Infinity #1 Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung Marvel Comics $4.99 (oversized issue)
I’m a lifelong Marvelite and I almost didn’t buy this.
Why? Well, when it comes to Hickman’s writing I’m very
fickle. I loved his run on Fantastic Four and FF, but lost interest in his
Avengers titles very early on and I have no desire to read East of West or The
Manhattan Projects. I find he’s great at coming up with a very strong premise,
but he usually loses me in a delivery that’s bogged down by pseudoscience and
convoluted dialogue. Maybe I’m still just having a hard time seeing the
Avengers without Bendis’ words behind them.
Even though I’m not reading Avengers or New
Avengers, I found the story to be mostly accessible and self-contained. To his
credit, the lush, broad, sci-fi scope Hickman employs really does make it feel
pretty epic. Cheung’s art is nothing less than stunning in many places. Truly
excellent. He even sneaks in a few familiar faces from the Star Wars universe
into the background. That always
earns you points in my book.
I hope that this issue, with its unfamiliar characters
and concepts, serves to set the stage and that the focus will turn to the
characters that we know and love as they face Thanos’ latest end-of-the-world
scenario. I have my doubts that Hickman will deliver that, but I’m going to be
along for the ride to find out either way and I just might enjoy it regardless.
Oh, and that 4.99 price tag? That accounts for it
being a pretty thick funnybook, but it’s only longer because it includes the
Free Comic Book Day Infinity teaser. So, if you already have it, you’ll be
getting it again. It just costs more this time.
I
was talking to a friend about a beautiful X-Men shirt he wanted to buy. It was
a really nice shirt with great art, but he said he just couldn't buy it. I
asked him why not? He replied "Because that would be a little too geeky,
and I’m not sure I want to go down that road." While I understand his
hesitation of being branded a geek, I'm here to tell you that geek is the new
chic. And that's why I'm writing this post. You can be you. You can dress in
geek clothing and make it look good if you follow The Jason Wasulko
Fanboy Attire Guidelines®.
Now,
I'm normally the last person to dish out fashion advice, but I know when it’s
okay to wear certain shirts in public, and when it’s time to
pretend someone planted it in your dresser.
1. It’s All About
Percentage When selecting a shirt, look at the
proportion of the logo or print compared to the size of the shirt. This is the
first trick in learning if it’s okay or not. I own shirts that take up 80% of
the front, while others take up 30%. You've heard of less is more, right? Well
I'm here to tell you that while 30% may be acceptable, 80% is taking it just a
little too far.
Now you’re saying to yourself, “Self, you own
shirts with massive screen prints on the front of it. What am I supposed
to do? Toss them?” No! Simply, look to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Just
as Indy cannot take the cup of Christ past the great seal, you cannot take that
billboard you call a tee past the front door. If it has a massive print on the
front, like my Civil War shirt with the every single Marvel character
emblazoned on the front of it, then it must not cross the seal of my front
door. It’s a sleep shirt. It’s a lounging around the house shirt. The print is
waaaaay too big and it takes attention away from my handsome, geek-face. It’s
also a black hole of branding myself an UBER-Geek, from which there is no
escape. You know, the kind of person that lives at home with his mom and hasn't
had "relations" with anyone other than... well... that drawing of
Jean Grey.
2. Wear the Brand, Not the Man So what kind of shirt can see the light of
day? Stick to symbols and logos. No faces. Superman's, Batman’s, Spiderman’s,
the Fantastic Four’s – these logos are all okay, permitting they only take up
to (say it with me now) 30% of the real estate on the front of
the shirt.
A Punisher logo that takes up then entire
front and looks like a 3 year old splattered paint on it and magically arrived
at a skull, is a sleep shirt. DO NOT LEAVE HOME WITH THAT. Yuck.
