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| May 20, 2013
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Kevin Conroy Possibly Some Batman, Definitely Not All Batman

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This weekend Kevin Conroy confirmed he is in Arkham Origins.  Which, great, right?  That’s the only real choice for Batman.  Except he never actually said he was Batman.  But why should he have to?  He’s Batman.

Except maybe not?  Because it turns out this Roger Craig Smith fellow is Batman.  Who?  He played Ezio Auditore, so I guess he has experience in playing guys that go on quests of vengeance after their families are murdered.  But he’s still not Kevin Conroy, so why’s he playing Batman?  And who’s Kevin Conroy playing, if not Batman?   It’s gotta be Batman.  Probably an older Batman.  Possibly with travel time travel?  Or maybe just flashbacks?  Probably just flashbacks. 

But now that I think about it, I’m rooting for time travel.  Cause… CO-OP Batmans!  Old Batman comes back in time, now you’ve got old Batman and young Batman fighting side by side.  Deathstroke doesn’t even stand a chance!  Come on time travel!

Note: I didn’t mean to put two Arkham Origins posts right next to each other, but, well, the trailer came along and that happened. Sorry.

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| May 20, 2013
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Batman: Arkham Origins Trailer – You Can’t Just Tease Me With a Calendar Like That

Listen, if you’re going to make a trailer for a Batman game, you can’t just have calendars laying around all willy nilly.  Now you’ve got me all excited about Calendar Man, but does he show up?  No. You’ve got a calendar, you’ve set the game on a holiday, and then you just fill it with deadly assassins?  Ridiculous.  Give me holiday themed crimes.  If the final twist of this game isn’t that it’s all an elaborate scheme concocted by Calendar Man, it’s failed.

But we do have Batman fighting Deathstroke.  When we saw the teaser I watched it on my phone, somehow coming to the belief that it was Batman dispatching a series of ninjas, instead of continually fighting one ninja.  I also failed to note that ninja was Deathstroke.  So, oops.  Still, Batman fights Deathstroke, Deadshot shows up, messes everything up, like usual, and Black Mask is unhappy.  Then Batman does his threatening “watching things from high up” thing.  Pretty much everything a Batman trailer needs.

Except Calendar Man.

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| May 16, 2013
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When Batman Has a Bad Day It Is Bad

Batman does not have an easily life. He is only a badass because he has had such a rough life despite his near infinite wealth. Why else would you use your money by becoming a vigilante hero? He’s messed up. And now it gets worse.

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| May 16, 2013
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Prepare Yourself for a Shock: Batman Fights Some Ninjas

Any other character, an encounter with ninjas might actually be something interesting.  Cause they’re ninjas.  But not Batman.  You can try to get us excited for Arkham Origins with Batman fighting ninjas, but it’s not gonna accomplish much.  For most folks the response is gonna be “Oh, Batman vs Ninjas? Yawn.  Call me when he’s doing something we haven’t seen a million times already.”  You’ve gone to the ninja well too many times.  You dug too greedily, and too deep, and now ninjas are just nothing special.  Just a step above street thugs.  You’ve ruined ninjas, Batman.  Way to go.

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| May 15, 2013
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Overly Epic Fight Between Superman and Thor Ends Like Voting

If you asked me who’d win in a fight between Thor and Superman, I’d have a tough time answering. However, if you had a popularity contest between Superman and Thor, its not really a contest. So fan votes determined the winner of a fake fight between Thor and Superman, and of course Superman won. Superman will win everything until the end of time.

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| May 15, 2013
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I’m Sick of Using My Imagination to Play Scribblenauts, Can’t I Use Bob Kane’s Imagination Instead?

If Scribblenauts has one flaw, it’s that you can’t summon Batman.  Which is nuts.  No matter what crazy puzzle they might throw at you, the answer is always Batman.  But that’s no longer a problem with Scribblenauts Unmasked, which will allow you to Scribblenaut up the whole DC Universe.  You won’t even need Batman.  Just Scribblenaut Batman’s utility belt.  All problems solved.  “Get this cat out of a tree?” Batarang.  “Save me from this shark?” Bat-Shark-Repellent-Spray. “Get this baby across the river?” Miniature-Bat-Hot-Air-Balloon.  Wow, this game’s too easy now.  Stupid Batman.  Thanks for ruining everything.

