We just got some new Batman Action Figures. They are totally awesome and are from the Trinity series, series one.
We have Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman and the each sell for $15.99. If you get on our newsletter mailing list, you’ll be sure to receive a SuperHeroStuff.com discount code.
We also got some new Lot 29 Speed Racer t-shirts in stock.
This is one of our top selling shirts so far. Speed Racer movie will be either a Love It or Hate It. I have high expectations for the film… that is until I saw the trailer at the Iron Man movie. I don’t know… it might have almost wayyyy too much vibrant electric color. Over the top. But I’m still going. I think it’ll still be good. I have faith. You can check out our new Lot 29 Speed Racer t-shirt, for $27.99, at our Speed Racer t-shirts page.
We also got in a brand new Iron Man t-shirt! Very cool, yours for only $19.99. You can see all of our Iron Man Movie T-Shirts here. And don’t forget to go see the movie. It was really well done. I gave it a 4.5 out of 5.
Plain and simple, Iron Man was well done. It was as true to the comic as they could be while taking minimal steps in the artistic license department. Robert Downey Jr. did a great job as Tony Stark, and held true to the playboy billionaire character. Gwyneth Paltrow also did Pepper Potts justice.
But most of all, the Iron Man suit itself was a great job. See, what makes these SuperHero movies acceptable to the comic fans is if the hero is true to form. Undoubtably, the directos always, always mess it up. Let us review:
Batman having automatic guns on the Batmobile.
Batman having bombs for hubcaps in the Batmobile.
Catwoman using dentle floss for an outfit.
Catwoman being thrown out of a window and coming back to life.
DareDevil fighting on a stupid see-saw!
A black King Pin! (Not to appear racist, but if Luke Cage was white on screen or if Wolverine was Mexican I would still be criticle. Lack of true conformation with the comics.)
Stupid claws coming out of Spider-man’s fingers.
Organic web-shoooters for Christ’s sake. Organic. Did these idiots ever read a comic?
Superman wearing low cut (boy toy) briefs.
Superman turning into a Peepin’ Tom.
Cyclops dying (unless I missed that in the comics).
Stupid looking Batarangs. Why, oh why do directors feel compelled to change something that works?
Spidey’s high density webbing on his suit. What’s the deal with that? And it’s silver too.
Superman ripping off a celephane sheet from the symbol on his chest. With all due respect to the great and honorable Christopher Reeve … what the hell was that? And kissing Lois and making her forget?
And Michael Keaton is no Batman and Jack Nicholson is no Joker. That’s right! I said it. I’m sick of all you pukes who worship Jack’s Joker. One, he was too fat. Two, he was a caricature of the Joker in the comics.
And since when does the Batjet (and the Batmobiel.. again) have 30 mm cannons for armorments?
The list goes on. However, this is not to say that there are changes in the Superhero movies, under the guise of “artistic license,” that are acceptable. Some of these items are:
Batman’s electro-cape that gets rigid when a current is passed through it. This is acceptable and actually makes sense.
The grappeling gun. Also a movie adaptation that is more realistic than throwing a batarang with a rope attached.
Venom dropping from a meteorite. Of course we can’t have Peter, or even Spider-Man, go to outerspace in some huge superhero Secret Wars episode… so we bring Venom to Earth. Totally acceptable.
New Goblin’s scateboard glider. When Harry took over the green mantle of Normon’s Goblin villainry, back in the comics, scateboards had yet to make an appearance. Today, it’s a natural fit to have a young Harry alter the Goblin Glider into something that would better reflect the times.
Superman’s subdued color tones. At first I hated the new colors, especially the red. But in hindsite, the colors don’t need to be as vibrant as in the comics.
Batman’s metal wing tipped gauntlets. This was weaved well into the story line, how it came from the “ninja” type suits used in combat and were actually practically applied in the movie. Totally acceptable.
Bruce having two girlfriends bath with him in a fountain in a hotel restaurant. Totally acceptable.
Tony Stark going to Afghanistan instead of Vietnam. Duhhh, no brainer, a change that HAD to have happened due to the times.
