What Were They Thinking?: DC Does Dallas

In last weeks What Were They Thinking (the place where we take a look at all of the stupidest, most ill advised things in comic book history) we talked about Superman. And this week, we’re going to be talking about… Superman, because why not. The Man Of Steel has been around longer than most and he has so many dirty secrets under that cape that we’ve barely scratched the surface. But with that in mind, this week we’re going to be taking a look at the time he made a “specialist film for gentlemen” with the wife of fellow Justice League do-gooder type Mr Miracle, Big Barda.

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Anticipated Movies of 2017: July to December

And we’re back again with my anticipated films for the second half of 2017. They are:

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Caption Contest #85 Results

Last week, I asked you guys to come up with the best replacement dialogue for this panel:

And here are my top 5:

HerrD:

Robin: My neck’s…

Batgirl: NO!

Robin: Tired

Primelionstar:

Robin: This CAN’T get any more awkward.

Batgirl: I’m pregnant.

Robin: I said CAN’T get more awkward. CAN’T!!!!

Thor1066:

Batgirl: Do you remember how to get out of this?

Robin: I think I have to wiggle my left ear. Ok, now you flex your left calf and Batman… Oh crap, I’ve never done this without Batman before.

keric:

Robin: Sorry, I, um, am not trying to objectify you.  I consider you a strong empowered woman…

Batgirl: JUST GET FILE!!

Skoul:

Batgirl: How are we going to get out of this?

Robin: Find out next week, same bat time, same bat channel.

But in the end there can only be one, at the winner is….

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The List: Ranking The Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies From Worst To Best

Well, the poll for this list threw up some very interesting and surprising results

Anyway, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been going strong for 8 years now and has released a grand total of 14 films, with a further 3 to be released this year. Over those 8 years, Marvel have only failed to release a single movie in one year (2009) and are currently doing a turn around of 2 movies a year on average, to at the very worst moderate critical acclaim and huge financial reward, turning some of their second string characters (like Iron Man and Loki) into household names in the process. However, as with everything in life, the MCU isn’t perfect. Whilst the MCU as a whole is of undeniable quality, some films are better than others. So this week, with the help of your votes, we have our list of the MCU films ranked worst to best.

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Character Design Challenge #305 – Triple Play

Your Character Design Challenge this week is to create a superhero or villain using the three items indicated in the photo above as part of your design.

There is no limit on entries this week.

Rules for posts, contests, and challenges: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.

All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShackPhotoBucket, or whatever);

  • Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
  • Please name your filesas [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his “Bayou Belle” character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.

Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).

This contest will close on Sunday, January 22nd at 9:00am Eastern.

 

 

Anticipated Movies of 2017 Part 1: January to June

Hey everyone! We’ve looked at the movies of the past year and now it’s time to look ahead! This is pretty self-explanatory so let’s just jump right in. Here are my anticipated movies from January to June of 2017.

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Character Design Challenge #304 – Masterworks – Results!

This week’s winner is HerrD for this remarkable take on the source material. Brilliant!!! Well done you! Nailed it!

Please join me in congratulating HerrD on an amazing piece of work.

What Were They Thinking: I Wish They’d Destroyed This

You know, one thing has surprised me about this weeks What Were They Thinking. In all the weeks we’ve done this feature, a feature where we look at the stupidest, most ill-advised things in comic book history, we have yet to look at DC’s Elseworlds. You know, that imprint that they publish all of the stories that are too weird to be considered canon to DC continuity, which is saying something when it is canon that you can punch a whole in the fabric of the universe with just your fist. Admittedly some of the stuff in there is good, some even very good, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t dross. And what dross it is. So without further ado, I present to you Superman Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy

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Poll Position: Best X-Men Team Member

Ok guys, classic style poll for this week. Easy premise, who is the greatest member of the X-Men, past and present. We’re including all characters who have been a part of the main X-Men team or one of the sub-teams such as X-Factor or X-Force. However, we are not counting characters like Magneto, Juggernaut, Deadpool or Spider-Man, because whilst they may have been a member of the team at some point they are more famous for their roles outside of the team as either villains or solo characters. As per usual, I have given you 10 characters to start and you can add your own suggestions, provided you give both the characters hero identity and real name.

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Caption Contest #85

Ok guys, caption contest are back from their winter hibernation. You have one week to come with the funniest replacement dialogue for a random comic panel of my choosing. This week you have to replace all of the dialogue for this panel:

Everyone can have a maximum of 3 entries, entries must be in by next Wednesday (Jan 18th) and all entries must be PG-13