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Transformers 3 Star Tops Maxim’s Hot 100

No sooner do we get tired of thumbing through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue than Maxim gets temperatures rising with their annual Hot 100 issue. Coming to newsstands next week, we learn that model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whitely has been crowed the top hot babe. She displaces Megan Fox, who tumbles to #17, in this summer’s not-eagerly-awaited Transformers: Dark of the Moon and has become the new It girl (at least this month). Huntingon-Whiteley tells Maxim that being named number one “is a huge honor.  It’s a great title to have for a year and you can have some fun with it, I think.”

The 100 is listed below and since hotness is in the eye of the beholder, we will all have our quibbles with the order, inclusion or absence of our personal favorites. Me, I have issues with many in the top 10 alone.

Our genre is certainly well represented with Rosie, followed by #2’s Olivia Munn, future Catwoman Anne Hathaway (#7), Thor’s Natalie Portman (#8), Avengers’ Cobie Smulders (#9), and X –Men First Class’ Jennifer Lawrence (#10).

The full list, with comments from the magazine’s editorial staff, is behind the cut and let the debating begin! (more…)

Monday Mix-Up: “Tonight I’m Frakking You”

Monday Mix-Up: “Tonight I’m Frakking You”

I lost track of all the things that got mashed into this one, from Thor, Captain America, and Superman to Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Doctor Who, The Big Bang Theory, and Leia’s slave girl outfit, all to an Enrique Iglesias tune.

If we could find a way to jam Donald Trump, William, Kate and Pippa in there, it would create a black hole of search engine optimization…

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The Gene Colan Garage Sale Begins

The Gene Colan Garage Sale Begins

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  • April 25, 2011

I spent several hours with Gene this morning. He wasn’t under the influence of any pain killers so he was lucid and jovial, but grew short of breath several times—and every now and again he’d grimace in pain. The attending nurse finally had no choice but to put him back on the morphine and that was it—Gene was fast asleep.

Despite his legendary optimism, Gene’s situation is tenuous. His family hopes he can undergo a procedure early this week that may alleviate his pain. Regardless, it’s unlikely that my pal will be drawing for anyone anytime soon.To continue generating what might become much-needed funds, we are selling off the last of Gene’s artwork, as well as some books and comics. Gene hopes to continue signing comics for the CGC Signature Series. If you have comics that you would like to put through this process, please contact me ASAP. 

I am now taking private bids on the below items. To bid send an email to cliffmeth@aol.com – put “Colan Auction Bid” in the subject. In the body of your email, indicate the item # that you are bidding on and its description. Bidding on all items will end on Sunday May 8 at 11pm EST and winners will be notified.

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Review: The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Vol. 1 & 2

I wish I could put my finger on exactly why Marvel’s animated efforts leave me cold. Time and again the vocal casting, character design or animation displays cheap production values and they are far from entertaining. The latest such offering is [[[The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes]]], which has been airing on Disney XD and is now available in two DVDs released this week by parent company Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

The cartoons are based more on the feature film reality than the comic book source material the films were based on, but there’s enough material borrowed from the comics it feels like a mixed bag. We start with a cocky Tony Stark who chases Hydra for stealing Stark Industries technology, which was actually taken from S.H.I.E.L.D. Meantime, it’s a world of countless super-villains, captured somehow and locked away in one of four unique facilities – the Vault, the Cube, the Big House, and the Raft.

But it’s a world without the Avengers. Iron Man is the only established hero, while the Hulk is on the run, and Ant-Man and the Wasp focus entirely on scientific research, preferring to keep Nick Fury at arm’s length. Then there’s Thor, who loves Earth but doesn’t seem overly engaged with its super-villains. Meanwhile, in Africa, T’Challa has just assumed the Black Panther mantle and wants revenge against, Klaw, who was instrumental in his father’s death.

Beyond the Hydra conspiracy, Bruce Banner worries that General Thunderbolt Ross and maybe S.H.I.E.L.D. want to build their own army of Hulks. Then there’s Kang the Conqueror who blames Captain America for somehow destroying his timeline and wants to alter a sequence of events.

That’s about par for comic book storytelling but everything feels incredibly disjointed. Maybe that has something to do with its origins, with the show actually conceived as a 20-part microseries of animated tales that debuted online then became edited into 22-minute episodes for cable. Mimicking the 2012 feature film, now in production, the team is composed of Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man and Wasp with tons of other heroes working solo or for S.H.I.E.L.D. including Black Widow and Hawkeye (also because of the film series). (more…)

‘Thor’ post-credits leaked, with MAJOR spoiler action– watch it if you dare!

