Marvel Cinematic Universe Panels at SDCC2016

So much stuff with the MCU went down at San Diego Comic-Con. And without further ado, here's the panels + filming announcements

DOCTOR STRANGE

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

THOR: RAGNAROK FILMING ANNOUNCEMENT

BRIE LARSON IS CAPTAIN MARVEL

Justice League Action: First Trailer and Thoughts (SDCC2016)

The trailer for the upcoming Justice League series Justice League Action was unrelieved during the show's panel! This is first Justice League Show since Justice League Unlimited. A lot people are very skeptical about this show due to it's animation style and the possibility it could be a carbon copy of Teen Titans Go! instead of being something of it's own. After watching the trailer, I think the show looks very promising with a lot of potential. I like the animation style, it reminds me a lot of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I have additional vast amount of characters we haven't seen on TV in awhile like the Atom, Blue Beetle, Plastic Man, etc. Kevin Conroy is back as Batman and Mark Hamill back as The Joker (stoked to see The Killing Joke on Monday), and has a nice balance of humor and action. Overall, Justice League Action appears to be Justice League Unlimited meets Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I'm definitely looking forward to this series. Tell me your thoughts on trailer below in the comments. Stay tuned!

San Diego Comic Con 2016 is Here!

One of my favorite times of the year is finally here: San Diego Comic Con. Make sure you keep coming back here this week! I'll be posting panels, pictures, updates on shows and more I also have some unrelated Comic Con posts I've been working for the past week or so. Stay tuned!

Genndy Tartakovsky's Luke Cage Mini-Series Hitting Stores This Fall

Genndy Tartkovsky's one busy guy. The new season of Samurai Jack coming out soon, it turns out he is going to be directing Hotel Transylvania 3 (I still need to see the second one), and how he's teaming up with Marvel for a new Luke Cage mini series!

This series was supposed to happen back in 2007 but then he did storyboards for Iron Man 2, Sym-Bionic Titan was created, followed by his film deal with Sony and the mini-series fell into development hell. But the project is now back on track and is set for release in this fall, around the same time the Luke Cage show is hitting Netflix. I can't wait to what Genndy has in store in this mini-series. Make sure to pick up the first issue when it hits stores!

Regular Show Season 7 Finale Tonight @ 7:30

Wow it's been awhile since one of these posts. Anyway the Regular Show Season 7 finale is tonight and it's a half-hour special! This episode is called "Rigby's Graduation Day Special", the conclusion to this season's storyline of Rigby going to to High School to get his diploma. This episode is suppose to change the course of the entire series. I'll be writing a catch up storyline post later on. Make sure you tune in tonight at 7:30!

Want a Young Justice Revival? Here's What You Have To Do

We all miss Young Justice. It was a beautifully animated show with compelling storylines, great voice acting, direction, writing, you name it. Unfortunately, it was cancelled back in 2013 due to it's toy line not selling well enough (which is the problem with action cartoons these days. If the toy line doesn't sell well or you can't make a toy line, the show's plug is pulled. This is what happened with Sym-Bionic Titan).  This obviously didn't sit well with fans. Multiples times this year and last year #BringBackYJ or other hashtags about the show have managed to the reach the top of the trends on both Facebook and Twitter. Former showrunner Greg Weisman (who also worked on The Spectacular Spider-Man and Star Wars: Rebels) says there's still hope for a third season of the show to become a reality. In order to make this happen, here's what you gotta do according to Weisman.

1. KEEP THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS GOING

The social media campaigns for the show such as #KeepBingingYT or #BringBackYoungJustice have been working. These hashtags often lead to the show becoming to top trend on Facebook and Twitter. We need to keep this up. The more people see the message, the more support the show will have.

2.  IF YOU HAVE NETFLIX, BINGE WATCH THE SHIT OUT OF THE SHOW

Every view counts. Netflix has basically become a subscription based TV network with the increasing about a original shows and movies coming to the service. It has become a place where cancelled TV shows have a shot at revivals. So if you have Netflix, binge watch the shit out of the show. If the show get's stellar ratings on Netflix, this will attract the attention of the Netflix executives and Warner.

