Controversy Links

Batgirl Variant Cover. If you follow me on twitter you know there's been this crazy hub-bub surrounding a Batgirl cover. I've read a lot of articles on the net about the cover but this one probably encapsulates the sound and the fury better than any of them. I've never read anything this guy has written before but he's so spot on it's crazy.

Atari devs dissect Yars’ Revenge, Adventure, Atari’s woes. Great article by ArsTechnica on the guy that developed Adventure. Even though I never understood that game when I was playing it as a 6 year old it's still worth a read.

Disney's Making A Brand New DuckTales Cartoon! This is old but the other article but who cares? HOORAY! Ducktales is one of the few cartoons from the 80s that still holds up really really well. I've watched a ton of it with my son. I'm glad they're doing a reboot, now I just have to hope DisneyXD gets moved over to the el-cheapo package on Dish. Come on Disney, flex some muscle.

Booth Babes And Sexy Cosplayers Are In Danger Of Being Completely Banned From Events. On second thought I'm going to go ahead and not put up a link to this article because it's complete horseshit from one of those gamergate douche-rockets. However, I've seen this damn thing pop up three times in my facebook feed so I thought I'd rant about it here anyway.

The basic conceit of the article is that PAX banning "booth babes" is the first step in banning cosplayers AND has an endgame of banning all forms of sexuality in everything. There's all kinds of handwringing over how attractive women are being oppressed and punished by fat chicks that can't handle all the sexy. It's so ridiculous I can't believe anyone would read it and take it seriously. BUT THEY HAVE.

On the Emerald City Comic Con facebook page there was this whole debate about it, never mind that ECCC banned booth babes YEARS ago and they do just fine cosplay-wise. Seriously, any convention that bans cosplayers might as well just pack up it's shit and head home.

Booty Links

Bridesmaids Booties. Well this is the weirdest bridal trend I've seen in a while. Apparently it's a cool new thing to take a picture with your bridesmaids showing off their butts. I'm eagerly anticipating TLC's new hit show "Say Yes to The T-Back".

New Batgirl to become best possible DC Comic? Outside of the random issue of Teen Titans Go or Scooby Doo Team-Up I buy for my son I'm collecting zero DC comics right now. I've never been a huge DC guy but I can't remember another time when I wasn't collecting anything from them. All their books are just so dark and void of fun, edgy and adult just for the sake of being edgy and adult. Maybe.. just maybe this new Batgirl title will be their answer to marvel's trio of accessible and beloved titles: Hawkguy, Captain Marvel and Ms Marvel.

8 Insane Things From the Never-Made Oliver Stone/Arnold Schwarzenegger Planet of the Apes Way back in 1994 before Tim Burton tried to bury the franchise with Ape-raham Lincoln, some coked up studio exec thought it was a good idea to get Oliver Stone and Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a Planet of the Apes movie. Oliver Stone clearly had no real interest in doing it and what he pitched was the most drugged out nonsense I've ever heard.

The American FootGolf League. Soccer Golf. That's right. Soccer Golf. I'm so distraught there's no course here in Washington State. On the other hand I'm pretty sure if I had to take what I imagine are the equivalent of 18 goal kicks in one afternoon my foot would fall off.

The New Links

Bat Times they are a Bat Changing. Surprise Surprise, DC has no idea what's going on with the New 52 continuity. I've tried a lot of the new 52 and I swear it feels like we're back in the multiverse days. I know Marvel isn't much better these days but seriously DC just rebooted everything and still can't keep their stuff straight. Dan DiDio can get bent.

Patrick Stewart Teases Return To X-Men Movie Franchise. This makes perfect sense to me if we're really going to see a movie based off of Days of Future Past. I could see Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman showing up for a scene too. If I'm FOX I cling to the original movies for as long as I can before I mess it all up with a reboot staring Taylor Lautner and Channing Tatum.

