Movie Talk - Ant-Man and the Wasp/Captain Marvel

Well, we got four days until Avengers: Endgame is released. Now that I’ve looked at Infinity War, it’s time for the other two that’s come out. When it comes to Ant-Man and the Wasp, I actually skipped that one for the theatres. I’m not a fan of the character, so I thought I’d save watching it for Netflix. As for Captain Marvel, I just saw this one last Saturday. I was a few minutes late (missed the trailers and Carol’s training session with Yon-Rogg), but I got there right in time.

Ant Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp was released during of July of 2018. Instead of the movie taking place after Infinity War, it takes place sometime before those events. In the movie, we catch up with Scott Lang, Henry Pym, and Hope van Dyne after the events of Civil War. Scott’s been on house arrest while Henry and Hope have been on the run. They reluctantly recruit Scott on a mission to see if they can find Janet van Dyne (the original Wasp) in the Quantum Realm. Unfortunately, they have to deal with a few threats. The FBI is looking for them, some lame crook wants their technology, and a former SHIELD agent called Ghost wants their tech for herself.

Movie Talk - Avengers: Infinity War

Well, we’re on the precipice of a big event… the release of Ma starring Olivia Spencer. I don’t know where this movie’s gonna go but—oh yeah, there’s that independent movie featuring the Avengers and Grimace’s evil cousin, Thanos, being released on April 26th. That’s the one I might not be able to see that day because I haven’t gotten my ticket yet. I don’t think Liz would even  be into a possibly 3-hour movie either. Anyway, we’re definitely in the endgame now. Before I get there, I wanted to look at the other Marvel movies I haven’t talked about here. So, it’s Avengers: Infinity War for this post. The other two will get their own post.

 I saw Infinity War last year when it was released at Pulaski’s theatre. I also recently re-watched it on Netflix. I did plan on talking about it last year, but I never got the chance to. It’s pretty much what the MCU has been building up to over the last 6 years. Here, Thanos and his Black Order start to form the Infinity Gauntlet, a device made up of six powerful stones. When put together, the wearer has the ability to rewrite reality. Since this is a major threat to the whole universe, the Avengers aren’t the only heroes on deck for this one. We got Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Black Panther, and Spider-Man to thwart this threat. Would it be enough to stop Thanos and his reign of terror? Well, since Avengers: Endgame is about to be released, you can kind of guess that unfortunate answer.

TV Talk - Green Lantern: The Animated Series

(From TeamFourStar’s Dragon Ball Z Abridged)

Vegeta: What are you doing, Nappa?

Nappa: I’m cuddling it, Vegeta!

Vegeta: It’s Dead, Nappa!

Nappa: NOOOOOO!!!!!!

Well, it has come to this. When I started this little themed phase, I came up with the title of “The Yay, the Okay, and the Nay” of Green Lantern. If the live-action movie’s the “nay,” those two animated movies are the “okay”, then guess what gets the “yay?” It’s Green Lantern: The Animated Series, a show I completely missed out on when it was airing.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series (or GLTAS for short) aired on Cartoon Network as part of the network’s “DC Nation” hour. It aired along with stuff like Young Justice and Beware the Batman. 26 episodes ran between 2012 and 2013. While it was created because of the live-action movie, it didn’t tie into the movie and had its own continuity. It was heavily based off of Geoff Johns’ run on Green Lantern which was still going at the time. It was also completely done in CG which was a first for Bruce Timm, the producer. Unfortunately, due to the reception of the live-action movie and poor toy sales, the series was cancelled. Outside of Teen Titans Go!, all those shows that were a part of that DC Nation block got the ax… hrmmm.

I was never able to watch the show since I was working and we had no cable. Also, the animation made it seem that it was going to be aimed for the little ones. I think it was 2014 when I first ran over this show on Netflix. I decided to watch the first episode… and then was pretty much hooked until the end. I was also regretting not liking the animation now that I had seen it in action. The show was probably the thing that got me to check out Johns’ run on Green Lantern. Back in 2016, I threw it on a list of TV shows that got axed too soon and it was right at the top. I don’t know if you can tell, but I really liked this show.