[Dr Kain]

Spectacular is a must watch. It's the greatest Spider-Man cartoon ever, which is why it only last 26 episodes. The show is based directly off the Lee/Ditko era of Spider-Man just with some of the modern concepts added to it and a continuous flow of plot. Not just that, but the voice actor for Revolver Ocelot voices Peter, which is awesome.

The sad part is Greg had planned the show to be 65 episodes with the final episode being their high school graduation and then he was going to continue the college years in direct to video movies.

[Dr Kain]

X-Men 3 - Man, I forgot just how bad this movie is. They couldn't get anything right at all. From the poorly done CGI to make Charles and Magneto look younger in the flashback scene to screwing up the love story for Rogue and Iceman (by adding Kitty into a forced romance that goes nowhere even though she is suppsoed to go out with Colossus), a Colossus who isn't even Russian, Juggernaut not even being related to Xavier, and then Magneto just sacrificing all of his brothers because reasons. What the hell? Did Brett Ratner even read an X-Men comic in his life? This whole movie plays out as if it were some poorly written fanfiction from a guy who say the toys on the shelves and that was it. Oh yeah, and then there is what is supposed to be Phoenix, but she doesn't even turn into a phoenix or even actually really do anything but stand there and stare blankly into the camera. Was Famke even there for filming or did they just have a mannequin of her in the movie and paid her for her likeness? Overal, this giant turd is absolutely terrible and is made even worse when you start identifying who each of the mutant fodder is. Psylocke, Callisto, Flea, WHAT THE HELL?! I give this crap a 4/10 all because Beast was the best thing in the movie.

[Matrixbeast]

I remember when X-Men 3 was first revealed, and people thought the quiet red head constantly standing by Magneto and doing nothing was actually Scarlet Witch

[Dr Kain]

lol


X-Men Origins - Jesus, the guy that edited this movie must have been the same person that would go on to edit Suicide Squad because the editing is a nightmare. The camera angles are always changing and the plot doesn't make any sense. Why the hell would Sabertooth be brothers to Logan but not know who he is in the original movie? How did Scott get his ruby quartz glasses when he hadn't met Charles yet? THere are tons of more plot holes, but I'm not going to put in any effort to spout them because that is more effort than the people who made this movie put into it. The effects are down right awful from horrible looking CGI to explosions that don't even make sense. How does a farm house get a missile into it and then blow up 5 times over? This movie is so poorly written that even Joel Schumacher would be like, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, son!" Not only is this the worst X-Men related movie ever (Generation X from the 90s was a better movie), but it is right there with Eilektra as the worst movies based on a Marvel property ever. And who ever thought Barakapool was a smart idea needs to be smacked in the head. Lastly, the acting is atrocious, especially from the likes of Gambit and Silverfox. How they were able to continue a career after this mess is beyond me, but they are what ruined John Carter of Mars. I'm thinking this is a 2/10 movie because it does have two good moments, Silverfox dying alone and forgotten (like this movie deserves to be) and the moment the credits start rolling.

Also, I finished the first volume of Inferno. Things definitely got better as it went on, although I'm still confused on a few areas. The X-Terminators issues were quite good, as were the two New Mutants issues in the book. I'm going to have to find a way to actually read that series in order at some point because there are a few things I'm sure would make more sense if I could. The X-Factor issues were also pretty good while the two X-Men issues were excellent. On the other hand, the Power Pack story was just flat out boring. Thankfully there is only one PP issue in Volume 2, so I don't have to suffer through them too much longer. I honestly have no idea why these cards are being included in the X crossover titles when they aren't even mutants. Also, if NYC is under attack by demons, where the hell are Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, DareDevil, Punisher, the Fantastic Four, etc? It seems odd that they would just ignore things like trash piling up, machines turning into demons, buildings growing, and stuff.

[FormerTitanium]

I love it, I love it. It's a good mix of the good things of Johnny Blaze and Robbie Reyes into one character. I really like this version of Ghost Rider for the MCU, I still love Johnny Blaze as my Ghost Rider, but this will do for now.

Here's hoping a Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider netflix series could ever come to life.

[Matrixbeast]

Gotta find that episode.
And I, too, am hoping for the possible Netflix series.

[Dr Kain]

So I finished Inferno last night and overall, it was on convoluted cluster****. That isn't to say I didn't enjoy it, because I did, but it was way overly complicated than it needed to be and like I said before, X-Men and demons don't mix very well, especially on a grand scale as this. This storyline should have been centered around the super natural characters like Ghost Rider and Doctor Strange while the X-Men and X-Factor only dealt with Madelynn and Mr Sinister. It also doesn't help matters that they never explain how S'ym came back (Magick killed her before she took on Belasco in her miniseries), what this techno organic virus is, and then N'astirh (can't even pronounce the damn thing) died like 8 different times throughout the series, all in diferent ways.

Breaking the stories down though:

New Mutants - I really enjoyed these three issues a lot. Although, having Magick restored to a child feels like a cop out and throws all every single bit of development she had over the several years leading up to this storyline out the window. In addition, what happened to the old ones that Belasco was using Magick to free? Why do we have N'astirh and S'ym over Dagon and Cthulhu?

