Top 5 Comics August 5th 2015

Here we go, another week of comics so that means a top five is coming. Anyways I'm really surprised by the lack of DC stuff this week for me, and all the Marvel stuff I got. Here we go:

1. Green Lantern #43 - I'm loving where this arc is going and interested in what Black Hand's motives are.

2. Groot #3 - A very fun team up between Silver Surfer and Groot.

3. Giant Size Little Marvel AvX #3 - I love the shenanigans Skottie Young is writing here. Both factions go over the top to bring these twins to their respected factions. Plus Young's art is amazing!

4. Batman Beyond #3 - I like what Dan Jurgens is doing to make this world so similar to the animated show but at the same time different.

Ultimate End #4 - Bagley's art was the highlight for me.

Mighty No. 9 Pushed to 2016

Days after Comcept's other Kickstarter game Red Ash was fully funded by Fuze, Mighty No. 9 has quietly been pushed back to 2016. No word from the developer Comcept or publisher Deep Silver. While I never did fund the game on Kickstarter, I can't help but feel a little upset about yet another delay to the game, as I had planned to buy it on its release date. Mighty No. 9 was originally set to be released April 2015, and was pushed back to September 15th 2015 but only on PS4/PS3, PC, Wii U, Xbox 360/Xbox One, leaving the PS Vita/3DS port to be delayed. Let's not forget Comcept showed off a speedrun of the first level and was met with negative criticism. Is this game getting pushed back to fix up the game or so the game can be released on all platforms on the same day?

Thoughts on Playstation Plus August 2015

Microsoft wasn't the only ones to announce what free games there members will be getting in the month of August. Thanks to the Playstation Blog, Sony announced what free games their Playstation Plus members will receive next month. The games are as follows:

PS4
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Limbo
Sound Shapes
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

PS3
God of War Ascension
Sound Shapes
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
CastleStorm

PS Vita
CastleStorm
Sound Shapes
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones

Yeah I can't help but feel let down with another month of PS Plus. Say what you want about PS Plus whether you like this month or not, the quality of games have definitely dipped since PS Plus became a thing you had to have when the PS4 came out. I don't mind if PS4 is getting indie games every month though. That's expected, the console has been out almost two years. So I don't think any AAA game should come out yet. Maybe in an another three years. PS Vita is kind of in the same boat as PS4 as I don't mind indie games on my Vita. In fact I think indie games are best played on PS Vita.

My beef is with PS3's games this month. I'm happy God of War Ascension is coming, it's a good game and a major title, but where are some other major third party games that can be given out? The PS3 has been out quite awhile so there's really no reason why major games can't be given out. Stick with the indie stuff for the Vita and PS4.

But I will say, I'm glad Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is coming out. I have Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for Xbox 360 and I enjoyed it quite much. Especially in co-op. Limbo is another great game. If you haven't played yet don't miss this opportunity next month.

Thoughts on Games With Gold August 2015

Courtesy of Major Nelson, Microsoft has officially unveiled the free games you get next month with you Xbox Live subscription. The games are as follows: 

Xbox 360
Metro 2033
Metro Last Light

Xbox One
Metail Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes
How to Survive

Really excited for the 360 side of things this month. Metro is one of those games I always wanted to try. I mean I have Metro 2033 on Steam but I never played it. But now that Microsoft is giving two games away from the series, I don't see why I shouldn't play them.

Over on Xbox One, I'm happy we're getting Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes. I didn't get the chance to snag it through PS Plus so I can't skip downloading this two hour game this time around. Not sure about How to Survive, I saw some gaemplay and it doesn't look bad, but I don't think it'll be a game I care for in the long run.

Overall, I happy with what Microsoft has been giving Gold members as of late for Xbox 360. Some top quality game should be expected from the Xbox 360 side of gaming.

