Marvel and Sony: Where's Spidey Going?

Hey guys! Yeah, it's been awhile again. I'm pretty sure you've all heard that Sony and Marvel have been discussing Spider-Man's studio future. They went into talks this week about Spider-Man appearing in 2016's Captain America Civil War, but the talks failed. In released hacked emails, if Sony were to reboot Spider-Man again, we'd have an adult Spider-Man. We've also heard from Marvel  for what they'd do if Spider-Man was theirs again. Also If you haven't seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2, some spoilers will pop up...

1. Recast.
It seems that Andrew Garfield would be out as Spider-Man if Marvel was Spidey's cinematic superior. I disagree with this. Andrew Garfield has been the best live action Spidey and it'd suck to see him recast-ed.

2. Dropping the origin story.
If Marvel reboots, we won't be getting another origin story. We'll see teenage Peter Parker who is already Spider-Man, tackling the issues of his double life. I agree with this, we can't keep milking the origin story every time there's a reboot. If Marvel takes Spidey back, I'd say go right ahead with that

3. Focusing less on romance, more on Spidey.
Marvel decided to that romance with Spider-Man has been "done to death" like the origin story, and while not completely getting rid of it, they'd focus less on Peter Parker's love life, and more on Spidey. I'm all for this too. I'd do want to see more Spidey than Peter Parker worrying about his relationships. Go right ahead Marvel.

4. Cancelling all of Sony's Spider-Man spin-off's.
If Marvel reboots, all of Sony's proposed Spider-Man spin-offs would be cancelled. That includes the Sinister Six film, the female lead film, and an Aunt May spin-off (c'mon Sony, I don't think anyone would've wanted to see that). I would've wanted to see Sinister Six, and I maybe I would give the female lead spin-off a shot, but not the Aunt May film. I'd say for a Marvel reboot, include the Sinister Six in maybe a second or third film if they get Spidey back

5. New Director! (Of Course. Also this one is more for Sony)
Marc Webb already decied that he wasn't going to direct TASM3, and all Spider-Man fans are already done with Marc Webb's direction. Hackers released several emails from Sony to the public about if Spidey stayed with them, and they had a list of possible people to direct. On that list, I would really want to see Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 and 22 Jump Street, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, etc.) to direct a Spider-Man film. That would awesome (but for a Marvel/Disney Spidey film).

Marvel's got some pretty kick-ass ideas for a Spider-Man reboot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This would be film that would make Marvel fans and probably non Marvel fans happy. Plus we'd finally get to see Spidey in the MCU. But still there is a few things I'd want to see in a MCU Spidey film and appearances.

1. PLEASE KEEP THE TASM CAST!
This seems unlikely because it seems that Marvel and Sony doesn't want Andrew Garfield to don the Spider-Man suit again, BUT, Andrew Garfield's portrayal of the web slinger has been on of the positives of the TASM films, and like I said earlier, he's been the best actor to don the Spidey suit on camera. Since Marvel wants to focus on Peter Parker still being a teenager, I thought Andrew Garfield made a teenage Peter Parker work very well in TASM, he could still do that in a MCU Spidey film. As for Gwen Stacy, since this would be a completely separate universe, Gwen could still be alive and interacting with Peter, and Emma Stone was a fantastic Gwen.

2. More Unused Spidey villains!
One of the things I liked about TASM films was that they started to use villains that haven't been used in Spidey films yet. We still have a bunch of Spidey villains that haven't been seen on the big screen yet like The Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, The Chameleon, The Rhino (Yeah, I know he made a cameo at the end of TASM2, but they could expand in a MCU Spidey film), The Enforcers, etc. I would want to see Marvel continue that in an MCU Spidey film.

3. Mary Jane Watson?
Shailene Woodley was originally going to appear in TASM2 as Mary Jane but her part was cut from the film. And she recently stated that she still wants to be in Marvel film (even though she state anything about being in a Spidey film again). She could still probably play Mary Jane in a MCU Spidey film, and she and Gwen don't even have to major characters since Marvel wants to focus more on Spidey than Peter Parker's girlfriends.

