Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Info

The BER months are upon us and there is good reason to celebrate. I’m not even talking about that holiday, which has almost become synonymous with weight gain. I’m talking about September 7, 2010 - the release date of the latest Marvel game, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

I’m not sure when it’ll reach our shores. I haven’t been to a Datablitz in a while, mostly because I’m as broke as monkey trying to sell bananas to fish, and going there just depresses me. However, if past trends are any indication, it should be here a couple days after launch, at the latest. I’m waiting for it in region 1. I hope they ship at the same time.

Check out the launch trailer. It is badass.

Here’s a few interesting things - each Spider-Man dimension will be voiced by an actor who has previously played Spider-Man from an animated series.

The awesome Neil Patrick Harris was the voice behind Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, which was on MTV. He will be the voice of the Amazing Spider-Man universe.

Christopher Daniel Barnes who played Parker in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which ran from 1994 to 1998 - the second longest running series based on a superhero, next only to Uncanny X-Men. He’s the voice behind Spider-Man Noir.

Dan Gilvezan, who did the voice in the most amazing Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, is going to be Spider-Man 2099.

Josh Keaton, the voice of Spectacular Spider-Man (I love that show, by the way), will be behind Ultimate Spider-Man.

• Stan Lee will be the narrator of the game. He hasn’t done that since Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro from years ago. Yes, mother fuckers, Stan Lee’s one-of-a-kind voice will be in the game.
• John DiMaggio does the voice of Hammerhead from Spectacular Spider-Man will reprise his role as Hammerhead in the game, as well. He’s also Bender.
• Jim Cummings, who did a HORRIBLE job as Thor in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, is doing Kraven the Hunter. Please, oh please, don’t suck. He did Shocker from Spider-Man: The Animated Series
• Steve Blum, who we all know and love as the ultimate voice of Wolverine, is playing the Hobgoblin. He was in Spectacular Spider-Man as the Green Goblin.
• Nolan North was awesome as Deadpool in Hulk VS Wolverine. Thankfully, he’ll be reprising the role. He’s also Green Lantern from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
• Amazing Spider-Man scribe Dan Slott wrote the story.

6 days to go!

Toy Collectors, Heads Up!

Thanks to Slangards for the heads up!

He didn’t tell me what was going to be released but he said it’ll tickle your fancy.

TeamHeadkick’s Transformers Metal Rap Video

THIS VIDEO KICKS SO MUCH ASS!!!

Here’s an excerpt:

“Fight for our world, the shooting rages on
Gotta save the world from FUCKING MEGATRON!”

Epic shit.

Iron Fist Movie?

As impartial as I try to be to all superheroes, I can’t deny that I do have my favorites. I guess by now, if you’ve read a couple posts from this blog, you’d have an idea of who they are. At the very top would be Daredevil. I’ve always had a soft spot for street level guys. Others included in the favorites list would be Cyclops, Iron Man, Hawkeye and Moon Knight.

There’s one character, though, who I’ve always found massively interesting and I really hate how he gets shafted most of the time in favor of the characters who draws more money. This is why this bit of news has got me jizzing my shorts.

Iron Fist has been rumored to get the movie treatment for a good few years now, methinks. Whether it’s been stuck in development hell like the Wonder Woman or the Justice League movie or maybe the rumors just aren’t true, I was almost ready to believe that this project will not the the light of day. That is until Deadline revealed something so nerve-wrackingly exciting.

Deadline says that Marvel sealed a deal with screenwriter, Rich Wilkes to work on the Iron Fist movie. My balls are jittery with excitement, seeing as Disney is making good on its promise to make the lesser known Superheroes… well, less lesser known, I guess. Those fuckers at Disney are marketing gods, I tells you.

To give us an idea of what we’re in for, let’s check out what Wilkes has done in the past. Wilkes wrote xXx, with Vin Diesel, so we know he can do action. Well before that, he did Airheads, which wasn’t so bad. Nothing else he’s worked on barely rings a bell. Yikes. I hope he pulls this off, yeah?

