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The Week in Gay Geek: Colbert meets WoW (again), the Silver Age inspires Vertigo and more!
- We've got movie sign!
It's been a heavy week for comic book movie news. The most exciting bit for me is that the Justice League movie is set for a 2009 debut. Rapper Common will get to don Green Lantern's power ring while The O.C. hottie Adam Brody is cast as The Flash. Physically, Brody's pretty far from TV's Flash, John Wesley Shipp:
The difference seems apt, however, since we're talking The Flash, who probably should have more of a runner's physique.
Meanwhile, some new teaser images for the Wolverine movie hit the Internets this week. Maybe it's the well-defined back, but this one has me thinking of Mark Sivestri's sexy New X-Men cover:
We also heard little more news about the Watchmen movie, as the DVD will include a Tales of the Black Freighter animated short narrated by Gerald Butler. While it may seem odd to be discussing the bonus features on the Watchmen DVD when the movie hasn't come close to hitting theatres, that actually feels rather apt considering the way the original Watchmen comic was full of bonus features itself.
- Number one on the threatdown: Orcs!:
I so love it when my geekdoms collide. Apparently, the World of Warcraft CCG considered including a character card inspired by Steven Colbert. The card is pretty brilliant:
"He's putting the hoard on notice." Heh.
Still, my inner gamer nerd can't help but shake my head and think about how "truthiness" would throw off the game balance. Then again, it's been ages since I've played a CCG, so maybe things have changed and truthiness usually puts Colbert in God Mode during his interviews, so maybe its all apt after all.
- The week in fanart and mashups:
Brilliant. You've got to check out these comic covers of Vertigo comics re-imagined as Silver Age classics. (Thanks Heidi) Here's Y: The Last Man:
It's been ages since I've played Doom but if there's a mod giving you the Rick Roll of Death as a weapon, I could dig up my old 3.5" floppies. (Of course, finding a floppy drive is another question.) Ah, yes, demons do fear classic Stock/Aitken/Waterman...
And while we're discussing cool fan art, let me draw your attention back to Torchwood Babiez, where part two has already come out. Not only does the series manage to get even cuter, we've got a twist ending to this one.
- Link of the week:
This could be my new favorite blog not named after Elton John: Get Off the Internet is a new blog collecting the best in people saying stupid things online. Think of it as the new Fanboy Rampage blog except that now it's not just comic readers making fools of themselves.
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That DOOM clip is hilarious
Okay - just read Torchwood Babiez
If you follow the series, it's hilarious!!
And a little scary. :-)
I find the idea of doing
I find the idea of doing Tales of the Black Freighter as a DVD bonus completely stupid. It wasn't a bonus in the book, it was an integral part of the storytelling. Not one you needed to follow the main plot, but after all, the plot itself wasn't the only important aspect of Watchmen, and maybe not even the main one.
The one Alan Moore project I'd see as an animated series would be Tom Strong, though. That could be fun if done intelligently.
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Torchwood Babiez is back! I'm so thrilled! Gotta love baby Ianto "I wanna go wif Jack"
I want to be a hero like Captain Jack Harkness, kicking butt and snogging anything with a pulse! Besides, then I get a sexy receptionist of my very own.
Adam Brody as The Flash...?
They'll need to dye his hair, whether he's playing the Barry Allen Flash (blond) or the Wally West Flash (red). I know that Ryan Reynolds has been wanting to get a Flash movie off the ground, and I think he would be ideal.
And, hey, Rick Astley/Stock-Aitken-Waterman RULES.
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