The Avengers Trailer is Here!

Holy Godzilla in a pink tutu! The Avengers trailer is finally online and it...is...nerdgasmic! It has everything. Cap and Tony bump heads; Cap and Thor bump weapons; Loki shows his hand and, yes, Hulk shows his face. What?! That's right, baby. We finally get a shot of the 3rd Hulk in the last decade. I'm much happier with his look than I thought I would be, as long as Ruffalo can pull off the Banner role we have winner. The trailer doesn't contain a lot of CGI driven scenes since that's where the remainder of post-production probably lies, but it does have a lot of familiar faces in slick costumes and that's good enough for now. The Avengers explodes into theaters May 4, 2012.

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C-3POh, no he didn't!

He's fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, they can't all be pretty. Sure, George Lucas made plenty of unnecessary changes to the current release of Star Wars on Blu-Ray, but none of them are as entertaining as "Street-Talking C-3PO", now with pimphand action. I've often contemplated overdubbing Jar Jar Bink's dialogue in The Phantom Menace to make him a little more street, but in retrospect who's a better fit for such a treatment than the man who's nothing but bling from head to toe?

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Is Arkham City here yet?!

There's no question that the successor to one of the most amazing video games of all time (that's right, I said it) has garnered an anticipation likened to the second coming, but that hasn't stopped clips like this one from being released online to continue to whet our already substantially whetted proverbial whistle. I mean, seriously? Could this game look any sweeter? I'm thinking that game developers Rocksteady may want to contemplate throwing their gauntlet down in the animated film world and showing them how to do realism because I see no "Uncanny Valley" when I look in the weathered face of Arkham City's Batman . Throw Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill in the mix for a Batman: Arkham movie and you're sure to fill the seats. You know, think about it. Until then, we'll just have to be happy with the stunning visuals in Batman: Arkham City, coming to retailers October 18, 2011 here in the U.S. (followed closely by Australia on the 19th and the rest of the world on the 21st).
REMINDER: That's just 2 days after my birthday for those of you looking for gift ideas. I don't mind if it's a couple of days late. Really. I'm just saying...

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The Final Peanuts Cartoon

Given the major contrasts between the children and adults that have remained consistent over the last almost 65 years that the Peanuts gang has existed, it seems that there is only one foreseeable way for childhood to end for a boy named Charlie Brown. Sure the road to adulthood is always frought with awkwardness and biological pitfalls, but You're Entering Puberty Charlie Brown let's us know that it could be so much worse. Fans of Futurama will also notice a nod to one of the most heart-wrenching episodes of that entire series. I won't point it out to avoid giving anything away, but if you do know the show then you probably already know what I'm talking about before you even see it.

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Batman Meets the Riddler

No, it's not a new spoiler from The Dark Knight Rises. It's the internet incarnation of Batman that you've seen in countless online spoofs about the Caped Crusader, featuring the gravelly Bale voice and a less than rapier wit. Honestly, though, this has got to be the funniest one since Batman attempting to master MK vs DCU way back in early '09.

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Captain America: TFA Release

Hot on the heels of the Thor DVD release, Captain America: The First Avenger comes to DVD and Blu-ray on October 25, 2011. To whet your whistle for the final MU release before next summer's The Avengers movie Marvel has released this little promo just in case you were one those weirdos who would actually buy the rest of the movies and leave this one behind. It features plenty of movie extras, the all-new Agent Coulson short film A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Thor's Hammer and most exciting of all a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the upcoming Avengers movie. This is going to be one cool set, check it out.


The Blu-ray/DVD Combo Includes:
Blu-ray
-Feature film with commentary by director Joe Johnston, director of photography Shelly Johnson and editor Jeff Ford
-"Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer"
-Featurettes: "Outfitting a Hero," "Howling Commandos," "Heightened Technology," "The Transformation," "Behind the Skull," "Captain America Origins," "The Assembly Begins"
-Deleted Scenes with commentary by director Joe Johnston, director of photography Shelly Johnson and editor Jeff Ford
-Trailers
DVD
-Feature film
-Digital Copy

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Batman: Year One to include Catwoman Short

DC may not have much over Marvel in the cinematic forum, but they have been churning out superior animated films for quite a while now (maybe they should let Bruce Timm handle their live action properties from now on). Next on the direct-to-DVD animated slate is Batman: Year One, based on the Frank Miller graphic novel of the same name (originally appearing in Batman #404-407 back in 1987). Do we really need another origin story about Bruce Wayne's rise to hero? Probably not, but if you're going tell it again this is the way to do it. Year One to this day is still considered one of the greatest graphic novels of all time and the most faithful adaptation of who Batman truly is, period. Will this interpret well into an animated film? We'll just have to wait until October 18, 2011 to find out.
Also included in this release is the traditional pre-feature short this time starring Batman foe and occasional love interest Selina Kyle, better known as Catwoman, slinking around in her black leather get-up and getting into some kind of mischief. Whether she's a good guy or a bad guy in this particular short is still up in the air, but that's the beauty of the character.

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Return of the Walking Dead

Well, happy birthday to me! The Walking Dead finally shuffles it's way back to AMC with it's second season premiere on October 16 and it looks fantastic! Sure, AMC has given us plenty of reasons to worry about the quality of the upcoming season with the departure of the great Frank Darabont and a huge budget slash, but if this trailer is any indication we might just be OK.
WALKING DEAD: SEASON 2 PREVIEW

DAY ONE ON SEASON 2

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