3. BUY THE DVD'S AND BLU-RAYS.

This also a great method of support for the show. If the show has very strong DVD and Blu-Ray sales, this could peak the interest of Warner Bros. to give us more Young Justice. And obviously, buy new copies of the DVD's and Blu-Rays. Warner's not getting any money if you're buying them used.

4. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE BUYING YOUR SHOWS DIGITALLY, BUY THE SHOW ON DIGITAL OUTLETS.

If you like getting your TV show's digitally, buy the show on iTunes, Amazon, Google, or any other digital outlet the show is available for purchase on and binge watch them there. This will have the same effect as buying the DVD's and Blu-Ray's.

5. BUY THE TIE-IN COMICS

While the show was running, there was also a tie-in comic book series that ran along with the show. The series was cancelled after show was cancelled. What you can do is the buy the comics (the comics canon to show, not any other Young Justice series) on comixology or and other digital outlet where the comics are sold. The sales of the tie-in comics will attract the attention of DC, letting them know we want more Young Justice.

According to Weisman, conversations about the show seem to be happening at Warner, and the fact that they're even talking about the show means that these methods are working. The crew who worked on the show are willing to come back and even have a third season all planned out. So if you want Young Justice revived, do one or more of the methods listed above. It's all up to us. 

#BingeWatchYJ

10 Things That Need To Happen From a Marvel/Fox Deal

Hey everyone! It's been awhile I know. But now that's summer in session, I can start posting more regularly. Anyway, you might've heard a large rumor going around that Marvel and Fox are in talks to possibly work out a deal, similar to the one Marvel worked out with Sony last year. Fox hasn't been doing to stellar. Deadpool (as amazing as it was) was an unexpected hit, the X-Men films aren't as profitable anymore (Apocalypse is being seen a commercial and critical disappointment, even though I thought it was a pretty solid film), and the damn-near unspeakable Fantastic Four reboot they gave us. Fans seem to be divided over this issue. Some fans wants either Fox to give back to rights or make a deal with Marvel co-owning the rights or just giving back Fantastic Four and the X-Men stays under the control of Fox. Even though this Marvel and Fox deal rumor could be false, or years away from happening, here's a list of things I want to see happen if the Marvel and Fox work a deal.

1. KEEP THE X-MEN PREQUEL TRILOGY CAST
Fox actually came through with casting with the prequel trilogy. I thought the cast was great. The prequel trilogy films are closer the MCU in tone, quality, and humor, and the prequel trilogy cast would mesh well with the MCU. I'm all for keeping Xavier and Magneto young as well as Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, etc. It'd be cool to see Spider-Man interact with the younger X-Men since they'd be his age. Jennifer Lawrence was great as Mystique and I'd love to see her come back as well as Evan Peters as Quicksilver.

2. DOWNPLAY WOLVERINE AND MYSTIQUE
Fans had a problem with Wolverine being the center of attention during the original trilogy, and Mystique being the center of attention for the prequel trilogy. I love both of these characters and I want to see them in the MCU, but they shouldn't be the center of attention for the X-Men. They should of course stay as major characters but not over glorified as they both were in their respective trilogies.

3. KEEP DEADPOOL EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS.
Deadpool was a fantastic film. It was hilarious, action packed, well directed, had the quality of an MCU film, and gave us a comic accurate Deadpool and Colossus. There's nothing that needs to be changed about Deadpool. Keep it the way it is.

4. FANTASTIC FOUR NEEDS TO BE REBOOTED AND RECASTED UNDER MARVEL.
As I mention earlier, a reason for Fox's downfall was the Fantastic Four reboot they gave us last summer. FAN4STIC has joined the list of the worst comic book movies of all time and has pretty much killed the franchise. There was just so much wrong with that film. Fantastic Four needs to rebooted and recast under Marvel. After last summer's fiasco, no one is going to go see another Fox made Fantastic Four film. It's up to Marvel to save the it's first family. Fox needs to give Marvel complete control over a new Fantastic Four reboot.