The Square Rassin' Circle 7/25/15

So Battleground happened this week, and overall it was a very predictable Pay-Per-View event, with a (for the most part) uninteresting card. I liked Wyatt vs Roman, it felt like the feud was nicely built. Plus it looks like the Wyatt Family is back together (which they should have never broken up to begin with) so that's cool. It's only a matter of time until we see Rowan in the family again; that is once he returns from his injury. We also got Cena-Owens III. The two put on a great show, but I can't help but feel creative messed up the decision of the match. Kevin Owens should have won this match, when KO dropped the title to Finn Balor in Beast in the East, we all knew this was so WWE could bring him on up from NXT to main roster, and currently Owens looked like the only competitor worthy of taking the belt away from Cena. Rusev can't do it since he's what lost three ppv matches against Cena in a row. Cesaro can't because rumor has it Vince doesn't like him, and Ziggler is kayfabe gone. There's really no one who comes to mind on the main roster other than Owens that could have taken that United States championship from Cena. Watching this past week's Raw, it looks like creative's plan for Cena is to have Rollins and Cena to go at it at SummerSlam in a title vs title match. To finally have Cena become a 16 time champion. No thanks for that.

WWE has really been hyping this "revolution" going on in the main roster for the Divas. At Battleground, we saw Charlotte pick up the win in a triple threat match, and it was actually a solid match. The divas were given plenty of time in that match. Fast forward to Monday, and the divas had two matches on the show. That's right, TWO MATCHES!!! I'm hoping WWE has some good long term plans for the divas, and start having them in quality stuff like the Knockouts and the NXT women. Speaking of the NXT women's division, I wonder how much longer before Sasha drops her title to one of the competitors on NXT. I'm also wondering who will be front and center of the women's division now that three of their big ones (Becky, Sasha, and Charlotte) are on the main roster. I'm thinking the division will now revolve around Bayley, Emma, Dana Brooke, Eva Marie, and hopefully Alexa Bliss or Carmella.

Another big thing to spin out from Battleground was the Undertaker returning! His target? Well you may know him as the one in 22-1 Brock Lesnar. Yeah I was pretty surprised in seeing Taker at Battleground interfering in Brock and Rollin's match. The dirtsheet's were reporting Undertaker and Sting would be at SummerSlam so I thought for sure they'd fight so WWE can further emphasis on SummerSlam being their summer Wrestlemania. So Undertaker came back because he's not happy with all the bragging Paul did for Brock when he defeated Undertaker at WM. It was pretty cool seeing them brawl on Monday and all of the locker room having to stop them. I'm glad WWE is giving these to a rematch.

Moving on to TNA, not much happened this week. We got like three matches on the 2 hour show with a lot of talking and TNA showing a full replay of the King of the Mountain match at this year's Slammiversary (thanks to the whole Hernandez sistuation). TNA finally announced (on tv) Jeff Jarrett going to the TNA HoF. I'm happy for Jeff, when TNA announced they were going to have a Hall of Fame a few years back, I immediately thought Jeff Jarrett should definitely be inducted because he is one of the founders of this organization wrestling fans love. Matt Hardy won a number one contender's match against Bobby Roode. That's cool and all, but I can't help but feel bad about the current TNA roster. They lost a lot of top guys, so I can't help but wonder who will be on the main event scene. Lashley is part time thanks to his Bellator gig, I think Roode will be gone for a little bit for the GFW tapings, Aries/Magnus/Storm/MVP all left, Angle is injured, Jeff...well I'm not sure if he's still injured. So who is there to really fight EC3? I'm thinking some main players in the meantime could consist of Bram, Mr. Anderson, Drew Galloway, and Matt Hardy.

This week was an important week over on ROH. ROH just hit there 200th TV episode and had their Death Before Dishonor iPPV. There send off show was a little cool to see since it was mostly recap of important things to happen on TV. So as someone who hasn't spent a lot of time watching ROH TV it was nice to see some major things that occured. Plus the send off match was a lot of fun to watch. We had the House of Truth vs ODB, The Briscoes, and Roderick Strong. I didn't get to see their iPPV yet but I'm looking forward to Lethal vs Strong and The Addiction defending their belts.

