Avengers Teaser Trailer

Wish I could have made it to this panel at Comic-Con. It has been quite a few years since I have made it to any of the panels there. I am mainly running down the aisles of Hall H for exclusives or signings. But here is the teaser trailer they previewed at Comic-Con for the upcoming Avengers movie. Doesn't show anything but a logo and Samuel L. Jackson voice over, but at least it is something.



Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury all in one movie. Got a long wait for this movie, since it won't be out for a couple of years. Heard they are already casting for the Wasp and Ant Man for Avengers 2.

Ultimate Alliance 2: DLC Pack

Looks like the first DLC Pack for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is coming out this Thursday, November 5th. 800 Microsoft Points and $9.99 PSN Store. The Pack will include 5 new characters to the game: Carnage, Psylocke, Cable, Black Panther and another soon to be announced character. Also the Juggernaut pre-order DLC, that was a Gamestop exclusive pre-order, will be available on that same day. 160 microsoft Points and $1.99 PSN Store.

I pre-ordered this game at SDCC back in July just to get the DLC for Juggernaut. Still have not gotten around to play this yet. Trying to finish another game before I start this one. I really loved the first one, even finished the game too. Can't wait to start playing this one.

**JUST ADDED**
The mystery 5th character in the DLC Pack is none other than mutant master of magnetism, Magneto.

Reborn

This July marks the two year anniversary of Captain America's death at the end of Civil War in the Marvel Universe. To celebrate this event Marvel is... bringing him back?

Captain America #600 went on sale this week, which is also the launching point for the upcoming Captain America: Reborn mini-series. With all the media attention it's receiving, a sell out is pretty much guaranteed. It has already sold out at Diamond Distributors and a second-printing of this issue is should be out in a couple of weeks or so.

Everyone knows that in comics heroes, and some villians, never stay dead for long... especially legendary ones. I was wondering when they would bring Steve Rogers back from the dead. I really hope they do this in the right way and not make it stupid or senseless. Like Spider-Man: One More Day, which I still hate. Plus what is going to happen to Bucky Barnes, who became the new Captain America. Is he going to revert back to Winter Soldier? Don't think they can have 2 Captain Americas in the Marvel Universe. Guess I'll have to wait and see in 2 weeks.

Who's Side Are You On?

This is one of the games that I really wanted to try out at E3, but was not able to. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, the sequel to Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I was able to see some of game play footage and a new trailer on the huge video screen they had at the Activision booth. Trailer can be seen here. Release date, September 2009.

Deadpool looks so awesome in the game! I hear that he even runs his mouth off throughout the game when you play as him. They don't call him "the merc with the mouth" for nothing. Over 20 playable characters to include: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Storm, Deadpool, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Thing, Juggernaut, Songbird, Venom, Green Goblin and possibly Bishop, Nick Fury and She-Hulk.

Main theme of the game seems to follow the Civil War storyline that appeared throughout the Marvel Universe line of comics. It involved the Superhuman Registration Act being activated with Iron Man for it and Captain America against it. Heroes, friends and allies all took a side... hero vs hero... friend vs friend. Some heroes went underground, some even quit, while others were hunted down, arrested and put into a super prison.

SNIKT!

Given the fact that the work print to this movie got leaked onto the internet and downloaded by millions of people way before its release, it still made quite a bit of money. Eventhough I had heard things about it, I still went to see it over the weekend.

There were some slow areas in the film and I would liked to have seen more of his team in the beginning... Deadpool was just great there. I know that this is a Wolverine movie but I would have liked to see a little more action with Gambit and Deadpool (before the alterations). At least they changed the end from what the work print showed to reflect a possible spin-off. But from what I have been hearing the film is being shown with both endings, depends on which ending the theater got. Noticed a few little things were edited out that were in the work print.

It wasn't a great movie, but it wasn't a bad one either. Being a big Marvel/X-Men fan it was cool to see some of the other characters in this movie. I guess a sequel is being thrown around with the story reflecting his life Japan... which would mean the villians might be Silver Samurai and The Hand. Plus a Deadpool spin-off too.