Movie review- Captain America: The First Avenger

This was the second movie I watched yesterday in the Oct 29th nor eastern. Actually Boston was fine but a ton of places got between 8-12" of snow. Nuts. Anyways I digress, Captain America was a fun movie. Chris Evans was great as Steve Rogers, the movie looked fantastic and it had the right amount of ridiculous comicy action. I would have liked to see the love interest character Peggy Carter played by Hayley Atwell take a more active role in kicking Nazi & Hydra booty but other than that I thought they did a good job. They actually set it up that she was going to be bad ass with her knocking down a soldier with a strong right cross in her first scene but then she wasn't used that way again. Hopefully if they do a sequel that'll happen as I think it would be a lot more interesting. I also forgot Stanley Tucci played a small role as Dr. Eskine the inventor of the super serum that gives Cap his power and he was awesome in the role. Stole almost ever scene he was in.

Movie review- Salt

Had a lazy day yesterday and this was one of two movies I watched. The action sequences were really good, Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber were both pretty good in their roles but overall it was frustrating. Ok honestly, the movie was good up until the end. I don't want to give too much away because it's a CIA movie about spies and moles and stuff but here's the big issue. The end of the movie someone is thought to be a big fat traitor but isn't. The investigator says that he believes they are not a traitor but no one else will. Except the real bad guy knocked out the president right after they killed a ton of people right in front of him. So unless the president gets amnesia from the punch there is a @#$% %$#@ witness to the whole #$%&@ thing! So frustrating and way to ruin the movie for me stupid writers!

Plus how do you turn this


And this


And this


Into mom jeans magee


And the weirdest looking dude around? How was it secret service didn't pick up on the fact that this is a drag king? Serious?

Lamb by Christopher Moore

Lamb By Christopher Moore

Good god is this book hilarious. It's the story of Jesus or Josh and his best friend Biff starting in their childhood and going right up to the end. Biff meets Josh as a little kid when he first killing then reviving a lizard over and over again by sticking the lizard in his mouth. They end up traveling to find the 3 wise men who came to the manger when Jesus was born so he can learn how to be the Messiah. Throughout their travels they meet two demons, become masters in kung fu, Josh learns enlightenment, meet a yeti, shave a yak, unclog backed up camels, heal a lot of sick, Josh becomes a yoga master, break up a crazy blood sacrifice in India, mess with people constantly and Biff has a lot of sex so Josh can learn about sin second hand. Oh and Biff buys an Elephant. Lamb had me literally laughing so hard all throughout the book I'll be recommending it to anyone that doesn't mind a shit ton of blasphemy in their fiction.

If I were choosing the X-Men & Brotherhood of Mutants

So between X-Men: First Class and X-Men Destiny I've been pretty engrossed in the choice between the X-Men and Brotherhood. If I were going go chose the teams I would go with 10 on each side so that if there were 2 missions at the same time you could break them up into 2 teams of 5 for maximum butt whoopin. In order to qualify for the team they have to either be mutants or part of X-Men lore so no Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, etc. As of right now here's who I would have in no particular order;

X-MEN
In putting together the team I tried to think team first. So I needed some bruisers, some energy powers, some smart folks and good overall teammates with a propensity towards good. We're doing good here so it's more defense than offense.

Colossus
Colossus is my favorite mutant and I'm not sure why because there are so many to chose from. He can turn into organic steel and has super strength which would be really nice to have in a scrap or if you needed to lift a bus over your head. I think I read somewhere that he is the strongest mutant but I could be wrong about that. Either way, if you need to throw some punches in a battle I want this guy on my team.

I like how someone said, hey let's give him shoulder pads but can we make them have holes in them?


Ping, ping, ping...


Why is he glowing? I don't get it but I like the way Jim Lee draws.



Storm
Storm has to be on any X-Men team I"m putting together. She controls weather & flies. With the heavy hitters throwing punches she can strike down foes with lightning, provide cover with fog or rain and if shit really gets out of hand it's tornado time.

