Friday Night Fights Classic - Stab You In The Face
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It’s Friday, and you know what that means - time for Friday Night Fights!
I was going to write some kind of witty introduction to this panel from Dead Space, but some pictures speak for themselves.
This one says “Don’t mess with those crazy space bitches, man. They’ll fuck you up every time.”
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Frank Miller Blogging at Spike.com
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I just got an e-mail to let everyone know that Frank Miller has an exclusive blog at Spike.com, presumably to hype his directorial debut on The Spirit.
So far, the only entry segues from his pleasure that New York Comic Con is becoming a major event in convention season to his love for New York to Will Eisner’s love for New York to - of course - The Spirit.
I can’t summon much excitement for this movie, and I’m not convinced that Frank hasn’t left his peak far behind, so I don’t know how much attention I’ll be paying to this blog.
But if you disagree with me or want to follow Frank’s thoughts, there it is.
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Awesome Arena Tournament of Champions Week Nine Results
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Cracker’s Note: This is a repost from the new Awesome Arena Site! You now have a choice between discussing the results here or over there; you’ll be awarded your points either way. Of course, if you decide to conduct all of your Awesome Arena business on the official site, I hope you’ll stop by to visit me here once in awhile.
Batman has kicked the second round of the Tournament of Champions off in style, stomping a mudhole in Martian Manhunter’s hindquarters and continuing my streak of correct predictions. He’ll be moving on to battle the winner of this week’s battle between Thor and Red Tornado.
I had a dilemma this week. Midknight and AJ both had correct predictions and wrote up pretty good breakdowns, even if neither fit my vision of how I think it would have gone down. I don’t picture Batman taking the time to taunt or torture his opponent, especially when it’s a fellow JLA‘er, and I was severely tempted to choose against AJ’s because Batman does NOT kill, especially an ally, unless there is absolutely no other choice. Being the sole arbiter, I suppose I could have followed that temptation, but it felt wrong in a race as close as this. So I flipped a coin.
Luckily for AJ, the quarter loves him more than the eenie-meenie-miney-moe and he gets the five bonus points, resulting in yet another lead change.
Batman and Martain Manhunter step in to the Arena. They circle one another slowly and silently, both preparing to strike. The Manhunter remains intangible in preperation for an attack.
“We don’t have to do this you know.” says Bruce.
“It appears that we do.” Says a suspicious J’onnz.
“No, look, I’ve got it all figured out. You just have to trust me.”
Batman quickly and quietly explains a highly detailed and seemingly fool-proof plan to free themselves and all the other heroes from these sick and twisted geeks that have them trapped. Finally, and hesitantly, the Manhunter agrees and becomes tangible again.
BAM! Batman punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground, while at the same time pulling some kind of weapon from his utility belt and shooting MM.
Martain Manhunter reacts a few seconds to late, attempting to go intangible. He is not only still solid, but now in the worst pain of his life.
“Nanites” Batman explains, “I’m sorry J’onn, I really ment everything I said. I needed to, of course, to get you to believe me, but thats not the point.”
J’onn tries to go intangible again, and fails screaming.
“Please stop that.”
“Bruce -”
“J’onn please, this is hard enough without you pleading.”
Bruce takes a small bottle from his belt, and slowly begins pouring the contents in a cicle around Martain Manhunter, and then on top of MM himself.
“What are you doing?” he says, frightened.
“You know what I’m doing. I’m sorry J’onn. I hope you understand.”
He flicks open a lighter, and drops it to the ground. A bright flames spring to life immediatly, and J’onn screams. He tries to go intangible, only to be injured by the technology immobilizing him.
As his friend burns, Bruce Wayne walks in to the darkness, where he belongs.
Once again, I feel the need to state that my vision of a character doesn’t always agree with our guest break-down person’s vision.
Moving on…
AJhas regained first place with six first round points for correctly predicting victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, and Hulk, two second-round points for predicting Batman’s victory over Martian Manhunter, twentry bonus points for posts on his myspace blog and view askew, three more bonus points for signing up for an account on The Forums of Awesome, and the five bonus points for this week’s write-up for a total of THIRTY-SIX POINTS!
