Thor

First look at the new dude playing Thor...

Chris Hemsworth

Thoughts? Thor has never been I character I have followed but there have been the odd story arcs that have intrigued me. I'll hold judgment until I see some footage, a teaser or trailer.

Shadowlands

As I have said on a number of posts, I am totally loving the whole Daredevil run at the moment. I started at #500 and haven't looked back (we are on about #509 at the moment), so I am fairly new to it all. In an effort to try and get the good stuff I did manage to get my hands on the Guardian Devil story line by Kevin Smith, which I thought was excellent. I also read 'Lady Bullseye' which was pretty good. I have to say, Daredevil is the closest thing Marvel has to Batman and I would love to see both these characters in a cross over.

Anyway, the current Daredevil run by Andy Diggle is working up to the Shadowlands storyline and Marvel have released some cool promotional material. The most recent brings Wolverine to the picture...does he kill Daredevil? I f***ing hope not, especially since I have only just got into it....



The other battles are: Spider-Man versus the Punisher. Luke Cage & Iron Fist versus Elektra. Ghost Rider versus Moon Knight. It is looking pretty cool.

Movie Thoughts

The UK has just had another Bank Holiday and of course there is usually the first of the Summer blockbusters at your local cinema - this year we have Iron Man 2, which by all accounts looks frigging awesome. I hope to see it sometime this week and add to it's already staggering gross take-in. My only reservation (which won't stop me seeing it) is the fact that via the Interweb, I have already seen most of the film. Oh well!

If anyone can get excited about a date over two years from now, then look forward to the summer of 2012. On July 20 2012 we get to see the third Batman. That summer we also get to watch The Avengers movie, the second Star Trek reboot and Spider-man reboot (I am less keen on this last one as it sound slike they are taking Peter Parker back to High School and playing ont he whole Ultimates thing).

Anyway, what do we have in the Summer of 2011? Any guesses?

Free Comic Book Day

This last weekend has seen Free Comic Book Day in the US. I must confess, I never am quite sure how it works in the UK. I am assuming the Free Comics will ship with this weeks books, i.e. Thursday 6th. Looking at the titles, there are quite a few that look decent. I reckon I will check out War of The Supermen. I don't normally go for Superman comics, but I do like the look of this and I do enjoy James Robinson's work.