Additionally, the more obscure the symbol,
the better. It’s fun to pick out the hardcore geeks out of an average crowd. I
have two Star Wars shirts, one with the rebel logo, and one with Boba Fett's
bantha skull on it, and it’s great. It’s like that scene in Fight Club, where
people in fight club recognize each other outside of Fight Club. They're not
allowed to talk about Fight Club (see rules 1 and 2), so they just nod to one
another. A real nerd will nod at your shirt and keep walking. He or she just
acted cool by acknowledging the awesomeness at your obscure reference, but
decided not to declare it in public.
This brings up another good point. Please don’t
shout, "Hey, nice shirt!” when wearing the same one as somebody else in
the room. You might as well dress up like a twin in matching clothing with your
significant other. You just crossed the line in every culture –
much less geek culture. You don't have to call it out. Unless they're an idiot,
they'll see you're wearing the same shirt. Be Cool.
3. Size Matters Alot It’s true – size does matter. I don't think I
need to go deep into this, but some geeks are bigger than others, and that's
okay. We all come in different shapes and sizes, but it never looks good to
wear a shirt that two sizes too small. I don't care if it has your favorite
cover of the Silver Surfer on it. I'm sure it looks retro and all, but if it’s
not in your size, it was never meant to be. Stick to an appropriately-sized
polo until you find something that fits. Leave the spandex to our favorite
comic book heroes and the high-end cosplayers.
4. WASH IT! (Especially
before Cons) To be fair, most of these guidelines can be
thrown out when attending Comic Con. This one absolutely, 100% can NEVER, EVER
be skipped. Just because you’re dressed like Wolverine, doesn’t mean you have enough
reason to smell like him after taking down three Sentinels. Are you wearing
your favorite Yoda shirt? You don’t have to smell like Dagobah. Good hygiene is
just part of living in society. Don’t go to cons if you want to smell like the
Thanksgiving dinner rotting in the garbage can a week before the garbage men
dispose of it. Be respectful to your fellow nerd. Wash the shirt/costume.
5. WWHD? Okay - stay with me here. Who is the coolest
of all genre characters? Who is suave, confident, good with the ladies,
charming and handsome as hell? Han Solo - that's who! So when picking out that
shirt, whether it’s that vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo shirt, or
that full torso (abs included) Captain America shirt, I ask myself, would Han
Solo wear this? Probably not. He’s too cool for any of it. But would he smile and
wink at you? If the answer is no - then this is the not the shirt you’re
looking for. Move along.
Pop
Quiz!
Q.
I own a schematic shirt of the Millenium Falcon. The schematic takes up about
90% of the shirt. Based on the Jason Wasulko Fanboy Attire Guidelines®, should I wear this?
A.
Based on the percentage rule, the answer is no. But based on my first rule -
would Han Solo buy this? Probably not. He's too cool to wear any geek shirt.
But if Chewbacca buys it for his birthday, I'm certain he wouldn't be upset
that he owns a shirt of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.
Summary
So
there you have it, 5 easy guidelines
for sporting geek apparel. To sum it up, ask yourself these five things.
Does the print take up most of the space on the front? Yes? Fuggedaboutit!
Is it a picture of the Joker smiling at
you? The jokes on you. Never wear the character, only the symbol. Is it in your
size, or would it hold you in like a pair of spanks? I don't think I need to
provide you with an answer to that. Does
it have a mustard stain from SDCC ’07? Take a trip to the Laundromat!
Would Han Solo say "I have a bad feeling about this?" If so, drop it
in the rancor pit.
So
next time you see your version of that beautiful X-men shirt, buy away! Let
your geek flag fly – just please remember to wear it responsibly.
I'm proud to feature our first-ever post by contributing writer Max Power! One of the goals of this blog is to begin to feature opinions and articles that run the gamut of fandom. At times, we're going to be fawning nerds and other times we're going to be blasphemers, but it's all going to come from a place of love for all things fanboy.
So without further ado, here's Max's first (and incredibly relevant) article "I Hate You, Joss Whedon." (!?!?!?!) _______________________________
Before we start, let’s make sure we understand each other.
