The Megan Fox CATastrophe

It was rumored that Megan Fox from Transformers was to play the sultry Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's third installment of his Batman series. This news gave a lot of boys naughty thoughts of Fox in leather, but Warner Bros. quickly shut down the rumor in a press release saying, "It's rumor. It's not true." Can’t you hear the collective groans of disappointment from boys all around the world? To read what my friend had to say about Megan Fox and her pick for the Catwoman role visit her blog Pop Candy Arcade.

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A Potential New TV Show Based of a Comic

One of the comics series that I read over the summer, Powers, might be given a TV makeover. Powers is a comic that depicts a world where people with super powers are very common and it’s the duty of detective Christian Walker (a de-powered hero) and his partner Deena Pilgrim to solve homicides involving citizens with special abilities. Basically, the comic boils down to Marvel’s version of CSI. Brian Michael Bendis the creator of the series said, "All kinds of good things are going on behind the scenes right now. They’ve (Sony) just asked for more material and we’re putting together budgets as well as some other stuff.” I hope this happens because I think this comic might actually work out to be a good TV show.

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The Xbox Gets a Price Cut Too?

Literally a day after Sony announced that they were going to cut the price of the PS3, Microsoft (not wanting to be left out of the spot light) also announced a price cut of their own. The 360 Elite will be getting a $100 reduction making it $299. Analysts firm EEDAR believes that Microsoft's price cut won’t make a difference in sales, probably because price conscious Xbox fans have already bought the less sophisticated Xbox pro for the $299 price tag. The EEDAR also believes that if the Xbox truly wants to compete with the Wii and the PS3 Slim they will need to lower to the price of the Elite to $250. Oh Microsoft, why can't you give others some time in the lime light you greedy corporation.

Side Note: If you're wondering about the fate of the Xbox Pro, it too will recieve a price cut of $50, but once all remaining units are sold Microsoft intends on discontinuing the Pro series.

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The Spectacular Spider-Man: Trials and Tribulations

The complete first season of The Spectacular Spider-Man is out on DVD (woot woot!!!) and I am definitely going to pick this one up. Unfortunately, I’m not just here to give a shining review of one of the greatest Spider-Man series so far, I’m also here to pay my respects to a show on its death bed.

Like a distraught mourner, I want to scream in a fit of rage and trears that it was your fault (the reader) for not watching this incredible series, but it wasn’t your fault, it’s no ones fault. A lot of people watched The Spectacular Spider-Man and critics gave it raving reviews. IGN even gave it an award for best animated series for 2008 and also gave the show’s Peter Park the award for best TV hero of 2008. So you ask, “What lead to the shows demise?” The answer would be bad circumstances. The show fist got picked up by what was left of the Kids WB and when the WB finished phasing into the New CW all contracts owned by the WB were void and it was up to the CW’s discretion whether or not to pick up any of the old WB shows. They opted for not and that is how Spider-Man was sent to TV limbo.

Let me pause for a second and tell you why you should actually care about this show.

1. It’s an interesting take on Spider-Man -- The Spectacular Spider-Man is an intriguing mix of several Spider-Man universes. I can see influences from Ultimate Spider-Man, the movie Spider-Man, and of course the show’s name sake, the Spectacular Spider-Man comic book. The series somehow seamlessly combines all these different aspects of Spider-Man into a show that gives a fresh perspective of our friendly neighborhood spider.
2. The animation is great -- It has a very distinct look and the characters move fluidly making all of the boss fights look awesome. Speaking of the fights, the animators took their time to make sure the web slinger’s fights were intricate enough to show of the wall crawler’s speed, agility and fancy spider moves.
3. The writing is top notch -- It is one of the few cartoons today that has a plot that builds off itself. I think it’s cool to know that the minutia in episode 2 can avalanche into an epic fight all the way down in episode 13. I also like that Spider-Man doesn’t defeat his foes in same old tried and true way. Example: Instead of always blasting Sandman away with water, he incases him in cement. This isn't necessarily new, but at least he uses other options unlike his 90’s counterpart. Spidey is also back with his clever quips and one liners and I must say that his banter sessions with the Green Goblin are throughly entertaining.

Alright, now that you have a better grasp of the show lets continue. Disney was the one to rescue The Spectacular Spider-Man from limbo by picking up the rights to the already completed second season and placed the show on its new channel Disney XD. This seemed like a great place for show to land, but that’s not the case. Disney XD clearly doesn't care about the show which is evident by the show’s sporadic air times and the lack of commercials promoting it (I bet Disney would care more if it had a Disney star like Hanna Montana on it).

This wouldn’t be a big deal if season 3 didn't hinge on the success of season 2. You might be thinking, "At least there’s hope." Well sort of, the problem with season 3 (if it does manage to get picked up) is that all of the writers and animators who made the show have moved on with their lives and are doing other projects. That means the Spider-Man will have a whole new crew with a new look and feel. It still might end up being an amazing season, but I’m a HUGE fan of how it is right now.

What can you do to help save Spider-Man? Well I can only imagine that the DVD sales of season 1 and eventually season 2 are what will really keep this series going and even if it's not the same show anymore I really want a season 3. So I urge you, please buy season 1 of The Spectacular Spider-Man and do your part in saving a good show. If you’re still not convinced that this show is worth rescuing, then watch some of the episodes on youtube [click here] and find out how good this show is for yourself. If you don’t feel any attachment toward the show thats fine (heartless!!!), but if you do end up enjoying this series then hopefully you will buy season 1 as well.

The New Face of the Green Lantern

Ryan Reynolds is going to play the Green Lantern! I must have been sleeping because this was announced back in July and I’m just learning about it now. Let me just rub the sleep out of my eyes, OK thats better. Lets think about Reynolds as our hero in green, I have nothing against Reynolds being the green power house, but he never struck me as the Green Lantern type. Hal Jordan (I hope it’s Hal and not Guy Gardner) seemed kind of serious and I’m sure Reynolds can play serious roles, but I’ve only seen him as the goofy guy with an arsenal of decent jokes. By the way, whatever happened to Reynolds being in the X-Men Origin's spin off Deadpool? I wonder how he will be able to play both roles since Deadpool and Green Lantern are set to be in production around the same time. In news that is actually new, the Green Lantern movie is having some problems with it’s budget. The movie is ready to be filmed in Australia, but due to the rise of the the Australian note the movie could see a loss of 15 to 25 million U.S. dollars in currency exchange (yikes). Anyways congratulations Ryan, seeing as how you're going to be in four different comic book movie adaptations you are clearly the poster boy for the comic book movie genre.

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