‘Thor’ post-credits leaked, with MAJOR spoiler action– watch it if you dare!

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  • April 22, 2011
Chris Hemsworth as Thor as depicted in the upc...

If you can’t wait two weeks for Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, we have a surprise for you. This is the post credit sequence at the end of the movie– the quality isn’t great and we’re looking for a better one, but you can figure out a whole lot.

Seriously, we aren’t kidding: if you don’t want to see what happens in this sequence, don’t view it, as it gives clues that lead us up to Marvel’s upcoming films Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers.

You’ve been warned.

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Thanks to the guys at The Flickcast.

ComicMix Six: Stories We Thought Were April Fool’s Jokes But Weren’t

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  • April 3, 2011

Another April Fool’s Day has come and gone, leaving in its wake a trail of confusion as comics news sites posted fake news article after fake news article in an attempt to hoax their audiences into believing things that couldn’t possibly be true.

Naturally, ComicMix condemns all such shenanigans as juvenile and unworthy.

All the same, now that we’ve had a day or two to process, there have been six recent happenings in the comics world that stood out as so weird, so unlikely, that we were completely floored when they turned out to be true. But don’t take our word for it, take a look below.

Stan Lee and Arnold Schwarzenegger are teaming up for The Governator, a comic and TV show detailing the adventures of the ex-Governor of California, ex-King of Aquilonia as he teams up with a precocious pre-teen hacker to fight crime. This is a thing that’s going to happen. Not a joke. We couldn’t believe it either. You’d think after Peter Paul and the Clintons Stan would stay clear of politicians.

‘Thor: Tales Of Asgard’ Preview clip

‘Thor: Tales Of Asgard’ Preview clip

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  • April 1, 2011

As long as we’re in the spirit of mischief, here’s a bit from the God of Mischief and his loudmouth brother.

In this new video clip from the upcoming THOR: TALES OF ASGARD,  Loki plays a prank on the wolf Fenris in the Port Hole Pub while Thor and the Warriors Three look on.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQGL0SK4fqg[/youtube]

THOR: TALES OF ASGARD debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download from Marvel Animation and Lionsgate Home Entertainment on May 17, 2011.

20th Promotes Black Swan DVD With Screenings

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  • March 26, 2011

20th Century Fox is going all out to promote the Tuesday release of their hit Black Swan on DVD and Blu-ray. First, you can see what sort of Swan you are by checking out the Black Swan Experience, a fun interactive website.

On April 2, there will be interactive midnight screenings, The Black Swan Experience, April 2nd in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. Those living in these cities and interested, can find details here, which will redirect you to a dedicated RSVP site to print their free passes.

We salute the film and its star, who genre fans can next see this spring first in the comedy Your Highness and then May’s Thor.

Mike Huckabee Scolds Natalie Portman

Mike Huckabee Scolds Natalie Portman

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  • March 6, 2011
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Amidala's sweet babboo finds Mike Huckabee's lack of faith "disturbing". Image by Doc_Brown via Flickr

Apparently Mike Huckabee, Fox News host and theoretical presidential candidate, thinks that Natalie Portman, star of Thor, Black Swan, V for Vendetta and the Star Wars prequels is actually Murphy Brown.

Here’s Mike Huckabee, in 2011, on Natalie Portman having a child with her fiancee before they’re actually married:

“One of the most troubling things is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet that boasts of, hey look, we’re having children, we’re not married, but we’re having children and they’re doing just fine.”

“There aren’t really a lot of single moms out there that are making millions of dollars each year by being in a movie.”

“I think it gives a distorted image that not everybody hires nannies and caretakers and nurses. Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can’t get a job, and if it weren’t for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and would not get healthcare.”

However, it seems that Gov. Huckabee has a short and/or selective memory.

Here’s Mike Huckabee, in 2008, on Bristol Palin having a child with her fiancee before they’re actually married:

“It ought to be a reminder that here is a family that loves one another. They stuck with each other though the tough times and that’s what families do.” … Huckabee said the surprise pregnancy announcement should not affect vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s support in the conservative and religious right communities. … “I’m grateful for the way she’s being supported by her family.”

I presume the difference here is that Natalie Portman is Jewish, or Huckabee thinks the father of Portman’s child really is Darth Vader. It makes as much sense as any other reason he can come up with for his double standard.

Hat tip: Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic.

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