Dan_Dare

Finally caught up on a bunch of stuff Avengers #15 was a gem. Spider-Woman taking on the Hulk is ludicrous but brilliant, sets up some cool character stuff and shows Bendis doing what he does best. And of course Bachalo is perfect for the issue. The Page with the Hulk looming over Spider-Woman with his hammer in hand is so expressive, so demented that it just totally captures the battle in one image. Easily my favourite FI tie in so far. Avengers Academy continues to be probably Marvel's best book right now. We're all fans (right?) so I won't go on about it too much except that it's everything a team book, an Avengers book and straight up a comic book should be. Perfect. Schism #2 is shaping up the event very nicely indeed. It's looking like the thing that's causing the split might be Cyclops harbouring Quire on Utopia, which is...interesting. The Hellfire side of the story is turning out to be utterly mental, too. Wahey. also catching up on No Way Out in The Walking Dead . No discussion plz. Also! I have decided to start a comics blog. I'm opening up the floor to some name suggestions. Go!

I'd argue it's really lacking Bat-Nipples:awesome:

I'll get on it today, then.

zomg. Are they in the game?

Will it give me any beef with apps or anything? And, more importantly, is it reversible? I don't want a situation like jailbreaking where an update could brick my warranty voided handset.

I'd imagine it's all on a redeemable code or somesuch on consoles. Couldn't comment on pc, mind. But yes, Deus Ex is a game you need to really play going in 'naked' to get the full experience, so standard ed it is for me.

I thought they sucked. For one thing they fill up your whole inventory - though I did like the smart hack things you could use on locks you weren't good enough for otherwise.

whatnow? Is that safe / easy / etc/ what?

Tool in this case means cock. No idea about weapon, that's new to me.

I might check it out. Aaron is the shit and I like the art. Always wanted to like Hulk more, too. I need a new sig. Comic themed, obv.

Anyone know if they'll be releasing the full cinematic teaser? There's a bunch of other bits in that, like Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill.

But in fairness, you don't want to be friends, no? He's got the right to not want you around if you want to be with his girlfriend.

eerrrrrr...really? wow. OK. Well it's supposed to describe a muscled guy- ie "he's been working out a lot and is starting to look really hench" I've heard it used for other stuff to describe it as either massive or kick-ass too, though, like a "hench bonfire" but sweets? Lulz.

presumably from 'henchmen'

Sorry to hear that man

That's what she said.

body hair is often mutated by gamma transformation. Red Hulk's identity was a secret for ages when he was introduced it turned out to be General Ross all along, his identity hidden by the sudden loss of an impressive soup strainer of a tache upon transformation.

Funtimes! Lets have some Avengers stills! Captain America - is this the first time we've seen the present day get up? Looks cool Thor This is new too, right? Looks more like his Ultimates get up than in the Thor movie. Bruce Banner...not Hulk Black Widow and Hawkeye. Kind of. Again, looks like Widow gets A) a trim and B) a new get up. She wore navy blue (classic S.H.I.E.L.D outfit) in Iron Man 2 but this looks more like her actual Black Widow costume. Hawkeye in person, if not in costume. Fury on what I'm willing to bet is the Helicarrier bridge. And of course Tony Stark I'm betting that Hulk and Iron Man shots are out because they'll be done in post, but it's nice to see the rest of the team.

It's completely overdone at this point. It cheapens the original every time it's used. Watergate was, unarguably, a monument to the power of a strong, free press. When 'gate' is added on to shit like a publicity baiting tiff on the X-Factor set, it's just depressing.

It's almost a shame this stuff is so expensive - I remember the game in my younger days and it stuck with me as a really clever game with some cool ideas. I'd probably really enjoy it, but I'll never buy in to such an expensive hobby.

Traditionally, Cap fell in to the sea and froze, then gets found by the first Avengers team (nerd tip: Cap isn't actually a founding Avenger). They just added the plane for the movie, so the Hulk scene is truer to the comics. Understandable that they changed it though. re: Hydra weapons: I like that Howard Stark was studying the energy source. It's not made out exactly but you can fill in the gaps and say that study leads to the arc reactor and the new element from Iron Man 2, so the SFX makes sense in that way.

Yeah if that's not the main story of a sequel, they're missing a huge trick. It's the perfect tale of Cap in the modern age.

Mega Blates. I'm in.

Saw this with Shorty and co. the other night. Absolutely awesome, I thought. Well on par with Iron Man and Thor I thought (And considerably more coherent than Iron Man 2). The vibe I got was very Indiana Jones meets 60s ww2 movies; it's all heroics and well swung right hooks. Very cool though, and the Howling Commandos make an excellent Dirty Dozen stand in. The best part of the film, though, was how they totally grounded the Captain America origin in a really convincing way. It's pretty meta- the character was originally unofficial pro-intervention propaganda before the Americans joined the war, so in the film they embrace that and make him a comic book spokesperson for war bonds. It's brilliant- services the true origins of the character and provides a solid, believable background that, for want of a better word, excuses that rather silly costume. I've always said that suspension of disbelief relies on a strong internal logic and Captain America has that in spades. The other really great thing about the film is the cast. To a man it's pitch perfect, but even so Chris Evans stands out as Captain America. The script helps, never loosing sight of the fact that Steve Rogers is the hero, not the Super Soldier Serum in his veins.

Halo Reach has improved a lot since launch. More lists, less armour lock and more maps = much better experience.