Midknight has dropped to second, but just barely with seven first round points for knowing that Batman, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, Hulk, and Superman ain’t nothing to mess with, two second-round points for knowing that Batman REALLY ain’t nothin’ to mess with, ten bonus points for posts on ComicVine, two bonus points for pimping us on his blog, one bonus point for helping Mike search for Batboat pictures, three more bonus points for signing up with Forums of Awesome, and the ten bonus points awarded for his breakdowns the last two weeks to give him a total of THIRTY-FIVE POINTS!
RJP stays in third with two first round points for supporting Batman and Red Tornado, two second round points for backing Batman, 18 bonus points for posts on Between The Staples and his Facebook account, and three bonus points for signing up for the Forums of Awesome for a total of TWENTY-FIVE POINTS!
In fourth, Xers has four first round points with victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America, two bonus points for posts on Cre8Buzz and BlackPlanet, and three more bonus points for signing up with Forums of Awesome for a total of NINE POINTS!
Patrick D. is in fifth place with two points for backing Batman and Martian Manhunter (I wonder who he’ll pick when they fight eachother?”), two bonus points for posts on Patrick Says and his Twitter, and three more bonus points for signing up at Forums of Awesome for a total of SEVEN POINTS!
In sixth place, DougFungus has three first round points for supporting Batman, Red Tornado, and Captain America and three bonus points for signing up at Forums of Awesome for a total of SIX POINTS!
In seventh, Weston backed Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America for a total of FOUR POINTS!
Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 backed Batman to give him ONE POINT!
Once again, the standings are:
1st: AJ - 36 points
2nd place: Midknight- 35 points
3rd place: RJP - 25 points
4th place: Xers- 9 points
5th place: Patrick D. - 7 points
6th place: Dougfungus - 6 points
7th placeWeston - 4 points
8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point
Once again, don’t forget to vote in the poll and tell us who you think will win and why in the comments either there or here! And don’t forget to tell me how your pick will win for a chance at five bonus points!
Finally, remember that since this is the second round, correct predictions are now worth TWO points. The game is far from over, folks.
Let’s get it on!
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Dark Knight TV Spot
I heard through the grapevine that the first (of hopefully many) Television spot for The Dark Knight debuted after the season finale of Survivor: wherever the heck they are this time.
I don’t watch Survivor, so I obviously didn’t catch the trailer when it came on, but Youtube came through me once again.
WB Lawyers may or may not yank this, so watch it fast just in case.
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Friday Night Fights - Classic Pool Cue Whoopass
After missing out last week to see Iron Man, FINALLY! The Cracker. Has come back. To FRIDAY! NIGHT! FIIIIIIIIIIGHTS!!!
By order of his purpleness Bahlactus, we’re taking this back to the days of black and white.
Chun Li THAT shit…
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Geeks of the Round Table.
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Last week, Mike Haynes from Panels of Awesome, RJP of Between The Staples, frequent readers and commenters AJ and Midknight, and I traded a bunch of e-mails that culminated in a Skype chat between Mike, AJ, and myself this past Sunday night.
The original plan was to focus on Iron Man, but the chat ended up going all over the place. We had so much fun that we decided to try and make it a weekly thing, every Sunday at 7pm EST. Hopefully Midknight will be joining us this week, but we know RJP won’t be there due to prior engagements at Emerald City ComicCon. We all expect tales of Seattle debauchery to make up for his absence.
If you would like to join us us this Sunday, or any Sunday, drop me a line at any of the many ways to contact me listed on the “About” page (or even drop a comment on the blog) with your Skype username (Skype is free, kids!) and I’ll make sure you get an invite to the chat!
Anyway, Mike beat me to posting excerpts from the roundtable discussion, but here are some of my favorite quotes:
Holy SHIT, that movie was awesome.
Hurry up and watch it so that I can geek out with y’all!
Also, in case you haven’t heard, make sure to stay until the credits are over.
~Me, immediately after getting home from seeing the Iron Man movie.
Best Marvel flick to date…with Spider-Man 1 & 2 coming in a close second and third. X-Men and X-Men 2 would be somewhere in the mix too I guess.
~Mike, on where Iron Man stands among the other Marvel movies.
I’ll go as far as to say best Comic Book Movie to date, edging out Batman Begins.
~AJ, going one step further than Mike.
I’m still not willing to go THAT far. Batman is God, people.
Mike Haynes: Speaking of acting, Robert Downey Jr. - Best casting ever?
AJ Tardive: Oh man, amazing. Like I said before, if Tony Stark was that much of a BAMF in the comics, I would be a die hard Iron Man fan.
Dustin Christian (Crackerbob): Yeah, Downey ran away with it, as I expected, but everyone was excellent in it. I think they cast with an eye on the long term… Howard can easily carry the focus on War Machine, as can Paltrow and Favreau with any increased exposure on their characters. I don’t think there could have been a better person to play Tony Stark.
AJ Tardive: Howard’s shining moment “Next time baby…” was great.
Mike Haynes: Loved that little teaser.
AJ Tardive: Really got my hopes up too, cause for a second I thought he’d actually become War Machine this early in the series.
Dustin Christian: I hear he probably will wear the armor in the sequel; everyone is signed for three movies.
AJ Tardive: Yeah, next film will supposedly delve in to Tony’s alcoholism.
Mike Haynes: Exactly. If it’s not Iron Man II, it’ll be in the third. Either way, he’ll be in that armor before the trilogy comes to a close.
~The whole group, discussing the casting and the future of the franchise. Again, this was before Marvel made their announcements on Monday morning.
Dustin Christian: I snickered every time they made fun of SHIELD’s name.
AJ Tardive: I was surprised, I didn’t catch the SHIELD references until he actually said “SHIELD” at the end.
Dustin Christian: really?
Mike Haynes: Yeah, me neither.
Dustin Christian: huh…I caught it right away.
AJ Tardive: yeah. when he said it I was like “oh…damn”
Mike Haynes: Then right before he says it I was like…”Oh. He’s SHIELD…” [and then] “…just call us SHIELD.”
Dustin Christian: I caught it the first time, when they said “Strategic Homeland…” I was like “ooooh… COOL!” I kept halfway hoping to see some people in the jumpsuits, even though they would have looked ridiculous.
Help me out, people - am I really the only one who caught that right away? Am I that much of a geek?
From there, we kinda bounced all over the place, talking about what’s coming out, what’s out, how much Jeph Loeb needs to step up his game with Captain America: White, how Spider-man can just not win as a comic in my mind (no matter what), my seeming obsession with the viral campaign for The Dark Knight, why no woman should EVER date Matt Murdock, and various other topics. There were awesome moments and I was funny as hell, but putting it all into context would quadruple the size of this already long post.
Your best bet is to join our little Bags-and-Boards Mafia this Sunday for more comic book fun! Anything goes and we can talk about anything you like - even RJP’s sex-change operation!
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Batman vs Iron Man - Who’s the Baddest Billionaire?
Found via Doomkopf
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Dave Sim Has GOT To Be ^$%#$ Kidding Me
Dave Sim has sent out the following form letter demanding that anyone who desires correspondence with him declare that he is not a misogynist.
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Sim opens the letter by opining that no-one stands up for him when people call him a misogynist, typically ignoring the idea that maybe it is because he is a misogynist.
Oh well, I guess I’ll never get a letter from Dave Sim.
found via Blog@Newsarama
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Awesome Arena Tournament of Champions Week Eight Results
Cracker’s Note: This is a repost from the new Awesome Arena Site! You now have a choice between discussing the results here or over there; you’ll be awarded your points either way. Of course, if you decide to conduct all of your Awesome Arena business on the official site, I hope you’ll stop by to visit me here once in awhile.
Anyway, on with the show!
Welcome, once again, to the results segment of Awesome Arena Tournament of Champions.
Midknight has picked up another five bonus points for being the only person to pick Superman and write up a breakdown of his victory. As you’ll see, this has given Midknight quite a boost.
