Evan's Comic Book Blog

The strain episode 12 review 9/28/14 So first off sorry that I didn't post a review for the last episode, but last week we left off with the team almost getting the Master.  So they start by regrouping at the pawn shop.  Then we see a flashback after WWII and the vampire hunter is tracking down the Master.  We also see that the vampire hunter had a wife.  The vampire hunter keeps a vampire heart in a jar, that's gross and weird.  So the hacker girl returns to the team.  So she wants to use the emergency alert system to notify people about what is happening.  Gus takes some guy at gunpoint and forces him to drive him.  So the vampire hunter guy isn't looking so great these days.  Now we flash back again, he is hunting the Master, he goes down this old well and into this sort of cave or tunnel. So after going down the tunnel he comes across of group of vampires and the Master talks through one of them, he goes back to the wel...

Avengers 3 is going to be slip into two movies? Just a quick update on the rumor mill. It appears the newest Marvel movie rumor is that Avengers 3, which we are all assuming will be the Infinity Gauntlet story in which the Avengers will battle Thanos, is going to be split into two movies. It's looking like Avengers 3 is set to be released in 2018 with an untitled Marvel movie coming a year later. So could this rumor be true? Who knows, but how would you guys feel about having to wait a year to see the conclusion to Avengers 3?

Agents of Shield season 2 Premiere.   So Shield starts with a flashback and Agent Carter cameo.  I still don't like Skye, I think she's extremely annoying, and she's an agent now too?  And wasn't Shield dismantled after Captain America the Winter Soldier? Why are they still a part of Shield if there is no Shield?  I guess that's supposed to be Absorbing Man, yet another character that nobody really cares about, but that's Shields m.o.   So far the acting is just as poor as it was last year.  Agent May is not believable at all, honestly the entire cast should just be replaced.  Fitz and Simmons were annoying last year but even more so this year. Boring dialog, boring dialog and more boring dialog... Oh wait more boring dialog.  A weird Skye and Ward conversation. Sorry a stupid conversation.  Oh Skye wants to be a badass this season... I'm really wondering how the like 5 or 6 remaining Shield members are planning to def...

Under the Dome season 2 review. So I decided that I wasn't going to review each episode, but do a season review at the end of the season. I did this because I knew with this show there could be some slow episodes and I didn't want to turn people off from the show if I gave an episode or two a bad review, because it really is a good show. So this season did start off somewhat slow for the first few episodes but the story was good. We did gain and lose some characters over the course of the season. As the season progresses the show definitely gets better. The story moves along and there are a lot of twists and turns. I did hear a lot of complaints about the later episodes from people but I liked them. So the season finale was really good. We lose a couple of pretty key characters, and SPOILER ALERT: Junior shoots Jim, I bet people have been waiting for that for a while. And the finale ends in a pretty interesting way. If I had to give the season as a whole a rating it would b...

Gotham Premiere. So this isn't going to be a review, more like an overview.  So we kind of get a glimpse of each character in this episode.  We see Thomas and Martha Wayne get murdered. Harvey Bullock and Jim Gordon are partners and are on the Wayne case.  So as studios always do, they deviate somewhat from the original comic stories, which is expected nowadays. We get to see small parts from, Oswald Cobblepot, Edward Nigma, Selena Kyle, Ivy Pepper, Alfred Pennyworth, and Bruce Wayne.  Fish Mooeny, played by Jada Pinkett Smith, has a larger role as a sort of crime boss character with an affinity for baseball bats, she works for Carmine Falcone.  Bullock and Gordon get into some trouble but Carmine Falcone cuts them loose because he doesn't want dead cops on his hands, how nice of him... Gordon and Bruce have a conversation at the end of the episode and we get to see Wayne Manor.  You definitely get to see how dark and gritty and violent Goth...

I met comic book legend George Perez today. I got to meet one of the nicest people in comics today and that was George Perez. He is currently doing a nation wide signing tour to promote his new book from BOOM studious called Sirens. And it just so happened that his stop on his tour today was at my local comic shop. He was one of the nicest people I've ever met. He's so genuine and really appreciates his fans. And for someone who is a legend in the industry, that's pretty cool. It's always a great experience to meet someone that you've been a fan of, and you have a positive experience. So he was scheduled to be signing at my shop from 6-8pm tonight, I got to the shop early of course, at around 4:45, and George Perez had just gotten there a few minutes earlier. So for the first half hour or so there were only a few of us there, which was cool because we got to have a more personal conversation with him and ask a lot of question. So I assume that on his signing to...

Suicide Squad movie? Just a quick update. Apparently there is a Suicide Squad movie in the works. They haven't revealed any details yet as far as what team members could be featured. But I will keep you guys updated.

Supergirl TV show So it's official, CBS has made a commitment to produce a Supergirl TV show. Apparently the show will follow Kara as she learns how to use her powers. It sounds a lot like Samllville, just substituting Kara for Clark. So we'll see how it turns out.

Deadpool Movie So there has been speculation over a Deadpool movie for years now, but it looks like it's finally going to happen. FOX announced today that it will finally be making a Deadpool movie that is set to release  on February 12, 2016 .  But to be honest I don't really see the appeal of the character. I've tried to read Deadpool books but I just can't get into it. I don't like the humor, there really isn't anything I like about the character. I don't think I'll ever understand why he's such a popular character.  But anyway I just wanted to keep you guys updated! 

