Alright, so people that read this probably don't really know my history as a writer, nor would I really expect them to. Back in the late 1990's and early 2000's, I wrote comic books for 5th Panel Comics, SCC Entertainment, A-Bomb Comics and Blatant Comics, introduced my characters LANDIS, ARDY and TAGGER. SCC Entertainment became KEENSPOT.COM, now one of the largest distributors of online comics in the world (kudos to them!). In fact, LANDIS can still be read on there at www.elisalandis.com, which is still part of the Keenspot network.
Finally, after writing those comics, I was tasked with writing one more comic recently, called DEAD SONJA, a parody book based on Red Sonja. Some reviews were decent, others were brutal, but that's why you write for yourself, and not other readers. If others enjoy your vision, you gain a following, but it's still yours when it's creator owned.
After writing Dead Sonja, I wrote a movie treatment for Landis, so I understand the format, and tried to remain within the confines of a really cheap (Sci-Fi Channel) budget, so if it got picked up, it would have been profitable for all parties. It's still in limbo, somewhere, mainly because I don't have the connections to get it out there.
All in all, a lot of credible comic writers and artists know who I am, as I've worked with Ryan Stegman, Ethan Van Sciver, Owen Gieni and Anthony Furtado, so I've written some interesting premises for established characters as well.
Now that I've given you some background on me as a writer, ever since Ryan Reynolds played "Deadpool" in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, people have been up in arms about whether they'd let him play the Merc with a Mouth again. Heck, with the found BLUR Studio footage, people believe now might be the time to get a Rated-R version of Deadpool on the big screen from FOX, but that leads to one very important question...how do you get rid of that ridiculous version of him we already saw?
My answer is simple, and it is below. If this movie happens, and this occurs, you better believe I'll lawyer up, though, lol.
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DEADPOOL Intro Sequence
The last moments Deadpool's act of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is playing...As you see his head get chopped off, you see a very "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" moment, like the old cartoons, where someone is walking in the audience, with the whole "Excuse me, Pardon Me" dumping popcorn. He's in the front row, someone yells at him to sit down. He walks up to the screen and you can now see that it is Deadpool, in the full red costume,voiced by Ryan Reynolds, and he yells...
"Hey, tubby on the projector...Pause that shit for a second." (just as the head's flying off)
He turns around to the crowd and asks, "Come on, now. Did you guys really think this would happen to your favorite Merc with a Mouth? You can't shut me up, and no pussy like Wolverine would ever get close enough to chopping my head off..."
"Right? Right?"
One of the other voices in his head would be a voiceover box saying, "Wade, they aren't laughing..."
"I ain't laughing, either. This is deplorable, a travesty of justice, and there's only one way to make it right..."
At this moment, he pulls out a blowtorch from nowhere, starts firing up the screen, and then we pan out to the entire theatre running out, screaming "FIRE!" and "He's Crazy!" and finally, after all that, we see him walk out the door, he gets far enough away, the whole building explodes, and he turns to the camera and says:
"Now that's how you make an entrace, bitches!"
"DEADPOOL" Flashes across the screen,
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and that is how you start a DEADPOOL Movie.
Finally while I agree that it should be action heavy, I'd give it a Johnny Dangerously feel, where it was corny, but funny, yet people really bought into the characters. I always loved that movie, and Deadpool really fits that old school Michael Keaton vibe.
Leave comments if you agree, disagree, or send this to your friends who are Deadpool fans. Who knows, maybe we can kickstarter this bitch!
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
NXT ...Hideo Itami? Seriously, guys?
So NXT Takeover was last week while I was out of town, and it was hyped up by it's Fatal Fourway main event, but also to introduce one of it's latest signings to the WWE Proper, KENTA.
KENTA, real name Kenta Kobashi, is an international superstar that has actually been a favorite for top guys to watch or wrestle, like Daniel Bryan or CM Punk. In fact, both men listed out of "respect" for KENTA have actually used his finishing moves in the WWE, including the "Yes Lock," the Running knee, and yes, Punk fans, even the GTS, which believe it or not, was called...the GO TO SLEEP by KENTA.
KENTA was introduced by GM, William Regal as KENTA, who then entered the ring and stated that it was "Dream Come True." I'm directly quoting here. The crowd was into it, and while his broken english was taken lightly by the NXT crowd, a RAW or Smackdown crowd will not be so easy to impress, especially with what came next.