Also part of the rumors that have been floating around the Internet is the actor supposedly being eyed to play Danny Rand. It is none other than Mr. Ray Park himself. Now, I know Park is a great performer. He kicked ass as Darth Maul and he was cool as Toad and he didn’t do so bad in Heroes. Thing is, after G.I. Joe, I don’t know what to believe anyore. If the best fight scene in your movie was between two kids who don’t have pubic hair yet, then there’s something wrong.

I know Ray Park is a great martial artist. He loves his craft and he’s extremely good at it. But is he an actor actor? I mean, he hasn’t really played a lead. Hell, how many lines has he actually had? And Danny Rand, even though sometimes the silent kung fu master, can be a bit of a wiseass sometimes. I’m afraid that Park just might not have the acting chops to pull off a character as deep as Rand.
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Mabuhay ang Pekpek!

I first saw Kubori Kikiam through their motion comic. I had never seen a strip of Kubori Kikiam before that and since then, actually. That is, until the past Metro Comic Con. Here, check out the motion comic.

Now, I loved this motion comic so fucking much, I literally started my work day with it, watched it four or five times during the day and would watch it before I would leave the office. When I got home, I would start my relaxation by watching it again. This went on for about two weeks. I swear, it never got boring or old.

You can imagine my excitement when I saw the first two Kubori Kikiam collections at a stall last Komikon. I even got to meet the creators and the guy who did the voice for Benjo (or was it Manny?).

I immediately grabbed a copy of each compilation, Best Things in Life and Kubori Strips for the Soul, for P60 each. Or was it P80? Whatever. They were worth every damn cent! Mel and I had more fun reading through them than we did watching The Expendables. We were laughing our asses off, man.

The humor is unashamedly rude and uncouth. The language is littered with profanity, which oddly enough doesn’t seem all that tasteless. All that swearing just made it funnier.

Their strips are can be found over at KuboriKikiam.com, along with a blog and some news. Navigation is a bit difficult but if you wanna read the strips, click on komiks at the top main menu next to the logo. Yeah, it’s puny.

I was reading through some strips last night and I had a knee-sleeping good time. No, really, I was literally slapping my thigh in laughter. Sure, you’d have to be a little sophomoric to enjoy Kubori Kikiam, but there’s a little bit of that guy in all of us.

My favorite characters are Dodon and Edward. They’re awesome.

Kubori Kikiam is Alfredo Rosales and Michael David. You can find the collections over at Comic Quest: SM South, Comic Odyssey: Robinson’s Galleria, Sputnik: Cubao Expo, Bookay-Ukay: Teacher’s Village, Q.C., and Vargas Museum at U.P. Diliman.

Metro Comic Con 2010

Over the weekend, Megamall was rocked by geeks and freaks thanks to the second Metro Comic Con. The defining factor of the Metro Comic Con has always been its focus on the industry over collectibles, though it would be unfair to say that the collectibles got shafted - there was still a ton of those at the event, albeit not as much as, say, TagCom or ToyCon. I think that’s actually quite healthy so that the Comic Con doesn’t become another event clone.

It’s great to see indie comic book creators getting their time in the spotlight, being shared with the more commercially successful artists who worked for international publishers who I would’ve totally gone fan boy/ gay for if I had a little less self control.

Check out some of the highlights.

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Comic Con wouldn’t be a comic convention if not for, you guessed it right, retarded children, COMICS. I have to admit that the turnout for the event was a little underwhelming. I came in way past opening and I had absolutely no trouble acquiring a ticket and enterting the venue despite it being smaller than the space allotted for the ToyCon. It kinda goes to show that the comic book geekdom niche is regretfully small.

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The fanbase, however, is a devoted lot. I mean, fanboyism and geekery did evolve out of comic books, being the grand daddy of most pop culture geekeries all over the world. Most of the ones who did show up showed genuine love for the medium and the artists.

