Thor vs Captain Marvel

Hey guys, you can check out some of the previous battles I have broken down here:
Iron Man vs Steel
Hulk vs Doomsday
Superman vs Goku

Thor:  God of Thunder, member of The Avengers, owner of the mystical hammer Mjolnir.  Thor is far beyond most superheroes in terms of power and strength.  Thor also has a bad temper and is arrogant.  While his temper can help him in battle, it can also lead him into making some unwise decisions that can put him in over his head from time to time.  Thor has varied a bit in the comics over the years, but at one point in time his secret identity was Donald Blake.  Blake carried a cane which was able to turn him into Thor when he slammed it on the ground.

Captain Marvel:  Similar to the Donald Blake version of Thor, Captain Marvel’s secret identity is Billy Batson.  He is a regular human child, but when he says the name Shazam he is transformed into Captain Marvel.  As Captain Marvel he has multiple abilities, like the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Solomon, etc.  Captain Marvel is so powerful that he has even taken on Superman in the past and more than held his own.

The Fight:  This should be a tough fight for both of these characters.  Expect lots of lightening, hard punches and destruction to their surroundings.  Thor’s has the advantage of his hammer and his ability to control lightening.  Both are powerful weapons in battle.  Captain Marvel isn’t defenseless though, he also has access to a magical lightening bolt when he says “Shazam!”.  He also has the speed of Mercury and several other god-like abilities.  This is Captain Marvel’s biggest advantage, having the top attributes of six different god level beings.

The Winner:  This is a tough one to call.  At distance, Thor has the advantage because of his hammer.  Up close, Captain Marvel has several more high level abilities than Thor.  Thor has the advantage in experience but Captain Marvel is faster and can take a pounding.  Because of his highly diverse skill set, I am going with Captain Marvel in an extremely tough, close fight.

Anne Hathaway on a Catwoman Spin-Off

“No one’s talked to me about it, I would love it. I actually, it’s so embarrassing, I was at a press Q & A thing the other night for a screening of ‘The Dark Knight,’ and the moderator asked me, ‘So what was it like to say goodbye to the character?’ And I burst into tears, because I miss her. It just makes me cry. I miss her. I love Selena so much and I love her presence in my life and getting to… I’m crying again. So assuming there was enough Kleenex in the world, I would love to do a spin-off.”

I have to say, I hope they do not do this.  I would like Christopher Nolan’s Batman universe to be left alone.  They already wrapped up both Batman and Catwoman’s story at the end of The Dark Knight Rises.  Nothing else needs to be said.  Not to mention Catwoman was the only thing I didn’t really like about the film.

Video: RoboCop and His Motorcycle

As I have said before, I am pretty disappointed in RoboCop’s design. He looks like a guy in a suit, like Batman, rather than a Cyborg. It looks like another crappy reboot no one will want to see in the making. It does have a great cast though, so we will see how it turns out.

The Wolverine Starts Filming in a Week

Anyone who is a Wolverine fan should be happy to know 'The Wolverine' starts filming next week.  Based on the 1982 Wolverine series which takes place in Japan.  'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' was a bit of a letdown, it will be interesting to see if this is a stand alone story or if it will be connected to the other movies. 

It looks like High Jackman is still excited about the character saying:

"I have been working for 12 years on the Wolverine character and while the franchise will go well beyond me, it really has been the backbone of my career.” Adding that he will call it quits “when I stop loving it."

 

Dark Knight Rises Ending (Major Spoilers)

If you haven't seen the movie you should stop reading here, unless you just don't care about the movie being spoiled for you.  If you have seen the movie, continue reading below.



Okay, if you are still here I am going to assume you have already seen the movie.  I saw online that there is a small conspiracy theory out there who think Bruce Wayne actually died at the end of the film because when he was talking to Alfred earlier Alfred said something like "I always imagined you at that diner being happy every time I went there".  This whole theory is based on that single line but I don't think it holds up for multiple reasons:

1.  It shows Alfred thinking about Bruce being at the restaurant in a flash back to when he actually did it once.  He sees someone he thinks is Bruce and he turns around and it isn't him.  It was more just wishful thinking that he would see him there then literally picturing him being there.  Plus if Alfred thought Bruce was dead there wouldn't be much of a reason to picture him being there happy when he knows 100% that he died.  He only pictured him being there when he was missing during his 20s because he didn't know what happened to him.  Also at the end of the movie Bruce acknowledges seeing Alfred. 