Of the volumes that will be written on Marvel’s
Avengers most of it will be deservedly positive. This will not. This is not
a review of that film and you should not read it as such. This is an attack on
one of fandom’s metaphorical “girlfriends” and I will offer no quarter. The
other thing I would like to state right up front is that, I get it. We are
lucky to have these movies.
In the good old days of the late 80’s and
early 90’s, we fanboys had little in the way of cinematic Marvel fare to enjoy. Oh, sure we had quality DC coming out the whazoo. The first three Batman’s treated me very
well, thank you. I also hold dear three of the four Reeve Superman’s (Not III,
as the woman being turned into a robot by a giant computer scared the hell out
of me.) But as for Marvel? Well, I’m the guy who watched the Matt Salinger, Captain America and convinced myself it
was good because he does a flip over an oncoming car. So I get it, we are
blessed to live in a time where Ghost
Rider who can’t even carry his own monthly, can have not one but TWO films
starring that guy from Con-Air. The
fact that I can plunk down my hard earned Washington’s and watch Thor punch The
Hulk in the face is nothing short of a miracle. And yet…I hate you Joss Whedon. Firstly, let me disabuse
you of the notion that this man is some geek genius. Up till now his claim to
fame has been Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Hot chicks and vampires, Eureka!!) a spinoff of that aforementioned opus with
the guy from Bones and the Sci-Fi
mish-mash that is, Firefly. Near as I
can tell, Firefly is a show that
gained popularity by virtue of not being god-awful and then getting cancelled
which usually propels you to levels of undeserved acclaim in our little sphere
of entertainment. If a Sci-Fi show makes it to air and doesn’t run forever, then
the sooner it is cancelled the greater it would have been had the idiots at the
network not been so short-sighted. This is a geek-math formula of inverse
relationships that almost never fails. Shockingly, the film Serenity based on Firefly performed poorly in theaters and those “characters” were
never heard from again. And for the record, the man did not write Toy Story. He wrote a DRAFT of Toy Story which in no way was the
shooting script. (In all fairness Whedon is the first to admit this, a fact his
adoring fans gleefully ignore.) When I heard Whedon was to
direct The Avengers I was possibly
the only grown man with Captain America undies balled up in a drawer not
turning cart-wheels at the announcement. It seemed like an overly telegraphed
overture to fandom. Marvel seemed to be saying, “We have no real vision for
this film but you guys likes this dude right?” It felt like when Lucas started
cramming Episodes II&III with OT characters, “This is what you like,
right,Right, RIGHT?!?!” But that’s just my read on it and in no way a salient
argument against Mr. Whedon having his crack at these storied characters. What is in my opinion a good argument is that
this guy is a one-trick hack with annoying fetishes he cannot restrain. I have the same problem
with Whedon’s work that I have with Kevin Smith, Brian Michael Bendis and
whoever the hell wrote most of The
Gilmore Girls. Not every character, in every situation, and at all times
can have the same voice and precise comedic timing. When one character in an
ensemble is the “funny one”; they become the cipher for the audience. This
character breaks the tension, points out the absurdity we are all perceiving
and drags it into the light. This in turn acknowledges that the story isn’t
fully asking you to forget how ridiculous these scenarios are and that then
allows us to accept them and roll with it. When John McClane quips about how
ridiculous it is that he is once again trading bullets with someone who more
than likely has some odd member of his family in danger, you can rest easier in
your chair and say,” See, even he thinks this is nuts!” You are then comforted knowing that the movie
doesn’t think you are stupid. It realizes it can’t fool you and it has to admit
to you what it’s trying to do. Because the “funny” character pointed this out
to you in a charming fashion, you forgive it. These characters usually steal
the majority of the scenes they are in and in doing so, become our favorites.
Peter Venkman, Jack Sparrow and Han solo, are all excellent examples of this.