X-Terminators - The issues seem to take forever to get through, but I enjoyed them. Taki really had some nice development going from a little selfish brat to legimiately wanting to save the world. I also loved the cast of misfits we had here with Skids, Boom Boom, Rusty, and Rictor. If I recall, some of these characters joint X-Factor when it is created. Although, I don't know if Taki ever shows up again in the series outside of one episode of the animated show. I did like how N'astirh combined technology and organic together. All it was missing was the Key to Vector Sigma. :-p

Now I also really digged the crossover these two series had, but as mentioned above, they both changed how N'astirh was killed, even though it was pointless because he still came back.

Power Pack - I don't care for this comic at all because they are so boring. The Boogeyman stuff dragged on and on, but the ending to it was kind of touching. I guess the way the parents responded to their kids being heroes makes sense, but it seems like they just totally gave up being parents without any effort.

X-Men/X-Factor - It was so strange how only the X-Men issues used the part numbers for the story line, especially when the X-Factor issues were part of the story and you couldn't just read one without the other, but whatever. The X-Men were very out of character and it was never explained why or how. I'm assuming their personalities were under the demon influence, but how? Oh, and Alex just ups and stops caring about Polaris for Madelynn? COME ON!!! Madelynn was a cool villain and I want a Marvel Legends figure of her now, but the highlight to me was Mr Sinister. Although, it was never explained why Scott was the only one whose powers effect him, I guess that will come up in a future story. N'astirh was all over the place here as he died several times again and kept coming back, which was quite vexing. I'm not even sure he actually died died now that I think of it. He just left.

The stuff taken from the X-Factor annual was kind of dumb though. I mean, it has two FBI agents going around trying to get to the truth and then Scott tells them it was a hallucination. Are you kidding me? That was so stupid!!

Oh, and the final issue in the book for X-Factor was good, but they never told me who the hell Nanny and Orphan Maker are. No, I don't mean who their real personas are, I mean WHO they are as villains. Where did they come from? Who are they working for? Why are they stealing children and hypnotizing them? They appeared early on in the series without any background at all. They are just there. Oh yeah, and Cameron Hodge seems to have just been forgotten.

Cloak & Dagger - Why did they choose to finish this series off in a random C&D issue that was already in the middle of a story, and one that ends on a cliff hanger at that? That was down right stupid. It didn't feel like it was a conclusion.

Excalibur - This was an interesting harmless tale. I liked how Captain Britain was turned into an 80s action hero and then Freddy Kreuger. In fact, the movie bit was cool. Phoenix being turned into a mannequin was weird, but my favorite bit was when the gargoyle and Nightcrawler became friends. Megan is my least favorite of the group, so I couldn't careless that they turned her into Madelynn-Lite.

Well, that brings an end to what was in the books. I am saddened it didn't have the Spider-Man issues that dealt with Hobgoblin, but that's okay, I'm sure I'll come across those issues in a Spider-Man collection or something eventually. Inferno itself was entetaining, but as I said previously, majorly convoluted. Way too complicated for its own good with several inconsistencies. I'm glad I did not buy these paperbacks because it would not be worth double dipping later on for the hardcovers. However, there is no way in hell the hardcover is worth $300, so I hope that Marvel will eventually either reissue it or just put it into an X-Men Omnibus (with the letters pages intact), even if they juts do the X-Men/X-Factor storyline in that book.

Now to jump like another 30 issues as I start reading the second Claremont/Lee Omnibus.

[KRX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FormerTitanium

I love it, I love it. It's a good mix of the good things of Johnny Blaze and Robbie Reyes into one character. I really like this version of Ghost Rider for the MCU, I still love Johnny Blaze as my Ghost Rider, but this will do for now.

Here's hoping a Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider netflix series could ever come to life.

My favorite Ghost Rider was Robbie, so I'm pretty happy they went with him.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Gotta find that episode.
And I, too, am hoping for the possible Netflix series.

It'll be released on ABC's website one week after the premiere.

So 27th or 28th.

[Matrixbeast]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRX

My favorite Ghost Rider was Robbie, so I'm pretty happy they went with him.



It'll be released on ABC's website one week after the premiere.

So 27th or 28th.

Already found it, but thanks anyway

[Dr Kain]

The Wolverine - Well this movie certainly made up for that Origins crap. The first 2/3rds of this movie is really nicely done, the story is interesting (and feels reminiscent to the Claremont/Miller mini series from the 80s), the characters are really well written thanks to the small cast, and some of the cinematography is excellent. The scene when Wolverine is battling Mariko's father just looks gorgeous thanks to its blue lighting. In fact, so does the entire scene beforehand when the ninjas are taking out the Yashida guards. Unfortunately, everything that happens after Wolverine wakes up from all of the arrows that were stuck in him is where the movie falls apart. The final villain was lame as hell and they totally under utilized Viper. Not to mention the bone clone bit at the end was just terrible. It does a nice little lead in for Days of Future Past, but it is kind of a shame that this movie no longer exists in the canon, but oh well, that's what happens when you have too many cooks in the kitchen. I give The Wolverine an 8/10.