2.  Alfred saw him there with Selina Kyle.  There is no reason for him to picture Bruce with Selina Kyle since he didn't know they had developed any kind of romantic attachment at all.  He didn't know anything about her except that she is a thief who robbed them.  In the past when Alfred imagined Bruce with someone there it was just a random woman.  Bruce just took Alfred's advice and moved on (which he was able to do because Alfred told him the truth about burning Rachel's letter). 

3.  James Gordon finds a new Bat signal on top of the roof.  He seems surprised to see it there.  Who else would have put a new Bat signal on the rood other then Bruce Wayne?  He was letting Gordon know he lived, just as he did with everyone at his funeral.

4.   Lucius Fox, who had the wreckage from the Bat, was told that the auto pilot had been repaired 6 months ago.  He gives a little smile acknowledging he knew Bruce was alive.  During the scene where Batman is in the Bat flying the bomb away, it shows him still inside, then cuts to far away and shows it fly for a while before it blows up.  Bruce had plenty of time to escape and fly away with his glider cape.  He survived the same way everyone else in Gotham did, by not being in the blast.  I think he actually left right before the Bat started going over the water.

5.  John Blake is left directions to the Batcave, obviously left to him by Bruce Wayne.  Not to mention Bruce's will which left everything to various people and his Mom's pearls were missing (because Bruce gave them to Selina).

6.  They had the wreckage from the Bat.  There was no body (remains of a body) or batsuit in there.  It was completely empty because he escaped.  

7.   Alfred tells Bruce the truth about Rachel so that he can move on. Bruce dying for no reason when he could have simply ejected himself doesn't make sense.  The whole point of Alfred's sacrifice is that he knows it will give Bruce a chance at moving on from his past.  Plus Bruce isn't a moron, why would he sit there and die when he had repaired the autopilot. 

If Bruce Wayne had actually of died there would have been no reason to show everyone who had been at his funeral receiving a sign that he was still alive.  And again, it's based on one line from Alfred earlier in the movie that was literally shown in flash back.  He would just see people who reminded him of Bruce, not literally picture him being there with some person who is a criminal as far as he knows. 

Superman Man of Steel teaser released

Link to trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/man-of-steel/trailers/

The Dark Knight Rises Review (no major spoilers)

Well, I just got back from The Dark Knight Rises and this was a huge movie.  It's long, nearly 3 hours long, but it didn't feel like it.  This is definately a movie I will have to watch multiple times because there is so much going on I am not even sure I can recall it all right now.

It's a little hard to review this film without spoilers so I'll just hit what I liked and didn't like, without mentioning any particular scenes.  I like that the film focused on Bruce Wayne a lot, in a way similar to how Batman Begins did.  The Joker stole the show in The Dark Knight Rises but in this film it's much more balanced between Bruce Wayne and the bad guys.

All of Bruce's friends are around like Alfred and Fox, both played to perfection for the time they are given.  A new character named John Blake is given a lot of screen time.  I almost felt like he was in it as much as Bruce Wayne (and much more than Batman who really wasn't in the movie much at all).  Commissioner Gordon was back as the closest thing Batman has to a sidekick in these movies.

 The villains are interesting as well, especially Bane.  This is a big, strong, scary dude.  He talks a bit like Sean Connery oddly enough, not necessarily what you would expect from a hulking brute like Bane.  But that just shows you both sides of Bane.  He isn't just a hulking brute, he is also very intelligent, in an evil Joker-like kind of way.

This brings me to the other villain, Catwoman (who is never actually called that in the film but it's hinted at).  Selina Kyle (Catwoman's real name), played by Anne Hathaway, is the only character that really bothered me in the film.  She is always easily beating men, lots of them at a time.  I mean I don't know if even Batman does that well without getting hit.  It just seemed a but unrealistic that Anne Hathaway, who is probably 120lbs tops, is beating the crap out of all of these brutes.  I think they should have toned that down a bit.  I'm also not sure Anne Hathaway as the right choice for the part, but by the end I didn't mind her so much.

Overall, this is a huge movie, with a lot going on.  Tons of characters, plots, twists and turns.  It is a fitting ending to this film series and the whole end sequence is amazing.  I'd give this movie 3.5 out of 4 stars

Villain Profile: Arthur Petrelli

Arthur Petrelli is the father of Peter and Nathan Petrelli.  Through the first couple of season we were told multiple stories of how he died, but the truth ends up being that his wife poisoned him because he was planning on killing Nathan for standing against his illegal activities.  She thought he died but he didn't; instead he spent a year being paralyzed.  Due to his ability to absorb other powers, he eventually recovers and even steals Peter's abilities, making him virtually unstoppable. 