Without the majority of the film’s characters treating the proceeding’s with
the most grim, seriousness there is no contrast for the “funny” character. This is the problem with Whedon’s
work, every character has the “funny” voice. It becomes a Pro-Wrestling match
where after every move, the wrestlers turn to you and wink. All the characters this
man writes have Second City levels of
comedic timing and never miss the opportunity to hit you with the snarkiest
snark. It quickly becomes too much of the same thing. His body of work plays like being at a party with some jackass, who
encouraged by a successful first joke will now back you into a corner and deliver
and evening-long one man show. You never get a break and it never stops. Heroes
are funny, villains are snarky, side-characters; HILARIOUS. Consider what made Seinfeld the perfect ensemble. Each member of that glorious
foursome brought something different to the table, offering you a fresh voice
and the opportunity to contrast and appreciate the different styles on display.
Elaine was the easily flustered bitch, Kramer the oddball, Jerry the detached,
quipper and George the neurotic. Imagine a show where everyone had Kramer’s idiosyncrasies
or George’s foibles; all you’d be able to think is “What is wrong with these douche
bags? How come no one in this group can function as a human-being?” Oh, Whedon tries for the
barest semblance of variety in his characters, but it’s the same carousel of stock
archetypes every time. There’s the loyal nerd, the tortured leader, the tough
guy who’s secretly nice, and so on. Now, granted in many cases these are tried
and true character molds, but not when they all sound exactly the same. Read a
random line of script from any climax scene in any episode of Buffy that does not have a name attached
to it and you’d never know who was talking. On the other hand every one of Han
Solo’s lines are 100% swarthy-douchey, awesome sauce and are thus easily
distinguished. The same goes for absolutely all of Bill Murray’s lines in Ghostbusters. Whedon brings this bad habit to every project
he works on, not just his WhedonVerse
(blargh) material. His X-men run is mostly Claremont lifts with everyone
talking like the kids on Buffy or the
crew of Serenity. Wolverine, having
never really been “ha-ha funny “ in his printed career is suddenly the Dennis
Leary of mutie-town USA. Oh and don’t get me
started on this guy’s pathological fixation with small kung-fuish women. Joss
let me tell you something my friend; no one gives a flying Norse fuck about the
Black Widow. That is why she had five minutes of screen time in Iron Man 2 and why she has never, ever
carried a monthly book for any extended period of time. You honestly haven’t
worked out your desire to see small women kick guys in the face by this point
in your career? It bothers me most because it manages to be unbelievable in a
movie where a god is fighting an alcoholic in a flying tank suit. If you have
to have these Uber-Chicks wrecking all life on the globe at least fucking sell
it to me. When Hilary Swank played a boxer her back looked dense enough to
shrug off a small armament.If Summer
Glau kicked anyone in the face they would easily chase her down on what is now
her broken foot and throw her into the nearest speeding vehicle. My sister is currently in France and is a tiny
woman herself, albeit without Kung-fuish tendencies. As result of the early European release she had
already seen the film while I lingered in anticipation. Eager for some tidbits
I asked her some tentative questions. She reported to me that Loki had the most
screen-time to which I replied “Excellent”. Then she told me that he was followed
closely by ScarJo to which I replied, “Of-fucking-course”. The amount of lines, action and general time
on-screen that this character is given is shameful when you consider all the
extra Gamma-irradiated smashing that could have occupied it. Joss, I don’t care about
poorly executed fight choreography from a buxom red-head or that you managed to
once again shoe-horn your character archetypes into a new project
re:Coulson=Xander=Wash.Our medium needs
strong female characters, that’s not up for debate. The problem is that you
have been forcing the same character on your audience for the last decade and a
half. She just traded a wooden stake for a Beretta (kept the awful Kung-fu
though). This was a film for icons and legends. The Black Widow is not an icon.