Among the attendees were Gerry Alinguilan, Paul Michael Ignacio, Leinil Yu, Carlos Pagulayan, Jeffery Huet, Gilbert Monsanto, Gener Pedrina, Gio Paredes, and a ton of others big names.

The industry veterans like Don Santos and Jun Lofamia were there and I was glad to see them being adored by fans, still. 

I wanted this Daredevil sketch by Don Santos, but I didn’t have any more cash left. I regret not buying it.

Another great addition to the Comic Con, which is akin to most international conventions, is the panel, which covered a wide range of topics from gaming to animation.

Hello people who have the job I dreamed ever since I was a wee lad.

Now, any event wouldn’t be complete with cosplayers. I don’t think Saturday was cosplay day but they came in spades.

These conventions have become an excuse to let your freak on. And freak on, they did. One day, I’ll be thin enough to cosplay Daredevil. One day, goddamn it.

Ernest Hernandez, the primary organizer of the Metro Comic Con is a huge statue collector so it would make sense that the best statues make an appearance, yeah? Check out that Flash.

I had promised myself not to spend a cent during the event but it was hard to resist. My haul:

Book 2 of Trese
3 issues of Kalayaan
2 collection of Kubori Kikiam (A gem of a find. I will devote a whole post to this)
2 issues of Bayan Knights
1 issue of Ang Astiging Boy Ipis

I will write about Trese and Kubori Kikiam because they ARE AWESOME!

All pictures were taken by Mel Tesorero using her fantastic prime lens.

Daredevil is Ending in November?!?!?!?

NNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marvel, you can’t do this. YOU JUST CAN’T! Daredevil was the best selling comic book in 2004! Are you fucking kidding me? You’re ending it!? That’s total bullshit! This is BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!!! First, you did it to Iron Fist, which was monumentally EPIC, and now you’re doing it to Daredevil? Hold on, hold on… this is from a company who is producing 5 or 6 ongoing Deadpool titles?! GODDAMN IT!

Daredevil ends with Daredevil #512. The solicit reads: A SHADOWLAND TIE-IN: FINAL ISSUE! Years of acting as the Guardian Devil of Hell’s Kitchen have taken their toll on The Man Without Fear. Hell’s Kitchen lies in ruins, and it is up to the people of New York to start anew and begin rebuilding. In this last chapter of his story, will Matt Murdock at last find final redemption for the events of SHADOWLAND? 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

No.

Metro Comic Con

Metro Comic Con - Saturday and Sunday, August 21-22, Megamall, Megatrade Hall 2. Be there or suck balls!

New Spidey Shattered Dimensions Duds

One of the great things about comic book mythos, rampaging through this ever-evolving age of technology and alternative means of media is that it is adaptable. Sure the actual printed comics may be going out of fashion with the newer generations choosing to watch a movie or playing a video game instead of picking up a The Dark Knight Return in trade paperback format, but that doesn’t mean the characters will just slowly whither away and be forgotten.

You see, I am thankful Marvel didn’t go bankrupt in 1996 and I’m glad DC’s got the backing of Warner Brothers because finally, technology has caught up with the awesomeness that the imaginations of the great creative brains in various comic book companies have conjured up over the past 80 years or so. The old superhero movies kinda sucked ass, did they not (well, except maybe Superman 2)? Now, people are taking the dudes in tights seriously.

Along with that, people have started realizing the potential these characters have; amazing movies and video games were born. The old stereotype of shitty and/or campy comic book  video games is but a distant past. Well, at least, I’d like to think so. We’ve been given such gems as Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Batman Arkham Asylum, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Spider-Man 2 and… well, actually, I’d like to say the list goes on but it doesn’t. We’re still in the infancy stage of great comic book-based video games, you see, but I’d say we’re off to a fucking radical start.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows was downright awesometastic, although some people felt it got repetitive. I thoroughly enjoyed it,. The next Spider-Man game comes in the form of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. I have high hopes for this game, so it better not disappoint. 

