Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Comic-Con may be over, but the superhero news keeps rolling in. EW has unveiled our first look at some of the characters in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse and, um, well they’re going with some really interesting looks here. OK, let’s break this down character by character. Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse What, just what? Who is that giant…
Anonymous asked: Can you explain why Marvel thinks that doing hip hop variants is a good idea, when absolutely no announced writers or artists on the new Marvel titles, as of now, are black? Wouldn’t correcting the latter be a much better idea than the former? brevoortformspring: What does one have to do with the…
Hey, watch this trailer for the upcoming CW Seed cartoon, set in the Arrow/Flash TV universe, and tell me you don’t think it would work as a live-action series. Heck, we’ve got Stephen Amell, Grant Gustin and their co-stars voicing their same roles—it’s another hit waiting to happen! For the record, that’s Megalyn Echikunwoke of…
The USA invades Canada in the futuristic sci-fi series “We Stand on Guard.”(Photo: Image Comics) Oh, Canada. Your home and native land is in for it. Armed with romping, stomping giant gorilla-shaped robots, the USA invades our neighbors to the north in the futuristic sci-fi comic book We Stand on Guard, written by Brian K….
Kelly Sue DeConnick and her peers are changing the face of an industry that won’t leave women out any longer. Kelly Sue DeConnick is talking to a class of aspiring comic-book writers assembled in a ballroom, located in the back of a former gentlemen’s club on Powell Street in San Francisco. “I hate when I…
Every time a superhero loses their powers (or, if it’s Batman, his belt full of expensive gadgets), we hear the same thing: It’s not the powers/belts that make a hero, but the fact that they’re all so gosh dang good and virtuous. These are the guys we’re supposed to aspire to be, as evidenced by…
As San Diego Comic-Con begins, we also get our first superhero movie casting. First up, Marisa Tomei has been cast as Spider-Man’s new aunt, filling the role once held by Sally Field and Rosemary Harris. Um, does anyone see a pattern here? Marisa Tomei is currently 50. Sally Field was 66 when she played Aunt…
Say the words “Tim Burton’s Superman Lives” on the Internet and you feel the hate. Nicolas Cage as Superman? Those terrible costumes? It would’ve been the worst movie of all time. Well, The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? just might prove that the entire internet is wrong. Directed by Jon Schnepp, The Death of…
The ending of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel has been heavily criticized for the sheer amount of destruction, something that fans have noted is out of character for Superman. Now, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Snyder has defended the destruction of Metropolis, and confirmed a theory that we’ve long entertained. In the interview, Snyder…
We’ve seen a few promo shots and lots of paparazzi shots but now, for the first time, photos from the actual movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are online. There’s a face-off between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill), Bruce Wayne with Diana Prince (aka Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot), and even…