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Comic versus Cartoon: Invincible

  Okay, since we're on the subject of comic book adapatations, did you see the Red Band (R-rated) trailer of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad ? I'm very much looking forward to that! I liked the first movie by David Ayer, but it did differ a lot from the feel of the trailer. That's why a lot of people are now asking to #releasetheayercut. Last week the SnyderCut of Justice League came out after a massive fan-campaign for that. I don't think Warner Bros will spend a lot of money on another recut, though, so probably not going to happen. I'm indifferent about it. If they decide to recut it, I'll watch it, if not, I'll patiently wait for Gunn's sorta-sequel. So in the trailer we get a look at some (but probably not all) of the villians turned heroes. We have Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) reprising their roles from the first Suicide Squad (the one without the 'T...

Marvel versus DC

No, I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to pitch one against the other. I'm not going to say that one is better than the other. There are people ... like me ... who like comics and superheroes as a whole, whether they are from Marvel or DC or Image Comics or any other publisher. Ofcourse I have my preferences in comics, in movies, in TV-series, in games, but I generally get excited if something new comes out. If I were to do a Mr. Dad versus the Boys, it would probably be Marvel versus DC, but actually Onyx and Kuromochiii are more into anime then into superheroes and they also watch both or don't watch at all and rather play (non-superhero) games. So why this post today, after months of slacking off from this blog? Well, this week was a very good week for comic-nerds like me. Both on DC and on Marvel side. Here's what is going on ... Fortnite On Tuesday the new Fortnite season started. Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6. I got excited about that. I'm an adult gamer ...