Star Trek

Good afternoon and welcome to another segment of ATN,

As you know (or at least should know) Star Trek came out on Friday and nerds everywhere were ecstatic. Now before we get into my review, let me point out that I wasn't a Star Trek fan going into this movie. I had nothing against it, I had just never really gotten into it. So without further ado, my review.

Star Trek, the final frontier. A subject no man has explored before...except for the original series, countless spinoffs and movies. The movie focuses on the adventures of the Enterprise (that's a big important spaceship) and its crew, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Ahora, Scotty, Sulu, and Chekov. The acting in this movie is supreme. Zachary Quinto performs the role of an emotionless, logical Spock quite well. Chris Pine played the smug badass James Tiberius Kirk enjoyabley. These two characters are the main focus of the movie and have the deepest background. While the main focus is on Kirk and Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Sulu provide some wonderful comedy and banter. Eric Bana plays yet another green character (I apologize right now for referencing the horrendous 2003 "Hulk" movie), the evil villain Nero. Nero is a bat-shit crazy Romulan from the future that is hellbent on revenge. The only thing to top off the afformentioned acting, is the appearance of the legendary Leonard Nimoy. I won't spoil how he relates to the plot, but he's definitely an important character and delves a bit into his roots.

The effects in this movie are very well done. I enjoyed every bit of them from the black holes, to the red matter, to the planet destruction. Phasing from spot to spot had some very nice special effects involved and provides a couple nice jokes for Chekov and Scotty. Overall, I feel that fans would enjoy this even more than I did, which is hard to achieve. While I may not have understood all the little references and allusions to the original series, I could tell when they happened because several members of the audience started laughing. Star Trek is a must-see for fans and casual movie goers alike. I thoroughly look forward to the sequel, because let's face it, there's gonna be one, and am now inclined to check out the old show at some point to look at the similarities. Live long and prosper!

Nerdsplosion!

Hey there fans,

Sorry for the long time without an update. I know all of you were dying to know the winner between Megan Fox, Jennifer Aniston, and Jessica Alba, but we'll get to that in a minute.

So, what a big weekend for nerds, am I right? The premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which I'm sure many of you saw at midnight, and of course the 8th annual Free Comic Book Day! Let's discuss my feelings on Wolverine first.

Wol-ver-ine: noun. The poster-slut for all things Marvel. Synonyms: Spider-Man. Antonyms: Batman, Superman. X-Men Origins: Wolverine has gotten a lot of bad press and reviews. I however thoroughly enjoyed the film. It was a nice action flick, that was at least relatively close to the comic origin. There was a nice jumble of some of my favorite marvel characters, some good action scenes, and some generally good action. However, I do have a few small gripes. My first, and perhaps biggest flaw of the film, is Deadpool. Now, for any average Joe seeing this film, I'm sure Deadpool was fine. But for those of us devoted comic book fans, he was a slaughterfest on our favorite Merc with a Mouth. The Deadpool featured in the beginning couldn't have been better. Then, at the end, they decided to go completely off-source and do whatever they damn well pleased with such a good character. Oh well, there's word of a Deadpool spin-off, maybe they'll fix him up by then. Another gripe, would be Wolverine's claws. Hands down some of the worst CGI I've seen in this generation of movies. Onto my last big gripe, which is about Fox. Why on Earth would you make two different "after the credits" scenes, and send them out randomly to movie theaters? That is a major inconvenience to fans. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to go to every nearby movie theater, hoping for the grab-bag chance that I get to see the other bonus ending. Oh well, back to my main thesis. Wolverine is a must-see for comic fans, and while it is still over-shadowed by Iron Man and Dark Knight in my book, with an 87 million opening box office, I don't see Marvel's poster-slut going anywhere anytime soon.

Now let's discuss Free Comic Book Day, one of my favorite days of the year! May 2nd, 2009 marked the 8th annual Free Comic Book Day. For those of you unfamiliar with this, it's an excuse for your local comic book shop to lure you in and snatch your wallet. All the big comic book publishers send out one designated "Free Comic" for retailers to stockpile. Little children then go to the store and force their parents to buy them all the other shiny comic books about Spidey beatin' up baddies. Now, usually, I go into Free Comic Book Day and expect 7 or 8 comics, ya know, the ones from the big publishers. Not this year, oh no. I walked out of there with 33 free comics and a few others that caught my eye. Granted, most of the "free comics" were things I would never read, but a true collector never complains. The best free comic would be Blackest Night #0, the prelude to the upcoming Green Lantern event. It was a small taste of the delicious crossover likely to fill my upcoming summer. Some other sweet issues were a reprint of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Marvel's Avengers comic. I encourage all of you to go to your local comic store and see what's left over, so you too can enjoy the free comic goodness.

Finally, Jessica Alba and Megan Fox are co-winners. I waited and waited for someone to break the tie, and no one did. So both girls share the March Babeness trophy this year, maybe one will prevail next year.

Thanks to all the fans, and spread the word to your friends! Maybe someday this blog will be featured on Attack of the Show or something haha. And stay tuned for my review of Star Trek, that I am eagerly awaiting on Friday.