With San Diego comic con going on there has been a lot of buzz on the new comic book movies going on.

Fifteen minutes of Iron Man 2 were shown and the hall was packed. I’m sure some clips can be found on the net somewhere. Black Widow, Backlash, and War Machine were all shown in the preview. War Machine allegedly had three machine guns mounted on his armor.

Marvel made a official announcement on the Avengers, Thor, Captain America and even Iron Man 3!

The Avengers will have Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, and most likely The Hulk. It’s up in the air at to whether or not it will be the Hulk from the last movie but I pray that it is. Also, they want to use some other Avengers that are not getting their own movies but nobody has been named. I vote for Giant Man and Hawkeye.

Thor is said to be set about 30% on earth. They are casting for the Warriors Three and Odin. Little has been said about the plot. Only that Thor does something to reignite a ancient war in Asgard and it spills over into the mortal realm. Hey, wanna bet he was set up by Loki?

Captain America should be picking up speed by October. Its to early to cast the lead role but the script is being worked on.

Iron Man 3? Director Jon Favreau seems to think so! His hope is that the Avengers will help create some fresh material and keep the third Iron Man movie from being stale like some other sequels.

There was a brief rumor shot down quickly about the next Batman movie. Things are strangely quiet about this one. I guess it’s hard to follow the previous Bat-movie but if there is money to be made, Hollywood will see there is another.

Next time I will try to have something about the Green Lantern movie. Meanwhile, I am going to watch the brand knew Green Lantern animated film Green Lantern: First Flight. It looks good, but then again so did the Dr. Strange animated movie.

Do your hobbies include killing barbarians, killing peasants, killing hydras, and killing loved family members? Do you dream of throwing around sharp blades attached to 15 ft. long chains?

Well thanks to United Cutlery, even you, a mere mortal, can wield the blades that can enable you to defy the Gods of Olympus themselves:

“The scaled replica of Kratos’ Blades of Chaos, stretches 20 13/16” overall and is designed with a 12 7/16” blade constructed from solid-cast zinc aluminum with a custom-etched mold texture, and unique fantasy grindings that mirror the piece used in the game. The handle grip is injection-molded and surrounded by an intricate, detailed cast-metal guard and pommel. The Blades of Chaos replica includes a custom display stand with the God of War logo.”

That’s right. These treasured gems of the Olympian Gods can cut, chop, dice and decapitate. They’re perfect for any rock-climbing enthusiast who plans on scaling the smoldering cliffs of Hades, and they come in handy when extra leverage is needed in the occasional threesome.

For anyone who hasn’t played the God of War series (get off your ass and go sell your blood and semen until you can afford this gaming phenomenon), Kratos used the Blades of Chaos to deliver pain to anyone stupid enough to get in his way. And there were a lot of stupid people in ancient Greece. The Blades themselves aren’t the most comfortable accessory, with them being singed to his flesh and all. But hey, doesn’t that just make them all the more badass?

I think these are pretty sweet. A little pricey at $123.99, but not outrageously so. Now if only I could find a way to magically fuse them to my forearms.  Go ahead and use your pussy Walmart and Cutco knives, I’ll be carving turkey with style this Thanksgiving.

Billy Gates and his wonder squad are getting froggy, and want to make it known to the tech world that they still consider themselves to reign supreme. Microsoft announced their newest plans for the upcoming Office 2010 suite. One of the biggest buzzes, being free office web applications, that will mimic the Office ‘10 suite. Developers also stated that Web Office ‘10 will be fully supported on not just IE, but also Mozilla Firefox and even Apple Safari (no love for Google Chrome). Office 2010 is set to be released in the 1st quarter of 2010.

Okay, this is an obvious attempt to push Microsoft Office to a better competing standpoint against web apps such as Google Docs, and I’ve gotta say that this was a demanding move on Microsoft’s part. Google Docs just has so much to offer, and whatever it isn’t able to do for you, one can easily accomplish with a free download of OpenOffice. However, the thought of getting the features of Microsoft Office, while also getting the mobility and online central storage of a web app like Google Docs is nerdgasm inducing.

As a current Office 10 beta tester, I like the new office suite.  It has a few nice extra features and flow, and does some really neat stuff when tied with Windows 7. Notably my personal favorite, is that it ties in jumplists seamlessly.  However Microsoft has announced that the web app version of Office will be a “lite” version, leading one to wonder if it will even have anything more to offer than it’s competitors.

In the end, I’m mostly excited about one thing: competition. Even open source behemoths like Google need some good competitors to keep them striving for better software and development. The same thing goes for Microsoft. It’s what leads them to give us, the consumers, better and more affordable technology.

It has been a little over two years since Steve Rogers was assassinated on the court house steps where he was to stand trial for deifying the government – he found the registration act to be awfully close to what the Germans did to the Jews before and during WWII.

Now, he’s back. What’ hard to believe isn’t that he’s back but that everyone out there is bitching about it. Come on people it’s a comic book. Everyone knows nobody stays dead in comics. So why is everyone complaining? Honestly, he died like a punk, at the order of his greatest nemesis, The Red Skull.

The way people are complaining is just nuts. Here’s why no one has a decent reason to bitch:

1.It’s a comic book. Everyone knows that no one stays dead. For years Marvel swore up and down that Bucky was dead. Period. Yet, everyone loved the Winter Soldier (Bucky’s new incarnation).

2.The Red Skull could have killed Cap a million times. Go read some back issues and you will see that he always tries to rub Cap’s nose in it first. That’s why he always loses. This time around he was making the world think Steve was dead so he could torture him with his various schemes to destroy America first. By faking Cap’s death he was free to do just that in peace. No one was looking for Cap. Get it?

3. Go read some interviews with Bruebaker (writer of the Captain America comics). He said he could not believe that no one was on to what he was doing. He hinted several times that there was something going on with Steve’s body. Hopefully, things will be explained WHY there was a body left behind when Steve was sent in to the time stream. That does bug me a little.

4.This is hardly the first time that a comic company “killed” a character claiming that said character is dead. Period. Jean Grey, Bucky, Reed Richards, Superman, Jason Todd, etc. Its just about the story and if you enjoy the ride. Frankly, I would have been more pissed if he had been brought back from the dead. He never died, he was thrown out of time.

5.  Finally, there are some super heros that can not be replaced. Steve Rogers is Cap. Period. There have been several who tried to fill his boots but none have ever come close.

I say, just enjoy the ride. It was fun and I can’t wait for Steve to track down Tony Stark. It should be epic. I think Steve is above saying ‘I told you so’ but I am secretly hoping he isn’t.

Period.

I’d also like to point out that that song can make anything more exciting. It’s also the only thing that could’ve saved
Transformers 2.