A Very Youngblood Christmas

What was the worst thing you got for Christmas? Socks? Underwear? Herpes? Yes, well, someone I call a friend got me...


Yep. A close friend actually went out of his way to pick this (and a slew of other Rob Liefeld gems from back in day) as his gift to me this past holiday season. Don't laugh too hard. That baby was worth, like, $500 for three weeks back in 1992. My pal may think he was all smart ass with this gift, but as soon as Doc Brown perfects his Delorean, I'm cashing in baby!

What The Hell...?

Man, time does fly when the holidays set in, and while things like life, work, family and everything in between seeming to converge at the same time should be no excuse when ig comes to the blogosphere, it's all I got. So... sorry.

But we're back, and hopefully readership hasn't completely withered and died. So what's happened since the last post in nerdom? Let's see...

• David Tennant took his final bow as The Doctor.
• Avatar, despite being a mediocre movie story wise, looks set to take the most lucrative movie ever spot away from Titanic, proving that not only do movie-goers like so-so stuff as long as it looks pretty, but that James Cameron sold his soul to Mephisto in exchange for his marriage to Linda Hamilton.
  
• Captain America: Reborn was so chronically late to the point Steve Rogers is back in the Marvel U. without officially returning yet in the mini-series that is supposed to return him to cap status.
• Flash: Rebirth? Still makes no sense and sucks. Hard.
• While Blackest Night is still not a bad crossover as crossovers go, no one can really explain why Batman showed up for about three panels as a Black Lantern when he's not only not dead, but lost somewhere back in time.
• The greatest Phantom Menace review (and possibly movie review) of all time was released on YouTube.

Granted, more has very likely happened in the last month than I'm writing about here, but those seem to be the high points. If I missed something big, please, do be a dear, and let me know.

And just to give a preview of things to come, gird thy loins for a forthcoming Nerduary feature that we're loving calling Joe's Shitty Comics. Frequent Nerduary contributor Joe dropped off a box (an official Spawn box no less) of, well, shitty comics that we'll delve into from time to time to review. And trust me. Most are bad. Real bad.

New Star Wars Gangsta Rap

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Clash of the Titans Trailer

Dear God,

If you could find time your infinitely expanding day to make the new Clash of the Titans as badass as I not only want it to be, but as badass as this trailer makes it seem, that would be, you know, awesome. I know you have a lot going on with stuff like people committing genocide, building new nebulas and smiting the wicked, but if you could please make sure that this doesn't come out like a retarded stillborn, that would mighty cool of you. I need this movie to not suck.

Yours sincerely,

Chris

P.S.- Oh, and since it's pretty obvious you're not going to prevent Michael Bay from making movies, could you maybe imbue him with just a modicum of talent? Thanks.

Joel Silver Doesn't Seem To Get Sgt. Rock

I know it sounds like there's a lot of hate on this site when it comes to comics and the like making the transition to the big screen, but hate is what you get when you (and by "you" I mean asshats like Joel Silver) decide to toss out integral parts of what make a certain property what it is.

Like taking Sgt. Rock out of World War II and setting him and his company in modern times, as is Joel Silver's current plan.

For the comic fans out there, I doubt I really have to explain why this is upsetting. For the non-comic fans, suffice it to say that Sgt. Rock, as a character, is so tied to the World War II setting that to remove him from it essentially renders paying for the rights to do a movie on him pointless. Just make a modern war movie and use some original characters. Save some cash on rights? Hell, it's not like people are going to flock to theaters to see a Sgt. Rock movie anyway based solely on his name. Just do something new. Save Rock for someone who actually wants to do the movie right.

Some Chick From Twilight Movie Gets Naked

I can tell you precious little about Twilight beyond that it is was on while at a friend's house once and I lost interest almost immediately. Bad acting, bad writing, bad everything. Bad, bad, bad. But this chick, who evidently appears in the movie wants you to get behind PETA's cause, joining her in a crusade against cruelty... cruelty to, um... something...

Wait, what were we talking bout?

Behold, The New Peter Parker

There's not much more to say about the Bono and Edge propelled Spider-Man musical trying to get wings on Broadway. I mean, what else can be said about a take on Spider-Man that not only plays fast and loose with the concept and presents Peter Parker, as Bono put it, as kind of like a young Kurt Cobain? Anyway, this kid's name is Reeve Carney and he'll play the titular character in Spider-Man-Turn off the Dark.