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True Blood: 5.1 Review

This week on True Blood, Miss Mecha debates throwing things at her television to see if it will make Sookie any less stupid.

***This review contains SPOILERS. You have been warned!***

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True Blood returned this week and after a long year of waiting I have to be honest and say that I was very disappointed with the premier. I re-watched last night’s episode and have come to the conclusion that the characters are actually getting dumber as time goes on. Admittedly, I definitely got a lot of satisfaction out of seeing Sookie shoot Debbie (because she was just going to be trouble forever and I doubt there was any hope for her) but it was so disappointing that she immediately regretted her actions and couldn’t seem to get over the fact that, in the heat of the moment, she made the choice that everyone around her has been making for seasons. It was only a matter of time before Sookie Stackhouse was forced to take a life or two considering all the shit that goes down in Bon Temps, and in this case it seemed perfectly reasonable to me that she shot Debbie.

I really wish Sookie would step it up. There’s a big part of me that wonders why she doesn’t hone in on her powers for the benefit of herself and those around her. She could be training herself to defend the ones she loves rather than constantly relying on Bill, Eric and/or Alcide to come save her every time shit hits the fan. The only time she really does anything effective is when literally everything else has failed and there’s nobody else to come to the rescue. While this is a useful plot device for the writers over at HBO, it makes for terrible character development.

And speaking of character development, does anyone else feel like we’re going nowhere as these characters continue to make poor decisions and end up used and abused? A part of me sort of wishes that Jason, Jessica, and the whole werewolf pack drama would just get written out of the show.

true blood season 5Jason Stackhouse makes another stupid decision and lets himself get glamoured…BORED!

Whenever the show jumps back to those side-plots I lose interest completely. And how the hell are so many main characters still alive? Just let some of them die already! It’s unbelievable that so many of them have survived the constant onslaught of extreme events. They didn’t kill Russell Edgington but buried him in concrete…can somebody tell my why Eric and Bill would have done that? It obviously would have been in their best interest to kill him…and now he’s escaped from the concrete to wreak more havoc on the world.

In my opinion, the most interesting plot point going on right now is the potential reveal that will happen with the Vampire Authority splitting into factions. This scenario is keeping me watching, but they really need to spend more time on it. I think we saw all of five minutes devoted to what could be at least half the episode and far too much of that time was spent with a completely unnecessary scene in which Eric bangs his vampire sister. (It’s not that I don’t like seeing Alexander Skarsgard naked…but this scene was so forced that it was pretty awkward in contrast to the rest of the episode).

As for the ending of the episode, did we really have to bring Tara back as a vampire? It would have had so much more of an impact if she was just dead and gone. Admittedly, I really hate her as a character and wanted her out shortly after season one ended (Alright: so I really hated her from moment one, but at least she served a purpose in the first season.).

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Does everyone need to come back to Bon Temps through some form of supernatural BS? You can write supernatural elements into a show creatively or you can just throw a ton of weird shit at a wall and hope it’s all interesting to your audience – the latter of these is just overkill and it’s taking away from what could be crafted into far more interesting characters and creatures.

I conclude my review with this – for a season premier, this episode lacked a lot of the punch that prior seasons have brought to us. If you’re looking for something more interesting, I recently discovered this fun little tourism-style site devoted to the beloved, messed up town that is Bon Temps, Louisiana – http://www.welcometobontemps.com/

What did you think of this week’s episode?

E3 Preview: Far Cry 3

Zombietron and I had a chance to play a four player Far Cry 3 co-op mission with a couple random other guys on the show floor, and it was an absolute blast. You have a choice of a handful of different loadouts, these were preset for the demo, but will be fully customizable in the final game. You’ve got your standard fare assault rifles, shotguns, heavy machine guns, whatever. But there are also a set of special co-op skills you can choose between: battle-cries with different effects like damage boost, defense boost, and area of effect heals. These encourage the team to stick together and work as a group instead of everyone running off on their own. The co-op really forces you to stay together and work together; positioning becomes really important when heavy armored enemies show up, because someone needs to get around behind them. Far Cry 3 will rock a a six-hour co-op campaign completely separate from the single-player story.

