Super Heroes and Fashion Week Collide

Kapow! Crash! Bang!

I'm not really sure what to think or say about this, other than "huh." But last week was Fashion Week in New York (not that I follow such things, but I read enough on Twitter, iGoogle, Yahoo!, etc to know this information) and this post from Comics Alliance caught my eye.

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott showed off his 2011 collection, which appears to be largely inspired by the stylings of DC super heroes. While I love me some super hero garb, I'm not sure that I love the couture-ized version of costumes for high-end consumption.

For instance, here are two Superman-inspired designs:

Granted, I'd love for capes to come into style, but sequins? Meh, not so much.

What about these Black Adam-esque fashions?

I think I like these better, perhaps because of the bolts of lightning, and how elongating they are. These also seem to be more casual (no sequins!), which feels a bit more campy and fun.

I wonder if this is the beginning of a new fashion trend?

More Movie News

(via Heat Vision)

At a Warner Bros presentation, several fun, geek-related movies were announced, confirmed, or are slated to be green-lit for production. Of the list, the ones I'm most interested in include:

• Superman (2012 release -- do we think this is a do-over re-boot?)
• Green Lantern in 3D (??) (set for June, 2011 release)
• Unnamed Flash movie (hmmm...)
• Wonder Woman (this has been "in development for like 10 years now, so I'll believe it when I see it)
• Aquaman (could be timely, maybe focused on an eco-terrorist storyline? or perhaps some environmental cataclysm, say, like a mutli-national oil company unleashing millions of gallons of oil into Aquaman's oceans. Crazy, I know.)

Anyway, it's a good time to be a geek, since Hollywood seems to be pillaging all the comic book/sci fi/fantasy properties out there. Let's hope at least 50% are decent.

Sequels

Over on The Facebook, my friend the Comic Book Guy (well, he co-owns a comic book store and is about to become a published writer) has posed some great comic book-related questions to fans of the store. For instance, last night's was "Who is your favorite supporting character?" I'll let you ponder that for a minute...

If you know anything about geeks, we can spend hours vehemently arguing/discussing topics like this one. Or the merits & flaws of comic book TV/movie adaptations. Or speculate about which actor would make the best (insert random character to appear in next movie here). Or which character/story deserves a reboot. Or how "true" to the story any particular adaptation is to the original work.

But one of the most hotly contested topics (especially at Con after a few drinks) is that of the Movie Sequel. Really good sequels in any genre are hard enough to pull off (I say Godfather 2 makes the cut), but doing a follow-up to a really good comic book or sci fi movie seems to be a particular challenge. A lot of initial offerings suck so much or can't find enough of an audience that they aren't even considered for a sequel. But there are some really good ones, occasionally better than the first. Here are the ones that are on my Decent (or better) Sequel list:

• Empire Strikes Back (duh)
• Superman II (on TV tonight as a matter of fact, and the reason for this post)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Khannnnn!!!!)
• Evil Dead 2 (maybe a bit out of genre, but love it)
• Batman Returns
• The Dark Knight (2nd of Christopher Nolan's Batman movies)
• X2
• Spiderman 2
• Underworld: Evolution
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (don't laugh - I liked it)
• Toy Story 2
• and the most recent release, Iron Man 2

I'm sure there are others. What am I forgetting? Add to comments.

Batman Beats Superman

Finally! The question is answered: Batman does, in fact, kick Superman's ass! Well, at least for now.

Over a million dollars (why yes, we are still in a recession, thanks for asking) for Detective Comics #1, topping Monday's auction of Action Comics #1, the first to feature Superman. I bet the same dude bought both; I mean if you've got F-U money like that, why not ?

In case you ever wondered what a million-dollar comic book looks like, here you go:


Now, I don't have any comics as valuable as this one, but it does motivate me to get my comics out of a storage POD as soon as possible. I can hear them degrading and devaluing from here... Ugh