Avenger's Earth's Mightiest new superhero cartoon show

So, found out about this new Avengers cartoon show a few weeks ago and was able to catch up on it last weekend, and it was one of the best super hero cartoons to come out in the last few years, the last being Justice League Unlimited. This first season was great and i love seeing a cartoon that is great for kids and people, like me, who are 25 year old kids. The show started off strong with the whole gravity guy super villain breakout thing, then went back in time to show the lead up to the break out gravity guy thing. I thought that was an interesting way to develop the story, and explain why nick fury was a weird cross between ultimate black and normal marvel gray temple nick fury. (that was weird to me during that first ep) I cannot wait to see what they do with the series going onward especially with the shifting roster. (hope black panther stays on a while) cant wait to see if they bring in the sentry, that would be cool.

Watchman vs Watchmen

So, i know this is a bit late, but im gonna say a few things about the Watchman movie because i recently re watched it for the first time since the theater. (and did not have a blog when it came out) If you havent seen the movie this will probably have spoilers for both the movie and book.

First off, i thought it was a cool movie, better than most and not your typical super hero movie; and with that, i did read the comic many years and just before seeing it in theaters. They stuck to the main plot and kept all the main characters, something i did not expect because of the nontraditional and dark themes of the story. I feel that they followed the books over arching idea of what super heroes would be like in real life very well, and the only gripes i have with it are superficial.

Some said (me included) that they hated that the ending was changed so drastically, but to me after seeing it again i am not feeling that way anymore. They still had the "bad guys" win and unite the world at a high cost and the "good guys" had to make a very very difficult decision as to whether or not to go along with the ruse, and that is really all you need to do to get the point of the book across. Really the idea of having a bunch of scientists and artist on an island build some giant creature is a little too comic booky for the big screen, much like the X-Men costume change in the movie. (grown men in spandex = gross)

The one main thing that still bugs me is how they did Rorschach's Rorschachs' origin story with the kidnapped little girl. Rorschach finds the guys hide, realizes what happened, confronts the man, and handcuffs him to a stove then in a rage splits the guys head with a meat cleaver. For me this just was not Rorschach. For me he is insane, in a sense, but he is in control; he does not fly off the handle or go overboard unless he is proving a point, much like the prison lunch line scene. It is like they are saying that in the movie Rorschach truly went insane at that moment instead of just coming to the conclusion that he needs to change in order to be a better tool for justice. (Im thinking now they may have changed that only because of the similarities between that scene and the first Saw movie, the whole "hand or your life thing")

They really played up the sex and the fight scenes, but i dont know how i feel about this. Im conflicted; it is fun to watch, but it cheapens the source material. There also seemed to be more full frontal on Dr. Manhattan than in the book. (again conflicted lol)

The last thing, Rorschach's final scene. I didnt like Nite Owl being there (the whole NOOOOOOO!!! thing) and i didnt like Jackie Earle Haley's execution of his final lines(He really did a great job a Rorschach throught out though). But, like i said these a superficial imperfections that are completely in one owns opinion. if you dont like it write your own blog.

Invincible #75

Just read Invincible 75. It was pretty cool. I have read all of the series, and have been reading monthly since issue 38. The book is great because it looks and feels almost like a kids super hero book, but very jarringly lets you know it is not with some of the issues dealt with and the level of violence. It has a great mix of humor, action, and darkness. I highly recommend this book for any one who like a good superhero book.

Issue 75 was cool, stuff is going down. what i love the most about this story arc is we get to see more of Tech Jacket and Battle Beast. TJ is just a cool character that never got a chance, in my mind, and BB is just awesome when ever he shows up. (did i say awesome i meant badass) I cannot say enough good things about this book in general, if you are reading this and not reading that stop reading this and start reading that.

PS: why doesn't omniman wear shoes anymore

Some Great Trade Paper Backs You Never Heard Of

One, The American Way by John Ridleyand Georges Jeanty. This is a great book i picked up about 3 years ago now; it was an unexpected find at a library that just blew me away. Its about a super hero cold war that is being engaged in by the United States and Russia in 1962, where the united states has the only super heroes and basically stages all these elaborate battles for them to win. It is only after there American icon Old Glory, a flag wielding super patriot, dies of a heart attack in Battle, and is replaced with, the New American, an African American who's races is strategically hidden, and then inadvertently revealed, that stuff gets crazy. Awesome story about Civil Rights, corrupt government, and its got crazy racist southern superheroes.



