House of M(ouse)

I dunno if this is a sign of the apocalypsis or the proof that life has irony sense and was trying to embarras Quesada, but from now on the House of Ideas shall me known as the House of the Mouse. Aside the by now cliched comments, what does this mean for the layman? Lets put it in bullest points:

-Marvel employees just got themselves a steady paycheck... of course now they don't own their own souls but I guess they are used to that.

-Marvel got themselves a massive outlet for all their merchandise (except of course, their Spiderman condoms). Which is good for them as Marvel is, contrary to popular belief, a toy company first and an editorial second (due some 90's shenannigans). For us now we have a decent excuse to go to the Disney stores and don't feel embarrased.

-'I felt millions of voices at Fox, Universal and Sony crying on the Force and then nothing'.

-The Disney theme parks will be now infested with zombies. Well new kinds of zombies. On the bright side, we will get a more comicbook theme parks.

-Marvel has a access to some top notch studios for film and tv shows and more important, Pixar. Just think about it.

-Disney now has captured the wallets of the demographic that was not swayed by Hanna Montana. The clash of comicbook geeks and and teenage girls will be epic.

-There is a good chance that we will get new Disney comics (which were really good). Maybe Darkwing Duck?

-Disney got themselves a massive library of characters to exploit in the more inane and insane ways you can think of.

-OMD might get erased. Afterall as all the Disney movies have taught us, makind deals with an evil entity brings you more harm than good.

-Runaways might get its own tv show. It really makes sense if you think about it. It would be like High School Musical but with superpowers...

-Joe Quesada now is in the same situation of Dan DiDio (told you, karma is a bitch).

This will prove to be soooo fun....

Best news ever!!!

I usually don't read interviews with the big heads of the comic companies as they tend to spoil the fun (for whatever reason you choose). It is like talking with the producers of a movie, it can kill the charm more often than not. However I couldn't avoid to hear about this particular answer of Dan Didio to one of the most often asked questions ever: When is Batman Beyond to be published as a comic?

Behold the answer:

“There will be a Terry McGinnis mini-series early next year. We’ve heard the fans, we’ve heard everyone’s interest. And right now we’re planning to put out a Batman Beyond mini-series in 2010.”

- Dan DiDio, today, from Newsarama’s “20 Questions and 1 Answer”

How schway is that!!! Granted is just a miniseries (whcih would make my wallet happy) but it is way better than nothing. It is about time that the DCUA starts to get more printed acknowledgement beyond the Johnny DC line (that was cancelled anyways) and the old BB comic series that was nigh impossible to get in Mexico (for not say the art was than good). I often consider the DCUA the true continuity or the most acceptable one from the DCUA, the one where the angst and the dark never overcomes the fun and the heroism. A Place where Bruce Wayne is somewhat of a 'normal' person (as much as he can be) or at least not as damaged as his maisntream counterpart. In the DCUA he is just a guy with issues, lot of issues.

And Terry is by far the best option to inherit the cowl as he earned it. Yes Dick Grayson is the natural heri, but I always liked the personality that Terry brought to the table, a mix of the better characteristics of both, Bruce and Dick and becoming his own man pretty fast, as the Joker could testify if he wasn't fried by Terry.

Anyways, I hope this is the strat of a beouuutiful line where DC makes the DCUA one of thhe published 52 universes (just please, keep it aways from the regualr one, no need to end like Earth 51). This means I guess, a new comic to my ever grpwing pull list.*

*Talking about that, no reviews either this month, as my books got delayed again.

Out of Context #23: This reminds me of something

Specifically,about the hassle that is not only travelling in a commercial jet (specially if you are seated in the middle row between two guys that never stop snoring nor chating), but actually getting to the plane after a series of tests, searches and declarations forms.

I'm sure Doom doesn't do Economic Class.

Best Crossover Ever!!!

If this is not the pure definition of awesomely funny, then I don't know what it will be. Look at that: The Big Bang Theory guys in the DCU. Hollowitz hitting on Power Girl while the others are too embarrased for it. I bet that later Sheldon started to point the physical impossibility of PG's ahem... snowglobes, while Leonard rolling his eyes.

I wonder if they would work for S.T.A.R Labs. Or if Batman has a file on Sheldon, I mean the guy is technically one step from becoming a supervillian.

