rough to scour around. CBR contributor Julian Beauvais did an article about 90s trends that have and haven’t continued to today. However, there are some flaws in that list as Ari Green of Four Color Media Monitor points out. I mostly agree with Ari but he’s part of the “drop the periodical” argument while I’m more in the “stop trade-writing” position.
In my previous installment of this series I mentioned a few minicomics I actually managed to find and a few I didn’t. Mentioned in the article was Legions Of Power, what appears to be Tonka’s attempt to replicate Robotix but with vehicles. Just look at the commercial.
The backstory for this toyline is set on the planets of Konn and Prolon, two planets at war as the Tech Dynasty, led by a guy named Wartech so you know what his parents had planned for him, wants to add Prolon to their empire. Prolon’s Star Legions goes up against Konn’s forces. Then one day a bunch of high-tech components rain down on both planets because a space probe explodes between the two planets. I have to wonder how big this thing was and how it was designed because there’s enough of the right junk to allow both sides to use them to create battle vehicles to…well, go into battle in vehicles. Why stop now? It’s what they’ve been doing all this time anyway.
Finding information on this was difficult and finding the minicomics was even harder. While the line has a small fanbase it’s gone into obscurity, and that’s where I found our one minicomic, on the “Journal Of Obscurity“. I was hoping to start with the first issue but from my research it appears to be the fourth and final issue, but that’s all I can find right now. So since that’s what’s next in the rotation that’s what I’m going to go with. I’m lucky to find this because looking for “Legions Of Power minicomic” gets me the Super Powers collection minicomics, DC’s Legion Of Super Heroes, and for some reason Masters Of The Universe.
What happens when you merge Wacky Races with Death Race 2000.
While the Transformers live-action movies have been profitable they haven’t been good. The fight scenes were a spectacle but the designs of the Transformers (most notably the robot mode color schemes being so similar you couldn’t tell them apart) were a mess and the story was a joke. Few Transformers fans like myself are going to miss Michael Bay. But with him gone and Travis Knight’s Bumblebee fixing many of his mistakes (I still need to see the movie but the character design was seriously improved) Paramount is looking to revamp their approach to the franchise. As the guy who rage quit Age Of Extinction not even half way in I can only hope it’s better than Bay’s approach.
BW vs NBC: Defending Clark Kent
Even the secret identity rose from the dead. And now Brian Michael Bendis re-killed Clark Kent. DiDio loves playing to the “cool kids” in the hopes of getting them to buy comics (they won’t) and one of their problems is Clark Kent. They either refuse to believe someone as powerful as Superman would take on a weak alter-ego–meaning they’re basically agreeing with Lex Luthor and the villain from the Kill Bill movies–or they don’t believe a pair of glasses is enough to fool anyone–because they don’t realize it isn’t just the stupid glasses! As the dating on the above image notes this isn’t the first time DiDio’s writers tried to kill Clark off and have him be Superman 24/7. I’ve defended the secret identity time and again both as a story telling tool and why Superman NEEDS his alter ego to maintain the “man” part of Superman that these people keep forgetting. He isn’t called Supergod, you know!
Enter Bryan Reesman, writer for NBC News’s website with a commentary about why it’s a good thing Bendis is getting rid of the identity. Naturally I think he’s not only dead wrong, that wrongness might as well be a Black Lantern. His arguments show how little he understands the character, secret identities, or the modern world. Just look at the headline for this thing:
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on January 30, 2020 in Death of DC and tagged Clark Kent, commentary, NBC News, Superman.
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