The first section of the demo was pretty straight-forward: storm a compound with gun-wielding “bad guys” dug in all over the place, repair a train with a magic welder to get it out of a tunnel you need to pass through, and shoot everything everywhere. If you take too much damage and fall to the ground bleeding out, an ally can revive you Borderlands-style by walking over and picking you up—don’t think about it too much, just accept the mechanic and move on. The second section was a sniping competition to see which player could get the most sniper kills in a handful of minutes—bonus points for headshots. The third and final part was most interesting (and the one we got a look at during the pre-E3 press conference). the team has to work together to haul three heavy bombs to key points on a bridge then demolish it. The bomb-carrier can’t sprint, can’t crouch, and can’t shoot, so the team needs to work together to defend the carrier from waves of enemies swarming in from both sides of the bridge. Far Cry 3‘s co-op mode isn’t exactly breaking new ground, but it’s a damn fun co-op experience which is always good in my book, they’re too few these days.

As you’d expect from a Far Cry game, it looks gorgeous. The lighting and atmospherics look great, animations are just a tad wooden, but the textures are gritty and impressive. The enemy AI was pretty good, the enemies were good at tactically positioning themselves, and often popped out unexpectedly waving a machete at you—this was a beta build, so the AI is probably still being tinkered with. Far Cry 3 is set to hit shelves September 4th for PC, PS3, and X360.

Screenshot gallery for your viewing pleasure:

[Connor Cleary is an author, video game columnist and critic, and a freelance web-slash-graphic designer. He is a reviewer at GameShark and an occasional opinion and analysis columnist at Gamasutra. His freelance design business is Four Stair Multimedia and Design. You can follow Connor @The_Blue_Key, or at fb/TheBlueKey, or check out his writing archive on tumblr, The Blue Key.]

REVIEW: Snow White and the Huntsman

I am very conflicted about this movie; there are certain elements in it that deliver that wow factor and really draw you into the story and the characters, but then moments later, something pops up that just ruins the suspension of disbelief and jolts you back to reality. I guess it boils down to the fact that the movie tries to do a lot of different things, but never really excels at any of them, which is sad since you can easily see the potential this had to become a classic.

Snow White and the Huntsman is an action oriented retelling of the original classic Snow White and the 7 Dwarves. Snow White’s father is wooed and betrayed by an evil queen (Charlize Theron, enjoying her role a bit too much) who then dominates the land with an iron fist and steals the life force of beautiful damsels in order to stay young and beautiful. For reasons unknown, the Queen does not kill Snow White, instead locking her in the dungeon where she is forgotten until years later when the magic mirror pronounces Snow White (Kristen Stewart, who apparently found it too inconvenient to learn an accent or how to act with her mouth closed) the ‘fairest of them all’. Snow White escapes in order to save her life and hides from the Queen’s pursuers in the Dark Woods, a place even evil minions apparently fear to tread. Enter Chris Hemsworth as the drunken Huntsman who is ordered to track down Snow White in exchange for the return of his wife, whose resurrection has been promised as his reward. Needless to say, he tracks her down, learns the Queen plans to betray him, so now it is up to him, the 7 Dwarves and a member of a rebel faction to safely bring Snow White to the rebel camp because she is ‘The One’ who will lead them into victorious battle against the Queen’s army.

I do want to note that this film does some things very well. For starters, it is absolutely beautiful to watch! The sets are extraordinarily well done and the costumes are great. The special effects are fun and top notch, especially the way they perform the changing ages of the Queen. The handling of the Dark Forest is wonderful, and the mythology behind the Queen and why she is constantly looking for ‘the fairest of them all’ is a fun change from simple vanity. Chris Hemsworth does a good job, (and yes, ladies and those so inclined, there is a brief scene were he has his shirt mosty off) and Kristen Stewart doesn’t have too many lines, so you don’t have to hear her speak that much