She is back-up Captain America’s girlfriend. She was however, the fastest,
easiest way for you to put Buffy back on the screen and you couldn’t pass that
up. Could you? Please from this time forward direct all Marvel movies. Get
Pepper Pots into that armor she’s running around the comics in and you can put
Tony in a coma or something. Jane foster did not back-flip into nearly enough
Frost Giant’s in Thor. Summer Glau
just screams She-Hulk. It was recently debated at
Spin-Off.com that maybe Whedon should be allowed to have a
crack at the Star Wars universe. I
will close by saying, No-Fucking-One wants to see a trilogy of films about Super
Leia flipping around Star Destroyers and helmet kicking Storm-Troopers while
evading snarky British-actor portrayed Imperial assassins. _______________________________
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Think about it - there’s a Star Wars version of everything. Enjoy reading? There are piles of Star Wars novels in every bookstore. Play World of Warcraft? Why not try The Old Republic? What do you want for breakfast? Have a Darth Vader shaped waffle. I bet if you looked hard enough, you’d be able to find Jabba the Hutt toilet paper.
So while there’s no stone left unbranded by Lucasfilm, I would argue that there’s a lot left in the hopper when it comes to future Star Wars projects. Luckily for them, I’ve come up with a list of the top 5 dream Star Wars projects that I’d love to see come to fruition before I become one with the Force.
1. The Adventures of Han & Chewie Ongoing Comic Book Series For better or for worse, Han wasn’t included in any of the prequels. I for one am firmly in the “better” camp. Despite the inclusion of Chewie in Revenge of the Sith, I think it would have been a stretch to have another character from the original trilogy featured in the prequel trilogy. Not only that, but part of Han’s charm is that we really don’t know that much about him.
Now, I know what you’re thinking, wouldn’t a series that fills in the gaps in continuity with Han and Chewie remove the aforementioned mystery? I’d argue that by its very nature, the expanded universe of the books and the comics allow for a certain degree of separation from strict Star Wars continuity. Simply speaking, fans can choose to accept it all as canon or ignore it, counting only feature films as the official story.
And really, just think of the fun we could have! If Dark Horse Comics were to pair a top-tier writer and artist for “The Adventures of Han Solo and Chewbacca,” I think that most of us would be adding a new title to our pull lists. I’ve gotta believe there are big name writers and artists that would jump at the opportunity. I mean, Brian Michael Bendis is writing Halo for Christ’s sake! Get Mr. Lucas on the horn and make it happen Dark Horse.
2. A Star Wars Motion Detection Video Game That Doesn’t Suck Ever since motion detection-based video game systems were introduced, I’ve only wanted one thing: a friggin’ lightsaber. I want to swing that little Wii remote, slicing and dicing to my heart’s content. Unfortunately, no one has been able to deliver, despite a few attempts. The Wii’s just never quite gotten it right.
Early reports of Star Wars Kinect don’t sound promising either. It’s been reported that fans that demoed the Kinect game were dismayed to find that the controls were lacking, even frustrating. The gameplay doesn’t sound much better. One of the missions that has been revealed requires the player to become a rancor and stomp around Tatooine. No, thanks. Keep that one. Thankfully, this game’s release was delayed, presumably to work out the bugs, and hopefully, to fine tune some lightsaber swingin’ action. C’mon old buddy, don’t let me down.
3. A Rebellion-Era Live-Action TV Show As it stands now, if budgetary concerns can be overcome, we will see a live-action Star Wars series set between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope” called "Star Wars: Underworld." It's been announced that 50 episodes have been written. The show would not focus on any of the main characters from the films. Rather, the "scum and villany" of the Star Wars universe will take center stage. According to Mr. Lucas, it'll be more adult and action-heavy, and can be described as “Deadwood” meets “The Sopranos." Producer Rick McCallum has even said that the series could have as many as 400 episodes.
