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After seeing the image from the Wolverine film that Bedlam posted and the Hulk film still fresh on my mind.  I keep wondering what a live action clash between the two would look like.   I can only dream

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I was a bigger wrestling when I was kid than I am now but I check in once in a while.  When I stumbled across this article it made me wonder how mnay wrestling fans are comic fans?  They have wrestling on the Sci-fi channel and I have heard of wrestling exhibitions at cons.   It could be the combination of muscles and tights.  Who knows?

By Craig Tello

What does a 400-pound WWE Superstar read on his down time? Anything he wants…especially when that anything comes from the House of Ideas.

“The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry

“The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry stands tall as one of World Wrestling Entertainment’s fiercest, most destructive forces and—after recently taking the title during Night of Champions—the reigning ECW champion. But Henry is one giant soothed not by music, but by Marvel Comics.

“I’ve been reading comics since I was a young kid,” recalls Henry. “But I’ve been more serious as an adult because it’s the only thing that entertains me other than wrestling. It’s so interactive and you can take your mind to a place that is real to you.”

You might not believe that the same hands that maim, maul and dominate men of all sizes inside the ring also frequently turn the pages of Marvel’s carefully bound comic books. In fact, the next time you see Mark Henry ripping off the doors of steel cages or lifting a four-door sedan on WWE television, consider the inspiration behind these feats of strength: the former Power Man, Luke Cage.

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With a release date of May 1, 2009, Wolverine is the highly anticipated spinoff of the popular X-Men series.  I don’t have much to say about this other than if they put as much effort into this as they did the 3 X-Men movies, then it should be pretty good.  Here’s a promotional picture.

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Have you ever read somthing that was so ignorant and derogatory,  that you don’t what to say or how to address it.   Well if  you haven’t here it is.   I don’t know if this is a bad attempt at humor or just a really bad list by a ignorant person.   

If this list where on another site people would call it racist for putting Handiman at number one.   Since its on Black Voices we are suppose to over look that fact.  Somtimes we are our own worse enemy.

I initially had my reservations about this movie.  After seeing it, I was really impressed with the action stunts.  First, let me get the comparison to the graphic novel out of the way.  The movie deviated from a good deal of the story without actually changing the main overall plot and theme of the story.  I credit the

screen writer for pulling it off.  For the most part, the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes are just like the story in the graphic novel, with a few small minor changes.  They even managed to work in an aspect of superpowers into the movie.  Secondly, I want to commend the casting.   James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, and Angelina Jolie all turn in spectacular and convincing performances.  The thing about the rest of the cast is that they spoke few words, which was quite effective since the movie was more about feeling and emotion than words.

The effects were solid except there was one scene on top of a moving train where the CGI looked rushed and unfinished, but over all everything looked realistic.    If you’re looking for a good summer action flick and a solid story that doesn’t require that much thinking then this is for you.

Heres a a clip of the Anime style Gotham Knights.  The DVD bridges the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.  The DVD is out on July 8th.

Gary Dourdan’s Interview about Batman: Gotham Knight

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No, it’s not a fairy tale or a Aesop’s Fable, its about Wanted’s Fox and Halle Berry.  Recently, I had a discussion with someone who talked about how much The Fox in the graphic novel Wanted looked like Halle Berry in Catwoman.  But I pointed out that Wanted was out before Catwoman.  But I concede that they look alike.  The original artist of Wanted, J.G. Jones, was obviously influenced by Jinx from Die Another Day (that’s just my opinion, but look at the photo evidence).  The creator and writer of Wanted, Mark Millar, would tell you that he based The Fox on Selena Kyle, the Catwoman in the Batman comics.  And if you stumble across any sketches by artists like Marc Silvestri, you’ll see some of that same influence of Jinx/Halle Berry.  Well, I am not going to belabor the point here, and I’m not going to rant about how black characters are replaced with white actors/actresses, and I am not going to rant about the lack of black females in the media, especially genre films.  But I am going to take this opportunity to post pictures just for pure comparison.  No matter which version you like, they are all hot.

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Source: Blackfilm.com

After reading this article,  It seem this was just another gig for GD.   He didn’t seem interested in the genre or the role.   He did try to cater to the fanbase with this comment “When I did ‘Alien: Resurrection’, a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters and I was impressed with his sketches”   This really sound condescending.  If your not interested your not interested.  It sounds worst when you try to fake it.   I guess we all can’t be fanboys.

                                              After eight seasons on TV’s CSI, Gary Dourdan may be saying goodbye to his character Warrick Brown. When last seen, his character’s fate left to die on the last season (Season 8), and fans are not sure if Dourdan will be back next season. Either way, Dourdan is already moving on to the next phase of his career, which includes more films, and following up on his music. First up for Dourdan is a voiceover role in the animated film, ‘Batman: Gotham Knight’. Knight

‘Batman: Gotham Knight’ is a 2008 animated direct-to-DVD anthology film of six animated short films set in-between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The film uses a Japanese anime style for the animation. His role is the first animated appearance of Crispus Allen. His character was made famous in DC Comics’ Gotham Central comics series (although his first appearance dates back to Detective Comics). Crispus Allen shows up in three different segments of the six-segment film, Batman Gotham

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Here’s a picture of the movie poster for Dragonball.  I don’t know about this.  Someone looks out of place.  I think I’ll probably pass on this movie.