KENTA stated that going forward, as a way to show who inspired him, he would take on the moniker of "Hideo Itami," and the KENTA graphic on the Tron was changed to Hideo Itami, and immediately, the announcers began calling him that.
The Ascension, who had lost earlier in the evening to the Luchas came down and threw Itami out of the ring, but then he jumped back in the ring, cleared house, and the crowd began to see what kind of fire was in this world renowned superstar.
This is one of those moments where if Paul Heyman was booking, the name change would not have happened. Remember how long Bryan Danielson had to wait to show why he was once called, "The Best in the World?" Remember how CM Punk was not rebranded to Punkly Camel Man because it just wasn't right? This was one of those moments, just like Steen, just like Devitt.
I get that WWE wants to own the intellectual property, as they have been burned in the past by Hulk Hogan, Brock Lesnar, and more recently by CM Punk, but come on. This guy has been around for years as KENTA, and changing it now is just plain dumb.
Hell, the WWE has an amazing talent here, but Taka Michinoku was an amazing talent that they put a lightweight title on, and never caught on.
Don't mess this one up, WWE, he's giving you all the tools, it's up to you to put him together.
KENTA, real name Kenta Kobashi, is an international superstar that has actually been a favorite for top guys to watch or wrestle, like Daniel Bryan or CM Punk. In fact, both men listed out of "respect" for KENTA have actually used his finishing moves in the WWE, including the "Yes Lock," the Running knee, and yes, Punk fans, even the GTS, which believe it or not, was called...the GO TO SLEEP by KENTA.
KENTA was introduced by GM, William Regal as KENTA, who then entered the ring and stated that it was "Dream Come True." I'm directly quoting here. The crowd was into it, and while his broken english was taken lightly by the NXT crowd, a RAW or Smackdown crowd will not be so easy to impress, especially with what came next.
KENTA stated that going forward, as a way to show who inspired him, he would take on the moniker of "Hideo Itami," and the KENTA graphic on the Tron was changed to Hideo Itami, and immediately, the announcers began calling him that.
The Ascension, who had lost earlier in the evening to the Luchas came down and threw Itami out of the ring, but then he jumped back in the ring, cleared house, and the crowd began to see what kind of fire was in this world renowned superstar.
This is one of those moments where if Paul Heyman was booking, the name change would not have happened. Remember how long Bryan Danielson had to wait to show why he was once called, "The Best in the World?" Remember how CM Punk was not rebranded to Punkly Camel Man because it just wasn't right? This was one of those moments, just like Steen, just like Devitt.
I get that WWE wants to own the intellectual property, as they have been burned in the past by Hulk Hogan, Brock Lesnar, and more recently by CM Punk, but come on. This guy has been around for years as KENTA, and changing it now is just plain dumb.
Hell, the WWE has an amazing talent here, but Taka Michinoku was an amazing talent that they put a lightweight title on, and never caught on.
Don't mess this one up, WWE, he's giving you all the tools, it's up to you to put him together.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Video Game Release Dates, and why do so many come out at Christmas?
(The written opinion here is that of Rob Potchak and not that of any company he has worked for, does work for, or will work for in the future)
Hopefully, by now, a lot of you have had the opportunity to listen to the 9-12 episode, where Ward and I discuss all the upcoming titles, and how a once thought light holiday is now shaping up to be overflowing with digital dreams.
We've talked a little about how we aren't upset about the games that continue to get pushed back, mainly because we are tired of incomplete games shipping and waiting for fixes, error corrections, or downright updates for the game to run properly (yes, I'm looking at you, Battlefield).
Dragon Age and Assassin's Creed have both been pushed to about the last possible week that a title can be pushed to and still really be successful in the arduous holiday season, or 11/18, which now means that your local game store will be opening for midnight, because DA, AC and FarCry4 all come out on the same day, and it's ramping up to be a really strong week, albeit much weaker than last year, when that's right between the PS4 and XboxOne launches.
Rockstar has now entered that same date as the day Grand Theft Auto V will launch on PS4 and Xbox One, once again, pushing those midnight launches, and this is the first time in recent memory that Grand Theft Auto hasn't beat to it's own drum, but more to the checkbook guys in accounting for 2K and Take Two. But that leads me to the real point of this blog, games like Grand Theft Auto do not get caught in the holiday frenzy too often, and the reason that is, is because it doesn't have to. It creates it's own "holiday," shattering sales records every time they ship a new game, and it isn't just GTA, as Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne and others have done the same thing in the past.
