Nerdrage!

“No one stays dead in comics.”

The Human Torch is dead.

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…in an effort to make it look like I actually did a blog post.

While I haven’t been blogging about nerdy things as of late, rest assured I have continued my nerdy ways!

My newest project, Lisachievements, chronicles my attempt at reaching 20,000 Gamerpoints on Xbox Live by New Year’s Eve 2011.  Since starting this quest I have earned 40 achievements and 705G.

You can keep up with the day to day achievements, as well as the games I earned them in, on my Twitter feed @lcbryan.

A joke about huge Xbox controllers.

ALSO IN CASE YOU WERE NOT AWARE: I DO A FUCKING PODCAST.

Every week, myself and three of my nerdy dude friends get together and talk about everything and nothing in a silly ass podcast called Podtact.

You can subscribe to this series via iTunes OR if you’re against iTunes, click here.  If you review us, we’ll mention you on air.  So basically what I’m getting at is if you’re a narcissist, you should listen to and review Podtact!  We don’t do it FOR the reviews, but we sure as hell LIKE when we’re reviewed.  It makes us feel all squishy inside.

Except Nick.  He’s always squishy.  Wii Fit said so.

After only one post, I’ve already decided to change the name of this segment.  Calling it Lisa’s Lists on a website called “Nerdrage!” seemed… inappropriate.  My favorite things come in groups of 4, so shall be my Lists.

Coming soon to Nerdrage!: “The Fantastic Foursome: Fantastic Foursomes.”

This week’s post was inspired by the fact that I play way too many video games.  Lots of weapons had to be left off this list for brevity’s sake.  I didn’t include weapons from games I’ve never played, as much as that pained me.  Sorry, Gravity Gun and BFG. You get enough love as it is.

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The past few days I’ve been dealing with a pinched nerve in my neck, most likely brought on by maladjusted back and shoulder muscles, poor posture, and a metric ton of stress.

This probably doesn’t help, either.

Before I say anything else, I want to explain what this is.  This is Fox’s dream casting.  News like this is taken with a grain of salt AT BEST, so that’s what I’m going to do.

Though the quality of the suit and makeup Chiklis wore increased between of the first and second films, many fans were still disappointed in it’s “obviously fake” appearance; as well as the diminutive physical size the character was reduced to.

Of course it was “obviously fake,” you numbnuts.  He’s a guy covered in rocks.  Chiklis’ outfit was probably about as realistic as you could make it.

If you saw this walking down the street, you would say "that is a dude covered in rocks."

Unlike most fans, I liked his look and size. It was an homage to the Thing as drawn by his creator Jack Kirby.  Ben was never intended to be 8 feet tall and five hundred tons like he is often drawn.  I subscribe to the belief that the bigger The Thing is, the more ridiculous he would look on screen.  Comic books are one thing; live action another.

Other news that came out yesterday was that Fox is looking at three directors.  When it comes to directors, I usually have very little opinion.  I will say that, while he didn’t do a great job, I didn’t think Tim Story did a terrible job either.  He was given a lot of shit to work with , including (but not limited to): subpar writing, Jessica Alba, and a studio that didn’t really have a whole lot of faith in the franchise to begin with.

And, shock of the century, it will be filmed for a 3D release.  Oh Fox, you are so wild and original with your ideas.  I can’t wait to hear about Johnny’s “pale and oft misunderstood vampire love interest.”

This had better be one hell of a good script, you guys.

The latest news in the Fantastic Four reboot has me simultaneously pleased as punch and angry as… angry punch.

LISA IS HAPPYFACE:

1. Putting the origin in the credits.  People who are going to see this probably already saw the original movies and/or read the comics.  They don’t need to see it again.  Origins bog things down.  Removing the origin leaves room for more character development and plot.  The Fantastic Four cartoon that came out a couple years ago did this and did it well.

2. Doom getting to be Doom.  I am all smiles.  And though I’ve never seen True Blood, I know who this actor is and have no fear that he can pull this off.  If I don’t hear a “Damn you, Richards” out of him I will be a sad panda.

3. As the foremost Jonathan Storm/Human Torch expert, I approve of a Kevin Pennington casting choice.  I loved Chris Evans so much and I’m kinda sad that he’s now playing with a shield and punching Hitler.  I’m not head-over-heels overenthusiastic on their Sue front-runner, but since it’s not Jessica Alba, I’ll deal.

LISA IS ANGRYFACE:

1. Man, FUCK Adrian Brody as Reed.  He didn’t get the part last time and I’m not keen for him to have it this time.  Just because he’s A-list doesn’t make him right.

2. CGI Ben.  It bears repeating.

Good God are all my posts going to be about this movie?  The next two years are going to be an awful time for my writing.

As I made my nerdy internet rounds this morning, I came across this little tidbit from Comic Book Resources.

While I’m not in total agreement with the Reed Richardses they have in mind (and yes, I do have my own idea*), at least this time it looks as though they’re trying to cast a blonde with some acting talent as Sue.  But, then again, they did that before and we got Jessica Alba, so I won’t be surprised when it’s one of the Kardashians in a blonde wig.

But here, ladies and germs, is the gut kicker:

It would appear the race is on to cast the three roles as the Thing will be created entirely in the computer this time around.

Head, meet wall. Now repeat.

Dear Anyone Who Cares: The Thing is NOT The Hulk.  You can get away with a big green CG Hulk smashing tanks and throwing missiles and punching the Abomination’s face off.  You CANNOT get away with Ben Grimm as CG.

Why?  Because the Hulk has an entirely separate human side.  The Thing is Ben’s human side and his monstrous side.  That’s what makes him such a tragic and lovable figure.  It’s not as though Ben gets angry and becomes a brick wall.  You need someone underneath that rocky hide to portray the man that he is.  If there was one thing the 2005 and 2007 versions got RIGHT, it was casting a real actor in makeup as the Thing.

Augh, whether I like it or not, here I go again into the maddening world of my favorite comic book going to the big screen.

*Glenn Howerton, aka Dennis from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  Seriously.  Looks aside, he could put a charming and interesting spin on a character that can be notoriously dull.  And if they decide to take the “Reed’s kind of a dick” route, well, we all know he could do that with ease.

(I know it can’t or won’t happen.  But FUCK I wish it would happen.)

Who doesn’t love alliterations?

In an effort to get myself to use this webspace for writing every week, I’ve decided to do a weekly “Lisa’s Lists.”  It’s pretty much exactly how it sounds.  Each week I will create a list of my  favorite/least favorite things and describe why they are my favorite/least favorite.  It’s very much like that LivingSocial “Top Five” thing that everyone and their grandmother was into on Facebook a year ago, except I’ll actually have room to explain why I made my choices.  I also hope that my lists will get people thinking and maybe, just maybe, they’ll post their own.

The first Lisa’s List is simply this:  Who are your top five favorite fictional characters?

“Holy crap,” says the internet.  “Media specific?”  No.  “So wait… any fictional characters?”  Any. Fictional. Character.  As in NOT REAL.  Made up.  Never existed in our world.

Because of the scope of the question, I decided to choose a character from each type of media I enjoy: Movies, Television, Comic Books, Video Games, and Books.

OKAY HERE GOES

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My name is Lisa.  This is my blog.

I intend to use this space to keep up my writing skills.  Time will tell if I actually keep that promise.  I’ve tried and tried to keep up a blog and it never really gets anywhere.

While I work on my actual first post, here is a picture of a kitten dressed as Link.