I think this book is getting better and better every single issue. Now, let's speculate about how would be that the BBT guys really lived on the DCU, what kind of implications that would have? I want to read your ideas.

I thought it was worth to post since as you know, Kevin Conroy is made of awesome (or one of the incarnatios of awesome) and his Batman is the only one that is actually a balanced character. What I consider the real Batman.

The longest toy commercials ever

Last weekend I went with Azzure Nazz to watch the G.I Joe movie and the phrase on this entry's title was the first thing to come to my mind. I mean you have to throw away all your expectations and turn off the brain once you see that one of the movie's producers is Hasbro. When the guys putting the money to make the film are from a toy company you can't expect more that a two hour long commercial. In fact we developed a kind of 'drinking game' in the middle of the movie, trying to spot which characters and which vehicles would became toys (we actually scored all).

And interestingly enough both of us had a blast watching the movie. I don't know if is the 'It's so Bad it's Good' factor that keep me laughing most of the film, the sensory overload of the non-stop, back-to-back action sequences or the visage of Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols in tight leather parading down the film and becoming fetish fuel, at least in the case of the Baroness. C'mon, let's be honest: a sexy brunette girl with glasses wearing tight black leather, high heels and two make-up laser guns being mind controlled by nanobots? That is fetish fuel if I've seen one.

Now it terms of story, yes the story is suffering from some serious plotholes. then again is still way better, more coherent than its predecesors, the original toy commercial. For startes the whole motivation of Destro or the Commander Cobra to do what they do in the films (I won't spoil it). The fact that the nanomachines are the Deus ex Machina kinda kills the plot and don't even go into the Delat 6 accelerators suits (the Joes used to do all by themselves).

However the story holds together way better than the other toy commercial of this summer, Transformers 2. Maybe is because Stephen Sommers knows how to tell a story, despite the fact that you can see the plot twist coming a mile ahead; maybe is because the Joes know the source is kinda a 'joke' so they don't take themselves that seriously; maybe because they humor is actually intelligent and well timed (unlike the gigant balls of TF2); maybe because for once they left behind the american jingoism and went with a truly international force or maybe because the acting was surprisingly good, aside Duke's actor Channing Tatum, that only had two emotion sets ala Keanu Reeves. Then again Duke is a blank state anyways. When your acting is left behind by miles by a silent ninja with more charisma (and a convulted backstory) and he outshines you, then you are in deep doodoo. Although to be honest, Snake Eyes has been always the most badass Joe ever, even if he didn't get the girl this time and she goes of with with Marlon Wayans, one of the two Wayans that actually knows how to act. In all honesty, Wayan's acting in this film has been one of his best and Ripcord was funny as hell without being crass or demeaning. He came across as a funny guy who is actually quite bright and has guts.

Probably the most interesting bit of the film (no, I'm not taking about Brendan Fraser cameo) is that ended in a mild cliffhanger, setting up pretty easy a franchise sequel. In some way it remembered me of the old tv serials and how they used to leave some lose ends to have something to tell in the next installment. G.I Joe isn't a perfect movie, but you will get your two hours worth of fun from it. And unlike TF2, you can actually watch this one more tha once and still be entertained.

The question heres is not if the movie is good or bad, but whether your prefer Sienna (The Baroness) or Rachel (Scarlet). I prefer Scarlet: red head, sassy british girl with high IQ, a mean right hook and a laser crossbow. Nazz prefers the Baroness. Which one do you take and why?

I'm not dead... yet

Though considering DC's annoying new obsesion with zombies ripping the heart out of Hawkman and Hawkgirl* it would be hard to believe. Here at the Quiver we are crafting zombie-repellent arrows (meaning: burning arrows).

Seriously, I know I said a brief break for a week, but normal life tends to spoil the best laid out plans (like that last Balck canary that I just lost in Evilbay). Basically I've been doing other stuff far away from my pc. That couple with my eye treatment, the boredom at using internet in general and the issues getting my comics have thrown a wrench into the Quiver machinery, which means we will need to restructure the timing of the reviews.

But we will be here as usual. Now I need to thinks something to write about that is not old news by now.


*An act that considering their story with reincarnations, is probably considered a minor felony by now.