Marvel recently released some news about the game - the alternate costumes. No word is out how they’re unlocked except for one, which is a Gamestop pre-order exclusive. If history is any indication, these costumes will come out on the XBox 360 or PSN Marketplaces eventually, so no worries my Asian brothers.

Warning: Many images behind the cut.
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3.75" Movie War Machine Review

Probably the best figure to come out of the Iron Man 2 toy line is the 6″ War Machine figure. Slangards did a very comprehensive review of it on his awesome blog. Those were bloody difficult to find. It was like a gold rush for cheap Chinese plastic.

If you were one of the thousands of collectors who wanted the 6″ War Machine but was unable to acquire one, then you have to settle for the second best figure that  the Iron Man 2 toy line spawned- the 3.75″ War Machine.

The sculpt is almost identical to the actual movie armor. It’s insanely accurate.

With the armor being extensively intricate, Hasbro had their work cut out for them. I imagine it was quite a challenge, this one. I bet during the toy-creation-meeting, it happened sort of like this:

Movie guys: Okay, Hasbro - this is the NEW Iron Man Mark IV!
Hasbro: Oh, no problem. We’ll make it shiny.
Movie guys: Fantastic. Here’s the Mark VI.
Hasbro: Fucking awesome. We just need to change the chest piece? We love re-using our sculpts. This is great!
Movie guys: Wonderful. Here’s Mark V. I imagine he’ll be a bit difficult to pull off since he’s got overlapping plates.
Hasbro: No worries. We got some really talented guys in China. They’ll figure out something.
Movie guys: We’re happy you feel that way! I’m sure you’ll have no trouble with the War Machine figure!
Hasbro: FUCK THIS SHIT AND FUCK YOU!  I QUIT!!!!
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Comic of the Week: Captain America #608

Captain America is cool again, but not because of Bucky, but because Steve’s back. Weirdly enough, the Cap that grabs and holds more of my attention is Commander Rogers, and not the guy in the suit with the vibranium shield. However, something about this month’s Captain America caught my eye.

Written by Ed Brubaker
Pencils by Butch Guice
Inks by Rick Magyyar with Mark Pennington
Colors by Dean White with Elizabeth Dismang and Frank Martin
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Learn Marvel

Via: Online School

In Need of Heroes

I just saw this Marvel promo and I couldn’t figure it the hell out. What can you make of this?

Thunderstrike?

Stan Lee on Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Stan “The Man” Lee is 87 years old, turning 88 this December 28. He still speaks about Spider-Man with the enthusiasm of a child. I guess it’s true - people really don’t grow old if they choose not to.

IMPREGNATOR!!!

Hey people of the sun, do you remember that DCUO article I posted here? I introduced a little fellow named IMPREGNATOR, whose powers are still up in the air, unknown, undiscovered and otherwise undecided. Here he is again. Say hello to Mr. IMPREGNATOR!

As you can clearly tell, I am no artist by any stretch of the imagination. However, I have a friend who has magical talent. He goes by the name Marc De Vera. His talent is so magical, he was able to make Impregnator into the suave debonair superhuman I imagined him to. Check out IMPREGNATOR’s evolution through the magic of Marc DV’s hands:

This was the first sketch:

Right off the bat, you can see that his IMPREGNATOR  is going to be an impressive son of a bitch. The thing is, there’s no chest hair! IMPREGNATOR CANNOT NOT HAVE CHEST HARI He said he was going to fix that come inking. Click on Read More to see the final version. (more…)

Metro Comic Con Posters

Check out the freshly released new posters of the upcoming Metro Comic Con:

Visit Cosplay.ph for the guidelines if you wanna join.