4. J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle
In TASM2 we saw an email conversation between Peter and J. Jonah Jameson about Spider-Man. J.K. Simmons said he'd be open to reprise his role as J. Jonah Jameson in a TASM film, we could certainly do that in an MCU Spidey film. They could also include Peter Parker's job at the Daily Bugle in an MCU Spidey film. I'd really want to see a scene where it's Andrew Garfield and J.K. Simmons arguing face to face about Spidey.

5. The return of Sam Raimi?
I'd be open to Sam Raimi returning as a producer for an MCU Spidey film, since he'd be working with Marvel/Disney and not Sony. But in a hacked Sony email, Sony would've wanted Raimi to return to either produce or direct TASM3. I don't think Raimi would be eager to go back to work for Sony since Spider-Man 3 was a disaster. Like I said earlier, I would want Raimi to return for an MCU Spidey film.

Marvel and Sony are to meet again in January about Spidey's cinematic future. Let's hope Marvel can get back Spidey, use their ideas, see old characters and unused Spidey villains, and we can keep Andrew Garfield and the rest of TASM cast for a MCU Spidey film.

Regular Show Returns October 9th!

Hope you're ready for new episodes of Regular Show because Season 6 premieres on my birthday October 9th! The first episode of the season "Maxin' and Relaxin'" involves Mordecai taking CJ to meet his embarrassing parents. Read Broadway.com's full article here: Link. Get Ready...

Jonny Quest Turns 50!

On this day 50 years ago, the first episode (but not the first one produced) of Jonny Quest (created by comic book artist Doug Wildey) "The Mystery of The Lizard Men" aired on ABC. That's right everybody, Jonny Quest turned 50 today! Definitely one the best animated action series to exist.  The animation was great, it felt like a living comic book. Great layouts, storylines, characters, villains, and a amazing score from Hoyt Curtin. Happy 50th Jonny. More posts soon!

TURTLES! TURTLES! TURTLES!

What's up everyone. This week I'll be reviewing all of live action TMNT Films, including the new one (Staff member Christian and I went to see the movie last week. The first movie should be up in about an hour or less. Stay tuned!

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water Official Trailer Overview

It's coming. Today Nick released the official trailer for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water! The film hits theaters February 6, 2015. So without further a do, here are my thoughts on the trailer and the movie in general.

After looking at the poster, I imaged lot's of SpongeBob fans we're probably thinking it was going to be all CG. Paramount also screen some of the live action scenes of the movie at Cinema Con and lot's of website reported that it was going to CG animated. If you ask me, I think it's be weird seeing a complete CG SpongeBob movie. The first movie was great being mostly 2D with live action, but CG really only been used for when the characters are walking down a street or etc. in the show. But, I'd still want the see the movie regardless. Anyway, I'm excited for this movie for a few reasons

1. It's a whole mix of 2D, CG animation and live action.
2. The 2D will be the same as the animation in show. Nothing's being changed. Two of the animation directors on the show Tom Yasumi and Alan Smart worked on the exposure sheets, plus most of the layout crew is from the show. 
3. Sherm Cohen (Character Designer and lead storyboard artist from Seasons 1-4) came back to work on the movie
4. The show's cast is reprising the roles (you just can't replace the show's cast)
5. Slash is making a cameo and Antonio Banderas will be in the movie

Let's get the the trailer itself now. The shows that it's a mix of 2D, CG, and live action. Paul Tibbit did kept true to his word that the film was mostly 2D (they're were a lot of  2D scenes in the trailer). After watching the trailer, there's A LOT of live action shown in the trailer. Most of the trailer featured the live action/CG scenes. Definitely a lot more than the first film, which isn't a bad thing. The backgrounds and the art direction is AWESOME. Definitely movie style. I'd be cool if the show had the same background art direction. The superhero aspect of the film, I honestly wasn't expecting that. But the scenes with Patrick's power of summoning ice cream was pretty funny. The weird is, in their superhero outfits, they're the size of humans, but like the first film, normally,  they're tinny. Another thing is, like the first film and "Pressure", the sea creatures can breathe on land. Plus Sandy isn't the size of an actual squirrel in the movie, she's the same size as SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs. It appears the Plankton isn't going to be the villain of this movie, Antonio Banderas is going to be. Also, SpongeBob and co. somewhat act like they've never seen humans before. SpongeBob called a large guy "a giant hairy porpoise", and Mr. Krabs says they need to push him back into the water before the guy crushes them (which reminds me of Snorelax from Pokémon). The only thing that confuses me about the movie is: Where does stand in the SpongeBob timeline? The first movie was supposed to be the series finale and according to Stephen Hillenburg, the first movie takes place after the show. But now that we're getting a second film, does this take place before or after the first movie? Hopefully, we'll find out soon. Anyway, here's the film's trailer below. Do you think this film will live up to the first or be a complete bomb. Tell me what you think about it in the comments. Check it out!!

