Maybe it is just the mood I am in but this movie, started great but went from okay to predictable to WTF re: Harvey Dent. Overall I am very MEH on The Dark Knight. If this is the future of comic book movies then please stop now. Let me enjoy the comics as comics, stop with this meh movies. I mean Bale was good, Caine, Freeman, Gyllenhaal and Oldman were great, if Ledger was anything but exceptional then it would have been a major disappointment but to me Aaron Eckhart stole the movie (as I a bigger Two-Face than Joker fan) and it was the ending which reminded me of why I hated the Tim Burton original version of The Batman.

Heads up to Hartley who sent me an early email that the Watchmen trailer for leaked but I think soon after it did, the trailer went up all official on the Apple site here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/watchmen/

As much as I enjoyed seeing the Owlship come out of the waters in front of downtown Vancouver (then CGI into New York is it?), I couldn’t care for what I saw and it really made me realize that I never wanted to see this comic book series (f***k GRAPHIC NOVEL, I know and understand that it got MUCH more popular via the graphic novel version but that doesn’t mean it EVER WAS ONE TO BEGIN WITH YOU IGNORANT F***KS DC COMICS! Ah hem…) as a movie. It would be like someone making my favorite childhood memory into a movie, it just won’t happen. I was not a fan of the new costumes and I still ain’t. Rorschach (aka The Question), looks far too CLEAN for my likings plus if that is the voice for Rorschach — how LAME, why another Batman/Christan Bale ripe-off (?), Night Owl (aka Blue Beetle) looks like Batman with Hawkman’s headpiece and in shape (WTF!?!?! — Anyone READ the WATCHMEN while making the movie?!), Ozymandias just looks BORING in black & greys plus what he’s all of 16 yrs old (and I mean BORING — like I would prefer the plastic ears of the 80’s Captain America costume compared to that sh*t), Silk Spectre looks frightfully like they really wish they cast ANYONE else, The Comedian (aka Peacemaker) looks like he’s still the only one having fun for the 2 mins he’s in the movie and Jar Jar… I mean Dr. Manhattan (aka Captain Atom) is yet another CGI character in a movie. *YAWN*

Seriously, is anyone excited about this movie? I sure ain’t, I know I will go see it just to be sure how bored I will be but I ain’t excited to see this movie, the trailer or the f***king action figures at SDCC this year at all. Nope.

Now make me The Question movie and I am all over it! Better yet, Ambush Bug!

Oh and here is one other thing that bugs that sh**t outta me while watching this trailer? Why are they not talking about the story itself? Why are not selling the line “Who watches the Watchmen?“. Why tell me, the viewer,  how f***king popular that graphic novel was / is or will be. F***k if I care, tell me about the movie yeah Yahoos! DC gets a FAIL on this marketing attempt!

http://www.youtube.com/v/YRw3AkbtJhQ&hl=en

This is the fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation, is coming out next summer which stars Batman. Snagged off blog@newsarama.com here:
http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/07/16/terminator-salvation-teaser-trailer/

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The Spirit Trailer goes live

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/new-disappointing-trailer-for-the-spirit-gets-leaked.php

After being leaked out on the ‘net, they decided to release a full version. Sorry no pretty pictures, I am just too damt tired…

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Oh and there is this whole sing-a-long blog thing Joss Whedon is doing rather than making Angel a better comic book like his Buffy series and working on Wonder Woma… oh wait…well maybe his new tv show will be hitting the airwave… oh right…

Well then:
http://www.drhorrible.com/

No comics for me until I hit San Fran, then I hope to hit Isotope Comics for this weekend. Currently in Napa Valley on route to SDCC…

So thanks to Elfsar Comics & Toys, William S. and myself went off to see Hellboy II: The Golden Army last night. I am still a wreck from being up way too late talking, comics, the movie, and life.

I really enjoyed the movie! I thought it was a great sequel because it was NOT a clone of the previous movie. I loved Johann Kraus (voiced by the great Seth McFarlane) but what I enjoyed the most was the interaction between Liz and Red (Hellboy). Ron Perlman just was Hellboy perfectly, Selma Blair did a great job as Liz Sherman and Doug Jones stepped up as Abe Sapien (and a ton of other characters). I enjoyed that Abe finally got a chance to be the “Reed Richards” of the team through-out the movie and the team comes together in the end which to me was what was so enjoyable. I also was having a man crush on Luke Goss as Prince Nuada, the villain of the movie (If Luke Goss was Cyclops in the next X-Man movie — that would be it for me!). Anna Walton as Princess Nuala was nice and cute but really I did not see her doing anything some other actress couldn’t do.