This would be a cool poster or wine label


I like the look of this one and would be a cool poster too


The 14 year old boy in me loves the way Michael Turner draws Storm here. He was such an amazing artist, sucks that he's gone. Obviously he draws a sexy lady but I also consistently love the way he draws faces as everyone is really strong.



Beast
I flip floped a little between Beast and Forge as lets face it, any super hero team held back by morality & conscious needs to have the very best equipment. Hank not only brings that but he's also awesome in a fight with extra strength & agility. His hangup about looking like a big blue animal isn't too too annoying so he's in. I also like how he's developed over the years from looking mostly human to looking like a big cat, nice to mix it up.

Early Beast looks like a few mechanic friends of mine.


You can tell he's smart by the lab coat


The costume is funny here. The only thing missing from his sweet stripper outfit is the x shaped bow tie.


Iceman
Every team needs a little comic relief and Bobby provides that right along with having some of the strongest powers around. He's a good locker room guy who can also tear shit up, perfect!

Loved the ice slide as a kid and makes me think about pretending I was Iceman standing up on my sled bombing down the hill in my back yard.


I think he just blew out a shoulder.


I like this style, not sure who the artist is.



Phoenix
Can anyone say, holy shit I think that smoking hot chick just ripped apart that universe on a molecular level? Well that's what Jean Grey can do as Phoenix. I want her on the good side as it's kind of nice to have a home/lair to go back to once the party ends.

This is the drawing I think of first when I think of Phoenix.


Ultimate Jean Grey here. You can tell she means business by the glowing eyes


80's hair!



Kitty Pryde
Kitty can phase through anything so she's nice to have if you need to get in or out of a vault or something like that. She also has a pet dragon Lockheed who would be kind of fun to have around the mansion. She's good in just about any situation and Colossus would be happy to have someone to flirt with.

She seems pretty laid back for someone who's busting up that computer


Terry Dodson is just stupid talented


Why's she screaming? No air?



Surge
Surge can absorb electrical energy turn it into speed and fire it back through her hands kind of like the Emperor in Star Wars except nothing like that as his was through his finger tips, from the force and rage. I don't see how any team couldn't be helped by someone who can run insanely fast and electrocute your face when she's pissed.

She must sound crackly


At first I didn't see Colossus. Seems a little odd where he is


That is some shiny hair



Ms. Marvel
I really got behind Carol Danvers aka Ms. Marvel from playing the Marvel Alliance games on the PS3 as she was absolutely dominant in those. She flies, has super strength and can shoot concussive energy from her hands. What's not to love? It was debatable if she qualified for the X-Men but according to Marvel.com she was almost added at one point but lost out to Rogue so she's in on my team.

I had a hard time coming up with pics here for Ms. Marvel that didn't make me look too much like a perv.


Love this drawing


Someone's about to hurt someone with those glowing hands



Psylocke
Psylocke is another one of my favorite mutants. She can create a telekinetic sword or blades out of her fists or just telekinetic power blasts. She can also create illusions, has some mind control powers albeit a little limited and can shoot mental bolts from her brain and stuff. Shit goes down, I want her in the fight.

Sweet kick flip


Love this pic, the style is friggin awesome


Ed Benes is one of my favorite artists and does a good drawing here. On a related note, I had a hard time finding 3 cool pics of Psylocke that didn't show her thong. She's proof that comics are made for the 14 year old boy in all of us.



Captain Britain
I'm not going to lie, he won out on the team as he's Psylocke's brother and I liked the idea of them both being on the team. Probably some bickering and live saving when the chips are on the table. Plus the outfits are hilarious, probably make the rest of the team chuckle and make British jokes. From a power perspective he's also jacked. He is super strong, can fly, has enhance reflexes and stamina. I wanted yet another powerhouse on the team. He almost lost out to Cyclops or Cable but I couldn't pull the trigger on Cyclops and I think he's slightly cooler despite the uni than Cable.