If all of this information is accurate, then this dream project might be the one that’s closest to becoming a reality, but even if it does, I’ll still have one quibble: it’s going to be set just a little too early. I want to see a series that intertwines with the major events of “A New Hope,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” Instead it sounds like we’ll be getting more stories from the less popular and inferior prequel era. Don’t get me wrong, that’s not entirely a bad thing. Just look at the bang-up job they’re doing with Clone Wars. That said, I’ll always prefer my Star Wars Gungan-free. Rebellion-era all the way.
4. The Thrawn Trilogy – Clone Wars-Style
Timothy Zahn’s original sequel trilogy is still the best example of the expanded universe. Using our all of our favorite characters from the original trilogy, Zahn spun a tale so thematically similar to the films that my memories of reading the books are not unlike having watched them as feature-length movies.So why not make that a reality? Bring in the animators and artists from the Clone Wars and make this into three new animated movies or even a TV miniseries.
Besides Sir Alec Guinness, we still have all of the original actors to provide the voices. Heck, Mark Hamill has even made another career out of voice acting, most notably as the Joker in many animated Batman projects. Realistically, we know that we’re probably not going to get Harrison Ford to return to the Star Wars universe, so I suppose I’d be willing to see the project move forward without him. That said, my dream version of this includes Ford deciding that he’s so grateful to Lucas and Star Wars for launching his career that he’ll return to the role that made him famous one last time. I’d even forgive him for climbing into that fridge for Spielberg.
If you haven't seen it already, the following fan-made video, "Tales of the New Republic" is one of the inspirations for this particular dream.
5. New Movies
I’ll bet you saw this one coming.
Despite the fact that the prequels came up short in many, many regards, I’d still love to see more Star Wars in theaters. What would they be about? To be honest, I truly don’t know. What I do know is that there are tremendously talented writers and directors out there today that love the Star Wars universe and could easily be brought in to carry on the series. The trick is to get George Lucas to pass the torch.
Could you imagine a new trilogy or even a remake of the original three (*gasp*) in the hands of someone like Brad Bird, Brian K. Vaughan, J.J. Abrams, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan, Damon Lindelof, Jon Favreau, Frank Darabont or Joss Whedon? Let Spielberg and Lucas produce and give the reigns to a younger talent who has love and respect for the original trilogy.
Admittedly, there might be a few “childhoods raped” in the process, but we can’t be so attached to the property that we aren’t willing to see someone take a risk with the material. New stories using sharp storytelling and special effects, or the classic original three remade with a fresh, updated perspective could absolutely blow us away.
So there you have it – my top 5 dream Star Wars projects. Feel free to steal these ideas, Mr. Lucas. To actually see them happen would be payment enough.
Well … you know … that and a percentage of the merchandising.
The awesome organization, "Stand Up to Cancer," has some pretty sweet Star Wars shirts available online and a new video out to promote them featuring a lot of funny Hollywood-types. George Carlin it ain't, but it still gave me a chuckle. Check it out, dude.
As soon as my young brain was developed enough to absorb and retain memory, it began to soak up the Star Wars culture that surrounded me. Born in 1981, I came into this world at a time when Empire was still playing in theaters. I was about two when Jedi was released. My earliest memories are foggy, but I recall small glimpses of it all; coveting ROTJ comic books from the drug store spinner rack, a C-3PO cake pan being used at every birthday party in the neighborhood, being terrified of the Kenner Rancor my uncle bought me for Christmas, and sleeping on a pillow case with the good guys on one side and the bad guys on the other – always good guys side up.
Recalling the years that followed that, the memories start to become clearer. Going to bed at six o’clock so that I could wake up at eight to watch The Battle for Endor, telling my friends that I did have a Han Solo figure like they did, but I fed it to my Rancor, and wailing on the dog with my lightsaber (a cardboard wrapping paper tube).
By fourth grade, my friends and I officially moved on from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and fell back in love with a galaxy far, far away (and Leia). We’d draw Chewie and Greedo in the margins of our notebooks and get together after school to watch the movies that our parents had recorded off of our remote-less, bunny-eared televisions. I vividly remember the loud CLACK-CLACK-CLACK the dial made as I changed the channels on that old thing.