Gravity Falls Season 2 Trailer at SDCC 2014

Check out the Season 2 trailer of Gravity Falls from their panel at SDCC 2014! Also, I'm trying to find more videos from the panel of other shows. Stay tuned!

Regular Show Comic-Con Panel 2014

Regular Show has been renewed for a 7th Season!!Check out the Regular Show panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con!

San Diego Comic-Con International is Here!

San Diego Comic-Con is finally here! Comic-Con is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. Here on the blog, I'll be covering Adventure Time, Regular Show, Clarence, Uncle Grandpa (they're both sharing a panel), the upcoming Star Wars: Rebels, Gravity Falls and more (BTW I'm not going to Comic-Con unfortunately. Still hoping one day I can ) Make sure come back for updates!

Regular Show: Skips In The Saddle

Here the new episode of Regular Show, "Skips In The Saddle". Skips tries to get back into the dating game with some help from Mordecai and Rigby. CHECK IT OUT!!!

Total Drama: Pahkitew Island Finale Tonight!

Tonight's the finale of Season 5 part 2 of Total Drama. Pahkitew Island includes a new cast, and a new location (after Camp Wawanakwa sank at the end of Total Drama All Star). If you missed this season like I did, Cartoon Network is airing a catch up marathon "The Total Drama Summer Showdown" now leading up to the finale tonight! Check it out!

Christina Miller is The New President Of Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network fans rejoiced when Stuart Snyder (the man who sent CN to the dark ages) was removed as President of Cartoon Network after seven years back in February. But Turner didn't announce who would take Snyder's place right away. For the past few months, I've been wounding who's going to be the president at CN (mainly who's been running CN since Snyder left) . Today is the day we find out. Through several sources, it has been announced that Christina Miller is the new president of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang.

Christina Miller. Picture from Variety.com 

Fans. I think it's safe to say that the dark ages of Cartoon Network are over. Miller should be able to bring Cartoon Network out of Snyder's pit. But here's some requests to Miller about the network

1. Please, NO MORE LIVE ACTION SHOWS. 

I think I speak for everybody here. Snyder sent Cartoon Network down the drain after he unleashed the train wreck CN Real on us in 2009. After the blocks cancellation, Snyder kept on hitting us with more live action shows. This is CARTOON Network. Let's kept it cartoons.

2. Bring Back Cartoon Planet

The revival of Cartoon Planet was awesome. It gave a chance to watch old CN shows on the main network again. But soon, it started going down after the network added more of their more recent ended shows on the block. The block then ended and it's now on Boomerang, but all of Brak and Zorak's sketches are cut. Please bring back Cartoon Planet in it's original revival format, with only Classic CN shows being played, and with Brak and Zorak's sketches

3. Update the Look of the Network

The "Check It" look is getting old. I think with a new president, the network should get a new look. I would really hope for a revival of the CN City look (my thoughts on that is here), updated with characters of the 2010+ shows (Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball, etc.). When I first saw The Amazing World of Gumball, and thought about the background animation, I kept on thinking about the CN City look. But that's just my thoughts. A new look would be great anyway. I also like the new slogan of the network "Are you CN what where sayin'?"

4. Bring Back Anime to the Main Network

Anime pretty much left Cartoon Network after Toonami's CN run ended, most of which is now on Adult Swim or other networks. Pokémon is still a great show after all these years, but Anime fans need more than just that. In past year or two, we see maybe 1 or 2 new anime shows pop on the main network, but then they're shown really early in the morning, and end quickly. The only anime shows currently on CN is Pokémon and Tenkai Knights. Adding more anime shows to the network in a new block would be excellent. 

