Young Justice Preview

"Titans Together!"

Ok, so there's also a new DC cartoon in the pipeline...Young Justice...featuring ONE original member of Young Justice???




First off, Greg Weisman is showrunning, which already makes this a must-watch. This guy brought you Spectacular Spider-man AND Gargoyles, which is definitely in the Steve Top 20 TV shows of all-time.

Love that it's going to incorporate the whole DC Universe with appearances by the JLA as idols and mentors. The art style looks neat and clean, and wait, did he just say people are gonna die?

But what's with this team? Dick and Wally instead of Tim and Bart? I like Dick and especially Wally but Tim's cool, calm, collected leadership and Bart's, well, impulsiveness were the whole point of the original Young Justice series. Superboy is the only actual member of the original Young Justice and then we round out the team with the Miss Martian, the new Blaqualad, and Artemis?  She doesn't seem to be Wonder Girl, or Arrowette, is she the adult Artemis from Wonder Woman or is she the red-shirt that's gonna die and set up the arrival of WG or Arrowette?

Peter David (writer of stuff...and the Young Justice comic) has confirmed he is writing some episodes for the show, but he couldn't tell us what the first one was about...because it's a Secret.  So we're definitely gonna get some Young Justice history in this show at some point.

I just hope Slobo doesn't show up.

Avenger's Earth Mightiest Heroes Trailer

"Avengers Assemble!"

Ok, so let's catch up on some random stuff from SDCC.

In case you missed it, here's the trailer for the Avengers cartoon coming to Disney XD. The show has a 52 episode order, so they should be able to develop some subplots and long-running story arcs.



The art style isn't great, but it's passable and there's a lot I do like about the trailer. The opening shot has newspaper articles about the Punisher and Man-Thing, easter egg or foreshadowing? Either way, it works for me. Tons of low and mid level villains which bodes well for variety.

Earlier promos implied that team would just be Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hank Pym and the Wasp but now Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Panther are prominently featured in the promo images. I'm hoping Hulk is only going to be around for the first few episodes and the occasional guest appearance, and if they insist on keeping him around, I hope he's not just dumb-Hulk.

If they actually followed early Marvel continuity, I would be ecstatic, although I'm not sure if they'll be allowed to use Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver who did appear on Wolverine and the X-Men, or if Marvel-Disney can now use any character they want for the cartoons.

I don't know if they have the balls to remove Cap or Iron Man or Thor for any of the episodes to focus on the "real" Avengers.. Scarlet Witch, Vision, Hawkeye, Black Knight, etc but I'm already mentally prepared to be looking at the big 3 every episode so I should be ok.

It is a good sign that Cap is absent from the clip of the team's formation though.

I'm gonna keep my fingers cross that this (and the movies) turn out as good as they should.

Deadpool's Comic Con Song

"He's a psychopath, he's also a psychopath." - Deadpool

Ok, so can anyone explain to me why ItsJustSomeRandomGuy doesn't have a job writing comics professionally yet?

Surely it can't be cuz Marvel and DC are filled with such talented, original writers who know how to keep a deadline.

I'm gonna go fantasize about a ItsJustSomeRandomGuy/Felicia Day crossover.

Geek and Destroy

"Nag, nag, nag, nag, NAG!" - JD, Heathers

Are you people happy now? Keeping with the sidebar theme:

Careful what you wish,
careful what you say.
Careful what you wish
you may regret it
careful what you wish
YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.

Introductory rant:

Ok, so why is it that with all the comic book and geek-related websites out there, there is no one website that can coherently report all the news from SDCC? Is it that complicated to get some recruits from your forums, possibly tempt them with a freebie or something, and have them blog back about the different panels?

Is is that hard for the bloggers to take a photo of certain wacky things they blog about?

And why aren't the panels streamed live on the internet anyway? The con is SOLD OUT, so they're not losing money. And if they really think that the option of a crappy internet feed would prevent the fanboys from attending in person in the future...they think wrong.

Why is it that I have to bounce through multiple websites, and if I find an interesting comment about a panel that I'd like to see a picture of, I have to run to YouTube to see if an epileptic audience member / Blair Witch cameraman decided to upload the panel for me?

Here's Michael Cera as Captain America:



Yes, there are other, better quality videos of this panel, but go search for them yourselves, that's what *I* have to do, and I'm trying to make a point here. Get with the program.

I'm gonna go hunt down the Chuck panel, cuz last year's Jeffster performance was amazing.