The other black guy from Youngblood. If I remember the 1st issue correctly, he was the leader of the “away” team. He’s basically Iron Man. I looked up reference, and the guy had 90 different armors, depending on the panel he was in. But I saw a cover where he had an eyepatch, so I added it here.
386. Sentinel
385. Anarchist
From Peter Milligan & Mike Allred’s brilliant X-Force/X-Statix. I don’t remember what happened to the cast of that book at the end. I’m guessing dead. I also don’t know why this Dennis Rodman-y character was called “Anarchist”. He was never very “anarchic”.
384. Patriot
Enjoyed this character’s turn in the original Young Avengers run, but I’m not sure what happened to him afterward.
Speaking of America, I watched American Hustle. Some really good acting couldn’t save this movie from desperately wishing it was a Martin Scorsese film, and in the process forgetting that the unlikeable characters and convoluted plot were turning it into a dull turd.
383. Bishop
Bishop is probably the key component of the downfall of the X-Men books in the early 90s, even moreso than Cable. Not that he was a bad character, just representative of everything wrong with comics at the time – a character with a cool name, a big gun, mysterious and bad-ass. But nothing else. Eventually he was fleshed out, but for the most part, just a “kewl dude” with no real story, used to fuel plots that would never be resolved thanks to Scott Lobdell’s inability to have talent. To be fair, he and Fabian Nicieza were left dangling in the wind by Jim Lee & co. But no matter what, Bishop will always have the stink of early 90s in his jeri-curled mullet.
382. Blade
I went with Blade’s Tomb of Dracula look here, just ‘cuz. Don’t judge me. You can read my reviews for all four Blade movies here, here, here, and here.
As for my review of the animated Dark Knight Returns that I watched last night, it’s right here: It was okay. When I first read DKR, I hated the art but was blown away by the story. I must have been 10, maybe? As I grew older, I grew to love the art. Older still, I began to despise the story, not even able to get through the first chapter of my last attempt at a re-read. With the animated version, the story feels a little fresher, and trims away some of Frank Miller’s writer-y indulgences. However, it’s still the same story and it doesn’t have the awesome art to back it up. So, yeah. And it’s 2 and a half hours long.
381. Storm
Over the past two days, I have watched a couple of DC direct to DVD animated movies. I watched Flashpoint Paradox and War. And, pretty much everything that I dislike about the modern state of the DC Comic Universe is front and center on both of the movies. However, I also watched the Target exclusive Trapped in Time animated movie and was delighted with it. It was a ton of fun.
I also watched the 80s barbarian movie Gor last night. It’s pretty much a rip off of Conan and John Carter, but if it was terrible and from the 80s. The lead barbarian chick was pretty hot, though. Arnold Voosloo appeared for about a minute, Oliver Reed was the bad guy and according to the credits, Jack Palance was in it, but I didn’t see him. The lead actor’s name was Urbano Barbarini, which is pretty fucking awesome.
380. Spider-Man
The Ultimate/Miles Morales variety. Still a fine book, if not completely dragged down by Marvel not having any clue what to do with the Ultimate line of comics. Hopefully the upcoming relaunch helps stabilize some stuff.
Last night, in my crushing loneliness, I was looking for a completely insane and gory horror movie in the vein of Martyrs or Inside. I wound up watching the British political comedy In the Loop instead. It was pretty great, and I’m definitely going to be checking out the TV series The Thick of It of which the movie is an extension of.
I watched the RoboCop remake today. Y’know, I was 9 when the original RoboCop came out. Back then, I didn’t think or care about the satire or comedic aspects of that movie. All I cared about was a giant fucking Robotic Police Officer fuckin’ shit up. All I cared about was that it was fucking bad-ass and violent and just absolute brain candy to a kid like me. The original absolutely still holds up, and yes, I can appreciate the subtext and satire of it. So the new RoboCop movie. It’s not satirical, it’s not a dark comedy, and it certainly isn’t as insanely violent and over the top. There are some interesting themes explored, but ultimately, when it comes down to it, I just want to a Cop who is also a Robot, doing Robot Cop stuff. And that’s what I got. It’s not a perfect movie, and it could be about 20 minutes shorter, but it was highly enjoyable and entertaining and full of great actors. I would like to see a sequel.
379. Icon
Hey, it’s Valentine’s Day! I love it! I love myself! I love everything!
Fuck.
378. Green Lantern
I didn’t have time to ink this at all. Sorry. I’ve said it before, John Stewart is my 3rd favorite Lantern, behind Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner respectively. Hal Jordan, you’re damn near the bottom.
377. Static Shock
I never read any of the comics, but I did enjoy the cartoon quite a bit, and the couple cameos he made in the Justice League ‘toon.
I’ve seen some movies.
The Lego Movie was fantastic and I can’t recommend it enough. I don’t want to talk much about it because it should just be experienced. I will say it features my favorite movie Batman ever.
Her. To be reviewed on Gutter Trash soon.
Cropsey is a documentary about an alleged child killer from Staten Island, New York. It was just okay.
The Asphyx has a fascinating plot, but slow 70s & Hammer-style pacing kinda kills it. It’s about a man in Victorian England who discovers a creature that appears whenever a person nears death, and theorizes that if you can capture it, that person would be immortal. It’d be neat to see a remake.