Arthur is the main Villain in the first half of season 3, the worst season of heroes.  Arthur is a villain who could have been pretty cool, but instead of focusing on some grand scheme of his, it's mostly about him simply having a lot of powers.  If we hadn't already seen this from Sylar it might have been alright but at this point he feel kind of like a recycled character.  His whole story line feels like a soap opera anyway.  They thought he was dead but he isn't, he tells Sylar he is really his father, but he isn't, etc.

Another problem is his plan doesn't really make any sense.  I have no idea why he is trying to give everyone superpowers because he is constantly paranoid about anyone with powers who could be a threat to him.  Unless his goal was to give everyone powers so he could steal them all, I really don't know what his motivation was.  Like all of season 3, there was some really good stuff and some really bad stuff...Arthur is just a product of that.  

It's unfortunate his story wasn't all of season 3 so he could be devolved more.  Perhaps given some grand reason why he wanted to do what he wanted to do.  The second half of season 3 is the worst overall story from heroes so it would have been nice to see this one fleshed out and made sense of.  Arthur is even warned that the world will be destroyed because of his plan (by someone who can see the future) but he still doesn't listen.  Whatever his motivation was, apparently it was a strong one.  Sadly, we will never know since he died in the middle of the season.

On a side note, I am not sure why he didn't heal from his gun shot would after the Haitian was gone.  They had already established multiple times (Claire, Sylar) that if someone with a healing factor dies because their powers are blocked in some way, they will heal and come back as soon as their powers return.  Both Arthur and Future Peter Petrelli died from being shot because the Haitian was around and never came back (as far as we know).     

Best Spider-man Movie Villain?

Hey guys, which Spider-man movie villain do you think was the best?  Vote in the comment section.

1.  The Green Goblin

2.  Doctor Octopus

3.  The Sandman

4.  Venom

5.  The New Goblin

6.  The Lizard

Superman vs Goku

I have decided to start a "VS" series where I will match up certain comic book or anime characters and say who I think would win and why.  I figured why not start with the big dogs?  Superman vs Goku.  This battle is interesting because it really depends on when and where it takes place.  Let me explain.

Superman:  Superman is extremely powerful, everyone knows this.  The thing is, if he isn't on Earth (or by a yellow sun) his powers start to decrease until he eventually becomes an ordinary man.  He also tends to have trouble against other beings even close to his level because he spends so much time trying to tone himself down and not hurt anyone.  Because of this he also doesn't have that great of fighting ability and generally just stands there and lets people hit him.  Now of course all of this depends on what version of Superman we are talking about but I am going with what most people know of him from the moves and comic book.  He has shown the ability to fight though, like against Doomsday or Darkseid.  When he is pushed he seems to focus better and use his powers at a higher level.

Goku:  Goku's power level changes a lot over time.  He is constantly training and eventually learns how to take new forms, like Super Saiyan level 1, 2, 3 and 4.  The Goku from the first Episode of DBZ wouldn't last 1 second against the Goku from the last episode.  Because of this constant improvement from Goku it really just depends on what time period you are talking about with him.

In a head to head match up, Superman beats Goku if it's early on.  If the fight takes place after Goku reaches Super Saiyan things start to change.  If it takes place past SS1 Goku wins for sure.  Goku is the superior fighter and later on has enough power to destroy an entire planet, even Superman can't take that kind of power.  If this fight takes place anywhere but on Earth Goku also wins as Superman will be depowered until he becomes a regular man, whereas Goku's powers function the same anywhere.  I suppose you could call this one a draw since either one of them could win, again, depending on when and where it takes place.

These two characters are both big dogs and they both represent how their countries tend to do characters.  Superman was given his powers by birthright (and circumstances beyond his control like being sent to Earth).  He never really develops his powers much beyond what he had when he first discovered them.  Goku on the other hand worked really hard for most of his progress.  He is constantly training, fighting tougher villains, finding new training methods, etc to get stronger.  He was also born with certain abilities beyond ordinary men but nothing like Superman.  One power that Goku was born with that would help him against anyone is that he constantly improves every time he fights someone.  So if he fights someone who is close to the same power level as himself and loses, he will "evolve" to become stronger after he heals, meaning he should win the rematch (Doomsday has a similar ability).     

If anyone has any other match ups they would like covered let me know!