#July2013

FOX to reveal ‘X-FORCE’ MOVIE PLANS at COMIC-CON. ALL POUCHES EVERYTHING.

Cable.

Didn’t see this one coming. Of course, I don’t see many things coming. It’s difficult to divine the future from my dungeon. All I see are but slithers of light through the blinds. Gentle light, illuminating my bedsores (barely) and meat-shrine to Jennifer Lawrence (barely).

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Hopeless and Larocca have Cable on the run in new MARVEL NOW! title.

Goddamn Nate Summers. Homeboy is alwaysalwaysalways on the run. Seems that ain’t changing at all during Marvel NOW!

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HBO streaming content to customers WITHOUT CABLE for first time. In Europe only. F**k.

It would be the tits if I could snag HBO for a fee, without having to pay for fucking cable. I have to imagine it is the wave of the future, only it isn’t here in the United States yet. Such a glorified future is becoming an even more glorious present for Europeans though. They’ll be getting such an offer in October.

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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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