K.Flay: Can't Sleep

This song and video from K.Flay pretty much captures my weekend (minus the drop crotch pants). It has been hot as balls in my house and I can't sleep at all. I'm one of those people that likes to sleep under a ton of heavy covers so trying to sleep without any has led to some pretty restless nights. My son is still sleeping under all his blankets and his room is even hotter than ours, I don't know how he does it. He must be part iguana.

THE San Diego Comic-Con Cosplay Video

Now we're talking. Sneaky Zebra always does the best cosplay videos. This one from 2015 SDCC looks pretty fantastic. I like that they've included a few cool things from the show floor this year. I still haven't found a good youtube show that's short and punchy but adequately highlights some of the cooler stuff from the floor. Mostly it's just a rehash of panels. If you see one drop me a line.

X-Men: Apocalypse first pics... kind of

The Latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has some of the first pictures (if you don't count bootleg Comic-Con footage) from X-Men: Apocalypse. It looks good? I don't know. I'm pretty sure you could stick Olivia Munn in a burlap sack and she'd still look pretty attractive. I like Magneto's new armor/outfit but Apocalypse looks kinda doofy to me. I've already read multiple references to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Villain Ivan Ooze.

The last couple X-Men movies have been pretty enjoyable so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I mean it's not like this looks like the dumpster fire that the new Fantastic Four movie has become.

The Lexus of Hoverboards?

Lexus may have just invented the hoverboard, or at least the first functional one. The details are still a bit sketchy but they claim they have made a breakthrough in cooling and magnetry that allows this hoverboard to actually work like a hoverboard (as long as you're on a metal surface). Even with that limitation I could see this being really fun that is until the first time you try and carve a turn and you learn how a frictionless travel works and you break your ankles. Fun times!

New Batman v Superman Trailer... kind of

Is it weird that we live in a world where the porn parody of Superman v Batman has infinitely better special effects than Superman II?

These porn parodies always seem to get a lot of attention when they're released. I've heard quite a few nerds actually defend them as fan films, saying they're more true to the costumes and characters than the official movies are. A while ago I saw one (the Avengers) with all of the sex cut out ( I think it was on DailyMotion.com) and it was TERRIBLE. Minus the crotch zippers, the costumes actually looked cool but the dialogue and acting was exactly what you would expect. It also made zero sense, I'm guessing the sex scenes contained more plot than you would imagine.

Also Axel Braun kind of sounds like a tub and tile cleaner.

2015 San Diego Comic-Con Cosplay!

Hey there, the fine people over at io9.com put up a video highlighting some of the "best" cosplay from 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. My guess is that this won't be the first of these videos I post, that's why I put the best in quotes. I'll bet that other youtube outfit I usually post that uses the fancy slow mo will outdo them. Stil, there are good lots of good costumes here. The guy with the Doc Brown costume is particularly awesome.

Dear Links

Why the “Future of Women in Comics” Thinks It Helps to Be Terrifying. Kelly Sue Deconnick (not in costume) is one of my more favorite comic book writers right now. Not really based on her run on Captain Marvel (which I liked but didn't love) but because of two of her other books Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly. Pretty Deadly being one of the raddest books I've read in a LONG time. I met her once at ECCC and she was SO COOL.

Anyway, it's cool to see her and the issue of women in comics get some big mainstream press like this.

Hollywood is missing the one thing that makes Superman great. Man, this times a thousand. I hate that people somehow think that Superman isn't interesting or relatable. The best Superman stories are inspiring and uplifting, it's kind of like Star Trek at the end of the story you should feel better about the human condition not worse.

From Tomato Cans To Mike Tyson: The Definitive ‘Punch-Out!!’ Fighter Power Rankings. Man I LOVED Mike Tyson's punch out (and it's arcade brother Punch Out) but I was terrible at them. I don't think I ever made it past Bald Bull, heck in the arcade I don't think I ever made it past Don Flamenco. Still good times were had.

Dear Idiots, Stop Leaking Comic-Con Trailers. Ugh... this guy. Where to start? First off the idea that somehow Comic-Con would be worse off if the big movie studios decided to come is arrogant and short-sighted. That actually sounds great to me and a lot of people that you know... actually read comics. If you read any of the coverage leading up to Comic-Con you might have seen that one of the big stories was that Marvel decided to skip Comic-Con altogether this year. Actually, MARVEL STUDIOS skipped Comic-Con. Marvel was there with lots of new comic books to show off. It's frustrating for this old school nerd to see people treat movies as the final destination for comic books, like each book is just a pitch for a movie or tv show.

But I digress, this guy can get bent and so can all the studios that believe they can show a couple thousand people some hotly anticipated footage without having someone record it. They literally live-stream the panels over the internet but then when it comes time to show 2 minutes of footage that's supposed to stay in San Diego? If you're showing footage at Comic-Con you should be prepared to post it to youtube immediately. Otherwise just don't show footage, the crowd will still clap and get happy when you trot out Ryan Reynolds for a little Q&A.

Suicide Squad Trailer!

Well this is a weird turn of events. Just hours after DC was pretty adamant that they weren't going to be releasing the Suicide Squad teaser they showed at Comic-Con this year DC has done just that. It's almost like they realized people were watching the bootleg version anyway so what was the point of holding out on the official HD release. Way to be effective marketers DC.

Anyhoo, the trailer looks cool. I like this one WAY more than I do Superman v Batman.