STOP SNOWING! And give me ad revenue by watching this short vid!

http://www.cinemassacre.com/2011/01/26/stop-snowing/

So, Jimmy Rolfe has been complaining about snow… and you know what? I can’t say I blame him. I used to complain about snow all the time. Now we get less of it these days. In fact, in the past couple months, there’s only been a couple snowstorms at most around my area with only a few scattered snowfalls roughly a centimeter worth.

Hooray For Global Warming!

By the way, how cute was it that he brought up one of his old “Bullshit” videos covering weather? Especially since the near-ninety-second video is sandwiched between two thirty-second ads for that oh-so-worth revenue? Gag me…

You know something? This gave me an idea… we’ll see if it materializes into anything.

COMIC REVIEW – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #5 (Marvel)

The Rangers take a hike in the mountains where they encounter a vortex that they eventually get sucked into because… well, I don’t want to spoil it, but it’s a nice little, touching tail of a well-meaning thing needing help and let’s leave it at that. Simple, to the point, and somehow more high concept than the typical Power Rangers fare. And the artwork is fine for this, too.

Second story brings us the return of the horrible art… and a boy who lies about monsters before encountering a real monster and nobody believes him. It’s a Marvel take on a Ranger take on an old parable and it’s harmless fare save for the humans who look hideous… but at least the Rangers look alright. Not exactly high praise, but there you go.

By the way, for reasons that escape me in the second story, Adam’s wearing a T-Shirt with a Goku-like head (‘cuz he’s ASIAN – HAR) while Aisha is wearing Body Glove-like gear… anyone remember Body Glove. Is that a thing still?

A little late but…

You know… I didn’t really react to this when I first saw it. Maybe if something like this was done ten years ago or so, I would have been shocked or something. But today? Not really. I’ll give you a couple reasons;

1 – The Spider-Man in question refers to Ultimate Spider-Man, the one that was floating around in Marvel’s Ultimate brand for about a decade or so. Marvel wouldn’t have the balls to kill off the traditional Spider-Man we all know and loved, despite the supposed big deal being made around the killing-off of one of the Fantastic Four (whom will no doubt be ressurected in a few months or so).

On a side note, I’m not making a big deal out of this whole “Three” storyline because it’s been done before. See Fantastic Four #381.

2 – In comics, characters never really stay dead. They’ll eventually come back in a few years or so. So if they pull this out, the only people who would give Marvel the reaction they’re looking for with this storyline are the folks who don’t know any better.

3 – We already had a Death of Spider-Man storyline. It’s called One More Day.

That’s it.

COMIC REVIEW – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #4 (Marvel)

So big news here; to reflect the change in cast, Kimberly is replaced with Kat in the Pink suit… and this is done by taking the totally generic looking Kimberly character in the comics and painting her hair blonde. Voila! New Pink Ranger! Clearly, these colorists have learned their lessons from the ninja swapping trick of Mortal Kombat exceptionally well, but I digress.

Sadly, I only wish I were joking because the Rangers are such one-note characters (even more so than on the television show, which may shock some folks) that if you had kept Kim in there, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference in the long run. This is quite telling when you open up the book and see the first page, where you see Kim’s head recolored as blond.

In any event, the first story has the Rangers fighting Pudgy Pig and that’s it. It’s just straight up ten pages of straight up Ranger action with some Ninjazords tossed in for good measure. For what it’s worth, it’s an accurate depiction of Pudgy Pig. Marvel might recycle some old monsters a couple times, but at the very least, they do them justice, unlike the Saga series by Hamilton.

The second story, also the second story in the series to boast the distinction of being drawn by legendary illustrator Steve Dikto, features a generic pimply-faced nerd getting picked on and accepts an offer by Rita to be made big and strong, only to be turned into a monster instead. The tale is nothing special, but unlike Dikto’s first Rangers story, the artwork here is much better; less overly cartoonish and more semi-realistic.

40 Men In A Royal Rumble? I Can Barely Sit Through 30!

So the word went out that this year’s Royal Rumble match will bump up the number of participants from the usual thirty to the big fat FORTY Superstars. That means more filler than ever before. Hurray.

I would probably reserve judgment until the actual Rumble match itself and assume that this is just a one-off thing to see if it would work. I don’t really see it taking off, though. Would they have enough talent to fill all the slots?

Look, the Royal Rumble match has worked just fine with thirty guys. And in all honesty, a few of them could be hard to sit through… like the 1999 Royal Rumble, for example. You know, the one that Vince McMahon won. Why bother adding another ten guys who don’t have a fucking chance in hell of winning to the mix?

Note for future reference; don't cameo Angry Joe… ever.

Usually, I like sitting through a Linkara video… when he sticks with the “review” portion and doesn’t go into zany “storyline” bits where he plays a billion characters or whatever. Those are pretty bad, but when it comes to the main review bits, he makes them fairly humorous and enjoyable… and he doesn’t use very naughty words, which is quite refreshing for once.

So recently, I tried watching the Linkara review for the Justice League: Cry For Justice mini-series… the latest video, I think it was. And after the obligatory ad, the first thing I saw was Angry Joe.

Then I pushed the Back button on Chrome.

Make of that as you will.

COMIC REVIEW – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #3 (Marvel)

The first story features the return of Pirantishead, the first Season 2 monster, and a rare underwater fight that brings us our problem; Aisha’s fear of water… which makes no sense because she participated in a triathlon that involved swimming in a prior episode, thus denoting a massive discontinuity between the comics and the books. It’s a nothing story about overcoming your fears, but at least the art is decent and the setting is somewhat unique for Power Rangers.

The second story, Most Valuable Slayer, is about girls being as good as boys in sports and stuff. The girl in question, Kelly, wants to join the baseball team, but her being a girl is a problem until the end of the story when she sticks around to watch the Rangers fight a pink monster thing. Again, a generic nothing story that is hampered by some truly hideous artwork. The Rangers are depicted in an overly muscular fashion that would make Rob Liefeld blush, nobody knows how to draw proper faces… the back-up story of an active burner would’ve been a more appropriate place for this stinker.