Seen that new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine yet?
Other than the super-cheese of the helicopter jump, and the fact that Emma Frost looks absolutely nothing like I’d expect, I’m pretty psyched. I’m glad they’re sticking to Wolverine’s little Lord Fauntleroy backstory, and the shots of him in the various wars around history were cool- too bad we won’t get a bit of Wolverine fighting alongside Captain America in WWII, though.
Sidenote: I find it interesting that, by their uniforms, Wolverine is going ashore at Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry. What, he couldn’t have gone ashore at Juno Beach with the 3rd Canadian Infantry? Hopefully they’ll at least show him with the Devil’s Brigade in WWI.
But beyond that nitpicking? Seriously, people- Gambit. All my rationalization gets overwhelmed by nerd glee at the scene where he starts fighting with the staff and throwing things around with telekinesis. Ladies and gentlemen, that is what I have been waiting through three X-Men movies to see.
Well, two- I still like to pretend the third X-Men movie never happened.
Topic for discussion: Better nerd show: Heroes or Chuck? I ask both in terms of quality of the show, and in qualifications as a “nerd show.” Both are, of course, subjective.
Also, as a late addition: a review of the Doctor Horrible DVD, by a completely unbiased source.
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Yeah, doesn’t he have any Canadian pride? They have milk in a bag.
Milk in a bag!!
Ever since President-elect Worf decided to build Sentinels through funding by Nathan Petrelli, I’ve been wondering if I’ve seen these plotlines before.
I think that Heroes has some great nerd appeasement, but for references Chuck wins out. The fact that the Demorgan episode involved selling something they didn’t have to a group of terrorists was a wonderful nod to the entire trilogy they were referencing.
I dreamed many years ago that I would play Gambit on the big screen. Alas, I am now too short, too stout, and too old.
LOL! I don’t watch Heroes, but I was flipping through channels yesterday and saw Michael Dorn as the president. He paved the way for Obama! Well, him and that car insurance dude.
Mike, I think you would have been a good Wolverine. Short and stout fits the (comic book) bill.
Brian, my first thought was the Superhuman Registration Act, and I was wondering who their Tony Stark was. But the Sentinels were the next thought. Maybe Season Four involves an alien invasion… Naw, that’s crazy talk.
I am looking forward to this, though. First, Bryan Fuller is coming back from the tragically canceled Pushing Daisies, and the man is crazy and creative. Second, I’m hoping- hoping!- that having some sort of entity to go up against might lead to some unity among the heroes, so they’ll start working together and doing something, I don’t know, heroic. I’m getting tired of “soap opera with superpowers”- let’s see them form their own version of the Avengers or the JLA.
I think Chuck excels at the quieter geek references. For instance, I kept laughing at last night’s episode, because Big Mike’s brother was the dad from Family Matters, and was a cop in both shows. I can now pretend that, somewhere in Chuck’s brain, the Intersect has a file on Urkel.
So Devin, for the record, you will accept Wolverine despite the helicopter scene, but you are questioning Star Trek because of the kid jumping out of a moving car?
I have multiple issues with the Star Trek trailer, but I particularly feel that the scene largely stolen from the opening of xXx is a bad first impression.
In almost all Vin Diesel movies he’s gotta show a scene where Mr. Bad-A and he’s defying nature, whether it be racing an avalanche while on a snowboard, flying a motorcycle through an exploding house, or driving so fast that the surrounding area blurs and all you see are colors and forms.
I’ll go with Chuck because I laugh more often during that show just because of the way Chuck says things. Also, they have a guy who legitimately fits the role of a “captain awesome”.
Heroes is more for people who might think they’re nerds, but aren’t.
Chuck has more references but is still entertaining enough to have an audience that doesn’t understand them all. Although, it is rather formulaic and predictable…
No wait… that was Heroes.
Wait…
What?
Ok, now I’m confused.
So Kirk can fight a Klingon on a dying planet as it implodes, but he can’t jump out of a moving car?
Let’s face it, Kirk is the original Vin Diesel.
Off the top of my head, I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mike.
Star Trek III? Fighting the Klingon Captain (Christopher Lloyd) on the planet Genesis? “I…have had…enough of…you!” Ring any bells?
Ah, screw it. The moment is lost.
Heroes < Chuck < These Comments
Sgt. Al Powell (played by Reginald VelJohnson) helped John McClane survive the Nakatomi Crisis and thwart Hans Gruber/Alexander Dane/Snape. And then he moved to a different beat to be confronted by highwaters and thick rims.
“Did I do that?”
“Yes, you did. And for that, you shall pay.”
“Yippeekay yay, [guys]!!”
Mike, the laws of mortal man do not apply to the exploits of Doctor Emmett Brown. He could easily drive a car off a cliff and get away with it- if anything, it’d be a step back after he did the same thing with a train.