Thursday 17 May 2012

KyleFictions Assorted Geekery




Still really haven’t got much to do today except for revise or watch tv, so I decided to check out a new comic and talk about it a little bit. So I present:

Fanboys Vs Zombies Issue 1




As far as I know there are only two issues of this so far but I only have issue one so meh.  It is created by Sam Humphries and Jerry Gaylord (…) any pictures used  from  the comic come from my own issue but all content belongs to them and what not, at Boom! Studios (boom-studios.com

The story so far is about San Diego’s comic-con being overrun by zombies, where a quirky group of semi-adults otherwise known as the “Wreck For Life crew” or “Wrek 4 Lyfe” something that looks ridiculous try to survive this outbreak. So its abit like “Night Of The Living Trekkies” but in comic book form.


There isn’t much story or backstory yet but you get some zombie death so yay! The wreck crew used to be great friends who visited comic con every year but it looks like some bad things happened, unsurprisingly it was due to romance between 3 of the characters. I’m not actually sure who the main character is supposed to be but the first person you see is called “Rob” so it might possibly be him.

This book may being trying to symbolise what everyone thinks when they are into super-heroes and what not, but have also happened to see at least one Zombie movie, and that thought is “I could survive that” because somehow having knowledge through entertainment mediums will help you survive an actual apocalypse. 


So basically it is a gate way to for audiences to relieve their 
fantasies such as using swords or whatever else you would expect at a comic book convention, and maybe some props for series that involve big weapons i.e. Final Fantasy, or something that wouldn’t be found in a less geeky culture... against zombies. Such long-winded sentences...

Seeing as this was just the introduction we don’t really know what to expect, apart from nearly all the characters are quirky and sort of headstrong so ridiculousness and hijinks will happen. This will also possibly be filled with zombie culture references, like one character places some sort of box over a zombie “Dead Rising” style.


Basically I think when you read this, just have fun with it, get  a few cheap laughs, look at the pretty art and possible character development. Whilst getting constant nods to the type of reader by declaring Comic Con as “Prom for Geeks” which I actually do like the sound of. And yes I do love the art in this, it’s definitely my sort of preference in style, I may look into more stuff from BOOM cause of this.

One last thing : this Comic has taught me one thing: do not eat food that you get from comic con


Assorted Geekery
 
Arrow, the new TV Series

After Smallville ended I knew there was going to be some sort of new tv show based on a comic book, REALLY didn’t think it would be the green arrow, but apparently it is. Not even the same Green arrow that was in Smallville.
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No idea how this will play to the original content, probably not very, let’s just hope it’s acceptable. I always saw Green Arrow as a sidekick anyway, not an actual super-hero. He’s basically Hawkeye in Avengers, but I wonder if the TV show will include the famous trick arrows such as: and arrow attached to a boxing glove…

Really hope this isn’t going to be like Robin Hood type thing…snooze.

No idea what to expect may give it a shot, who knows.

Next a Short Video


“Disney Channels Kingdom of Hearts”

Basically it’s a reimagining of what could happen if Kingdom hearts game travelled around in the more recent Disney years, we haven’t been given many brilliant films or worlds, if you take in Kingdom Hearts perspective, might get away with Tangled and Princess and the Frog. But the stuff the Television Channel puts on should never be put in this game! Maybe that’s why the 3rd one hasn’t came out yet, is it possible Disney is demanding Hannah Montanna to appear in the games?


This should never happen! No Disney Tv Shows!
APART FROM PHINEAS AND FERB

Iron Man Assorted Geekery


Still haven’t got around to buying to purchasing X-Men Vs. Avengers (Whoops), but today I thought I do things a little different. I’m Sort of combing the comic review with the assorted geekery for one reason:

IRON MAN! (Iron Man 3 news)


Not too sure how to go about this so I will start with the comic review.

IRON MAN EXTREMIS

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Iron Man Extremis, was created by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov. This is a special Arc which records one of Tony Stark’s evolutions as Iron Man, as the man in the suit persona changes because much like technology, it will always improve and get better
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This rings true with Iron Man, even though since this issue he has gone through more changes, but it links in with my Iron Man special so bear with me.

The basic premise of this story is that a new villain, which was created through a project known only as “Extremis” which was recently stolen. Unfortunately Tony himself cannot handle this villain, so he has to go through a change, and ultimately adapt to become a better stronger hero.
   
However the villain isn’t real given much detail except for that he’s a terrorist and what not, and he’s been super-powered by extremis. Okay, “Extremis” is another rendition of Captain-America’s super-soldier program, throwing big words at readers like “Bio-organics” which basically change the user after a cocoon like experience which basically upgrades the subject from the inside, causing things like… 

being bullet proof (and super strength):


Breathing Fire


Electric Hands!


I sort of see as if a the Iron Man suit was disguised by a human suit, almost like a cyborg, but still remaining human, just a different “human blueprint”, Im sorry if it sounds overly-complicated. So basically: Take serum cause cocoon resulting in  becoming super-human, with dragon breath and electric stuff.  Capable of beating the crap out of Iron Man.

Wish I could tell my body to do that… but I digress.

You probabaly guessing what happens now, Tony has to take the extremis solution (and improve it), so he can become more “man in suit” to “Superhero”, almost like if Batman decided he wanted be Superman… but with science.
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Tony also becomes more like a internet connection as well, he can now access satalies and ring people! With his brain! This is impressive I guess, but at least when he combines with the suit he becomes extra bad-ass than normal. “Iron-man on the inside, and outside” puts it in perspective. Oh and he can put on the suit with his mind, as long as he’s near it I guess? Or maybe he just says something like “accio iron-main suit” why did I just use a harry potter reference….lame.

Overall it is a good story which allows Iron Man to develop and become a bad-ass (even more so), only problem is the art. Everything looks like  a photo that has been coloured in… which made it abit hard to read, and nothing happened for like the first half! Blargh.

Iron Man Assorted Geekery

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Ok so you’ve read my review and break down of Extremis, and this all possibly links to the new Iron Man 3 movie which has got me pretty excited though we all have to wait AGES for the film to come out.

It has been released that Eric Savin will be joining the iron man films, played by a guy called “James Badge Dale”… I don’t know who this actor is either, but apparently he has graced our screens with “Shame”, and “the Departed”, its weird I’ve seen “The Departed” but I do not remember this guys face at all. He also has television roles in CSI and 24, but I don’t watch that type of show except for Castle (wooo Nathan Fillon). Anyway this guy:
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Who’s alter ego in the Comics is ColdBlood, erm this guy:
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Its weird because this isn’t the guy in extremis, but apparently the film is based heavily on the “extremis” stories, rather than wherever coldblood is from, all I know is that the character “Eric Savin” was in charge of “Project Ultra” some sort of cybernetics type thing before he lost his leg in a landmine. Then went evil after going cyborg, I may need to read up on this.

I basically think this character will be replacing the villain in “Extremis” for the Iron Man 3 spectacular, because Iron man being beaten up by a super bio-enhanced character is more believable than Iron Man not being able to beat up a half cyborg-half man. This also allows the super-serum to get another mention which is semi-believable in film universe.

So let’s see what happens next year! But if what I said happens…
CALLED IT!