That said, the rest of the film suffers from being a muddled mess. It’s as of the screen writers couldn’t decide what kind of movie to make, so they just took a bunch of pieces of movies they liked, and stitched them together into a resulting Frankenstein’s monster. Throughout you’ll see glimpses of Willow, the Princess Bride, Fern Gully, Princess Mononoke (that is COMPLETELY shot for shot ripped off in a critical scene), Lord of the Rings and The Matrix; not to mention the dwarves who first appear dressed as Ewoks and then (I swear!) start humming the theme music to Titanic around a campfire. Oh, that’s right, the dwarves. I am completely baffled why they superimposed the faces of Nick Frost, Bob Hoskins and other actors over the bodies of little people to play the dwarves. Were there no little people available for the roles? Was Peter Dinklage throwing a party or something? Seriously, every time one of them were on screen, it jarred me out of the experience. There was no rhyme or reason for this change. Oh, and it’s too bad Kristen Stewart wasn’t able to watch the recent Game of Thrones episode to see how a REAL Braveheart speech should be given, as hers lacked any and all emotion and would have done more to drive the troops home than rally them.

If you can survive all of the above and get over the horrible acting (Kristen Stewart, please stop), the overacting (Charlize Theron), the disjointed plot, anti-climactic finale, horrible writing and try to focus on the few gems hidden throughout this movie, you’ll enjoy it a lot more than many other ‘date’ movies you could get dragged to. You will probable leave wondering, just as I did, what COULD have been and what happened to make everything go so wrong.

REVIEW: Diablo 3

After nearly a decade of development, and Error 37,  the next installment in the Diablo franchise has finally been released!….and well, it definitely is a Diablo game. When I start a game, I will usually try out something new rather than Mr. Magic McMissile or  Big McLarge Huge (Thanks MST3K) for the hundredth time. Because of this, I chose to start the game with a class I have not seen in other RPG’s, the Witch Doctor.

 

 

Well, it was either that or the Demon Hunter but my friend wanted to try Demon Hunter which is bull crap as he has never read anything about Van Helsing or seen any Dracula films. Ugh…

Anyway, turns out that the Witch Doctor is basically a Necromancer, but I am having fun with him anyway and all of his CC/turning people into chickens and sheep. Here is a screenshot I took from act 3 while dealing with a bunch of punk-ass demons:

That’s right. Where are your Arcane Sentry powers now??

Also, I was pretty excited that I got to see my old friend Deckard Cain, not too long after starting the game. I was kinda hoping he’d be dropping sick rhymes to a phat beat though..

 

 

The gameplay is what you would expect from Diablo, with a few changes made since the last installment. Rather than being able to choose your own stat progression, Blizzard assumes that we are all idiots and takes control of that for us. Instead of being able to carefully select certain abilities for our classes, leveling them up and having to live with our awful decisions, they just go ahead and give us every ability and allow us to swap any of them in and out. Basically, every single wizard that hits level 60 is going to be exactly the same except for the equipment they are wearing. I guess it makes fighting more fair in PvP (when they do release it) but it severely limits the potential of character building.

Something very innovative about this game is the inclusion of the in-game auction house. This is a place where people can sell their items to other players for gold. It’s a pretty good system, I think, and helps keep people away from selling virtual property for real money, although I doubt that will truly stop. Unfortunately, I accidentally clicked on the sell button that put my entire collected inventory of Essences, almost 800, on auction for way below standard price and they all sold immediately, even though the game told me I had 5 minutes to cancel…

I have to mention how good the graphics look this time around. The environments are extremely well polished and when they are falling apart around you, it add to the intensity. I also like that with every time you visit an area, different layouts and caves spawn so it kind of adds to the replayability if you are a completionist.  It’s kind of gratifying just running around and breakin’ shit for loots as well. The in-game cinematics are truly amazing, including some of the most realistic looking characters animations I have ever seen in a game.

Something that is very noticeable upon playing through the game on Normal and now starting my playthrough on Nightmare is that  I can no longer easily take enemies and bosses by myself. However, I am not built to be that strong right now but I feel like there is a huge jump between the two difficulties. I do like is, don’t get me wrong, because I feel like I now need to team up with other people to win fights. I feel like more of a support with the Witch Doctor, slowing enemies and summoning things to take hits while another class seemingly just one-hit KO’s everything.

