One of the most daunting task facing filmmakers doing sequels, is to surpass the achievements of their first effort. As movie goers see time and time again, is that studios often fail in that task. Now imagine creating a film like "Tron". A film that in 1982 broke ground in the use of computer graphics. This film put CGI on the map folks. How can you top that?
Well, the creative geniuses at Disney have given it one heck of a shot, and debuted their efforts at San Diego Comic Con, in the form of a trailer.
The Staff LOVES this trailer. Action packed, and the appearance of a familiar face makes you want to see this. Lightcycles for the win! Here it is, Geek Legion, courtesy of Youtube:
Next up, we have the next direct-to-DVD effort from Marvel Entertainment and Lionsgate. At first, we weren't too impressed with Marvel's offerings. Let's face it, folks, "Ultimate Avengers" 1&2, "Iron Man", and "Doctor Strange" were full of flaws, but they showed that Marvel had promise in the animation arena. It seems after the "Hulk Vs..." series, Marvel has hit it's stride and is ready to give us fans some hard-hitting action, strait from the pages of it's comics.
"Planet Hulk" was a successful story line, which took Bruce Banner/The Hulk out of his normal super-hero element and threw him on a far-flung alien planet to be forced to compete in brutal gladiator games. It was a different take on the Hulk, and an intriguing story, even if it ripped "Spartacus" and "Gladiator" a bit. Sure, it was also a set up for a company-wide-buy-50-comics-a-week-to-keep-up-mega-crossover (World War Hulk), but it was this arc which was the most successful.
Check it out:
The trailer looks great. Marvel seems to have another winner on it's hands. The Hulk animated features have been fun, but let's hope Marvel let's the Green Goliath rest on the animation front for awhile. Secretly we've been hoping that Marvel/Lionsgate produces a "Marvel Zombies" DVD... we can dream can't we?
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