Two, Global Frequency by Warren Ellis. Cool Si-Fi book dealing with a huge world wide network or spies, kinda. The network, called the Global frequency, consists of people with really specialized skills. this network is lead by a woman named Miranda Zero and a genius hacker chick code named Aleph. Each issues is a one-and-done thing witch is cool, and each story deals with some crazy super science world destroying stuff. really cool book. you want to check it out.

Quick post "Why I Like Slightly More Indie Books"

I will start by saying this, i just recently had an epiphany, i kind of don't really look forward to getting my super hero books every week, and i think that is because i know they will have to deal with continuity of their entire universe in some way. They will either ignore it some how or work around it. examples which brought me to this conclusion: X-factor and Justice League: Generation Lost. i have read 1-5 of the trades on X-Factor and the first 6 issues of Generation. In the last couple of days i realize that they both really upset me with how they deal with continuity and how i think they will deal with it in the future. JLGL will coast comfortably outside of continuity because the whole point of the story is they are fighting a dude no one knows exists; and i just got to the point in XF that they just upp'in dumped Layla in the future and they will probably never get her back because she is a character born of House of M. basically ex machina, invincible, walking dead, Y the last man, and other junk i read doesn't have to deal with all the "how we gonna deal with continuity in our 'tiny book in a big universe' problem this week" I feel that not having to deal with a giant load of history makes indiy and/or limited series better books month to month.


edit: just did some research. guess layla comes back later for a lil. still mad

edit(part deuce): Now I have read up to vol. 8 of XF; i thought i was going to drop it, but my comic shop had the trades for half off. So, i have read it i thought it was pretty cool, but i think i am done now (for real), i feel the only reason i kept reading the book was because of the mystery around layla, now that that stuff has been explained i think im jumping off. still dont like books that skirt around issues of continuity ungracefully.

Comics for an Electrical Engieer like Me

Well hello again. Been a while. Moved in to my new house a lil over a month ago and have been putting more time into it than this blog, unfortunately.

Any who, I'm going to do a post about some of my favorite comics that strike at the Electrical engineering side of me. Books that are heavy in gadgets, super techno science, and complex machines.

First ill start with whats in the picture, Ex Machina for those who do not know. This is one of my favorite books, ending soon or ended at issue 50(not sure haven't got comics in a while), even setting aside the fact that it deals with weired techo concepts. Synopses goes like this: Mitchell Hundred is given the ability to speak to machines and control them with his voice. His super-heroics are told mostly in flashback as he has become mayor of New York City and "retires" for the most part from being The Great Machine. He has to deal with current problems of being mayor and deal with past problems he had created for himself.
I love this book; for one, Hundred's powers are just cool; and two, it is written by Brian K. Vaughan which is sure to write a compelling story with a good bit of humor and social commentary. Why this is a cool book for an EE like me is that fact that Hundred is himself and engineer i want to be, not just because he can talk to machines and build things in his sleep, but because he is a smart guy who deals with the problems he is faced with; even if solving them doesn't give the best outcome for him.

Next up is Atomic Robo, this book I love mostly because it indirectly stars my favorite electrical engineer of all time, Nikola Tesla (Father of AC). Basically the story goes that Tesla built this AI (Automatic Intelligence) capable robot in 1923 that succeeded him in his death and goes on to start his own company and become a world adventurer of sorts from the 1940s onto nowish. Its a very fun book with a lot of action and humor (robots vs dinosaurs vs Nazi vs giant walking pyramids)


Then, or course there is Batman. This is a character that has more of less influenced my feeling on becoming an engineer. I am pretty sure that i have always wanted to be an engineer but seeing the batman character with all of his gadgets and mostly designing and building them himself just inspired me more. my goal in life is pretty much to be able to build batman level gadgets.


Life Goals are to progress as follows: Build Batman level gadgets->build AI Huminoid robots->Speak to and control machines.

aziz ansari in Thunderbolts 144?

on page 10 of thunderbolts issue 144, with luke cage looking for the new thunderbolts clue, they use part of a joke from aziz ansari's stand up when he is making fun of MTV's Next the dating show.