I should probably also mention the recent hacks that have happened. Apparently, if you have even once opened your game up to the public, you could be the subject of invasion by hackers where they take your stuff. A lot of people are getting banned because of this, even the accounts of people who were hacked, not just the hackers. I have an acquaintance who warned another player about the hacks and he got banned just for doing that. So, if you still can, I’d recommend keeping away from the public games until Blizzard fixes this.

Now, I hear of this magical level filled with ponies and Care Bear looking creatures that you get to murder known as “Whimseyshire” so it has become my new goal to find this place.

I’ve got all but two of the items and I am pretty excited to enter, however, I seriously don’t know whether or not I will want to continue playing after I get through this area. It is kind of starting to feel like a grind getting through everything again and if I even get through Nightmare, I’ll be surprised. That being said, I do enjoy playing the game quite a bit while it lasts and I will probably come back to it here and there in the future and for that, I will give it..

4/5 Devils Going Down to Georgia.

REVIEW: Sorcery PS3

Sithbot here with a review of Sorcery for the PS3. Take it away, Sithbot!

If you’re like me and own a Move for the PlayStation3, then you’ve played the hell out of House of the Dead Overkill and Dead Space Extraction, but then packed it away and only broke it out for drunken bouts of Just Dance or Yoostar.  Sony’s Move seemed to have had so much potential, but due to the overall lack of developer support, aside from the games mentioned above, it never reached the heights of what was promised back when it was announced at an E3 years gone by.  There was this really cool looking game called Sorcery that was demoed, but it kept getting pushed back and back, and most of us thought the game would never get released … Until now, that is.

Yes, Sorcery finally made its debut on the PS3, and unless you paid close attention to your PSN updates,  you might have easily missed it, which is a shame since this game, despite being much too short and a bit flawed, is a ton of fun and a good excuse to dust off your Move controller and put it to the use they were meant for.

Sorcery follows the story of young sorcerer’s apprentice, Finn, and his ‘cat’ Erline, and the misadventures they get into when he borrows a magic wand from his master and goes exploring.  Needless to say, ‘stuff’ happens, you learn you’re more than just an untalented apprentice, Erline’s not just a cat, and the fate of the world is on your shoulders.  So, nothing that cool or original in the story, but that’s not why you should be playing this game anyway, although the dialog and voice acting between Finn and Erline is enjoyable and well done and gets your involved in the characters.

You SHOULD be playing this game to see how a proper PlayStation Move game should perform. Want to cast your arcane bolt? Flick the controller at the screen. Need to hit that enemy on a ledge above you? Flick it UP, towards the enemy on screen, and your spell locks on that foe and knocks them out.  Want to ‘curve the bullet’ a la the movie Wanted? ‘Throw’ your spell like they do in that movie, and it will curve around pillars and connect.  Seriously, it’s hard to recreate with words, the pure joy of using your controller like a magic wand and have it recreated exactly how you want on screen; it really makes you feel like Harry Potter. I can’t describe how fun it is to be just running through a hallway, flicking your wand left and right to smash objects to get the gold or ingredients inside them and just seeing it take place flawlessly.

As you progress through the game and get new powers and spells, feel free to combine their effects to further destroy those who oppose you. Level up your fire and wind spells to lay down a path of flames and send a whirlwind through them that will catch on fire and obliterate all in front of you.  Hit your foes a few times with the ice spell, then switch, on the fly, to your standard arcane bolt and shatter them into a million pieces.

In case you didn’t get my drift, Sorcery is a blast to play and something anyone with a Move should experience.  That said, the game is incredibly short and can be beaten in around 6 hours, with little to no replay value, which is a shame, as that keeps me from recommending it as a solid BUY since it can easily be beaten in a rental period. Sadly again, you won’t find the game at your local BlockBuster (if you still have one), so you’re stuck shelling out the $40 to buy it or waiting on GameFly.  Whatever you decide, if you get the chance to check out this amazing game, do so, you won’t regret it!