Some of us have remained in an intense state of fandom ever since, but it will never be quite the same as it was back then. Before internet spoilers and message board trolls. Before countless remasterings and special editions. Before prequels. Back then our world was small, and there was a magic that existed in our lives. Not just on Tatooine, Hoth and Endor, but in our summers, our winters and our tree forts.
Being an adult, I have a different kind of appreciation for the saga, but I don’t love it any less. You’ll have to forgive the unabashed nostalgia, but I genuinely miss those legendary days when we all saw the droids, scoundrels and Jedi as only a child could. Unfortunately, it’s true what they say – you can never go back. Instead, I’ll just have to dress my son’s bed in my oId Jedi sheets – good guys up, bake him a Threepio cake for his next birthday, and watch the magic happen for a new generation.
I have a Kenner Rancor with a Han Solo inside of it that I think he’s just going to love.
We're just mere weeks away from the September 16 Star Wars saga blu-ray release and rumors have started to fly that there will be changes to the movies. Yes, again.
Slashfilm reported on Tuesday that the movies would indeed be changing again, but later posted an update from Bleeding Cool that refuted their earlier assertion that there would be big changes. You know ... things like the addition of Jabba in New Hope, the extended wampa scene in Empire and the god-awful "Jedi Rocks" scene in Jedi. They did however stick with their claim that the certain elements of the films would be "cleaned up," if you will. This includes making the lightsabers consistent in their appearance throughout all six flicks and removing a puppeteer's arm from a shot of the wampa. See? To me that's all good stuff.
Another, more significant, change that I really hope they make is something that's been rumored for a long time: the addition of a CGI Yoda in Phantom Menace. I am all for this. The Yoda puppet in TPM is atrocious. It looks nothing like the original Yoda puppet. OK...it's green, has big ears and it's short, so there are some similarities, but it's just not right. Right?
The DVD release of Revenge of the Sith featured a scene from TPM with CGI Yoda swapped in, confirming the speculation that Lucasfilm was at least playing with it. Maybe, they've done it for the 3-D release next year or maybe they've done it for this. ComicBookMovie.com posted the same scene this week claiming it's "confirmed" for the blu-ray release and many other sites are claiming the same thing.
The extended trailer for “The Clone Wars” season four was released this week and it looks like they’re continuing to show signs of Anakin’s turn to the dark side. By its very existence, this show makes “Revenge of the Sith” a better movie, and showing Anakin’s internal struggle throughout the series makes his turn to the dark side that much more believable (and even emotional).
It also stood out to me that there’s a lot more Threepio and Artoo in this trailer. Thank you! They’ve been chronically under-used in Anakin, Ashoka and Obi-Wan episodes and their inclusion just makes it feel like much more of a genuine Star Wars experience. Am I right?
Here it is:
Cooooool. And yes, that was the future Admiral Ackbar! That little tidbit was confirmed earlier this year at the San Diego Comic Con, and in case you missed it, this teaser clip was also shown at SDCC this year:
“The Clone Wars” will premiere on Friday, Sept. 16 on Cartoon Network. Need to catch up? The pretty-damn-good first two seasons are available on blu-ray and DVD and you can pre-order the superb third season now.
When the first DVDs came out, I recall rushing to watch the bonus features. These days, I’m lucky if I ever get around to watching them – especially the deleted scenes. If the director saw fit to remove them from the film, then there was probably good reason. Of course, the exception to this is the class of films that I watched so many times as a kid that they are practically in my DNA. Deleted scenes from those kinds of movies absolutely must be seen. Of course, because of this, now I can’t un-see the octopus scene from Goonies, so there’s that.
Here’s a sneak peek of the deleted scenes we’re getting on the blu-ray release of Star Wars this Fall. My guess is that “Wampa in the Rebel Base” scene > “Data Feeds the Octopus a Radio” scene.
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