Iron Man 2

I can't wait!

Comics Galore

I couldn't believe Marvel would make this kind of product available, but they did with Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, and now the Incredible Hulk all available on DVD-ROM, each containing over 500 issues of comics spanning over 40 years! That's a total of over 2500 comics to read, and at a rate of one comic per day, it would take me more than 6 years to finish reading them all. I'm not that big a Marvel fan, but when each DVD-ROM costs less than $50, the price translates to around 10 cents per issue, and that's a deal that no comic enthusiast today can pass up. The only drawback is you need a really large monitor, at least a 22", or else you may end up getting headaches trying to read them on a smaller screen. Now if only DC would put some of their stuff on DVD-ROM....

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Woah, just saw the new trailer for the new upcoming Fantastic Four movie and it looks incredible with the Silver Surfer in it. It looks like they’re really raising it a few notches by bringing him in. The Silver Surfer is an extremely powerful being imbued with cosmic powers, which I believe makes him even more powerful than Superman. It’s heavily debated in the comic world who is more powerful between the two, but as big a Superman fan as I am, I would still have to side with the Surfer. Really, he doesn’t need to eat or breath and is capable of hyperspeed travel (faster than light), which Superman is not capable of. Haha, the Fantastic Four is a joke compared to the Silver Surfer.

Here’s the link to the trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/

-Cecil

P.S. I think a Super Saiyan Level 3 Goku of Dragonball Z fame would wipe the floor with both the Surfer and Superman.

New Superman Trailer!

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The Incredibles

I am a huge fan of the superhero genre as a result of my cravings for action, that is, over-the-top action that is not normally found in realistic-type movies. Movies such as Spiderman 2 and X-Men 2 as well as Smallville have come a long way in their special effects compared to similar movies/shows of the past to make the action look cool and impressive.

The Incredibles is a superhero animation by Pixar Studios, the same company that produced Finding Nemo which currently has a domestic gross of over $300 millions dollars and if The Incredibles stays strong at the box office in the coming weeks, it may reach that figure as well.

The Incredibles is about a superhero family forced to live a normal way of life as a result of all the frivolous lawsuits claiming that their superpowers did more harm than good. Mr. Incredible, the main character of the movie, still wants to use his superhuman abilities to help people but he is unable to until one day, a mysterious benefactor contacts him and requests his services.

The film is definitely well-made and entertaining, even to adults IMHO. The storyline, action, and humor kept me interested throughout the whole film. My main complaint is that the superhuman feats in animation form appeared somewhat ordinary when compared to similar action sequences in non-animation scenes and I just wasn't that impressed. For instance, I was much more impressed by the action scenes in Smallville when Clark uses his superspeed to do something while everything around him stops moving. Overall, I highly recommend this film and I give it an A-.