A Defense Of The Brooklyn Nets' Cheerleader Uniforms. I like the idea that Jay Z owns about one tenth of one percent of the Brooklyn Nets yet he has complete creative control over the team. Since I own 10 shares of Marvel stock maybe someday I'll get that Great Lakes Avengers Anthology drawn by all the Image founders.

NBC will finally validate Thomas Edison's legacy by revealing him as a crime fighter. Thomas Edison was a huge prick, I wonder if they'll work around that or they'll just cast some super douchey actor to play him like Adrian Grenier?

I'm not fighting crime in this

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Links are cool

Matt Smith Signs on for another Season of Doctor Who. There's really not much more to this story than the lead suggests. Still it's great news and I wanted to share it. Also if you haven't been watching Doctor Who, or you don't get BBC America, netflix has season 5 streaming. Go watch it.

Michael Bay is not a sexist pig, says Hot Piece. I love the follow up file. So LaBeef said Megan Fox quit Transformers because Michael Bay's relatively sexist. The new female lead no one has ever heard of before being cast in this piece of crap says he's awesome.... I'm sure he is.

Oracle is stronger than Batgirl ever will be. I ranted poorly about this yesterday(I think I edited and re-edited that post about 20 times). This is a far more poignant and coherent argument for Oracle than I could ever write.

Wii U, yeah it's called the Wii U. I'm actually intguiged at the ungodly mess the Wii U looks to be. I have no idea how you're going to play multiplayer games with this thing but it could be really really cool. I really like the idea of being able to play it via the tablet controler while my wife is watching 90210 reruns.

Well, F-You too DC

The moment I heard about the DC universe reboot I was fearful for the 2 DC books I read. I believe my exact words were

I only pick up 2 DC books on a monthly basis (Batgirl and Birds of Prey) and odds are this isn't going to change either book that dramatically.

Ok you caught me, I wasn't fearful at all but I should have been. This morning DC announce details on the new Batbooks and they revealed that Barbra Gordon is going to be Batgirl again.

If you don't read comics but still are reading this let me key you in onto why I'm pissed.

About 25 years ago (real life time, not comics time) the Joker shot Barbra Gordon (Commissioner Gordon's daughter and then Batgirl) in the spine, paralyzing her for life. Not one to let a little thing like that get her down she became Oracle, a sort of super computer hacking crime fighter who is constantly giving the superheroes of Gotham support and intel. She then gathered her own group of female crime fighters together to form the Birds of Prey. Think Charlies Angels but with less T&A (unless Ed Benes is drawing it) and more bad-assery.

Barbra Gordon is way more important to the DC Universe as Oracle than she ever was as Batgirl. As Batgirl she was just another spunky sidekick, but as Oracle she's a female/handicapable roll model that doesn't feel like an after school special crammed into a comic book. But I guess that's no match for having cute red hair, something the last two Batgirls have sorely missed.

As long as I'm ranting let me take 2 seconds to tell you how current Batgirl Stephanie Brown kicks ass. Stephanie Brown kicks ass.

BTW, here's the first cover of the new Birds of Prey (yawn). If the blonde girl really is Black Canary I think this totally confirms the new "ladies must wear pants" mandate from DC editorial.



again... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Will Spoiler be in the Dark Knight Rises?

Yes, yes she will. Well she'll be there in spirit, if not in name.

The casting rumors for The Dark Knight Rises just don't stop. The latest is that indie superstar Juno Temple has been cast as a "street smart gotham girl", which lets face it is Stephanie Brown, aka Spoiler, aka Robin, aka Batgirl.

Nolan and Christian Bale have publicly said that there was no way Robin would ever be in any of the Batman movies they make, but that doesn't completely eliminate Spoiler. As a character she seems to fit into the universe they've created, at least she's a much better fit than Batgirl or Robin. Other than the fact that they're already juggling 3 villains and a new love interest, I don't see how it couldn't work.

Of course I'm always way wrong on these things (I'm still pulling for a Joseph Gordon Levitt as the Joker cameo, which will never happen), watch Juno Temple will end up being Catwoman's sidekick or something lame.