5. Continue Clarence without Skyler Page 

I'm sure you've all heard the controversy that's been surrounding Clarence creator Skyler Page in the past few weeks. The show doesn't deserve to be cancelled over his actions. The talented crew on Clarence can keep the show going. If Nickelodeon was able to do it with Ren & Stimpy (even though the post-John K. episodes weren't as good as the originals, and don't even get me started about Adult Party Cartoon) then Cartoon Network can certainly do it with Clarence.

6. Start Refereeing Original Shows as Cartoon Cartoons Again

One thing I really miss from the old CN is Cartoon Cartoons. I think the 2010+ and the upcoming original shows should be called "Cartoon Cartoons". That would give the classic feel to CN back. 

7. Release Season Sets and/or Complete Series of Old Original Cartoon Network Shows 

Cartoon Network started to release season sets of their old shows in 2009 under the "Cartoon Network Hall Of Fame" moniker, with their releases including the first seasons of Courage The Cowardly Dog , Dexter's Laboratory and Johnny Bravo. We also got the complete series set of The Powerpuff Girls. After that,  no old CN shows have gotten released beyond that (except for Ed Edd n Eddy, Samurai Jack, Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends, Billy and Mandy, and Ben 10. Sorry if I forgot any other shows. Also these shows (and The Powerpuff Girls Complete Series box set) were released before Cartoon Network Hall Of Fame came along). I think more DVDs sets of old Cartoon Network shows would definitely be awesome. I would love to see season and/or complete series sets of Camp Lazlo, My Gym Partners A Monkey, Sym-Bionic Titan, Chowder etc. UPDATE: Cartoon Network Hall Of Fame is actually still going on. The second season of Courage The Cowardly Dog will be released on October 4th according to TVShowsonDVD.com

Think there should be something else on this list? Let me know in the comments. I'll continue to add on to this list if more things pop up. I wish Christina Miller good luck as the new president of Cartoon Network, and I hope to several improvements to the network!

Gravity Falls Season 2 Premieres August 1st!

We've gotten word from Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch that the long awaited Season 2 of Gravity Falls is premiering on August 1st at 9:00 pm on Disney Channel. The second episode of Season 2 will then premiere on Disney XD on August 4th! I'm pretty excited for Season 2 of the show. Check out the tweets below!

The Shack is Back! Gravity Falls Season 2 premieres Aug 1st 9:00 PM on the Disney Channel, fools! pic.twitter.com/3vrvA1muxa
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) June 14, 2014

But wait, there's more?!?! The SECOND episode of Season 2 airs the following Monday Aug 4th on Disney XD! pic.twitter.com/f2ge0Sl6wd

— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) June 14, 2014

Summer Plans

Hey everyone! It's been quite awhile since I've posted. Sorry for no post since January. We've all been pretty busy with our Freshman year. Anyway I've got quite a lot of plans for the blog over this summer.

1. New Look for the blog
I've been trying to give the blog a new look for quite awhile. I'll be giving the blog another new look in the next few days.
2. Things Will Stay The Same
The purpose of this blog is still going to stay the same. Talking about whats going on in Animation and more. I'll will also continue to post Regular Show episodes. I'll also be going more in depth when talking about the episodes. I'll also do season catch ups with things going on in the show.
3. Reviews and Lists
Awhile back I started doing some reviews on movies and toy sets. I'll be expanding a lot more on those during the summer. Starting with the first three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films (leading up to new film this August). I'll also be doing DVD reviews on shows. I'm also going to start doings list of favorite movies and episodes of shows and film series. My first list will be this week starting with my top five Pokémon movies.
4. Commentary's
I may possibly get into film commentary's
Anything I've missed I'll put up later. Remember the keep reading and following the blog! Thanks for reading. More posts today!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone! It's been awhile. I'm looking forward to a great 2014. My new years resolution is to post on the blog everyday like I used to. We'll see how that goes. Tomorrow I'll be talking about the Regular Show New Years Eve special! Happy New Year!