Let's not forgot about the wrestling world going crazy over Hulk Hogan this past Friday. Apparently in an old radio recording, Hogan called one of Brooke's ex the 'n' word. WWE found out about this and terminated Hulk from his contract. So no more guest appearances from the Hulkster on Raw, his merchandise is off wwe.com, Hogan is now removed from WWE 2K16 the video game, off Tough Enough as a judge, Curtis Axel lost his Axelmania gimmick, the WWE are making sure Hulk Hogan never existed. Heck even TNA jumped on the bandwagon of Hogan never existing. I can't say I agree with Hogan for using the word, but I also feel like WWE is blowing this way out of proportions by giving him the Benoit treatment.

Top Comics of the Week July 22nd 2015

Kind of a slow week for me. But still DC managed to have some quality comics this week.

Justice League 3001 #2 - Lot's of fun going on in this series. You'll probably start reading this issue with a smile and end this issue with a smile. The back up FAQ's were a nice addition too. Had a Deadpool like vibe to it.

The Flash #42 - The story is getting interesting here. I'm liking how Zoom is messing with the Allen's. It was pretty cool to see Daniel West getting mentioned. As I'm sure you the reader is probably curious on how there are two Reverse Flash characters.

Teen Titans #10 - While I do love what Pfeifer is doing in this arc on Superboy, and this was a great addition to the arc I'm hoping, this gets wrapped up soon. I don't want this arc to drag. Oh yeah Pfeifer touches on how exactly Bart was there, as I'm sure people wanted to know how after the end of Lobdell's run or probably don't care because it's still not the real Bart Allen.

Justice League Gods and Monsters Review

(spoilers below)

After nine years, Bruce Timm returns to Justice League! But how is his return to the Justice League? Now this isn't a continuation of Justice League/Justice League Unlimited. No, this is it's own thing. Throughout most of the movie we are shown the Trinity's background/origin. The Trinity being Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Superman's origin is pretty close to the usual origin story told. Krypton is dying, Baby Superman is sent on a ship and sent to Earth to be picked up by a couple. The key differences here are Superman's biological parents are General Zod and Lara Van El, and Superman's earth parents are a Mexican immigrant couple. Superman's earth name is Hernan Guerra, and can be a little quick tempered.

Moving onto our Batman in this universe, we are told the story of Kirk Langstrom. Yeah you know Kirk, the guy known as Man-Bat! Anyways Kirk is a scientist who is best friends with Will Magnus, (the creator of the Metal Men) a fellow scientist. The two are in a bit of a love triangle thanks to Tina, Will's girlfriend, who clearly shows signs of interest in Kirk and who Kirk seems to really care for. Kirk is battling cancer and believes the only way to get cured of it is by getting injecting by a bat formula he created. Kirk becomes a vampire, who is fast, can fly, and has no problem sucking the blood of his enemies and killing them.

Then there's Wonder Woman. Whose name is Bekka and is the daughter of New Genesis ruler Highfather. Bekka is set to marry Darkseid's son Orion on Apokolips to set a peace treaty between the two sides. The marriage was a trap as Highfather planned to kill Darkseid and all of his disciples. Of the three origins, I've gotta say, this Earth's Wonder Woman had pretty cool back story. It was a nice twist to see the Gods of New Genesis portrayed as villains here, and the people of Apokolips as good.

People around the world are having trust issues with the Justice League. Due to the fact they have no problem killing the bad guys (if they find it necessary). Anyways people believe it will only be a matter of time until they go rogue. Meanwhile the people have their doubts, we see three robots go after Victor Fries, Ray Palmer, and and Silas Stone. All three were scientist and were each killed in a specific way. Fries death showed bite marks on the neck, Palmer was sliced in half, as well as his car, and had a female footprint dented into the side of his car. Silas Stone along with his son Victor Stone were burned alive. Kirk notices each death was made to look like Superman, Wonder Woman, and himself committed the crime, right before the media finds out and leaks it.

Overall I really enjoyed the movie, I believe most of the origins (I'm looking at you Superman) felt fresh. The animation was top notch and most of the voice acting was great (aside from Darkseid). I'd say the only let down for me in this movie was the reveal of who was behind everything. Oh and did I mention the Metal Men are here?! That was cool to see.

Should you watch Justice League Gods and Monsters?

YES!