Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow The Movie

Dear Readers,

This movie started off pretty slow, but quickly picked up the pace as the story progressed.

Characters:
James- Seemed to be apathetic and is the one character who seems to feel the least connected to his parents. Interestingly enough, he is the son of both Captain America and Black Widow, but he is only interested in finding out more information about his father. Even his costume only resembles Captain America's former sidekick, Bucky. The only characteristic that seems to tie him to Black Widow are the similar hair colors. At the end of the day, I just wish that he had more of his mother's influence within his character design.
Azari- Probably my favorite hero in the movie. He is the son of the Black Panther but they never blatantly reveal who his mother is. Within the bunch of kids, he is seemingly the "teacher's pet" and "goody-two-shoes" in the bunch. Considering that his father was a king, I sit on the fence of whether his "accommodating personality" is a happy difference from a typical prince or too far removed. I think the writers do a lovely job of alluding to the idea of Storm from the X-Men, being his mother. His entire character design is brilliant, making an ingenious blend between Black Panther and Storm. This character is the perfect merge between catlike qualities and electric energy, symbolizing both parents.
Pym- is the quintessential "little brother" type; that is a staple of any teen-aged superhero team. In instances like this, you can imagine Michaelangelo from TMNT, Beast Boy from Teen Titans, and Jubilee from the X-Men. He's immature, precociously intelligent, and apprehensive in a battle, which makes him the most interesting of all the characters. Obviously, his powers were the easiest to predict, seeing as both his parents possess size-changing abilities. The bonus is that this little guy can still use his wasp stings as a giant.
Torunn- is the lone female in this batch of kids. if anyone ever saw that episode of Justice League called "Kids Stuff" you could see that this little girl seems like a clone of Wonder Woman, when she was de-aged in that episode. She flies, she's super strong and speaks as though she right out of a mythological tale. The thing that I find interesting is that she is the only female, but outside of occasionally flirting with Hawkeye, she can very easily be a boy instead. Her costume isn't exactly effeminate, throughout most of the movie she is in the middle of battling men, and she is bigger than the other teen/tween characters. This is one of the few instances in a super-teen cartoon where there isn't a "girly" character.
Hawkeye- is the perfect example of the character that is "too cool for school". The interesting aspect of this character is that he can come off very apathetic at certain points in the movie, but very passionate about saving others and defeating Ultron. He plays the tough/cool/flirty guy, which is very similar to his father, the original Hawkeye.

Overall the movie was great, but I do wish that this movie was a bit more connected to the Ultimate Avengers franchise. In this movie, when the original Avengers are referenced, they are wearing their typical comic book costumes instead of the outfits they use in Ultimate Avengers movies. Plus, Hawkeye (the original) has yet to be introduced into the Ultimate Avengers franchise. On an ending note, why are Betty, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner so old looking? This movie is about the children of the Avengers, but these three characters look like they could be in the same generation as these children's grandparents instead of parents.


@~~~~~}~~~~~~~~~~~Devin Peacock

X-Force Issues #5-6

Hi Readers,

I know I said before that the Purifiers' "Choir" was stupid, but this time I read a couple more issues and... they are still stupid. The fact that the writers of this series came up with a idiotic reasoning as to how these regular humans can access Angel's former wings' powers, bothers me. I will admit, it's a joy to read how Angel utterly destroys them with his newly returned metallic wings! Actually, I think all of the faithful X-Men comic book readers loved seeing the return of Angel with the "Apocalyptic" look, but this was still a poor way to reintroduce him. The fact that he "so easily" transforms back into the traditional looking Angel, also bothered me. If one of the most famous X-Men of all time is going to undergo a dramatic physical transformation, it makes for a weak story, when he changes back within a couple issues. I would bet money that there will barely be any mention of his change in the other X-titles.

The art of Clayton Crain is brilliant by the way. His art seems moody, dark, mysterious and very involving; great for horror. With each turn of the page, you feel as though you are physically running from fangs, being splattered by blood or have your own limbs ripped off. The best scene illustrated by Craing was when Angel killed the "Choir" with the greatest of ease. He soars through the air, dispatching "wingman" after "wingman" almost like a ballerina dancing through the air.

In this entire run thus far, Wolfsbane is by far put in the most interesting of situations. She is a very religious character who transforms into a "demon-like" wolf hybrid, who secretly doubts her virtue because of this. The fact that her father is a hypocritical minister and is trying to kill her, makes for a very interesting story. While trying to kill his daughter, the minister accidentally triggers Woflsbane's conditioning and kills her father. Last issue, the Purifiers placed Wolfsbane under the conditioning to brutally attack angels, whenever she sees them. In this situation, the minister was walking underneath a set of wings, which caused Wolfsbane to kill her father. Under normal circumstances, Wolfsbane would never resort to murder, so I consider it beautiful that she must now live with fact that she involuntarily murdered someone, let alone her evil father. I can not wait to see the ramifications of this action on this poor character. Let me know what you guys think!

@~~~~~}~~~~~~ Devin Peacock