BTBATB Song - Grey & Blue

Spoiler alert!
Here's the latest awesome song from the latest Batman The Brave & The Bold episode!
Can't believe nobody posted this one on either youtube or elsewhere yet?! I had to do it myself! :'3

Enjoy!


Vigilante sings while Batman kicks some mobster's ass.

I'll miss these awesome musical numbers once the Brave and the Bold will be over :/

ComicPanelsOfTheWeek: Respect the suit

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Mister Miracle #7 © DC Comics

ComicPageOfTheWeekend: Aw Yeah, Tiny Raven & dad!

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Tiny Titans © DC Comics

What Car did Prince William Arrive in?

I know Kate used the rolls royce from queen elizibeth, and then Kate and william left the wedding in the carriage. But what car did William drive in to arrive to the wedding, and what about queen Elizabeth?

Dirt

Monarchy

Another rich guy with bad teeth and a receding hairline just got married to a knockout model in England today.

Now she is a princess.

Here are TEAM ROBOT's thoughts on monarchy:








Now here are some real kings:

CBR Tron: The Ghost in the Machine

 

Tron's not only a series of movies and games.
Following it's cult status in the culture, various comics were published over the years.
Not as much as, say, Star Wars.
But some interesting pieces were produced that fans might want to check out!

Today, we'll check out the first series that came out some years ago!

NOTE! Read my review or play the videogame TRON 2.0 before hand!

Comic title: Tron: The Ghost in the Machine
Art by Louie De Martinis, Michael Shoyket & GURU-eFX
Story by Landry Walker & Eric Jones

Published by SLG Publishing
From 2006-09
Lineup Tron
Format: Collects the six issue miniseries.

As a big science fiction classic in the popular culture, it always surprised me how there never had been any Tron comic book adaptation for a quite long time.
That is, until the quite successful videogame Tron 2.0 brought back the attention for this "franchise" (which wasn't really one since before there had been only a single not that commercially successful movie) .

Around the early 2000s, with Tron 2.0 still fresh in everybody's mind, the publisher 88 MPH solicited a mini-series titled Tron 2.0: Derezzed....which in the end, never came out.
(88 MPH was struggling financially, near bankruptcy for quite some time, which made them also cancel a bunch of other books like the quite demanded Ghostbusters series)

This comic was cancelled before any issues were released...

Zoom back to 2005 now, SLG announced a new comic based on Tron, which ended up being this very one.
A big storyline continued the now kinda distant Tron 2.0, written by Landry Walker .
This comic ended up looking like a strange patchwork, kinda fitting for its plot, but pretty strange to jump into at first glance.
The first 2 issues were beautifully drawn, almost painted, by Louie De Martinis. It has a very odd surreal look, perfect for a modern take on The Grid. the following issues/chapters, by Michael Shoyket have a much more traditional comic book look, cartoony on some segments and definitively simpler.
Reading it as a whole, it doesn't detract from the content since the storyline is just as "patchworked".
Why this change in creative team and style? Well, I suspect it's because SLG simply regained what had previously been done for 88 MPH before, behind the scenes.
The authors never really shined light on everything that happened on this book and all its details, but that's what I think.

Now, what about the comic book itself?

Jet's back inside the Grid!

Kevin Flynn had discovered a digital universe in the 80s.
With Tron, a software designed by his best friend Alan Bradley, he had conquered and mastered the Grid.
Years later, during Flynn's disappearance, the son of Alan, Jethro Bradley ended up as well inside the computers while he was visiting Flynn's company ENCOM. After fighting the corruption and regaining access to Ma3a, a new program designed by Alan after the inciden from the 80s, he was able to access the Tron Legacy code and escape through the real world...or did he?

This story takes place about 6 months after Tron 2.0.

Jet was back, living as much of a normal life as he could..but things weren't the same anymore.
Was he really living now outside the computer?
Was this all part of the Grid's sub-routines making him think that while he was still trapped inside that world?
The difference between what was happening in the outside world and the memories of his adventures inside the Grid started to blur more and more.

A moment he seemed to be outside, in the real world..then the next were those flashbacks he was having or was it the present?
One day while he was running away from the police (or was it in the past?) Alan gets shot...killed..by the police running after him or was it Jet himself using the gun?

Things aren't what they seem to be...
Once Jet is able to get in the Grid, real or not, he will be able to make sense out of everything...

...Or will he?

ACTUAL SCENE FROM THIS COMIC!! No kidding!

You probably got that from my summary above, the story is a bit confusing and gets a bit sketchy for some parts...
Probably because of it's difficult production.
Though I remember reading the collected trade paperback (or all 6 issues back to back) rather than checking one or two of these issues.

It's a very dense and surreal story.

