Today's topic on The DC and Marvel Heroes Forum is all about Injustice: Gods Among Us, the new DC Universe-based video game from the makers of Mortal Combat. While I never played the video game myself, I find that the visual look of of the game itself, from what I have seen on Reviews of the Run and on the internet anyway, are very impressive, especially when the designs for the DC Universe characters look like the kind that could translate well into live-action filmed media without any drastic need for alteration. Anyway, here are some questions to think about as you take part in this forum post, that is if you played the game: What is the game play like? What do you find to be the strengths and weaknesses of this video game? Do you find this game worth playing, even in comparison/contrast to previous DC Universe video games? Would you say this video game could serve as good introduction to all things DC Universe for video game players who have never read a comic book before? Do you think this game has the potential of encouraging former comic book-reading gamers to return to reading comic book stories of the DC Universe's heroes and villains? Would you like to see this video game get a movie treatment in the future, regardless of format (live-action or animated)?
8:26 PM Canada EST
It was while finding out at StarTrek.com that the original Star Trek won the award for "Favorite Classic TV" from TV Guide and I found out that TV Guide Magazine granted the Fan Favorites Award for "Favorite New Show" to the currently running hit show Arrow, the first live-action version based on DC Comics' Green Arrow. Despite the tragic critical and commercial failures of numerous DC Universe-based live-action filmed media works that don't center around Batman or Superman, it's nice to know that this new hit series is proving glorious in its reception from the North American mainstream viewers. Congratualitions to the makers of Arrow on this glory.
If you're curious about what Arrow went up against in the category where it won, pick up a copy of the Fan Favorite double-issue of TV Gudie Magazine, now available in stores where magazines are sold.
11:50 PM Canada EST
Today, DCComics.com announces that Warner Bros. will release the 18th installment of the "DC Universe Animated Original Movies" series on July 30, 2013, following the release of the Superman Vs. Braniac-themed installment Superman: Unbound on May 7. The made-for-DVD film itself, titled "Justcie League: The Flashpoint Paradox", will be an adaptation of the controversial 2011 Flashpoint comic book miniseries, which preluded the DC New 52 overhaul of the entire DC Universe Canon. In case some of you reading this news post are new to the DC Universe experience, the miniseries itself centered around Barry Allen/The Flash trying to restore his home universe back to normal after an attempt to fix a wrong for his family in the past resulted in an alternate timeline where the 1) Justice League was never established, 2) the Atlanteans and the Amazons were at war agaisnt each other, and 3) Dr. Thomas Wayne (not Bruce Wayne) was Batman and running Wayne Casinos.
If you are the knid of DC Comcis fan hungry for a Justcie League movie, even though the live-action JL movie is not due for another two years, I say mark your calendars for this animated film's release. Checking out this film should help your wait.
5:27 PM Canada EST
Do you like Iron Man or anime giant robots/powered suits or even both? Well say no more, because today marks the release of the made-for-DVD anime film Iron Man: Rise of Technovore, spinning off from Marvel Anime: Iron Man. I don't know about Japanese release dates, but it's definetely availible in North America. In this film, Tony Stark/Iron Man must clear his name when he's accused by SHIELD of murdering innocent people (most notably his best friend James Rhades/War Machine) during an attempt to stop a violent threat, and he'll need the help of Frank Castle/The Punisher, but to make matters worse for Tony, his enemey Ezakiel Stane (son of the Iron Monger) has unleashed a deadly tech called "technovore" with Black Widow and Hawkeye trying to hunt down the powered armored superhero himself.
Japanese release dates are unknown at the moment, but it's definetlty available in North America. For all you North America-based mecha otaku out there, including those struggling to cope with both the apparent dominance of ecchi fan service in today's anime and the apparrent decline of non-comedic serious anime content, this a movie is a must-watch.
3:33 PM Canada EST
Though I did not watch the 2013 MTV Movie Awards, I spent some time googling around the net to see if any superhero movies from 2012 were nominated for the event, and what ya' know, PerezHilton reports that 2012's The Avengers movie had actually won three awards: one for "Best Fight Scene", one for "Best Villain" (Tom Hiddleston's role of Loki), and one for "Best Movie of The Year" (hooray indeed). However, this movie was one of two superhero movies to receive nminations; the other was The Dark Kngiht Rises, but it lost in all categories it was nominated for. At least, superheroes got glory in Best film of the Year, unlike in the Oscars during the past years (where there appears to be so much biasness over film genre when it comes to such category). Congrats to the makers of the film on their glory.
12:30 AM Canada EST
