Robin Hood is Superman's dad??? Midnight Movie Madness

Warner Brothers, in conjuction with JonCon, Bauer and Associates, and The Guys from F.E.A.T. is releasing "Man of Steel" at Midnight during JonCon. Since we are the guests of honor we should probably attend. What say you men?

 

Superhero Movies 2013

With last week's release of Iron Man 3 the summer of the Super Hero has kicked off.  Here is a list of Movies, in order of release, that will be coming out this year:

Iron Man 3 - May 3

Superman: Man of Steel - June 14

The Wolverine - July 26

Thor: The Dark World - November 8

 

Almost Show Time

What time do you want to meet? I think we will need to get there early to get a place in line. What say you men??

 

There and Back Again

What say you men? Are we too old for a midnight movie?

So long Legolas

I already knew I was going to like the new Hobbit movie. This might be my favorite elf of all time.

Read the article here

The Mighty Thor

I went and saw Thor this morning. After hearing mostly bad comments at work about this I went in with a sense of dread about this. I was more than pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it. The effects were really good, the music was great and the story was pretty well done.

Natalie Portman plays the very sweet Jane Foster and she looks as hot as usual. Chris Hemsworth plays the title role pretty well. He put me in mind of Heath Ledger.

They threw a couple of bones in along the way (as usual)and they were pleasant surprises. Pay attention for a S.H.E.I.L.D. (***Bonus points for the new SHIELD Acronym) agent named Clint Barton and also stay for the cookie at the end of the credits.

It ended up being a pretty good trip to the movies today. We found an AMC card at the house that had never been used so the tickets and concessions basically cost us $4.00. Then as we were leaving the gave us passes for another ticket because of a sound issue (that really wasn't an issue) so we'll get to go to another movie (Captain America?) for free.

I am really looking forward to the release of Captain America and then the Avengers movie when it gets released next year. Go see it. I give it 3 and 3/4 Floyds.








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Movies, Movies Superhero/Comic Book Movies

Here is a partial list of Super Hero / Comic Book movies coming out this spring and summer 2011 and their release dates.


* May 6 - Thor

* May 13 - Priest **

* Jun 3 - X-Men: First Class

* Jun 17 - Green Lantern

* Jul 22 - Captain America: The First Avenger

* Jul 29 - Cowboys & Aliens
* Aug 19 - Conan

** tentative as it has been moved several times.

Super Hero Movies

Here is a partial list of Super Hero / Comic Book movies coming out in 2011 and their release dates. Looks like the advantage has swung back to Marvel.

* Jan 14 - The Green Hornet
* Mar 4 - Priest
* May 6 - Thor
* Jun 3 - X-Men: First Class
* Jun 17 - Green Lantern
* Jul 22 - Captain America: The First Avenger
* Jul 29 - Cowboys & Aliens
* Aug 19 - Conan

Weekend Plan Ramblings

Tonight the plan is to have a nice cookout, clean up the patio area and enjoy the great outdoors. A little fire pit action and listen to the Reds.

















Tomorrow morning make a dump run and then going to see the New Robin Hood movie. It looks pretty good and the reviews have been decent so far.

























After that we head to Cincinnati for the Cardinals & Reds. It is the annual Civil Rights Game and will have some fun festivities going on. The Reds will be honoring their first African-American player, Chuck Harmon.


Both teams will be wearing throw back uniforms that reflect 1947 when the color line was broken in baseball. I'm looking forward to checking out their new Hall of Fame exibits.







Have Great Week End

Oscar

Well tonight is an event that I will be forced to watch and it is one that I don't like. Let me rephrase that. I hate it. No wait, I loathe it. It is the Oscars. And as if watching them struggle with 5 choices for Best Picture wasn't enough this year it will be a choice of 10. That's right 10. Here is the list:

Avatar
The Blind Side
District Nine
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Disney/Pixar's Up
Up in the Air

If that wasn't enough they are going to be hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Hopefully there is some adventuring to do in City Of Heroes tonight.

Oh yeah my pick is Avatar but I'm sure it isn't artsy enough.

I have fought the good fight....