I felt that Guillermo del Toro wanted to bring the fantastical to life in this movie and he did but was it too much? I am sure some people will think so but I loved seeing it because we do not have many movies as such. Given the books and all the wonderful adventures the team gets into within the comics, I really loved seeing all the fantastical in the movie. Would I see it again? Hell yeah, it’s Hellboy! Would I recommend the movie? YES — go and enjoy yourself in the fun of it all!

Mike Mignola talks “Hellboy II” on CBR here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17166

Are you jonezing for Heroes? Well on July 14th the new webseries “Going Postal” hit the ‘net and gives you the slight rush of your Heroes fix! Looks like the newest “hero” is X-Men’s own Banshee.

Snagged from CBR here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17137

Oh I just love James Bond movies so here is the latest trailer for the sequel to Casino Royale called Quantum of Solace. Very glad to see the ‘brother from Langley’ Jeffrey Wright is in the movie with Daniel Craig as Bond!

This comes crashing into theatres on November 7th of this year!

Check it out here in high-def:
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/quantum-of-solace/26922/main

or watch it here…

Okay I haven’t put up a Cover Addiction in a while and this one wins! Great cover for Cat Staggs 2008 sketchbook cover (which is taking pre-orders and will be sold at Comic Con — YES! I am getting one!). Great cover of Dr. Girlfriend & The Monarch (from The Venture Bros.) which obviously was inspired by the famous Janet Jackson Rolling Stone cover.

More here on blog@newsarama.com:
http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/07/07/dr-girlfriend-if-youre-nasty/

Okay I will admit it, I really do l♥ve the BBC TV show, Doctor Who, and this weekend (thanks to the power of the ‘net) I got a chance to watch all of season 4 & the big finale (the last 3 episodes in one big sitting: Turn Left, Stolen Earth and Journey’s End). It was a great way to start feeling better & getting energy. The show may not appeal to all but it appeals to me on a big level. I loved the old shows and now the new Dr. Who is one of my favorite shows on the telly (even if its via DVDs/Internet). Thank goodness my PS3 can play DivX movies!

a great snippet of Doctor’s Girl’s by mimi-na found here:
http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-s-Girls-46247500

William S. can attest to the fact that I stopped watching the show after Christopher Eccleston  (who played the Ninth Doctor) and I could not get into watching David Tennant but after sitting down and watching seasons/series 2 - 4, I found out that I was stupid not watching until now. Granted much of my appeal for the 10th Doc ‘ta came from long discussions with William S. over coffees late in the next morning.

So what did I think of the 4th season/series finale — Stolen Earth & Journey’s End? Brilliant. Just brilliant! I became a sap and was tearful when it called for it (moment the Doctor and Rose finally meet-up), cheering on Jack, the Torchwood team, Sarah Jane Smith, Martha Jones (to me, on par with Rose Tyler as favorite companion!), the strength of Donna Noble and laughing out loud at 3 am when the Doctor / Donna pull the ace out of their sleeve! I loved how everyone that has been apart of the run of the new show was in the finale episode — one thing that doesn’t happen much on shows these days! Good job! One bit I was waiting for was the “what? What? WHAT?!” from the Doctor at the end of the finale episode but I think perhaps it had enough drama of the story that we needed to end on a dramatic bit than comedic.

Many thanks to Russell T. Davies (really EVERYONE) for the show and his swan song episodes if he truly is leaving the show! I cannot wait to go out and get these DVD sets now!Now it’s the long wait until Christmas 2008 episode (or a few hours after it airs for us ‘net folks)! Will David Tennant still be the Doctor? Who will be the new companion?

More about Sat night’s episode Journey’s End reaching 9.8 million viewers here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2257483/Dr-Who-viewing-figures-reach-9.8-million.html

This is for William S. and anyone who is interested,
Canadian Dr Who fanfic:
http://www.thedoctorwhoproject.com/

I end this with two words for William S:

BAD WOLF!

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/714955/diablo-iii/videos/diablo3_teaser_062708.html

This is like a week old but Diablo III will be what I will be wasting countless hours and money upon! So excited about this and StarCraft II!

http://tv.ign.com/dor/objects/873846/chuck/videos/chuck_hellboy_lunch.html

This is pretty funny and enjoyable! I cannot wait for CHUCK to return to the telly and HELLBOY to the theaters! Snagged from IGN.com.

Oh and Best Bang Reborn will be coming this weekend with last weeks comics included into one big post. A thrown out back kept me off the comic news of late.