#September2011
Loeb and McGuiness Reveal ‘Avengers: X-Sanction’. Cable, Guns, Dumb.
I don’t want Jeph Loeb writing anything anymore. I know it sounds disrespectful, but I dread his work. A decade ago I would have swooned at the idea that he’s writing a Cable/Avengers crossover, now I’m just interested in a car crash sort of manner. Cable! He died. Somehow. Cable! He’s back. And he is looking as ludicrous on this side of Liefeld as you could imagine. Just look at the promo. Look at that gun. It’s enormous, and more importantly even disregarding its size it looks dumb. Man I’m cranky and hating.
So what’s the event about?
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NASA Unveils New Rocket, And It’s Mars Bound?
Maybe the space exploration situation isn’t as dire and dismal and depressing as I figured when the last shuttle rocketed in the sky this summer. Nasa has unveiled their next iteration of Things Blasting Out of the Atmosphere: the Space Launch System. It’s a big fucking rocket, and it’s taking us to Mars. Someday. Right?
Samuel L. Jackson Is Going To Be In Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’. Word.
Generally I’m fucking tired of Samuel L. Jackson. Respect his past performances when, you know, he used to act. These days? Meh. Also, fuck him as Nick Fury. Still, I can’t help but be excited that he’s going to reteam with Tarantino for ‘Django Unchained’.
‘Ghostbusters’ Getting Theatrical Rerelease? Childhood Glow Time.
Ghostbusters is getting a theatrical rerelease. Fucking yes. My girlfriend, having arrived out of a box tabula rasa, a shiny blonde gorgeous intelligent blank slate, has never seen this flick. What a better way to indoctrinate her into the ways of the busting of Ghosts.
Trailer: ‘Max Payne 3’ Gets Its Debut. It’s Fat, Bald, And F**king Awesome.
The wait for the third Max Payne has been interminable. But if the trailer is any indication, it has been worth the wait. It’s everything I loved back in the day, with new graphics, an obesity problem, and even more angst and action.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Saturn and Five of Its Moons In One Gorgeous Picture
(Click image to enlarge. Via.)
Back in 2009, Cassini caught Saturn and five of its moons in one gorgeous line-up. Well done, Cassini.
So what exactly is going on in this picture?
David Tran redesigns the X-Men. Take notes, Jim Lee!
David Tran has redesigned the X-Men uniforms, and the dude is talented like a beast. The outfits riff off of the gorgeous Frank Quitely redesigns that happened, what, ten years ago? Great. Much more fun than the Jim Lee redesigns. Though I mean, Tran! Where is the chitin armor? Jesus! And protective neckwear. C’mon!
Hit the jump to check them out.
‘Diablo 3’ Skill Calculator Is Out! Get Your Excel Spreadsheets Out, Dorks.
I’m not one for calculating classes and shit in World of Warcraft and now Diablo 3. I let the smarter people tabulate them, and the I humbly ask them to tell me what I should use. So smarter people! You can now get on it.
J.J. Abrams Is Officially Directing ‘Star Trek 2’. Lens Flare A-Go-Go!
J.J. Abrams is officially directing Star Trek 2. This is good news for those of us who like ridiculously stylish bullshit, somewhat talented directors, and most importantly fucking lens flares.
Variant Covers: Spider-Man Goes Multiethnic, While DC Continues Its Regurgenesis.
The grinding in the temples reminds me that I’ve only slept for three hours in the past forty-eight. The pain in the clenched jaw. Life! Gets busy. How the fuck you doing? This is Variant Covers the column where we dance the dance of funny books, speech balloons, splash pages. And the et cetera. We tell the tale of what we’re buying this week. Quickly! We must do this quickly. The sleep approaches, but as per usual. There’s wood to chop. Always wood to chop.