I went and saw The Book of Eli today. For an Apocalyptic movie I really liked this one. Denzel Washington heads up a pretty good cast, although he can pretty much carry a movie by himeself, that includes Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals and Michael Gambon. Eli (Denzel) is on a pilgrimage of sorts to head "west" with "The Book". The story builds as he keeps coming across other survivors. It also has a pretty cool soundtrack. Other than the original Mad Max this is probably my favorite of this genre. Three Floyd's and a bit

Comic Book Movie News

It looks like the New Spiderman Movie will have Black Cat in it.

As you have probably heard Ryan Reynolds will play Hal Jordan/ Green Lantern in the film that will be released in June of 2011.



There is also a remake of 1981's Clash of the Titans due out in March of 2010. It has Liam Neeson as Zeus (Laurence Olivier played him originally) so it has to be good right? See the preview here.

And finally a movie that pays homage to the action flick era of the 80's through the late 90's. In The Expendables a team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator. It may be a reworked script from a Mission Impossible episode but we have to go see it just because of the cast. Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger all make an appearance as well as Jason Stratham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts and Steve Austin. Mark it down! lol

The Return of Aragorn?

Will Strider be coming back in the upcoming Hobbit movies? Viggo Mortensen says it is a possibility that the story will be changed somewhat to include his Ranger. "My character is around at times -- in the middle, But it would only be if they made a second movie or connecting movie that connected The Hobbit to The Lord Of The Rings that I might appear, which would be great" said Viggo.

Read more about it here.

The Book of Eli

I ran across an interesting looking movie that will be coming out on January 15, 2010. The Book of Eli is a futuristic, apocalyptic movie starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. You can check out the trailer here and read some more about it here. I think it will be worth a trip. Second trailer here.

things to do in Indy

39 days to Indy (See the nice new countdown timer?) and I was thinking that maybe we could go catch a movie Wednesday evening if anyone is up for it. This starts the week end before we get there. What say you men?

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Wonder Woman

Since photos of shirtless men make Nautallica uncomfortable this next post is for you buddy.

We all love Super Hero movies and it is high time we see a really good one that pays tribute to the female super heroes. Now Catwoman has had a couple of big screen opportunities



and some of the Marvel gals deserve some love as well





But now is the time for some Wonder Woman love. Who shall play her you ask? I give you some very viable candidates:






Please feel free to discuss among yourselves.

The Watchmen

It starts this Friday and I can't wait. Are any of you guys up for an outing?

Slow times link dump

Things have been pretty quiet lately so I thought I would just post some really random links.

First up is baseball since spring training is upon us. You can follow the Indians here or the Reds here. These are pretty cool sites. Next season the Reds spring training camp moves to Goodyear Arizona and will be sharing a compound with the Indians. That might be a possible road trip!!!

Next up is GenCon. A few of us have expressed displeasure about their housing block. I know Nautilica got on the waiting list for a convention center attached hotel while I went ahead and booked a room 3 blocks away just to play it safe. I also plan on taking the Megabus from Cbus to Indy. I have to leave sometime Friday because I will be heading out to Destin Florida later that evening. My initial plan is return to Cincy and then head on to Florida from there. Who is going? I'd really like to see The Sage of Southwood and Durwaine make it this year. My personal opinion is that GenCon is in trouble and you might see this event restructured after this year. It would be fun to have a large group go just in case.

Cutthroat Caverns. What the hell is up with getting this game? I ordered one before Christmas and they still have not shipped it. The game store I ordered online from, which was pretty deceitful as it turns out, keeps blaming Smirk and Dagger Games. All I know is I am pretty aggravated with the whole situation.

I have been having a blast playing City of Heroes. I think I am addicted! I finally figured out Wentworth's and but all my stuff up for auction. I walked away with over a $1,500,000 profit so the skittles are on me, lol!! Now I just need to figure out where to buy/find the better types of enhancements.

How about some goofy tax hikes. I hate to see what the respective legislatures cook up for all of us. My personal favorite is to have government employees not receive a raise (which I am ok with), take a pay cut (which I am not), and give up 10 days with out pay to boot. Geez c'mon how about one but not all three!

Finally, next week the much anticipated Watchmen movie comes out. Anyone want to go? I'm planning on going to the midnight showing!