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| May 14, 2013
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It’s Been More Than a Day Since An Agents of SHIELD Trailer? Probably Time for an Agents of SHIELD Trailer

It’s still several months until “Tuesdays This Fall” guys.  Maybe you want to slow down just a bit on these Agents of SHIELD trailers?  Otherwise you’re gonna find yourself in August with nothing to sell the show with but that video of Luke Cage jumping out the window for the millionth time.  That’d be silly.

Meanwhile, I dunno about Luke Cage.  I mean, I’m sure that’s Luke Cage, but it feels more like he might be the mystery of the week.  They’ll investigate him, discover his secret, and then even though the powers that be want him captured, our heroes will find a way to let him free, because even though they’re working for the shady government group, they still have morals and they know he’s a good guy.  And that will be the end of it.

But I really hope he comes back.  Maybe they’ll treat him like they did when he was Gunn, where he’s a quasi member of the team for a while, working toward common goals, but not actually part of the group?  I just want him in more episodes.  Because both J August Richards and Luke Cage are awesome, so why wouldn’t I want more of them, especially when combined into one person?

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| May 14, 2013
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More Axe Cop Trailers Please

I don’t normally like watching trailers because I hope the enjoy the movie as a whole when I see it. No preconceived notions, here. However, Axe Cop feels like its clips are even better out of context. I would like it if the whole show was random trailer clips jammed together. That would get old quickly, but man it would be great when it started.

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| May 14, 2013
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Come On, Wolverine, Stop Screwing With Our Already Tenuous Continuity

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When we heard Wolverine was going to be in Days of Future Past, I think we all assumed that meant he was going to be in the crappy, Sentinel filled alternate future, because that just makes sense, right? But here he is, chilling out in the seventies, hanging with an un-Beastified Beast? I don’t even know anymore. What, he just took some personal time from Weapon X? So he could go hang out with a bunch of folks that will pretend not to recognize him in thirty years? And why isn’t Beast Beast? Maybe they’re going to CG him later? But he’s not wearing any CG crap. I dunno. Frustrating all around.

Unless, of course, you’re dying to see Wolverine wearing 1970s fashion. Then this is your lucky day. Also, you have very specific desires.

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| May 13, 2013
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Agents of SHIELD Will Have Explosions, Cars… And That’s Gotta Be Luke Cage, Right?

Is that racist?
“You assumed he’s the super strong black guy just because he’s super strong and happens to be portrayed by a black man?”
Well… Yeah.
“That’s totally racist! He could be any super strong guy, and they just chose J August Richards because they thought he was best for the part.”
Well, damn.
“But yeah, he’s probably Luke Cage.”
Well, alright then.

So, yeah, here’s your first look at Agents of SHIELD, which, I don’t know exactly what they’re doing here. It’s all got a bit of an X-Files vibe, but that doesn’t make a lot of sense, considering the world is pretty well aware of this weirdness by now. Tony Stark’s been running around, Iron Man-ing it up for years. The Hulk and Abomination knocked down half of Harlem. And, oh, right, the Avengers stopped an alien invasion centered on one of the largest cities in the world. I’d say any attempt at secrecy went right out the window. Maybe calm down on the cloak and dagger a bit.

But, still, they’re spies. I’m sure their spy-ness will encourage them to keep things under wraps, which with conflict with Luke Cage’s desire to help the people by making sure they’re as well informed as possible, leading to delicious conflict. They’ll fight their monster or bad guy of the week, all the while learning about some greater threat, slowly building in the background. But it’s from Joss Whedon, so hopefully it’ll be more intertwined and subtle than Smallville’s “Episode plot is over, season arch plot begins now!” that happened five minutes before the end of every episode. That’d be nice.

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