5. IF A DEAL IS MADE, FOX NEEDS TO JOIN SONY IN STAYING OUT OF THE WAY DURING PRODUCTION.
It seems that Sony has finally learned it's lesson with studio interference (which is why Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 turned out the way they did, why Spider-Man 4 was cancelled, and why the TASM Cinematic Universe was already over before it started), as they're staying out of the way with the production of Spider-Man: Homecoming. If a deal is made, Fox needs to join Sony in this practice and stay out of the way during production. Fox also had a problem with studio interference, which is why X-Men Origins: Wolverine and FAN4STIC (which was doomed from the start) turned out the way they did. Fox seemed to have learned their lesson with Deadpool as Ryan Reynolds stated that Fox didn't interfere during the production of the movie. If a deal is made, Fox needs to not interfere and let Marvel do their thing.

6. LET TIM MILLER AND/OR MATTHEW VAUGHN TAKE OVER X-MEN.
Bryan Singer, who has helmed the X-Men series since the start (except for X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, and the Wolverine movies) has officially left the franchise. Although he stated he might come back at some point, he's gone for now. A lot of fans are happy about this, as Singer caused changes in the team that did not sit well with fans (such as the way Cyclops was handled in the original trilogy). Now that Singer is out of the picture, if Marvel and Fox make a deal and the X-Men are in the MCU, I think either Tim Miller (who directed Deadpool) or Matthew Vaughn (who directed X-Men: First Class and was a writer on X-Men: Days Of The Future Past) should helm the X-Men series for the MCU. As a stated earlier, Miller gave as a comic accurate Deadpool and Colossus, as well as giving us a beyond stellar film. Vaughn kicked off the X-Men prequel trilogy with X-Men: First Class with a fresh, well written and directed film. Vaughn was also a writer on a Days Of The Future Past, which was hands down the best film of the entire X-Men series. I think either Miller or Vaughn (or maybe even the two can collaborate with a new X-Men film series) should be Singer's successor for an X-Men series for the MCU.

      Tim Miller                                            Matthew Vaughn

And now, here's some fanboy stuff I want to see happen.

7. A SPIDER-MAN/HUMAN TORCH CROSSOVER
Spider-Man and the Human Torch have a long history together and that'd be cool to see them hangout and appear each other's films. It's be cool for Spider-Man to make a cameo in a Fantastic Four movie or the Human Torch being a supporting character in a Spider-Man movie, helping him tackle one of his villans. This would be awesome.

8. A SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL CROSSOVER

I think I speak for everyone here when I say this, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

9. FOX'S QUICKSILVER MEETS MARVEL'S SCARLET WITCH

Fox and Marvel both co-own the rights to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. They decided to share the rights after they both claimed copyright to the characters. Fox claimed copyright because the twins are mutants and all mutants are theirs. Marvel claimed copyright because the twin's publication history is more associated with The Avengers then they are with the X-Men. So, they decided to share the rights. The deal is that, Fox can't mention the twins as members of The Avengers and Marvel can't mention the twins as mutants or the children of Magneto. In the MCU, both of twins are used but Quicksilver dies at the end of Avengers: Age Of Ultron. In the X-Men series, only Quicksilver is used. If a deal is made and the X-Men prequel cast returns, the Fox version of Quicksilver and the MCU version of Scarlet Witch will have to meet. This would be a very emotional and heartfelt scene. As Scarlet Witch, her brother is dead, as for Quicksilver, he has a little sister. I'd figure Quicksilver would recognize Scarlet Witch as his little sister being all grown up. At that point I would assume Quicksilver would be ready to tell Magento that they're his children. I don't entirely know how this would work but I'm sure Marvel and Fox could figure out something. 

10. HULK MEETS THE THING

This I would love to see as a running gag, kind of like in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

BONUS!

11. Imagine This: A Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Quicksilver crossover!

I think I'd die of laughter.

 

Anyway guys, those are the thing's I want to see if Marvel and Fox work out a deal and we get the X-Men and the Fantastic Four in the MCU. Tell me what you guys want to see in the comments! See ya later!

