Showing posts with label avengers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label avengers. Show all posts

...and the winner is.



First and foremost let me tell you that the podcast will be a day or two late. By going to comic con in Chicago, I forgot to get certain things set up, so bare with me. However I will announce the winner of the first match-up here.

As you can see, it's Captain Jack Harkness! Jack won by 2 votes. TWO votes.

So ladies and gents, here is the winner of the first match in the first round of The Vinyl & Villains Pop Culture Smackdown Tournament!

The next match will be up shortly.

Captain America vs Captain Jack Harkness



Captain America is the Sentinel of Liberty. The beacon of hope. He is a super solider and was frozen in the 40's and defrosted in the 60's where he lead the Avengers to many a victory of the forces of evil.

Captain Jack Harkness is a time traveller and former con man from the 51st century. He is also immortal and the leader of Torchwood, a British organisation dedicated to combating alien threats.

Vinyl & Villains Episode 4: Nagging Parents

The episode in which Ron reviews Green Lantern: First Flight, talks about BBC America, Battlestar Galactica and how Wolverine has joined the Epic Fail Club.

Edward Norton In The Avengers?

Marvel's President of Production Kevin Feige has said that he'd like to see The Hulk in The Avengers and said at the San Diego Comic-Con that "it's safe to assume that there will be some members of the Hulk universe" in the movie as well. So if Hulk is to appear in the The Avengers, does that mean Edward Norton will reprise the role? Norton is staying tight lipped on the subject.

I won't comment on that, just because they [Marvel] keep a pretty tight reign on what they are letting out. I'll let them say.


The Hulk is scheduled to appear briefly in Iron Man 2 much like Tony Stark did in The Incredible Hulk. Norton is signed on to do another Hulk movie, but no word as to whether or not that means he will show up in The Avengers.

First Avenger: Captain America News


During San Diego Comic Con, Marvel's President of Production, Kevin Feige spoke about a lot of things. One of them was the upcoming film, The First Avenger: Captain America. The last movie to come out following Iron Man 2 and Thor before The Avengers film hits theaters in 2012.

There are no casting decisions being made because screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are only about "half way done" with the script and director Joe Johnston doesn't join production until October. However Feige did have a few things to talk about in regards to Cap's origin story.

Setting it in World War II — the Marvel version of World War II — I think is gonna open it up in another big way ... What's funny is it will actually end up being, I think, our most diverse and our most international film, in terms of the content of the movies itself. It takes place overseas much more than any of our other films do. In terms of the cast, there's a group that Steve [Rogers] works with that will have an opportunity for many more international actors than any of our other films.


He also had a few words in regards to some villains that might appear.

We are gonna explore those aspects of World War II that made Cap special: the Super Soldier program, Red Skull, Hydra, all of those things that exist in the Marvel version of it. As you know if you read the comic books, the origin of Captain America is really the origin of the Marvel universe ... it's about that time in history when the idea of the superhero began to emerge.

Even Gods Get Down

Hey kids. Do you remember issue #83 of Journey Into Mystery? Of course you do. That was the first time we ever met Jane Foster. Why is that important? I'll tell you.

All the buzz surrounding the upcoming THOR film has just gotten louder with Natalie Portman being cast as Jane Foster, Dr. Donald Blake/THOR's love interest. Portman will star along side Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki in the Kenneth Branagh directed film.

While I am trying to be optimistic about this film because the Avengers related material seems to done well, I can't help but think back to X-Men Origins: Wolverine and cringe a little bit. I'm not going into Thor with high hopes. No, those I save for The First Avenger: Captain America.