And is it really a bad thing?
In reality, I find this story pretty well crafted.
Landry Walker wrote a fantastic piece exploring and playing with Tron's universe.
Tron, unlike Star Wars, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many more cult icons didn't get much explored apart from a modern (well liked) videogame and finally nowadays a big budget sequel.
Rather than "expanding the universe" like most adaptations tend to do this book plays a bit with Tron's concepts and abstraction.
Tron's universe is in fact a pretty abstract one to begin with. If someone would really get inside the computer would it look stylish, like an 80s 8-bits game like Pong or all modernized like a "next gen" videogame? What if the world would be presented and reflected by that very same person exploring it? Are there some rules? How would we perceive such binary world with our senses?

The Ghost in the Machine is a pretty strange odd and unique experience. Affected by and affecting Jet Bradley - then, current main character of the Tron universe, even ~5 years later since his first and last appearance.
There's a lot of symbolism and metaphors (visual metaphors even). From Jet's very own "Wonder Land" through his escapism into his very own shaped reality we know as the Grid.

DEREZZED!

The book's visual art changes and moves around, as it change artists and content as well.
The confusion, what is real...what isn't... isn't clearly defined - thanks to all that.
Many questions are posed, doubts are created in the reader...nothing is clearly explained in the end.
For Tron fans that might not pick this one up, here's some spoilers and questions to ponder upon:

Spoiler:

But in the end...Alan Bradley is revealed to still be alive... Only to find out Flynn's also in the real world alongside the long-thought dead Lora Baines.
Instead Jet starts to ask himself if he's ever really been a user or just a program that dreamt to be more than just that.

Then he discovers he's only been a back-up file of the real Jet while he was carrying the too big to carry himself Tron Legacy code. Then this Jet-2 got split in three entities who each went totally awry in the Grid. The good Jet-2 backup fights the other two that have been trying to get rid of him to escape in the real world, absorbs them one by one...and makes the choice to stay living in the Grid even if he had the chance and choice to be able to escape into the real world.

Or was he?
All we are left with are clues...doubts... Was there even a real Jet? Is this all part of a back-up's dream of a real life...Did even the whole game Tron 2.0 actually take place?

At least that's what I got.
As you can see it's not a straightforward story, it's something to think about, maybe re-explore a second time over after a first read.

Overall, this is not what I'd call a mainstream comic.
Tron wasn't super popular back then (until the big blockbuster sequel Tron Legacy). This book served as a good opportunity to play with the abstract computer science that populates the Tron universe. Its semantics.

A pretty original follow-up to the classic movie and/or the videogame.
Though you'll really need to know one of those or both to really get it, it isn't reader friendly!

I'd say, it is a work for fans mostly, if you're interested in exploring the more metaphysical parts of the Grid. Hardcore fans and the likes~ 


Nerd-note: If you consider Tron 2.0 part of the continuity (like me!) or not with the new sequel (and vis-versa!) this book can still be perfectly canon with both ideas since as the decisions and choices regarding some events are left to the reader!


I give it:

  1.5 / 3 Aaylas!

Gamin' NEWS! Jurassic Park gets new trailer and new precisions

Remember the upcoming new Jurassic Park game from TellTale games?

Some news have surfaced about this one.
Alongside a brand new trailer!
Mwahahaha! One more JP game to add to my collection! HAHAHA! *evil laugh*
W..what? Oh, you're here, didn't hear you coming.

So.. hum *cough cough*.

Anyhow, this episodic adventure take on the famous franchise will be coming out on most systems at the same time - as it has been recently confirmed by Telltale.
AND the console versions will be retail discs directly from the start, containing all the season/episodes!! °__°
A new one for Telltale!
(their games usually come on disc at the end, once all episodes have been released - like Monkey Island 5 on DVD disc for PC, or Sam & Max Season 1 or 2 on the Wii for example)

It's great news...for me...
Since I like my games on actual media instead of digital volatile stuff... (for my, huh, collection! like I said above!)
And it will go better along all the past excellent JP
(and I feared my computer wouldn't be able to run this game, I mean I even get lags and freeze while watching blip or youtube videos these days... stupid HD settings..)

And here's the new trailer!

Video Games | Jurassic Park | T-Rex vs. Triceratops Gameplay

Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | Nintendo Wii | PC Games                                

Looking nice! Even if a bit on-rails.
I don't think it will be the best JP game ever (and believe me, there's been a dozen GREAT JP games unlike most other franchises)
But surely something fun to play with!

BU KADIN BİR BİSİKLET MUHABİRİ...

Karşınızdaki kadın bir bisiklet muhabiri. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turnuvası için şu an Türkiye topraklarında, İtalyan, adı da Barbara Pedrotti

OUCH! SHAQUİLLE, OUCH!