Revivals: What Works and What Dosen't

When it comes to revivals, there's always a major sense of hypocrisy. You have people who quickly write off new animated shows are terrible and keep begging and making petitions to Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon to bring back all their old shows, instead of letting the modern audience watch what currently appeals to them. People complaining how "Cartoon Network, Nick, and Disney are such trash now. I miss shows like [INSERT A CARTOON FROM THE EARLY TO MID 2000'S HERE]". The people who are butthurt that Disney Channel, CN, and Nick aren't airing nothing but reruns of all their old shows, which is what Discovery Kids did for while before re-branding into The Hub. I hear this all the time at school. It's a lot worse on Internet though. When some sort of revival does happen, people attack what they've been begging for. Letting their nostalgia get the best of them and attacking the revival because it's either not how they remember the original run of the show it or how it's updated for the modern audience. A lot kids my age and older now have really gotten into this nostalgic rut, and are requesting more than ever to see the shows they grew up with, and the networks are actually starting to listen.

Many channels are actually starting to get into the whole nostalgia craze right now, especially Nick. Even though Nick has had The 90's Are All That for quite sometime, they recently revamped the block into an additional network called The Splat. Remember when The N (Now Teen Nick) and Noggin (Now Nick Junior) used the share the same channel? Nick has now re-branded The 90's Are All That is it's own block-channel as The Splat, which follows the exact same format that The 90's Are All That did, but with less repetition of certain shows. The Splat names come from the fact that a lot of people (including me) miss the old Splat logo Nick used have before the 2009 re-brand.

The Splat. Nick's "new" fueled by nostalgia network that airs from 10PM to 6AM.

Cartoon Network has also done this. This was pretty why Boomerang was created. To house classic cartoons and later on old Cartoon Network shows. Boomerang still does this but since it's 2015 re-brand, they're trying to focus on some new content and become an established network that's second banana to CN. CN did have a nostalgia block in the recent years. Back in 2012, they revived Cartoon Planet, where aired a variety of old Cartoon Network shows (but that format latter on became corrupt when they started to add newer shows to block). Disney Channel (which at this point, I've completely stopped watching since Phineas and Ferb ended, moved the rest of their animated shows to Disney XD, and all their good live action shows ended) currently has a block called Disney Replay, airing a bunch of their old shows on Wednesday nights/Thursday mornings.

I already miss the Cartoon Planet revival.

Disney's fueled by nostalgia block.

But now, some of our cries to actually revive old shows make new episodes of them have been answered. Nick, once again the trying to be the front runner in this announced that they were going start reviving a plethora of their old shows. Not too long ago they announced a new Hey Arnold! TV movie, and a whole Nicktoons theatrical film. Moviepilot also announced that Nick was also going to revive As Told By Ginger, but the validity of that is up for debate.

A new Hey Arnold movie? Sign me up!

CN is also starting to do the same. Now we've known about The PowerPuff Girls revival for quite sometime now, and minor stir of controversy it caused when they announced that the original cast wasn't coming back. CN also announced they're rebooting Ben 10, which I'm not sure how that's gonna go down. But the biggest thing was Adult Swim announced Samurai Jack's return and that Genndy Tartakovsky had returned to CN, which caused massive excitement

Promo art from the upcoming Powerpuff Girls revival and the Samuari Jack revival announcement

While all these revivals are great, 90's and early 2000's kids (is that a term yet?) need to remember that, these revivals (the Nick ones) aren't just for them, but more for the modern targeted audience, as Chris Viscardi stated. Which is why we need to make sure we don't let our nostalgia get the best of us, as it may stop us from enjoying these revivals. We might see as it huge disappointment if he get our exceptions for these new revivals, and then end up bashing the very thing we asked for.

Another thing I want to get into is what shows actually need a revival. On Facebook over the past year, I've seen petitions from people to revive shows like Ed Edd n Eddy or Spider-Man: The Animated Series (The 90's Spider-Man cartoon) to name a few. The thing is, in my opinion, neither of the shows need to be brought back, along with a variety of other old shows with perfectly wrapped up endings.