See, there are changes that can be done as long as they make sense.
Back to Iron Man. From start to finish the four different suits of armor we’re true to form. First was the Mark 1, the suit made when in captivity. Perfect. Exactly like the original in the comics, even if it was in Vietnam.
Well… for his next two suits, I can’t find any images on line. But they work. We see the silver suit, the first of the new design. and then we see another briefly with true to form colors of the Iron Man in the comics. The armor is actually a true red and gold instead of the red/magenta we see in all the images on line. If I remember correctly that’s the one he fought the two Air Force jets in and Pepper comments on and asks, “Oh My God… are those bullet holes?” Then we see the suit in all the trailers.
Good Superhero movie. Probably more true to form than any other Superhero film made yet so far. I can’t wait for the sequel. I give this a 4.5 out of 5 with regard to honoring the comic story line and a 4 out of 5 for entertainment. Overall, a 4.25 out of 5. I suggest a strong see for everyone and a must see for all comic fans.
It was… different. Different-ish. Basically, Blair Witch Project x Godzilla = Cloverfield. It wasn’t actually Godzilla, mind you.
What shocked me the most was the run time. We were there at 12:40. Watched about 10-15 minutes of previews. (Star Trek movie teaser! Weee!) And we were out of there at 2:08. I couldn’t believe it. Like an hour and 10 minutes? Hour 15 at most?
On the other hand I couldn’t have stood much more. Why? The whole movie made like it was filmed on a single video cam. So, run, run run run run bouncing shaky camera work. Take the shakest camera work you’ve seen in a clip, in say any Bourne movie… and make an ENTIRE MOVIE out of it.
There were some good elements, and the beginning worked really well. But overall, meh. I can’t recommend it other than for “different” factor. IT was a miss to me overall.
I can’t wait to see what the box office says. I know the theatre we were in, when it ended, the audience went, “Uh.” Collectively. No one was walking out talking excitedly about it.
You’ll definitely want to visit our new Batman Dark Knight Movie page to get a glimpse of all the images of this hot movie that’s coming out.
Two new Batman Dark Knight Posters
Michael: … Third, Gary Oldman makes the best damn Gordon ever, right out of Batman Year One!
Ronando: - I agree. I think Oldman’s a good choice, but primarily only based on Year One Batman, but he needs to have white hair and white stash in order to be the commissioner in future flicks. Overall… even with my jaded cynicism I’m very pleased with Ledger as The Joker.
Yes, I HATED JACK NICHOLSON as the joker. That’s right. I said it.
He was fat.
He wasn’t the joker.
Everyone in their friggin mind was nuts to like him, except you of course you… you can like him. He wasn’t scary. He was too much into the costume. But that’s not his fault, stupid whatshisname’s fault… Burton! That freak. That necrophiliac freak has some sort of love affair with dead people. Just look at his work.
Freeman as Lucius Fox is ok. Though Fox is a bit younger in real life… but I like Morgan, yet … he just doesn’t nail it. Something’s lacking in his performance as Fox, but that’s alright since Fox’s a background character and we’re lucky to even have any part of the comics in these damn movies with all of the artistic licensing that’s going around in their production.
Bale is good as Bruce Wayne, good as Batman… no complaints there. But… the uniform… it’s a stretch. Nolan is taking a more practical stance on Batman. They have created their own universe, they aren’t following the comics when it comes to the uniform and the batmobile.
See… there are two ways the movie gods can do this. One is that they can follow the comics and stick to tradition, to a certain extent and yes.. yellow spandex on Hugh Jackman would never ever work. Or, they can launch from the comics and go their own route, which is at the risk of pissing off comic enthusiasts. We go to the friggen superhero movies expecting to see the comics brought to life, and whatthehelldoweget? Some necrophiliac’s interpretation of a superhero with stupid, idiot BOMBS in the Batmobile’s hubcaps. Idiots. Yes, I’m talking about the stupid 1989 Michael I’m not Batman Keaton movie.