Fotoğraf www.nbamodasi.com

BİR ZAMANLAR SHAKIRA

BECKHAMLAR DA BU DÜĞÜNDE

Ada'da Royal Wedding heyecanı başladı. The Guardian'ın yazdığı gibi iki kişi evleniyor, 2 milyar kişi onları izliyor... Evlenecek çiftten öte Royal Wedding'e gelenler konuşuluyor. İşte bir gedikli... David Beckham ve eşi Victoria Beckham. Beckhamlar da yaşlanıyor...

FanFilmFriday: Booster Gold

It's time for yet another FanFilmFriday!
Today,

Booster Gold!

A very funny Booster Gold movie, had he come in the 80s (like in the comics?).
Yes, an old school VHS-type of movie!
Enjoy~



Pretty cool movie guys!

Courtesy from SuperUnofficial

BORRİELLO'NUN YENİ AŞKI CAMİLA

Roma'nın golcüsü Marco Borriello yeni sevgili yaptı. İtalyan futbolcunun yeni gözdesi Camila Morais.

Bikes are cool and so are mountains

KRALİYET DÜĞÜNÜ İÇİN YOLA ÇIKTILAR

David Beckham ve ailesi İngiltere'de yapılacak olan Kraliyet Düğünü için Los Angeles'tan yola çıktılar.

Blog - Who is the RED BEETLE?!

This sounds like a title for a mystery novel...

Seriously though, guys, gals... Who the heck it the RED BEETLE??

Who is she?!?

This (random) mysterious new character appeared from nowhere in the pages of DC's JSA All-Stars.

I haven't been following the title (I'm more of a trade reader), but the apparition of this new character intrigued me.

I'm a Blue Beetle fan, as you could guess from either my various Beetle-related reviews or my parodies here.

So I ask you, if you followed this series, who is she? Is she related to any of the 3 Blue Beetles?

At first I thought it was Dan Garrett's niece, from the Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle series.

From what I got she already revealed her iD and is supposed to be "Sara Butters".

She seems young but not too much (~Dick Grayon's age), she jokes around and seems to be one of the good guys.

She appeared from the start as part of the extended JSA cast, nobody seems to doubt her or be surprised by her in the team. (the JSA, a Golden Age/Legacy team kind of group)

Oh and she uses "tech" to fight crime.

Like Ted's B.B.Gun:

Oh, and is that the Bug she's using here?

So, who is she?!

Where does she come from? How does she fit in Dan/Ted/Jaime's history?

Is she related to DC's upcoming big epic summer storyline, Flashpoint?

What with all the alternate universe-altering time travel and stuff...

Or is she related to the on-going Black Beetle plot from Jaime/Blue Beetle back-up features & the Booster Gold series?

Black Beetle's real identity is still unknown but as been shown lying to be Hector, a "Joshua", Jaime from the future and more.

The Black Beetle has been shown trying to gather various colored Beetles across time and space, by travelling through time and altering events.

But why would a Red Beetle show up in the JSA title and never be mentioned in Booster Gold?

(good storytelling/planning stuff in advance?)

Anyway, I'm currently reading a book about some history of the Blue Beetles ("The Blue Beetle: Companion") and I had this on my mind today.

I hope we'll get some answers someday!
(rather than seeing this mysterious gal crimefighter disappear in the land of forgotten character, and never seeing her potential come to be)

Movie NEWS! Cowboys, aliens and mutants

New trailers!

The Rat sez: Hell Yeah!

Cowboys, aliens and mutants...
All different, all comic book adaptations.
So there's a new Cowboys & Aliens trailer out.



Are you motivated to see this Jon Favreau movie?
The original indie comic was a fun & fresh original take on such a B-movie subject.
Hope the movie turns out great. (heck, with Harrison Ford in it, how couln't it be fun to watch?)


Second trailer, it's a brand new good trailer of the (hopefully not) bad new X-Men installment, X-Men First Class.

Alright... as bad as I can smell this movie's going to be...this trailer was pretty decent. Clearly, at 20th Century Fox, they got some pretty trailer maker guys...
How could this turn out 100% bad, I mean, there's some Bacon in it! XD

And that is all for this time~

Sonic NEWS! Generation Green Hill

Sonic Generations is still looking great!
Here's some pictures of "retro Sonic" in the Green Hill reimagined level.

It's looking great, it's like the studio Sonic Team got all this idea just from the Green Hill stage present in Sega Superstar Tennis.

Sega Superstar Tennis' Green Hill stage

Anyhow, this is all looking great so far, can't wait to check out more levels and play the game itself!

SPOILERS!
Oh, and here's the same level, with "modern Sonic", and on video.
The entire first Act 1!!
Click only if you really want to!