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There's been a massive casting call for X-Men: Dark Phoenix. As with all casting calls, names are just labels that aren't totally indicative of who the characters will actually be. The Hashtag Show with some speculation on the topic. SpoilerThey're speculating that Sunfire, Dazzler, Mimic, Karl Lykos/Sauron and Mastermind may be introduced. As well as the Shi'ar and the Hellfire Club. Dunno about specific characters, but the groups are possible since they're pretty heavily used during the entirety of the Phoenix Saga. I know I'd be giddy if they brought back Kevin Bacon, even if his Shaw was one of the most butchered characters of the movies. Only Darwin was worse, really.


Speculation that Whedon's reshoots for Justice League will involve the Hall of Justice. No word if the announcer from the old cartoon will be involved yet or the Darth Vader head Legion of Doom's swamp hideout showing up.

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The Han Solo solo project has hit a bit of a snag as it's directors have been let go over creative differences. Word on the tubes is that there is already some talk over Phil Lord and Chris Miller's replacement(s), with Lawrence Kasdan, Joe Johnston, and Ron Howard at the top of the short list according to Twitter. Phil and Chris wrote a treatment for The Flash several years ago, and instead of directing they jumped at the chance to direct Han Solo. So now there's a rumbling that maybe they're crawling back to the directorless Scarlet Speedster movie.

From the realm of nightmares comes a rumor that Fox is at it again with yet another Fantastic Four movie, this time a "family friendly" take that is rumored to keep Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm but exile Reed and Sue in favor of their kids Franklin and Valeria, which is obviously lacking an infinite number of books worth of backstory but hey, let's be real here for a second. Could it really be worse than the last F4ntastic movie? More rumortastic is that Seth Grahame-Smith is behind the script for this alleged rerereboot, who you might remember as the guy that was previously attached as the writer/director of The Flash.

While Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal contradict each other on exactly where the Lethal Protector exists, there's a new rumor that Sony is going ahead and also introducing Cletus "Carnage" Cassidy into upcoming Venom movie. That's not so much a pacing issue than a whiplash lawsuit in the making. Barely introduced a new Spider-Man and already jumping into Venom and then adding Carnage on top? My neck hurts just thinking about it.

Edited, Jun 21st 2017 12:29pm by lolgaxe

The Mist tv series starts up tonight on Spike TV. 10PM EST.

Based on the Stephen King story. Like the Movie, but probably better (could it be worse? Maybe. But it'd have to try hard).

I am slowly trying to catch up on 40 days of DVR backlog, but video games cut into that time. Got Flash and Supergirl done. about 4 or 5 episodes each. So lots of stuff, but overall they were good enough to keep me interested.

My DVR is still half full...

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Not a bad start for The Mist. Other than being full of cliche characters. SpoilerGay Emo friend of the HIgh School Girl. Jock with a sheriff father who rapes the girl. Drug dealer with a hidden cache of money. Overprotective parents that can't agree on how to raise their kid.

At least the first bitchy woman gets killed off quickly.

Edited, Jun 22nd 2017 11:13pm by TirithRR

Preacher: First, why isn't the Hardwick aftershow called "Speacher"? Seems like a completely lost opportunity. Anyway, everything was pretty much over the top as expected, though if I had anything to really complain about it was that yet another dog was killed. As much as I liked the Saint of Killers, what I'm really waiting for is The Grail to appear, and especially Herr Starr. Mostly to see just how much of what happens to him in the comics finds it's way on screen because, simply, I doubt a lot of it can possibly show up even if were HBO, much less AMC.

Trailer for Jumanji 2. SpoilerLooks more interesting than I initially thought it would be. Enough to watch on basic cable, I guess. I like how the "ancient technology" of board games has been less anciented into what looks like an Atari with graphics that are three or four generations advanced for it. I'm sure the geeks won't find exception to that.


Trailer for The Inhumans. SpoilerLockjaw doing his doggy teleportation thing is neat, but that was about it. Hopefully they show the first Imax movie as episodes on ABC. Don't feel like I'd see this in the theaters either.


