Dawgs Comic Book Thread

[Bobby Heenan]

Nega bands and cosmic awareness, mutha fucker

[Gitfiddle]

Found a site with a very good podcast on it. Also if you do a search on the site for "where do I start" it'll give you a list of articles that'll list books that'll bring you up to speed on a character. For example, if you're looking forward to the new Avengers movie and you want to get up to speed on Thanos.

http://ifanboy.com

[Chaos]

two kick ass stories from badass digest.............

Marvel Studios never fails to surprise me with their balls. I never thought The Avengers could happen, that a bunch of standalone movies could crossover into a film, and yet they did it. I never thought we could get really cosmic villainy in a superhero movie, and yet Thanos is at bat for Marvel Phase Two. And I never thought a certain Hulk storyline would ever see movie screens, but if Latino Review's very reliable El Mayimbe is right, his future adventures will be planet-shaking.SPOILERS FOLLOW!
According to El Mayimbe, as seen in the video above, Hulk will be sent into space at some point in The Avengers 2. He's deemed too much of a threat to keep on Earth, and so the Marvel superheroes bid him adieu. But just as happened in the comics, Hulk will end up going through a wormhole and will land on an alien planet. On that planet Hulk becomes a gladiator, rises through the ranks and eventually comes to be king. It's a big science fiction Conan-type story.
But there's more! El Mayimbe says that this Planet Hulk movie will lead into Avengers 3, which he claims will use the World War Hulk storyline - Hulk returns to Earth with his new alien allies and wages war on the heroes!
That's incredible. If it's true - and I believe that at the very least we'll be seeing Planet Hulk - it's another sign that Marvel Studios is willing to go big with their concepts and their stories. They're not playing this safe. I wonder if having the beans spilled this early will impact what happens in Avengers 3 (and there will be, without any doubt at all, an Avengers 3. After that...).
As a comic fan this sort of stuff makes me appreciate being around to see such huge stories, such crazy ideas, actually make their way to theaters. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[Chaos]

GAME OF THRONES’ King’s Landing… Recreated In Minecraft!
The world-building game has been harnessed to build the capitol of Westeros!
If you're not familiar with Minecraft allow me to explain why this image is so stunning. In the game you're a guy in the woods. You can interact with the environment around you, gathering wood, stone, clay, etc. You can then recombine these into other forms, including swords to fight the occasional enemy (the creepers you encounter are more a nuisance than the point of the game) and a pickaxe to dig for other elements. But the thing you mostly make are blocks - blocks that you then put together to build structures. Over the years Minecraft players have created some impressive things using these blocks, but this recreation of King's Landing, the capitol of Westeros in Game of Thrones, could be among the most ambitious.
Created on the Minecraft server Westeroscraft, it took 100 builders about four months to create what you see. There are 3500 distinct buildings, all made by hand and all fully decorated within. If you were to log onto that server you could walk through the streets of King's Landing and poke your head into every single building.
Again, this is not like creating an environment in a regular video game. The builders didn't just clone walls or items, they built them from their basic components. Every piece of wood you see came from a tree that was chopped down in the game. Every brick of stone had to be mined.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. They claim to have created 70% of the continent of Westeros. Next they'll be moving across the sea to Essos. I'm so tempted to make the joke "After that they'll try moving out of their mothers' basements," here, but I'm really impressed by the weirdo dedication that goes into something like this.

[Bobby Heenan]

Holy fuck, Planet Hulk on the big screen???

[Wing]

GAME OF THRONES’ King’s Landing… Recreated In Minecraft!
The world-building game has been harnessed to build the capitol of Westeros!
If you're not familiar with Minecraft allow me to explain why this image is so stunning. In the game you're a guy in the woods. You can interact with the environment around you, gathering wood, stone, clay, etc. You can then recombine these into other forms, including swords to fight the occasional enemy (the creepers you encounter are more a nuisance than the point of the game) and a pickaxe to dig for other elements. But the thing you mostly make are blocks - blocks that you then put together to build structures. Over the years Minecraft players have created some impressive things using these blocks, but this recreation of King's Landing, the capitol of Westeros in Game of Thrones, could be among the most ambitious.
Created on the Minecraft server Westeroscraft, it took 100 builders about four months to create what you see. There are 3500 distinct buildings, all made by hand and all fully decorated within. If you were to log onto that server you could walk through the streets of King's Landing and poke your head into every single building.
Again, this is not like creating an environment in a regular video game. The builders didn't just clone walls or items, they built them from their basic components. Every piece of wood you see came from a tree that was chopped down in the game. Every brick of stone had to be mined.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. They claim to have created 70% of the continent of Westeros. Next they'll be moving across the sea to Essos. I'm so tempted to make the joke "After that they'll try moving out of their mothers' basements," here, but I'm really impressed by the weirdo dedication that goes into something like this.

Ok, now I have some respect for Minecraft.
That's fuckin awesome!
But I still hate the graphics.
Imagine how much MORE epic it would be if they had decent graphics!

[Donkeyboy2190]

I tried Minecraft once and lasted for about 10 minutes, it just wasn't my thing. That is impressive though.

[Chaos]

Ok, now I have some respect for Minecraft.
That's fuckin awesome!
But I still hate the graphics.
Imagine how much MORE epic it would be if they had decent graphics!

Graphics aren't the point of the game! Unchained creativity is!

[Wing]

Graphics aren't the point of the game! Unchained creativity is!

It could be better.
Like a few more bits is all I ask

[Gitfiddle]

I really don't like the Iron Man 3 armor colors. Way too much gold. But speaking of the new Hulk movies, Hulkbuster armor yes please.

[Donkeyboy2190]

If Marvel follows the comics, they're going to have to replace a few members of the illuminati.

[Gitfiddle]

If Marvel follows the comics, they're going to have to replace a few members of the illuminati.

Supposedly a Doctor Strange movie is in the works. Fox has the rights to Professor X. Black Bolt & Namor who knows. I'd guess they'd just say SHIELD made the decision.

[Chaos]

Supposedly a Doctor Strange movie is in the works. Fox has the rights to Professor X. Black Bolt & Namor who knows. I'd guess they'd just say SHIELD made the decision.

Yup. Iron man 3, Capt 2, thor2, strange, guardians of the galaxy, ant man . Are part of phase 2 of marvels plan.

[harlock]

Yup. Iron man 3, Capt 2, thor2, strange, guardians of the galaxy, ant man . Are part of phase 2 of marvels plan.

is doctor strange gonna be in the marvel movie universe?

[Chaos]

is doctor strange gonna be in the marvel movie universe?

Details are sketchy but I would assume so. Same with ghost rider, punisher now marvel has the rights back.

[Donkeyboy2190]

is doctor strange gonna be in the marvel movie universe?

Rumor has it the he's showing up in Thor 2

[Donkeyboy2190]

Cool story analyzing possible victims in Death of the Family

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/deat...ndicapped.html

[harlock]

Details are sketchy but I would assume so. Same with ghost rider, punisher now marvel has the rights back.

i wish they would just do the Punisher right. R rated and hardcore.

[Gitfiddle]

i wish they would just do the Punisher right. R rated and hardcore.

The last Punisher was definitely R rated and hardcore. It just had a bad story. I liked Ray Stevenson in the role. He definitely plays a Punisher that criminals would be terrified to have coming after them.

[Wing]

I want a Deadpool movie!!!


Also, I want to play this: