TWIG Episode #78-Marvel’s IRONMAN

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Today, the TWIG’s Iron Legion dons their armors in this July TOPIC show, for Marvel’s Ironman!!
We invade Stark Enterprises and talk everything from some of his more famous storylines to the modern interpretation of the character on film. Birdman, Laidman, Uneven Flow and TFG1 go thru the history of the golden Avenger and bring him to you the loyal TWIG listeners! It’s an action packed show and its alot longer then we expected so be prepared for a LONG listen but it’s worth it to check out what secrets and other thoughts we steal from old Shellhead.
Also, TWIG would like to welcome one of our newest contributors to the show…..Voice actor Sean Schemmel (Best known for Goku on Dragonball Z) for a new segment called “Shooting the shit with Sean)
It’s a wild ride into the world of Sean and trust me, its a weird one from random Star Trek encounters to the thoughts on 3D and some stops in between!
Let’s fire up our own arc reactors and prepare to be fitted for our own Mark VI armors and take off with Ironman!

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Special thanks to Marissa and Hasbro for their support of the show
We could not have done it without you, nor would Birdman have forgotten the Arc reactor was attached to his chest when going late night grocery shopping late night….

Special thanks to our special guests of the show
Sean Schemmel
Sean’s official Facebook Fan club
Professor Mark White from Ironman and Philosophy: A Stark reality
Ironman and Philosophy:A Stark reality

Items mentioned during the show of note

Rocket Boost Iron Man (VERY BAD ASS!)
Ironman Arc Reactor Chest piece
Ironman Deluxe Roleplay helmet
Ironman Repulsor roleplay
Ironman 1994 Animated series on DVD

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Mike “TFG1″ Blanchard
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TWIG Nerd News Network- Week of July 19 2010

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Its the most wonderful time of the year!!!!!!
Its not Christmas, or Halloween or even an Apple conference, its…..

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON!
To celebrate the awesomeness that happens at SDCC, we have decided to take the reigns of the Nerd News Network and talk about some of the exciting news coming out of Comic con!
The Nerd News network crew talks about their respective weeks and the changing of the guard at TALK 820 with Laidman and Birdman in the opening bits of the show before we dive into Con news. We talk about the Walking Dead series from AMC, Capcom’s domination of the video game world with Namco and some pretty kick ass Transformers talk. Birdman also talks to Jeff Hayne
Vice President of Content Acquisition from Mill Creek Entertainment and takes his dancing shoes to Broadway with a GameAccess.ca review. Lastly the Fist of Justice prowls the streets of Gotham City with his review of Batman:Under the Red hood from Warner Brothers.
All this and so much right here on This Week in Geek.net!
So listen up!

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Elements:
GameAccess.ca Game of the Week-Dance on Broadway-Remember use Promo code TWIG to get 5 extra days added to your free trial
Jeff Hayne Vice President of Content Acquisition from Mill Creek Entertainment
DVD Review of the Week from Warner Brothers Batman:Under the Red hood-Click here to buy from Amazon.com

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Mike “TFG1″ Blanchard
Ryan “The Uneven flow” Merkley
Spada
Mike”Fist of justice”Laidman

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GUEST BLOG-Mike”Fist of Justice”Laidman-I’d Like to change my answer – Batman: Under The Red Hood Review

Recently I had the chance to attend a press screening of Batman: Under the Red Hood in Toronto. Warner bros wined and dined myself and a few others in a VIP Cineplex with leather chairs and all sorts of swag (although it was raffle and I didn’t get any. I’m not bitter).

One of the neater aspects of the event was that they brought in Comic artist/ Writer Ty Templeton (http://tytempletonart.wordpress.com) to do a Q&A after the film. Ty was quite funny and a very interesting guy with great thoughts on a variety of subjects. One of my favorite comments was when he was asked what he would say to Chris Nolan if he had input on Batman 3 was ignore Batman Begins and just do what he did in The Dark Knight again. “Pull out a sheet of paper and write down the number of times Batman does something heroic [in Batman Begins]. You’ll find by the end of the movie the paper’s still blank.” Looking back, he has a pretty good point. I’ll have to watch again, pen and paper in hand.

I was fortunate enough to have a short chat with Ty one on one as well to grab his thoughts on Under the Red Hood. “I thought it was a surprisingly sophisticated adaptation of the work. For an animated film you expect a kind of slightly more juvenile approach and they don’t do that. I think it’s a movie that would be enjoyed by the same audience that liked the Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight film. Which is a lovely surprise.” He did go on to talk about the more adult tone of the film. “A little more blood than I expected, but just as much drama and excitement as I was hoping for.”

As for myself? I tend to be in agreement with Ty on this one. Under the Red Hood is extremely well written and packs multiple twists. The plot written by Comic writer Judd Winick covers elements of the “A Death in the Family” and “Under the Hood” storylines from previous years. Being relatively unfamiliar with the latter storyline I went in pretty blank waiting to be wowed. Knowing enough about comics I knew who the villain is revealed to be eventually, but for those who don’t know there’s some HEAVY clues early in the movie so it’s not the big mystery. That’s fine though. Where that character comes from and their motivations? That’s where the mystery and twists lie.

So here’s a synopsis for you. Red hood becomes a new player in Gotham City. He’s as well trained as Batman but the difference is, he’s not afraid to take a life. His war with Black Mask brings in the Caped Crusader who’s really taking hits on all sides and the history of the Red Hood reaches far into Batman’s past bringing in other memorable members of Batman’s Rouge’s gallery like the Joker and Ra’s Al Ghul.

So what’s to like about this one? Tons. The story is well written and ends in a satisfying and very emotional way. The climax of the film is breathtaking, I was on the edge of my seat the entire scene. Why these scenes work so well is because of the voice cast. I was iffy with Bruce Greenwood as Batman at first, but he adds enough gravitas to the part he sold me as a Dark Knight, humbled and much more serious following the outcome of his greatest failure. Speaking of people who surprised me, John Di Maggio as Joker. If that name’s familiar to you and you’re not sure where to place it, John is the voice of Bender on Futurama. Somebody’s been watching old Batman TAS episodes. Di Maggio comes off as Mark Hamill’s Joker if he was much more sinister. His laugh is almost pitch perfect to Hamill’s and I know lots of people are disappointed Mark is retiring from being the Joker after Arkham Asylum 2 but I’m not anymore. Here’s my new favourite (after Mark I mean). A huge surprise is Wade Williams as Black Mask. This guy is amped up to 11 the whole movie and his over the top ranting had me looking forward to every time the guy would show his face again. The music is fitting and the action scenes are extremely well paced and energetic. Like Ty pointed out earlier, this film can be pretty bloody. The opening in particular is brutal to watch and it’s because of how shocking that first scene is it adds so much emotion to later scenes. This movie doesn’t play with kid gloves. It plays with crowbars.

Despite all that good I do have a few problems. Pobody’s nerfect an all that. Personally I felt the story could have done without Nightwing as he was used here. NPH voices Dick Grayson and you know what? He’s great as the character, but he’s barely in it. He essentially shows up to say “Hey Batman you heard of the Red Hood? Here’s some one liners. K bye!” If you’re going to give us NPH, give us NPH. All of the dialogue he has that is important to the plot could have been given to Alfred. The only other gripe I had is so small you could say I’m just nit picking. Red Hood’s mask has these eyeholes that put large black circles around his eyes. He comes off to me looking like Deadpool in a motorcycle jacket. These black circles aren’t present in the comic design, so why are they here? Honestly though, if that’s all that’s wrong with it that tells you just how good this film is.

I’m not going to get into the special features at this time, because to be honest, haven’t seen them yet. Expect a report on those during the audio review in an upcoming week’s Nerd News.

As for the title of this review, what significance does it have? At the time of this writing, a few of us had previously gotten together and recorded a roundtable discussion on all of the Warner Premiere DC Animated films thus far. It won’t be on the site until early August if I remember the schedule. At the close of the cast Birdman poses the question “Which movie was your favorite?” Ignore whatever the hell it was I said. THIS is my favorite. It’s a high recommendation from me. It has it’s flaws like I outlined, but they’re so few and minute it doesn’t subtract from the film at all. Take a look Under the Hood. You’ll be glad you did.

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