Michael Mando instagrammed a picture confirming that he'll be playing SpoilerMac Gargan, the Scorpion in Spider-Man: Homecoming. While the Lego is in costume, no real confirmation whether he will suit up or not, or if he'll be anything more than a transitional Easter Egg, since there are rumors he'll also show up in the Black & Silver spinoff.

Edited, Jun 29th 2017 2:30pm by lolgaxe

Preacher: SpoilerEugene broke Hell. So turns out he didn't kill a girl who rejected him. The girl was an emo bitch who friend zoned him and in death by suicide, ruined his life. I'm curious if his situation actually broke the Hell Projector. Or if it's just a coincidence. The guard didn't seem all that surprised that it stopped working. So I guess it happens often.

Also, was Tulip's mob boss guy Bruce Willis? I couldn't make him out in the next episode preview.

Fear the Walking Dead was better this season so far. Mid Season finale next week.

Saw Despicable Me 3 over the Holiday. Liked it more than 2. Though 1 was better I think.

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Stan Lee's wife died yesterday at the age of a billion. Pretty sure Stan Lee's immortality had something to do with it. Also in the movie news, apparently Jeremy Reinner broke both his arms on the set of Avengers: Infinity War. Which seems like quite the injury for an archer.

Spider-Man: Homecoming Reaction: More thorough to follow tomorrow. Better than both Amazing Garfield-Man and at least two of the Tobey-Man movies. Pretty much exactly as one would expect a high school age Peter to be. The inexperience and awkwardness really add a nice depth to the movie. Lots of little Easter Eggs. Lots. Obviously stick to the end, totally worth it.

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First, let me air my grievances. Top of the list is that Aunt May has no excuse being as hot as she is. I'm so accustomed to the little old biddy that has a heart attack when someone so much as sneezes that it's kind of unnerving to see Melissa Tomei in the role. Like incest hot. That's just not fair. And the movie makes it a point to remind you of it. I also don't care what anyone says, including the script, but that was not Ned Leeds. That was Ganke Lee, Miles Morales' best friend from the Ultimate universe. There's no real reason why they couldn't just call him Ganke and be done with it.

Next, no Uncle Ben. Lots of fighting over Peter's need for a real life and the responsibility thrust upon him by the spider bite, but thankfully this was not an origin movie. They mention the spider in passing, but beyond that it's just two months after Captain America: Civil War. Not even a flashback ... unless you count some of the PSAs, which in themselves were absolutely hilarious. Well, that's not quite true, the movie starts basically after Tony recruits Peter for the fight in Civil War up to a bit of the fight itself, but no more flashing back.

Keaton's Vulture was extremely complex, but well written and believable enough in his motives to be thoroughly enjoyable. Probably the next best thing to Loki at this point. Marvel tends to have issues with their villains, and for once this one wasn't just a place holder for plot advancement. Likewise, Holland's Spider-Man was exactly what you'd expect of a 15 year old with super. Highly inexperienced and bullheaded, making one bad decision after another.

I was kind of curious who they were going to throw into the love interest role, because you really can't do a high school movie (much less a Spider-Man) without some kind of unrequited love interest. Thankfully it was neither Mary Jane or Gwen Stacy, but definitely a name that has popped up numerous times in the books. "Michelle" was amusing, but pretty transparent that she was pretty much Mary Jane. MJ was aloof to deal with her family issues which pretty much translated to "party girl" back in the 70s, and Michelle is pretty much the current equivalent, so I wouldn't be surprised in the least if future installments of this series doesn't address that.

I get what they wanted to do with Eugene "Flash" Thompson, but it just didn't do anything for me. The new bullying thing is cerebral and less physical so they wanted a jerkass Flash, which he certainly was. Just not my cup of tea.

The jokes were well spaced, unlike Guardians of the Galaxy 2 where if you weren't expecting it it would feel overwhelming, and the story was paced well enough that the story never felt like it was either dragging or racing to plot points.