Do you think he's pissed because is raining again in London?


Classic pose here


Maybe it's the only pose he knows besides arm cross. Sweet hair bro



BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS
With the Brotherhood unlike the X-Men I was thinking of who would be the biggest bad assess to put on the team. These guys are all about destroying stuff and I was less concerned with how well they would play together than who wouldn't you want to see coming at you in a fight.

Juggernaut
Great cornerstone of the team. Give him a running start and the rest of the team can go into mop up mode. He's an absolute beast in a fight and immune to Prof X's powers.

That grin is straight out of The Shinning


Good lord is he huge


Classic dance pose


Mystique
Pure bad ass. Can shift into anyone and is handy with a weapons cashe. Can't form an evil team without her.

This drawing is ridiculously cool.


She seems really happy to have that gun, sword and to be standing ankle deep in human skulls


Those are big guns



Wolverine
While I understand the internal battle within Wolverine to between his rage and doing good I think it's dumb. He should be bad, pure and simple. He is an absolute killing machine who heals from anything. How're you going to turn the ability to take razor sharp claws that can slash people in 2 and make him into a good guy, ridiculous. He should be chopping people up and taking names. Plus forget Colossus throwing him through enemies, can you imagine Magneto launching him? It would be just stupid powerful

He looks constipated


Still constipated


If he was constipated that should help loosen stuff up



X-23
Female clone of Wolverine with 2 claws in each fist and 1 in each foot. Done and done. Good guys getting disemboweled left and right.

Pretty cool drawing, she seems like she's just about to cut someone in half


She missed a bunch of bullets. Plus she heals from bullets, seems silly to cut them for nothing


Now that's a wake of destruction



Pyro
Controlling fire is a bad guy thing. Iceman meet Pyro, now go. Ice slide? How about melt that water slide? Def a strong addition to any team looking to destroy shit.

There were oddly very few drawing of Pyro out there on the web. I did the best with what I could find. Oddly enough this was the best solo one I could find even though I'm not that happy with it. Seems short sighted, where's he going to land?


What's the rest? How to avoid getting set on fire with a wedgie?


Why is Pyro ducking from fire?



Emma Frost
Emma should just be bad, no going around it. She's the biggest bitch out there and has amazingly cool powers. Telepath check, now lets have that same icy byotch turn into the hardest element on the planet. Done and watch out.

What's on her finger?


Now that's how to make an entrance


What giant robot? Oh that? NBD



Rogue
Who would like to have a member of the team who can absorb powers and use them against you. Again I think she should be bad so she can take those powers to the next level and really dominate with them.

Ed Benes again


This just screams late 80's early 90's and I love it


Wouldn't a scarf be bad in a fight? Just inviting people to try to choke you out.



Gambit
Master thief who can charge up anything he touches and can fight with a bo staff. Get him in the lineup. No way a master thief should be a good guy unless he's Robin Hood which would be stupid. Plus he can flirt with Rogue.

Ed Benes draws Gambit for the ladies.


Great concentration here, no smirk for Gambit during a fight


Not sure if you know this but Gambit says "Dat" more than anyone not wraslin a gator has any right to.



Cloak and Dagger
Cloak is one dark guy. He feeds off of souls or light from Daggers powers. Dagger keeps him in control but I think it would be awesome if they just decided to let go and kick some ass. Cloak can send people into a darkness dimension he can be intangible and teleport through the dimension of darkness. Dagger has the cool light daggers that can damage, cure drug additions & previously mentioned stop Dagger from feasting on human souls.

Adam Hughes has a great drawing style. I like this one a lot even if it doesn't make sense what Dagger is doing


Is that a leggo guy in the stained glass?


It's hard to get good distance on a light dagger throw without a side leg kick. Also, why are they standing in a puddle?