For this, I applaud Rocksteady and WB Games for stating this week that BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT will ship on June 2nd, thus taking it out of ANY other launch window, but totally giving the industry exactly what it needs, and when it needs it. Think about it, in June, don't you feel that the world needs a TEEN rated game, just as school is going out of session? An amazing concept that video game publishers have all but forgotten, leaving retailers to fend for themselves in a dried up market for 2-3 months. I know I want a game at that time of year because I won't have played anything new for months by that point.
Look at Warner Bros launch lineup for the next year (so far). The ONLY game they are launching in the holiday window that is AAA is Lego Batman 3, and that's because it needs to be out before Christmas as another option for the Pokemon kids. Their other games? Dying Light? January 27th. Witcher 3? February 24th.
It's a bold but calculated risk on their part, and I'm more excited about their possibilities from it. More companies should take that bold step and create a holiday for their game releases. Heck, we may not have even seen their biggest game, since Mad Max wasn't even shown this week.
I'm all for every month getting a major game launch. It allows players that always want something fresh to be able to have a 30 day window between releases, and doesn't pull from their own possible sales.
Look at the EA Sports window...Madden 8/26, NHL 9/9, FIFA 9/23 and NBA (I know, 2k isn't their's) 10/7...that's too much sport, not enough time. I'd be putting them out about every three months, and their sales would probably increase because it'd give the sport guy more time to play one before jumping to the others.
Just one man's opinion, but logic dictates success, folks.
Rob
Hopefully, by now, a lot of you have had the opportunity to listen to the 9-12 episode, where Ward and I discuss all the upcoming titles, and how a once thought light holiday is now shaping up to be overflowing with digital dreams.
We've talked a little about how we aren't upset about the games that continue to get pushed back, mainly because we are tired of incomplete games shipping and waiting for fixes, error corrections, or downright updates for the game to run properly (yes, I'm looking at you, Battlefield).
Dragon Age and Assassin's Creed have both been pushed to about the last possible week that a title can be pushed to and still really be successful in the arduous holiday season, or 11/18, which now means that your local game store will be opening for midnight, because DA, AC and FarCry4 all come out on the same day, and it's ramping up to be a really strong week, albeit much weaker than last year, when that's right between the PS4 and XboxOne launches.
Rockstar has now entered that same date as the day Grand Theft Auto V will launch on PS4 and Xbox One, once again, pushing those midnight launches, and this is the first time in recent memory that Grand Theft Auto hasn't beat to it's own drum, but more to the checkbook guys in accounting for 2K and Take Two. But that leads me to the real point of this blog, games like Grand Theft Auto do not get caught in the holiday frenzy too often, and the reason that is, is because it doesn't have to. It creates it's own "holiday," shattering sales records every time they ship a new game, and it isn't just GTA, as Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne and others have done the same thing in the past.
For this, I applaud Rocksteady and WB Games for stating this week that BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT will ship on June 2nd, thus taking it out of ANY other launch window, but totally giving the industry exactly what it needs, and when it needs it. Think about it, in June, don't you feel that the world needs a TEEN rated game, just as school is going out of session? An amazing concept that video game publishers have all but forgotten, leaving retailers to fend for themselves in a dried up market for 2-3 months. I know I want a game at that time of year because I won't have played anything new for months by that point.
Look at Warner Bros launch lineup for the next year (so far). The ONLY game they are launching in the holiday window that is AAA is Lego Batman 3, and that's because it needs to be out before Christmas as another option for the Pokemon kids. Their other games? Dying Light? January 27th. Witcher 3? February 24th.
It's a bold but calculated risk on their part, and I'm more excited about their possibilities from it. More companies should take that bold step and create a holiday for their game releases. Heck, we may not have even seen their biggest game, since Mad Max wasn't even shown this week.
I'm all for every month getting a major game launch. It allows players that always want something fresh to be able to have a 30 day window between releases, and doesn't pull from their own possible sales.
Look at the EA Sports window...Madden 8/26, NHL 9/9, FIFA 9/23 and NBA (I know, 2k isn't their's) 10/7...that's too much sport, not enough time. I'd be putting them out about every three months, and their sales would probably increase because it'd give the sport guy more time to play one before jumping to the others.
Just one man's opinion, but logic dictates success, folks.
Rob
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