 

Whoa Whoa Whoa! Calm down! Here me out. As much as I'd love to see new adventures of The Ed's, there'd be no point. The movie wrapped up the show perfectly. A revival wouldn't make any sense. At the end of Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, the Ed's finally achieve everything they worked for throughout the entire series. They finally get Jawbreakers, they're finally in with the rest of the cul-de-sac kids, and we finally see Eddy's brother. The only unanswered question show leaves is that we never got to see Double D with out his hat uncensored. Other than that, a revival isn't needed. Why would the Ed's try to scam their new friends? They wouldn't need to anymore. The only way an Ed Edd n Eddy revival would work is if we got a spin-off of Jonny exacting his revenge on the cul-de-sac now that he's the neighborhood punching bag. Other than that, Ed Edd n Eddy doesn't need a revival.

As nice as an Ed Edd n Eddy revival would be, it doesn't need one.

Same goes for Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which I'm surprised that people are petitioning to bring that show back. I loved Spider-Man: The Animated Series as much as the next guy but that show doesn't need to be brought back either. Mainly because it sounds ridiculous. The show's been off the air for almost 20 years and there's been four Spidey shows since that SMTAS ended. This show doesn't need to brought back.

This show was fantastic! And despite the fact we never found the real Mary Jane, this show doesn't need to brought back.

There's a variety of shows were a revival would make sense. A Hey Arnold! revival makes senses because the show leaves a variety of unanswered questions, which this new movie aims to answer. A revival of the original Teen Titans series would make sense, as that show also leaves unanswered questions. In the last episode "Things Change", we never learn is that girl actually is Terra, or just simply a girl who looks likes her. Character Designer Derrick Wyatt stated that if a Season 6 were to made, it would be about the Titans setting up international towers and fighting the monster from the Season 5 finale. An OG Teen Titans revival would make sense. Along with a similar show, Young Justice, which was cancelled abruptly. A Young Justice revival would make sense. The problem with that is a doubt CN would revive both the original Teen Titans and Young Justice, so fans would have to vote on that.

If CN were to revive one of these shows, which one would you pick? Tell me in the comments.

And now for my favorite revival that would make sense, Sym- Bionic Titan. Sym- Bionic Titan is probably one of the best shows CN brought to the table during their dark ages. It was a perfect mix of John Hughes high school drama and giant robot battles. The writing was great, the story line was great, the animation was great, the voice acting was great, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. Then it got cancelled for the most bullshit reason. They couldn't make a toy line off of it, which they totally could've. The could've made figures of Titan, Lance's Manus armor, Illana's armor, and of Octus. I don't know what Stu Synder was on when he pulled the plug on Titan. Sym-Bionic Titan, like the previous shows I've mentioned, ends in a complete cliffhanger. A New Beginning clearly isn't a series finale, it was season finale, as there were more episodes of the show written. There are so many unanswered questions I and many others want answers too. Who revived Octus (The popular rumor is that Lance's father survived going into his portal and is a member of G3)?  Is King even still alive at this point? Are Newton and Kimmy gonna to get back together (I think I might be the only one who wants an answer to that)? She was about to cry when she got that text from Newton. Are Lance, Illana, and Octus ever gonna get back to Galauna? Are the Mutradi going full out invade earth and blow the three's cover? We may never know. Titan NEEDS a revival. That could happen now that Genndy Tartakovsky's back at CN. Tara Strong, the voice of Illana also teased back in October about a possible return for Titan. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN!!!! Alright, I've rambled about Titan for too long. 

Alright one last time. PLEASE A TITAN REVIVAL IS HAPPENING!!!! Alright, I'm done for real this time.

Overall, there's shows where a revival would be useful, and there's shows that don't need revivals just because you miss your favorite shows from your childhood, and you don't like what your old favorite network is currently airing. However, this whole nostalgia/revival phase the networks could a good thing in the end. You might end up liking the revival or continuation just as much as you liked the original series. Like I said earlier, when sort of things happen, we let our nostalgia get the best of us and shoot our exceptions up unreasonably high, which is why we could up thinking the revival is such disappointment in the end (unless it's just flat-out awful in content). I think we it comes to these upcoming revival, we should keep an open mind, not let our nostalgia get the best of us, and enjoy that show. And if that doesn't work out, I guess we could just go back to hypocritically complaining.

SIDE NOTE: Hey guys. I know, this my first post in awhile. I've been focusing on a lot of other things, but you should expect a lot more posts coming soon! Tell me what you thought of this post in the comments.