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Comment on Men in Tights Talks About How Cool Avengers Was by Merin

Merin — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:59:32 +0000

Finally a rival, for me, for Richard Donner’s original Superman movie. The Avengers may, indeed, be the best superhero movie ever.

Iron Man did a damn fine job…. X-Men was very rooted in the soul of it’s source material… Captain America was a pitch-perfect film overall… heck, despite my current aversion to Nolan, I’ll still say that Batman Begins was an excellent example of superhero film making.

But Whedon, as per usual, knocks it well out of the park. Hell, out of the county.

Comment on “Machete Kills” Cast List Grows by Merin

Merin — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:32:38 +0000

Machete machete machete!

Comment on Avengers Does to Opening Weekend Record What Hulk Did to Loki by Merin

Merin — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:17:38 +0000

Go, Joss Whedon. Go, Joss Whedon. Go, Joss Whedon, Go!!!!

Comment on Wasteland 2 Kickstarter Ends With More Money Than I’ll Ever See by Merin

Merin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:40:59 +0000

Roughly $200k shy of Double Fine’s total (but Double Fine is also doing a documentary and is making, arguably, a much cheaper game.)

And what is this Wasteland 2 you speak of? I’ve not been following…. *whistle*

Comment on Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard’s “Cabin in the Woods” Out Now by Merin

Merin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:08:30 +0000

This movie was ridiculously good!

Drew Goddard clearly gets Whedon’s dialog, as he directed and the delivery is picture perfect!

Also – one of the best endings to a horror movie ever as far as I’m concerned. Amazing!

Comment on Check It Out – Only Hours Left for Directors Cut Survival Horror the Card Game by Merin

Merin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:36:00 +0000

Yay, they made it!

Comment on Ninja Turtles No Longer “Teenage,” Get Jobs, Start Paying Taxes by Merin

Merin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:29:08 +0000

I never saw War Zone, but I did like the Thomas Jane Punisher film just fine.

Transformers was horrific, but I make that judgment NOT based on the source material. IMO it was a horribly done film. Michael Bay needs to stick to “realistic” military films, maybe go make one about a private mercenary firm.

Comment on Ninja Turtles No Longer “Teenage,” Get Jobs, Start Paying Taxes by Evan Henry

Evan Henry — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:05:46 +0000

I liked Punisher: War Zone a lot, actually. I thought Transformers was okay-ish, too, but that’s probably because I had absolutely no experience with the franchise when I walked into the theater. This Ninja Turtle idea is just a travesty, though.

The first TMNT movie was really good, as Merin said. It’s one of those movies that I don’t think gets the recognition it deserves because of the time period in which it came out.

Comment on Ninja Turtles No Longer “Teenage,” Get Jobs, Start Paying Taxes by Merin

Merin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:33:07 +0000

This from someone who somewhat proudly claimed he’s “never seen a Michael Bay” movie and, when others asked if you’d seen Transformers you said with no hidden disdain that you hadn’t and wouldn’t.

The first TMNT movie was great. I won’t be seeing this.

Remember, Michael Bay is the Devil.

Comment on BioWare Cancels Dragon Age 2 Expansion by Merin

Merin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:33:37 +0000

Probably for the best it got canceled. For one it lets the disappointed fan base know it was understood – and that BioWare understands that the lower sales and ratings DA2 received overall certainly strongly recommend changing direction from what DA2 was.

I enjoyed MotA for what it was, but I’d rather have had some of that content attached to a better game.

Skip the expansion and work at making DA3 something that is closer to BioWare’s roots, closer to what made DA:O magic.

I don’t have high expectations, but I’ll hold out a little hope.