So, we're still in the thick of the 1st Hokage's flashback, but, unlike last week's rather uneventful chapter, this week Kishi gave us some pretty great stuff. The evolving relationship between Hashirama and Madara as children is really starting to get interesting. It's almost portrayed as though this is how Naruto and Sasuke would have ended up if it weren't for all of the crap that transpired with the Uchiha clan.
Hashirama and Madara continue their rivalry, both trying to outdo the other and show their superiority as a shinobi, while maintaining an aura of secrecy with their clan names. We find out that the grove where the two have been for the past two chapters is in fact the future site of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Not really that surprising, but it's always fun to see the foundations of things.
The best part of the chapter comes from the intervention of Hashirama's father and Tobirama. Having been ordered to follow Madara back to the Uchiha clan in order to find the clan's secret base, Hashirama instead arrives at their grove with a message hidden in his skipping stone. Madara exchanges his own skipping stone with Hashirama and both are surprised to see that the opposing clan has followed them, intending to attack.
It sucks that Naruto 624 won't be out next week, because the thought of Madara's father and Izuna vs. Hashirama's father and Tobirama is too good to wait for. But alas...we must.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Christopher Nolan- Godfather of DC
So, if this story actually holds up, the world is in for a real treat.
We already heard some early reviews regarding the new Superman movie Man of Steel that were out of this world. According to JoBlo, Man of Steel is not only an incredible movie that makes Superman relevant again, it's the best movie of the year. The reviewer goes on to say:
"- Imagine a Nolan story with Snyder effects/action.
- It's the best movie of the year.
- There's TONS of action with Superman kicking all kinds of ass in his suit.
- The cape is CG'd most of the time so it can look awesome.
- They have intentionally left out most of the the Super action in trailers to save it.
- It's not nearly as dour and serious as the trailers suggest.
- The movie is complete, minus the 3D post-conversion, which is currently taking place"
Now, on the heels of incredible early reviews, sources are reporting that Warner Brothers has entered a contract with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Memento, Inception) to act as the godfather of the DC Cinematic Universe. This is a move that was originally instituted by Marvel studios when they hired Joss Whedon (Firefly, Buffy, Dollhouse, Avengers) to oversee the production of their "Second Phase" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Avengers 2, and the recently announced ABC show SHIELD).
Nolan would oversee any and all DC Comic cinematic interpretations, ultimately leading up to a long rumored and awaited Justice League movie. That's not the best part of this story though. The same sources are also reporting that WB is in talks with Christian Bale to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the potential Justice League team up. I just hope that they use the Arrow version of Oliver Queen in this team-up...
I suppose that time will tell on whether this is fact or fiction (these things tend to be vetted fairly quickly), but color me excited!
We already heard some early reviews regarding the new Superman movie Man of Steel that were out of this world. According to JoBlo, Man of Steel is not only an incredible movie that makes Superman relevant again, it's the best movie of the year. The reviewer goes on to say:
"- Imagine a Nolan story with Snyder effects/action.
- It's the best movie of the year.
- There's TONS of action with Superman kicking all kinds of ass in his suit.
- The cape is CG'd most of the time so it can look awesome.
- They have intentionally left out most of the the Super action in trailers to save it.
- It's not nearly as dour and serious as the trailers suggest.
- The movie is complete, minus the 3D post-conversion, which is currently taking place"
Now, on the heels of incredible early reviews, sources are reporting that Warner Brothers has entered a contract with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Memento, Inception) to act as the godfather of the DC Cinematic Universe. This is a move that was originally instituted by Marvel studios when they hired Joss Whedon (Firefly, Buffy, Dollhouse, Avengers) to oversee the production of their "Second Phase" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Avengers 2, and the recently announced ABC show SHIELD).
Nolan would oversee any and all DC Comic cinematic interpretations, ultimately leading up to a long rumored and awaited Justice League movie. That's not the best part of this story though. The same sources are also reporting that WB is in talks with Christian Bale to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the potential Justice League team up. I just hope that they use the Arrow version of Oliver Queen in this team-up...
I suppose that time will tell on whether this is fact or fiction (these things tend to be vetted fairly quickly), but color me excited!
Aaaaaaaaand I'm back.
Okay, so it's been a while since the last time I posted. Honestly, I never knew how fraking difficult it is to actually maintain a blog, but with that said, from this point forward I'll be making at least four posts a week. One on Sunday, one on Tuesday, one on Thursday, and one on Saturday. I'm going to do my best to tailor each day towards a specific topic and here's what I'll be going off of for the foreseeable future:
Sunday-
Sunday will be devoted to all things literary. I'll be talking about the latest trends and developments in the publishing world, critical thoughts on queries, manuscripts and character building, and telling you how to hook a reader and make your book stand out from some of the crap that's out there
Tuesday-
Every Tuesday I'll be reviewing a new book! I'm actually really exciting about this, because it's going to force me to read more. My hope is to actually collaborate with other authors and aspiring writers on this and I'll read some stories from some incredible up and coming authors, as well as established crazy awesome authors.
Thursday-
Thursdays will be all about the rumor mill. I'll be diving into the latest rumors and developments related to TV, books, Movies, Video Games, and whatever else I think is relevant. I'll put spoiler warnings up if it's necessary, but I think that people love to speculate, so this should be fun.
Saturday-
This will be my weekly roundup of TV and possibly a rant day. We'll just go with this one and see what happens.
ANYWAY. Look out for my first book review on Tuesday for Ready Player One!
Sunday-
Sunday will be devoted to all things literary. I'll be talking about the latest trends and developments in the publishing world, critical thoughts on queries, manuscripts and character building, and telling you how to hook a reader and make your book stand out from some of the crap that's out there
Tuesday-
Every Tuesday I'll be reviewing a new book! I'm actually really exciting about this, because it's going to force me to read more. My hope is to actually collaborate with other authors and aspiring writers on this and I'll read some stories from some incredible up and coming authors, as well as established crazy awesome authors.
Thursday-
Thursdays will be all about the rumor mill. I'll be diving into the latest rumors and developments related to TV, books, Movies, Video Games, and whatever else I think is relevant. I'll put spoiler warnings up if it's necessary, but I think that people love to speculate, so this should be fun.
Saturday-
This will be my weekly roundup of TV and possibly a rant day. We'll just go with this one and see what happens.
ANYWAY. Look out for my first book review on Tuesday for Ready Player One!
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