So apparently The Winter Soldier is a pretty COOL [Superhero Movie]

Metzger Meister

oh gosh

i love manatees you guys

so much

PaperLuigi44

There are so many things I want to say about the Daredevil issues I've sped through, but man the constant jabs at Stilt Man is so great.

Solar

Just rewatching some Avengers: EMH stuff

The heroes for hire episode is so, so good

When they ask Luke Cage, Danny Rand and Hank Pym "who the hell are you supposed to be, the Avengers?"

And Luke Cage says "yeah, we're the Avengers. I'm Captain America. My friend in the pyjamas here is Thor."

totally cracked me up

Abracadaniel

guys

like, all of Powers is on sale for $65 on Comixology

good deal y/n

Abracadaniel

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the creation of Hellboy, Dark Horse has a bundle of 77 Hellboy comics for only $50

https://digital.darkhorse.com/profile/4560/

holy cow, I wish I had $50 because that is an incredible deal

ffffffffff

Balefuego

Abracadaniel wrote: »

guys

like, all of Powers is on sale for $65 on Comixology

good deal y/n

y

Bucketman

I have no luck with Marvel's Comic series search. Is Death of Captain America on there anywhere? after discussion in the last thread I want to give it another read.

BlankZoe

It is under the Captain America volume that started in 2004

Bucketman

ahh ok. Thanks.

AtomicTofu

Grey Ghost

More Ghost Rider freakouts
Can I please get a whole series of the Undead G-Man and Knuckles O'Shaugnessy

Legba

I wish that was the official Captain America poster.

GreasyKidsStuff

So is the new Ghost Rider series out now? That was set for march, wasn't it?

I kinda want it

AtomicTofu

This coming Wednesday!

AtomicTofu

Legba wrote: »

I wish that was the official Captain America poster.

Also applies to the one he did for the first movie:

Antimatter

https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/447901893243981825

Librarian's ghost

Hey Transformers thread: So I'm reading volume 2 of MtMtE and Whirl is awesome!

Bluedude152

Epic Movie still exists though

Undead Scottsman

Really? I heard it wasn't bad, if you're looking for a over1the-top action movie inspired by that era, but not intended as an accurate repesentation.

masterofmetroid

Bluedude152 wrote: »

Epic Movie still exists though

I watched that movie through the lens of a commentary discussing how bad it was

It was still a fucking feat of strength to get through that abomination

moocow

My dad thought Superhero Movie was an actual superhero movie. So he took a date to it. It was their second date.

WOOPS!

They're married now.

Gvzbgul

Superhero Movie is one of the better ones.

Etchwarts

https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/447936652510392320

Yeah

Yeah okay

Grey Ghost

According to Wikipedia, the Rock is playing Hercules, Zeus and Achilles in that movie

Etchwarts

Grey Ghost wrote: »

According to Wikipedia, the Rock is playing Hercules, Zeus and Achilles in that movie

Excellent

One step closer to the Dwayne-ularity, where The Rock will play every movie role

KingofMadCows

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/447936652510392320

Yeah

Yeah okay

The Greeks did invent the muscle cuirass molded to look like the idealized physique that so many modern superhero costumes now emulate.

Ceno

I like you, The Rock.

But your movie is going to perform poorly.

UnbreakableVow

Ceno wrote: »

I like you, The Rock.

But your movie is going to perform poorly.

Why, because it will be overshadowed by the overwhelming success of the other Hercules movie that dominated the box office earlier this year?

Olivaw

Finished Infinity

Jeeeeeeeez

Etchwarts

Ceno wrote: »

I like you, The Rock.

But your movie is going to perform poorly.

I'm sure I'll go see it four times, so it won't do that poorly

Ceno

heck maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised

I certainly don't wish any ill-will towards Herc-Rock

Grey Ghost

Rockules

Tamin

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Rockules

stone by day, hero by night?

BlankZoe

Also

Olivaw wrote: »

Finished Infinity

Jeeeeeeeez

the bad news: Avengers/New Avengers kinda spin their wheels afterwards

But Original Sin looks to get it back on track and Avengers World helps

Centipede Damascus

Do you think maybe Hickman had to spin his wheels so that all the Original Sin stuff hit at the right time? That just occurred to me.

BlankZoe

It definitely could be that!

"Evil Alt-Earth Avengers" and "Here's Some Alternate Worlds, also: Dr. Strange is dumb and Black Swan is evil" both seem like they could have been filler idea arcs

BlankZoe

Oh also Axel Alonso compared that Original Sins mini to AvX: Versus which makes me think it is an anthology of characters that either don't have a solo book or don't have the time to do a tie-in having their whole BIG SHOCKING SECRET IS REVEALED WHAT HAPPENS story

Kevin Crist

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/447936652510392320

Yeah

Yeah okay

I was going to say Samson was first but I can't find a clear date of Hercules' stories. (I'm not googling the right question probably.)

BlankZoe

I'm fairly certain Hercules predates Samson

Centipede Damascus

Kevin Crist wrote: »

SirEtchwarts wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/447936652510392320

Yeah

Yeah okay

I was going to say Samson was first but I can't find a clear date of Hercules' stories. (I'm not googling the right question probably.)

The best I could find for Heracles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles

In Christian circles a Euhemerist reading of the widespread Heracles cult was attributed to a historical figure who had been offered cult status after his death. Thus Eusebius, Preparation of the Gospel (10.12), reported that Clement could offer historical dates for Hercules as a king in Argos: "from the reign of Hercules in Argos to the deification of Hercules himself and of Asclepius there are comprised thirty-eight years, according to Apollodorus the chronicler: and from that point to the deification of Castor and Pollux fifty-three years: and somewhere about this time was the capture of Troy."

Readers with a literalist bent, following Clement's reasoning, have asserted from this remark that, since Heracles ruled over Tiryns in Argos at the same time that Eurystheus ruled over Mycenae, and since at about this time Linus was Heracles' teacher, one can conclude, based on Jerome's date—in his universal history, his Chronicon—given to Linus' notoriety in teaching Heracles in 1264 BC, that Heracles' death and deification occurred 38 years later, in approximately 1226 BC

As far as Samson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson

In August 2012, archaeologists from Tel Aviv University announced the discovery of a circular stone seal, approximately 15 millimetres in diameter, and apparently depicting a lion and a man. The seal was found on the floor of a house at Beth Shemesh and is dated to the 12th century BCE. Professor Shlomo Bunimovitz, a co-director of the dig, was reported as saying that the artifact helps "anchor the story [of Samson] in an archaeological setting." According to Haaretz, "excavation directors Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of Tel Aviv University say they do not suggest that the human figure on the seal is the biblical Samson. Rather, the geographical proximity to the area where Samson lived, and the time period of the seal, show that a story was being told at the time of a hero who fought a lion, and that the story eventually found its way into the biblical text and onto the seal."

That's a funnily close time period for both of them!