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3.75" Fusion Armor and Mark V Review

I took to the habit of recording every time I acquire new action figures. I’ve decided to slow down on buying em’ so I guess each unboxing/ opening should be commemorated somehow. Since I haven’t found the time or the patience to sit down and record myself opening these guys, I haven’t opened up any of my figures. That’s why the figures I’m reviewing now have been out for quite some time - the Iron Man 2 Concept Series Fusion Armor and the Iron Man 2 Movie Series Mark V.

Here’s the video:

Fusion Armor

Like I said in the video, there’s really nothing remarkable about this figure. It has all the pros of the Mark III suit, which is a fan favorite for sure. Still, though, it’s merely a repaint. That doesn’t score high in my book, unfortunately. That said, the Fusion Armor does look cool as a Stealth Mark III, so it aint all bad.

It actually isn’t marketed as a Stealth suit, though. The packaging says the armor is some sort of device that can collect ambient light and fire them off as lasers in all directions. At the very least, that’s Iron Man tech for you, given the miracle exception that Tony Stark is so fucking awesome, he can collect light, store it as energy like solar panels do, then redirect them as concentrated light through a flat surface. Awesome.

Here are some pics.

Fusion Armor comes with exactly the same things the Mark III comes with, only colored differently

The palm doesn’t really light up, but looks good anyway.

Fusion Armor will punch you in the face.

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Thor: The Video Game

‘m happy that The Son of Asgard FINALLY has a video game all to his own. Hell, he was shafted in a bunch of games in the past so it’s really cool to see him get his own title, which will go along with his movie.

Here’s my problem with it. 

It’s a movie-based video game. Apart from, let’s say, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Spider-Man 2, there really hasn’t been a movie-based game worthy of praise. None of them can hold a candle to non-game related franchise games such as Batman: Arkham Asylum or Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I almost expect this one to suck ass, even though I haven’t seen gameplay video.

It is SEGA-made. Remember the clustershitfuck that is Iron Man 2: The Video Game? Yeah. You know, I can’t even find it for sale second hand. That’s right, it’s so shitty, no one bothered to buy it. Iron Man: The Video Game won IGN’s (if I’m not mistaken) award for Worst Video Game Everyone Played.

Ah well. Here’s to hoping for the best.

Blue Beetle TV Series First Look

I saw this on CBR a few hours ago. Click that link to see all the details. Here’s the teaser:

You know why I’m happy about this? First off, this Blue Beetle is Hispanic, just like the comic Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes. And since it isn’t as gay as fucking Smallville, I can breathe easy. Hear me as I let out a sigh of relief.

*sigh of relief*

DC Universe Online News

If you aren’t living under a massive rock under in the mountains of probably China, then chances are you’ve seen the latest DCUO trailer released during the San Diego Comic Con. Now, we throw the words “awesome” and “epic” around a lot that I’m quite afraid that those words will start to lose their true meaning. However, there are only two in the entire English vocabulary that could attempt to possibly describe the trailer in a way that’ll completely describe it in all its glory. And those two words are “AWESOME” and “EPIC.”

If that isn’t AWESOME and EPIC enough for you, then you, sir, are probably Chuck Norris. I saw this two days ago and my erection still hasn’t gone down. Seriously. I’m, like, having it checked by a doctor next week. I should also probably stop watching the trailer.

Here are a few key facts of the game.

- You have to create your own superhero

Unfortunately, you can’t go around as Batman or Green Lantern or Green Arrow or Flash or Superman. Hell, you can’t even go around as someone as bleakly obscure as fucken’ Automan. Existing DC characters will be NPCs (non-playable characters, for you non-nerds out there.)

I don’t know what measures Sony will take to ensure that no one creates some weird Batman lookalike, give him firearms and call him BatmanPwnzJ00LOLZ . I guess if the character creation tool is as robust as, let’s say, Champions Online, it wouldn’t be entirely impossible to do so. I can foresee a bajillion Batman inspired characters with weird ass powers.
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