Glee wastes no time getting to the music in their latest Christmas episode as “Extraordinary Merry Christmas” opens up with Mercedes’ (Amber Riley) performance of Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” followed quickly by Rory’s (Damian McGinty) performance of Elvis Presley‘s “Blue Christmas.”
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The first trailer for G.I. JOE: Retaliation has hit the Internet and I’ve got to say, despite a cool looking sequence between Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Cobra ninjas on the side of the mountain, it doesn’t look much better than the supremely awful 2009 movie. In the new film the JOEs become renegades when Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), under the guise of the President of the United States (Jonathan Pryce) disbands the team and makes them public enemy number one. Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, Bruce Willis, and D.J. Cotrona also star, but Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Karolina Kurkova, and (surprisingly, as she was one of the first film’s only bright spots) Rachel Nichols won’t be returning. G.I. JOE: Retaliation opens in theaters on July 29th.
The first story arc for the New 52 version of Stormwatch comes to an end as the Midnighter and Apollo are all that stand in the the way of the giant alien creature who has absorbed their other teammates.
Although there’s plenty of action here, the writing by Paul Cornell struggles at times. We get more of Jack Hawksmoor literally talking to cities, the complete uselessness of Adam One, the lack of appearances of any other DC character with a threat this huge and public, and some very unsubtle stirrings between Midnighter and Apollo.
One of these issues might be taken care of in next month’s issue as the Shadow Cabinet puts the team leader on trial for his failures, but the rest really need to be addressed if the comic is going to ever grow into anything more than a curiosity.
When introduced this Stormwatch appeared to be a group that would take on shadowy threats far more covertly than we’ve seen so far. That might work. Fighting giant aliens very, very publicly (while keeping it hidden from the rest of the DCU) is far more problematic. Hit-and-Miss.
[DC, $2.99]
The first trailer for the big screen adaptation of Rock of Ages has hit the interwebs, and oh my, does it look campy. The film follows a young couple (Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta) in love chasing their dreams in the big city. Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige and also star. The music from is taken from a host of 80’s bands including Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry,Poison and Asia. Rock of Ages opens in theaters on June 1st.
Save me from re-imagined versions of classic characters. I don’t know what exactly I was hoping from Dynamite Entertainment’s new Voltron, but I guess having it make sense, have at least an once of joy, and not screw up the franchise was simply too much to ask.
In the original cartoon five pilots each fly a giant robot lion. The cartoon is set in undetermined future around the planet Arus which must be defended by evil King Zarkon (from planet Doom). When in dire straits the five lions could be joined to form the universe’s greatest weapon – Voltron.
The new version turns the plucky team into commandos (lacking any of the goofy humor from the cartoon), places them on Earth, in the year 2124, makes Zarkov an Earth scientist who may (or may not) have been involved in the creation of Voltron, and allows Voltron to fight the giant monster of the week without any of the team members actually being inside the robot.
Although Voltron looks pretty cool, the rest of the art by Ariel Padilla is mostly forgettable. The entire project comes off like bad fan fiction with way too much money behind it. Pass.
[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]