Batman Dark Knight is having it both ways. They take what they want and… in fact they all want it both ways (can you say friggen organic webshooters??), so they take what they want which is
A Batman name and look
The joker
Supporting cast and location i.e. Gordon and Fox and Pennyworth in Gotham
and a skeletal outline of a story, i.e. Batman traumatized billionaire boy fights crime with an eye towards techno fashion and emo capes.
Then whatthehelldotheydo?? They then add in their own shit to make it transition, in their opinion, into the real world. i.e. The Tumbler (which is acceptable) 2) electo – cape… (which is… acceptable only because the cape is a kind of a mystery in the first place. We never really know much about it in the comics. In fact, I only read once where Batman had the ends weighted with something to be used as a weapon when he swung it around. Friggin ripped open a guys nose when he did that. I loved it) 3) body armor, 4) trained by ninjas 5)… guns! Someone tell Nolan that Batman isn’t supposed to use guns. Even in Year One.
So, Nolan and every other superhero movie maker wants to recreate their own univers. Stupid.
HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE MAKING A MOVIE WHILE STICKING TO THE COMICS
The guy’s name is Sandy Collora. And he’s done the best job so far in depicting Batman.
Michael: I don’t mind the changes from the comic books anymore. You know why? Because nothing - absolutely nothing in comics - is or ever HAS been “bible”. It’s an illusion.
Look at the original Batman. F—er carried a gun in the 40’s when he started!! That’s where they got the idea from now. Every decade or so the character chagnes w/ the times. It’s evolving mythology - what you remember of Batman is probably the 70’s version and that’s cannon to you but not to anyone else. We all come in that way - ie Hal Jordan is/was the best Green Lantern ever, always will be but guys from the 80’s think Gardner is great and the 90’s, Kyle Raynor. It’s whatever you are exposed to first.
It’s evolving mythology. As long as they keep it smart and thought-out —- I mean you can’t tell me seriously that Bob Kane wouldn’t have Batman wearing battle armour if he knew it existed. It wasn’t an option when the character was created.
Think of it this way - the characters are not just characters, they are myths. Myths are ideals, they teach us to embrace ideas and ideals we have/we need, and they need to adapt it to the times.
BTW I used to like the original Batman by Burton - and it was amazing at the time, in context, but it doesn’t hold up. Other movies do, that one doesn’t. IMO.
Check this out. You’ll either love it or hate it. Think of… Speed Racer meets Cool World meets Sin City. The perfect ingredients for something just this side of anime-realism. I think it’s going to rock!
The film is directed by the Wachowski brothers with Emile Hirsch, who was in Into The WIld, ALpha Dog and Lords of Dogtown, as Speed and Christina Ricci as Speed’s girlfriend, Trixie. Susan Sarandon and John Goodman portray Speed’s parents.
Starting in 1992, Speed Racer was a project in development hell that changed directors, screenwriters, and actors through the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2006, the film entered production and began filming on greenscreen sets in Berlin during the summer of 2007. Speed Racer has a release date set for May 9, 2008.
Haven’t had your fill of Marvel movies yet? Still whining about DC not putting out like we deserve? Still dying to see more Jessica Alba in a skin tight Fantastic Four suit? …mmmmmm Jessicaaaa. Wanna see more Surfer and Batman and Angelina? And what’s up with Iron Man?Hopefully this little list will shed some light.
Wolverine (or X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) will start shooting in early 2008. Two actors who will not be reappearing are Brian Cox and Tyler Mane. A younger version of Cox’s character, William Stryker, will be played by Liev Schreiber. And Mane, Sabretooth, also will not be making an appearance, but apparantly a younger version of Sabretooth will hit the screen.
Ok, I admit it… I reluctantly liked the last AVP movie with the pyramid in the ice and the hot tough chick teaming up with the last predator. I admit it, it was entertaining if you just… hold that suspended weak plot and flimsy writing in the air juuuuust a little bit till you grab a second beer and then all is well in AVP land.
So, that’s why we’re going to go see the next AVP Requiem, yes you too will be seeing it whether you want to or not. Check out the AVP home page along with their official screen shots.
