There is so much comic book related TV news in the new episode of the Tuesday Night Comics podcast! Find out which shows are returning next fall, and which aren’t (Constantine, RIP)! Plus, Billy and Dave give you their picks on what comic books should be picking up this Wednesday, and review Avengers: Age of Ultron, iZombie Vol 3 and SecretWars #1! This episode is jam packed with content! Give it a listen!
Note: This episode contains spoilers for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Billy and Dave compare their Free Comic Book Day war stories, talk about the new photos of the Suicide Squad cast and Billy gives a no spoiler review of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Plus, the guys give their picks for what comics to buy this week, and review Multiversity #2, Justice League #40 and more.
I’m going to keep this review short and spoiler-free for those of you who haven’t had a chance to see Avengers: Age of Ultron yet. A longer, more detailed review will follow shortly.
Are you asking yourself, “Should I see Avengers: Age of Ultron?” The answer is yes. I wouldn’t rank Avengers: Age of Ultron as the best Marvel Studios movie; that distinction belongs to either Captain America: The Winter Soldier or Guardians of the Galaxy depending on what day you ask me the question. But Avengers: Age of Ultron is good, perhaps as good or just shy of being as good as the first Avengers movie.
The action in the movie is fast-paced and the fight scenes are superbly choreographed. Marvel is really killing it with their fight scenes lately between this movie and the Daredevil Netflix series. The movie is full of great character bits, and introduces us to new interpersonal relationships between the characters. Plus we learn some secrets about one Avenger that completely threw me.
Ultron as a villain was excellent. Ultron is both menacing and creepy. While I liked Loki as the villain in Avengers, I felt like a lot of that movie was the team fighting endless hordes of facelss aliens. But here, we get a central villain that isn’t the pawn of another villain. Ultron is his own man, as he likes to point out repeatedly in the movie.
If you’re a fan of the Avengers comic, I think you’ll be very happy with the way the characters are portrayed. Quicksilver is brash. Cap’s shield bounces off things and returns to him (with a better answer than Cap just being great at throwing it).
Avengers: Age of Ultron is excellent. Overall, I would give it an 8 or 9 out of 10. See it in the theater, and see it in 3D. The 3D in the movie itself is cool, but not game changing. But if you see the movie in 3D, you’ll also see the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer in 3D and that alone is worth the price of the upgrade.
Welcome back to an all-new episode of the Tuesday Night Comics podcast, where we’ll be discussing the outing of Iceman in All-New X-Men #40, and the very loud reaction that received on the net. What did you think of Jean outing Bobby?
Making even more headlines may have been this photo of Jared Leto as The Joker in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie, or maybe it’s Jared Leto showing off his juggalo status (ICP forever!). We’re not 100% sure.
All that, plus previews of this week’s comics and reviews of recent comics. Give your ears a treat and listen!
Nick returns! Dave is on his honeymoon, so Nick is back to help fill in. Billy and Nick blow way past $20 each in this week’s 20, talk about what they’re both reading right now, as well as the new iZombie TV series, their mutual love of Mike Allred, and Nick’s recent reread of the Starman omnibuses. Who’s ready for some comic talk?
In this episode, Billy and Dave preview new comics coming out Wednesday, March 11, and review Spider-Gwen #1, AXIS: Hobgoblin and Carnage, All-New Hawkeye #1, Lady Killer #3, Descender #1, Neverboy #1 and more!
Plus, Billy and Dave give their thoughts on the new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, and the recent casting announcements for Supergirl and DC’s team-based live action show.
Oh, and if you’ve ever wondered about the convoluted history of the Hobgoblin, have we go the episode for you!
It’s Tuesday night aka podcast time! In the latest installment of the Tuesday Night Comics podcast, Billy and Dave preview new comics coming out Wednesday, October 29, 2014, including the smells-like-weed Harley Quinn Annual #1 from DC Comics.
The guys also review a lot of comics. They’ve both been digging into the Marvel Comics Unlimited app, so get ready for reviews of comics new and old. And since there was a new issue of Multiversity last week, get ready for the guys to go deep into detail on Multiversity: The Just #1. Plus, hear the guys’ thoughts on the pilot of Constantine and the Avengers trailer!
The Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer was supposed to debut during next week’s episode of Agents of SHIELD. However, Marvel released it tonight on their YouTube page! This is not the extended sequence that was shown to at the Retailers Breakfast and Marvel Unlimited Plus Member Panel at NYCC. That extended sequence showed the trailer, plus a bonus scene of The Avengers taking turns trying to lift Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir (I won’t spoil how that goes). That said, this trailer that Marvel released today both rocks and rolls. Watch it now!
That “I’ve Got No Strings” song from Pinocchio could not be any creepier!
What do you think? How excited are you for Avengers 2?