I'm still debating whether I liked it more than Spider-Man 2, but there's very little denying (for me. Remember: bias) this reboot is better than at least four of the last movies.

Edited, Jul 7th 2017 11:57am by lolgaxe

I did see Spiderman over the weekend. And enjoyed it. I didn't think they overplayed the "Hot Aunt May" thing much. A few jokes in the beginning, then they moved on. SpoilerSo is Peter going to move on to the one loner chick as his love interest next?

I think my next movies will probably be Planet of the Apes, Valerian, and Dark Tower.

Not sure if I'll see Atomic Blonde when it comes out or not. I usually watch those types of movies when they come out on the movie channels or air on FX.

I did see a trailer for Daddy's Home 2. I did not think that movie would have done well enough to make another. I watched it on TV on day a while back, while funny, not something I'd visit the theater to see. Jumanji 2 looked a little disappointing. Guess I was thinking they'd just rehash the storyline with a trapped person like they did in Space Jumanji a while back. I thought I read somewhere that Karen Gillan's character was supposed to be someone trapped in there from a young age, but this trailer had her (and the others) just being video game avatars for the players of this "VR Jumanji" game.

Summer is pretty bleak as far as news is concerned, since all the blockbusters are done and just waiting to be released.

Four members of Thanos' Black Order, with Super Giant seemingly on vacation. Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive hiding behind a giant Infinity Gauntlet, and Black Dwarf.

So here's James Franco as Tommy Wiseau in a movie about the making of The Room called The Disaster Artist. People keep calling The Room as the worst movie ever, but at the very least Birdemic and Troll II were far worse. Though that doesn't really lessen just how bad The Room was. SpoilerOh hi Mark.

According to Noah Hawley, the guy in charge of FX's Legion, he's working with Fox on a film involving Doctor Doom. Even considering Fox's track record I'm still intrigued with the idea. No word if it's a Fantastic Four movie or a straight Doctor Doom flick.

DC's Shazam finally has a director in David F. Sandberg. He's worked on Lights Out and the upcoming Annabelle: Creation.

I'm looking forward to those shows (Gifted, Inhumans) more than I am Justice League.

That Trailer for Thor Ragnorak was the first one I've watched so far. It is so... colorful. Makes me think of a Scooby Doo movie where KISS is going to show up and start singing. The villain even have spikey helmet thingies. Seems that GotG is rubbing off on the other Marvel Universe movies.

I did not care for last week's Preacher. Kind of boring. Hope they make up for it tonight.

The Mist... why did they make the mother such a horrible character? The worst kind of stereotypical female character.

Rick and Morty finally starts up this Sunday. They've only shown S3 Ep1 about 2,500 times since April 1st. I do like that Trailer song though.

My local theater has been crappy with the last couple weekend showtime schedules. No Noon or early afternoon showings for Valerian or Planet of the Apes, so I haven't gone. Looks like I'll wait until August 4th and see Dark Tower. Maybe I'll invite my parents. Give my mom a preview of the (potentially) new Randall Flagg. She's keeps asking me every couple weeks about The Stand movies ever since I told her of the possibility of them making them. She wasn't too keen on the idea of Mcconaughey possibly playing him. But maybe he'll do a good enough job in Dark Tower.

I'm a little disappointed with how the Saint of Killers storyline has been going, but Spoilernow that he's been incapacitated for the time being maybe they'll dig into the Holy Grail and Herr Starr, which I'm hoping gets really outlandish and over-the-top.

The first four episodes of The Defenders seems to have been released to reviewers, and from what they're saying they start slow to pick up but enjoyable, and most notably that while Finn Jones still doesn't look like an expert martial artist he is doing better here than in Iron Fist. The Hallway Fightâ„¢ is talked about being particularly well done, as to be expected, with each of the four main characters displaying their own distinct fighting styles. And that the hallway itself is actually well lit.

For whoever is interested, Daniel Craig will continue being Bond into at least the next movie.

Ready Player One trailer I forgot. SpoilerEaster Eggs: The Movie.


Edited, Jul 25th 2017 12:08pm by lolgaxe