To The Comic Book Store #63

GOT FREE
PAID FOR
-GJ

Out of Business: Bandai Entertainment

It's been a good ride, but as of February 2012, Bandai Entertainment will cease production of new manga, DVDs, and Blu-Rays.

Bandai Entertainment is responsible for bringing us many different Gundam series, Code Geass, Gurren Lagann, and many others.

We wish all at Bandai Entertainment the best in their future endeavors.

-GJ

Sackhoff Confirms: She's In Riddick 3

Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica) has confirmed that she will be in Riddick 3 starring alongside Vin Diesel.

As far as in what capacity, Sackhoff is rumored to be a bounty hunter on the hunt for Riddick.

What do you guys think, is Sackhoff who you would have chosen to hunt Riddick?

-GJ

Image of the Day: Raven Crossed With Misty

-GJ

Battle Los Angeles (Movie Review)

Okay, okay, I know this movie has been out since 3/11/11, but I've been busy (and kinda broke), so yes I'm just now getting around to seeing and reviewing Battle Los Angeles.

As far as a movie goes, Battle Los Angeles wasn't all that bad. No it's probably not going to win any awards, but for one seeking to lose their self for a little while, 116 minutes to be exact, then this film does a good job.

Synopsis: Sgt. Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) has just signed his retirement papers, but before he can walk away the plant Earth is invaded by an unknown alien race. Now Sgt. Nantz is sent into action with a new squad; their mission - to help in the defense of the city of Los Angeles.

The best way to describe this film is think Independence Day meets Saving Private Ryan. Just take away the humor, and instead of searching for one guy, Nantz and his squad are searching for a number of survivors held up in a police station.

Battle Los Angeles is packed full of great action, interesting CGI aliens, and a decent storyline. Some parts are predictable, and the end could have been better, but from start to finish this was a decent movie.

Grade: B

-GJ

G.I. Joe - Retaliation (Trailer)

-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #53

FREE

PAID FOR

New Avengers Trailer

-GJ

Batman: Year One (Teaser Trailer)

-GJ

Image of the Day - Star Wars / Assassins Creed Mash-Up

-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #44

From Batman to Star Wars; WildCATS to Uncanny X-Force; this week is chalk full of great comics (and some not so great comics, but those came out of the grab bag I bought).

There is an aweful lot to check out this week so I'll just shut up and let you all have at it. Enjoy.

FREE

Everything from this point forward was purchased off of my $50 gift certificate that I received from my mother for my 26th birthday.

GRAB BAG

NEW COMICS

TPB

-GJ

Image of the Day - Pokemon Halo

-GJ

To The Comic Book Store #42

So this week's run to the comic book store was a tad bit on the disappointing side.

Why?

Well apparently as it turns out, I'm broke.

Oh well at least I was still able to pick up some free comics.


And that's it for this week. No WildC.A.T.S. action figures, still no Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic, or anything else new and exciting.

The important part though is I had fun, and that's what really counts.

-GJ

Batman: Dark Knight Rises - Trailer

Thoughts?

-GJ

How To Make Robin Cool

See it's that simple. Check out the new Robin in the upcoming video game ARKHAM ASYLUM.

Papa Smurf Won't Like This

Saw a girl wearing a shirt with this on it at MegaCon 2011 and about died laughing.

Since someone else posted something Smurf related earlier on tumblr, this reminded me that I needed to post this picture.

-GJ

Halo Reach ODST Jetpack Trooper

I have put off and put off buying the Halo Reach ODST Jetpack Trooper, and then my awesome girlfriend surprises me by buying it for me. How awesome is that!!!

I have tried so hard to behave myself and save my money, but now that I know I have a girlfriend that doesn't mind my action figure addiction and is even willing to help support it, I don't know if I'm going to be able to control myself.

So what is the most awesome thing your girlfriend/boyfriend ever bought you?

-GJ

A New View On The Rugrats Cartoon

First for those that don't remember the Rugrats, here's the opening to the cartoon...



(Sorry best video that I could find)

This looks innocent enough right, nothing disturbing about this, just a simple children's cartoon about some babies that have very active imaginations that they use to enhance their adventures.

But yet something as innocent as the Rugrats has been pulled apart leaving us with this...

After reading that your mind is probably spinning (I know mine was the first time I read that). Could this be true? Could it all have been Angelica's imagination? Angelica was the only one ever caught doing wrong, like she was the only one the adults could see at that very moment.

But then we must ask ourselves about the interaction with the children and their parents; could these moments just simply been more of Angelica's imagination, more of her desire to be treated this way from her own parents?

What do you all think? Will you ever view this simple children's cartoon the same again?

-GJ

What Every Girl Should Own

Yeah I would make sure my girlfriend owned this.

-GJ

Making Sense Of The Old Republic

This article is to help people figure out in what order all the Star Wars: The Old Republic releases are to be in.

Honestly it is quite confusing because nothing has been released in chronological order; be it novels, comics, or trailers to the upcoming game.

For those trying to figure out the three trailers for the Old Republic video game being released by BioWare this is the correct chronological order...

• Return
• Hope
• Deceived

Now for the comic books from Dark Horse (we will only be referring to the first 6, not the new series that just started entitled "The Lost Suns"), issues 1,2,3 are of events that actually occur after 4,5,6.

This was made apparent when Dark Horse released the TPB of the series and first released volume 2 and had it contain issues 1-3 and then two months later released volume 1 containing issues 4-6. Why this was done this way, only Dark Horse knows.

Even the novels have been released out of chronological order. Hitting store shelves first was Fatal Alliance (Sean Williams) and then Deceived (Paul Kemp), but according to all timelines the events in Deceived took place prior to Fatal Alliance.

Now if you put it all together you should go comics, game trailers, and then books.

If you are the type of person that can't stand reading things out of order, then we highly recommend that you hold off on anything having to do with the Old Republic until after everything has been released. We would even suggest that you start much further in the timeline and maybe go with some Legacy of the Force novels moving through to Fate of the Jedi.

For those of us that have been enticed with all things Old Republic though, what are your thoughts, have you enjoyed what you've read/seen so far?

-GJ