Quick updates There has been a lot of news of new superhero movies and tv shows lately,  especially with DC. But there have also been talks about some shows that we haven't heard much about lately, so I just wanted to mention them. DC has some Vertigo titles being developed, I think. They are still making an iZombie show right? I mean I thought that iZombie was going to be released around the same time as Gotham, the Flash, and Constantine, but I haven't heard much about it lately. DC also talked about shows for DMZ and Scalped, but I haven't heard anything else on either one. An Image title that has been talked about lately is Five Ghosts, now I believe it's being adapted into a tv show, and I'm pretty excited for this one because I'm a huge fan of the book. If you guys aren't reading Five Ghosts go grab the first two trades and you'll be all caught up for when the book starts up again next month. A title from IDW that was talked about for a tv s...

Lucifer tv show coming? Another DC property has just been optioned for a pilot. Lucifer, who first appeared in issue 4 of Sandman, has been optioned by FOX. There hasn't been many details released yet but I'll be sure to keep you guys updated.  Now DC still has their Sandman movie in the works but I know they've said before that their tv properties won't cross over into the movie universe so I'm going to assume the Lucifer show won't be connected to the Sandman movie, but you never know.  Anyway, I'll keep you guys posted when I hear more!

The strain episode 10 review 9/14/14 So we start this episode off in the pawn shop. Eph's kid is trying to find his mom, so he tracked her phone. So Eph is going to try and find her. The Eph/Nora drama is annoying.  And his kid is wicked annoying. So the team is trying to form a plan to kill the Master. Eph goes looking for his wife but doesn't find her. Some homeless woman had his wife's phone. The woman shows him where she found the phone. Now we are flashing back to 32 hours earlier. Eph's wife is in bed when her infected boyfriend comes home. She goes to check on him but he's locked himself in the bathroom. She goes to work and finds most of the kids in her class are out sick. She starts to believe what Eph told her and wants to leave town. She goes back home to find her infected boyfriend there, he attacks her and she gets infected. She drives away, but now it's only a matter of time before she turns. Some time goes by and she's still in her car, a...

Granite State Comic Con 2014 My experience at the 2014 Granite State Comic Con was great. I was actually a volunteer this year, it was the first time I had ever volunteered at a con. It was a fun and interesting experience and I would definitely do it again next year So I'll tell you a little bit about what I did as a volunteer. So when I got there today I went to the front desk and let the person there know that I was there to volunteer. She directed me to anther woman who was one of the ones in charge, although we all just kind of policed ourselves and worked well together. But anyway, she then gave me a staff T-shirt to wear and showed me around. The first area I worked was in the front directing people as they came in. There were two different lines to buy tickets, one for people who were paying with cash and the other for credit, so I directed people to the correct lines. That was my main job for the day where I spent most of my time. I also answered any questions people h...

Haven Season 5 premiere Haven is finally back!!! It's felt like I've been waiting forever for Haven to start up again. Haven is definitely my favorite show on tv. This was a great episode. It definitely didn't disappoint. For those of you that watched last season, this episode took place right after last years season finale. I didn't start watching Haven during its first season, I actually started with the season 4 premiere last year. And the reason I watched it was because I heard that Colin Ferguson, who played sheriff Jack Carter on Eureka, which was one of my favorite shows, was going to be on season 4 of Haven. So I watched the season 4 premiere and had no clue what was happening or what the show was about, but I was so intrigued by the episode I was instantly hooked. I spent the entire week following that episode watching the first 3 seasons on Netflix, and I was able to watch all those episodes before the second episode of season 4 started. The very first ...

Teen Titans tv show? So yesterday I mentioned that a Supergirl tv show was supposedly being developed, now we are hearing that a Teen Titans show may be in the works as well. From what I've heard TNT is developing the show that will star Dick Grayson as Nightwing.  I haven't heard about what other members might be in the show but I will be sure to keep you guys posted on any new news. Thanks for reading!

Some TV and movie news. So let's start with some rumors. Apparently Wonder Woman is going to be Kryptonian in the Batman versus Superman movie. If that's true that's ridiculous. Let's hope it's not. Next, I guess it's somewhat confirmed that DC is going to make a Supergirl TV show. I'm a fan of Kara so if this is true let's hope they do the character justice. Okay, so earlier today they released some more pictures of the new Batmobile. Honestly I think it looks horrible. What do you guys think? Also Jim Corrigan has been cast on the Constantine TV show, so who knows if we will see the Spectre or if he will just play the detective on the show. I might be leaving some things out so if I remember them I will post them later. Thanks for reading!

The strain episode 9 review 9/7/14 So last week was an awesome episode, let's see what we get this week. So Eph's kid goes home and finds his mom's boyfriend has turned. Luckily Eph and the gang were stopping by his house and Eph goes in and saves his kid. I bet it felt good to kill his wife's boyfriend. Back to Gus and his infected friend in the jail cell. His friend isn't looking so good. So Eph is looking for his wife. So the gang is gearing up for battle, they are going to regroup at the pawn shop. So the exterminator takes the hacker girl back to here apartment and she finds out that her friend actually made it back to her place and stole all her money and hard drives. So the vampire hunter has a heart to heart with Eph's kid. This episode is going back to the slow ways of the previous weeks. Back to WWII, the nazi vampire and the vampire hunter have a quick conversation about nothing. Some guy try's to attack the hacker chick in her apartmen...

Some updates Hey everyone, so first let me say I apologize for my absence this week. I was out of town and didn't spend any time on my computer. So I did watch the strain last Sunday and it was the best episode yet, I didn't write a review because I was packing and getting ready to go out of town. I will write a review for tonight's episode. I'm sure you guys have heard this news but I'll share it anyway. Heatwave was cast on the Flash tv show. Ras as Ghul was finally cast on Arrow, an actor named Matt Nable will play Ras. Dwayne the rock Johnson finally announced that he will play Black Adam in a Shazam movie. And I also watched Doctor Who last night, it was a great episode, again I didn't write a review because I was packing and getting ready to come home, so I will write a review for next weeks episode. That's for reading!