Let’s do this…
The bell sounds as the Man of Steel enters the arena slowly floating down from the skylight. He glances down to see that Sentry has yet to show so he takes the time to mentally prepare and stretch a bit. You don’t want to pull a hammy ya know? Half an hour passes by and still no sign of Sentry. The audience looks around at each other confused. A little while longer passes by and a scrawny referee enters the ring with a cell phone is his hand. A microphone is lowered and the referee puts the cell phone on speaker and holds it up to the mic. It’s Sentry calling to forfeit the match because he’s afraid of leaving his house and blames it all on agorophobia. Superman shrugs and celebrates.
My streak of predicting victories has continued. Y’all are so lucky that my points don’t count - I’d be stomping you all!!
Thanks, Midknight - your bonus points will be reflected in the current standings. The same deal goes this week, folks. Give me your best commentary on how you think the first battle of the second round between Martian Manhunter and Batman will go. The person whom I judge the winner will receive five bonus points. As you’ll be able to see, this can give you a pretty big boost in the standings.
Speaking of standings, here they are:
Midknight has taken over first place with seven first round points for knowing that Batman, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, Hulk, and Superman ain’t nothing to mess with, nine bonus points for posts on ComicVine, one bonus point for pimping us on his blog, one bonus point for helping Mike search for Batboat pictures, three more bonus points for signing up with Forums of Awesome, and the ten bonus points awarded for his breakdowns last week and this week to give him a total of THIRTY-ONE POINTS!
AJhas dropped to second with six first round points for correctly predicting victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, Captain America, Green Lantern, and Hulk, eighteen bonus points for posts on his myspace blog and view askew, and three more bonus points for signing up for an account on The Forums of Awesome for a total of TWENTY-SEVEN POINTS!
RJP stays in third with two first round points for supporting Batman and Red Tornado, 18 bonus points for posts on Between The Staples and his Facebook account, and three bonus points for signing up for the Forums of Awesome for a total of TWENTY-THREE POINTS!
In fourth, Xers has four first round points with victories for Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America, two bonus points for posts on Cre8Buzz and BlackPlanet, and three more bonus points for signing up with Forums of Awesome for a total of NINE POINTS!
Patrick D. is in fifth place with two points for backing Batman and Martian Manhunter (I wonder who he’ll pick when they fight eachother?”), two bonus points for posts on Patrick Says and his Twitter, and three more bonus points for signing up at Forums of Awesome for a total of SEVEN POINTS!
In sixth place, DougFungus has three first round points for supporting Batman, Red Tornado, and Captain America and three bonus points for signing up at Forums of Awesome for a total of SIX POINTS!
In seventh, Weston backed Martian Manhunter, Thor, Red Tornado, and Captain America for a total of FOUR POINTS!
Finally, in eighth place, Naimad89 backed Batman to give him ONE POINT!
Once again, the standings are:
1st: MidKnight - 31 points
2nd place: AJ - 27 points
3rd place: RJP - 23 points
4th place: Xers- 9 points
5th place: Patrick D. - 7 points
6th place: Dougfungus - 6 points
7th placeWeston - 4 points
8th place: Naimad69 - 1 point
Once again, don’t forget to vote in the poll and tell us who you think will win and why in the comments either there or here! And don’t forget to tell me how your pick will win for a chance at five bonus points!
Finally, remember that since this is the second round, correct predictions are now worth TWO points. The game is far from over, folks.
Let’s get it on!
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Dark Knight Trailer Released on Happy Trails
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The wait is over!
The second trailer for The Dark Knight is now available at http://www.whysoserious.com/happytrails/trailer.htm.
Unfortunately, it’s not the Jokerized version, but it’s still pretty awesome. And I’m pretty sure that scene with Harvey’s head in profile holding the gun by his face is actually a shot of Two-Face. You can almost get a glimpse of some crispy edges on the side facing away from us. It’s much more noticeable on the big screen. Also, as The Dreaded Mike Haynes pointed out in comments, you can see the shoulders of his suit are different colors and patterns. Good catch, Mike!
Here, check it out:
(click the image for a bigger version)
You can see this trailer on the big screen (where it looks very cool) before Iron Man, which lives up to the hype and then some.
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