You can pick it up at Amazon.

“The River” Now Available on DVD

The River came out on DVD today, and since I’ve already shared some of my thoughts on the show, I’ll take this opportunity to walk you through some of the extras on the DVD.

First of all, the menus are pretty creepy, with dolls and blood-stained teddy bears hanging from trees.  I don’t know why, but children’s toys can be some of the scariest things on film (and if you don’t believe me, go watch Poltergeist.)

You have your choice between deleted scenes, a brief behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the show, and audio commentary.

I’ve never been a huge fan of deleted scenes on DVDs because half the time you can’t tell why the scenes were deleted, and they’re usually so brief you feel like it wouldn’t have made a difference one way or the other if they’d been included.  So it is with these clips, though they mostly seem to merely further characterize the various members of the boat The Magus.  I would guess that in most places the characterization simply worked better in a different scene, and the eliminated clips therefore became redundant.

I really enjoyed the brief behind-the-scenes portion, though.  I learned that they filmed the pilot in Puerto Rico and the rest of the series in Hawaii.  And the river wasn’t actually a river at all; it was a small inlet where they pushed the boat back and forth (due to the shallow water).

The storyline came up in a Dreamworks meeting and famed director Steven Spielberg told the team to pursue it.  Spielberg has shown an interest in the dark and creepy before (see above reference to Poltergeist), and he is credited as one of the executive producers of the show.  The writers pulled stories from real Amazonian lore, helping to tie each episode to the Boiuna, the mysterious and magical section of the river.

Filming on location no doubt lessened the neat for special effects as far as scenery, though CGI was still an integral part of the show.  One impressive example was the conversion of a small girl dressed in black into a monkey with a mask on its head.  When I first saw that scene, I just assumed it was a real monkey, but perhaps a CGI mask.

The variety of camera angles and styles really gave the show its character.  Scenes included quick cuts from one camera to another to enhance suspense, and lines were added in later to give certain scenes a degraded security camera appearance.  They also used a radio-controlled heli-cam to get aerial establishing shots, conveying the wide expanse of the Amazon River and the dense jungle surrounding it.

I recommend viewing this show if you’re into things creepy, weird, documentary, nature-loving, or all your shows have ended for the season and you’re just looking for something to watch.  Even if you don’t fall into any of the above categories, I still say at least watch the first episode.  You might just realize “There’s magic out there.”

 

Review: Game of Thrones S02E08

Game of Thrones S02E08 “The Prince of Winterfell”

By Bobot Fett

Warning! Spoilers for S02E08 and Book #2 (Minor ones for A Clash of Kings) included!

 


Season two hits the home stretch with the Starks divided. With Bran and Rickon dead, what is to become of the house that Ned built?

We begin in Winterfell. Episode seven closed with the harrowing image of Bran and Rickon burned to death after their escape. Now Theon welcomes his sister Yara to Winterfell expecting the respect he so desperately desires. What he receives is more mockery and a little heart. Yara’s lovely bedtime story and earnest plea that Theon not die so far from the sea might have been a bit more touching if she hadn’t let him give her a handy a few episodes ago. Theon’s tragedy continues its downward spiral as he offers gold for lives already lost, ignorant of their true value. With the Bastard of Bolton quickly approaching the gates of Winterfell, we may soon get a ‘peek’ into the true depths of Theon’s complex character.

North of the wall, Ygritte pays her life debt to Jon by saving him from newcomer, The Lord of Bones (played by Edward Dogliani). A cross between Skeletor and Grizzly Adams, the Lord of Bones is a fan favorite and his arrival sets the stage for an exciting season three. The chemistry between Jon and Ygritte continues to be strong, with Jon playing the innocent and honorable son of Stark perfectly. Ranger Halfhand’s suggestion that Jon infiltrate Mance Rayder’s ranks and Samwell’s discovery of a cache of Dragonglass both look to add to the action and intrigue of season three.

Far south on the front lines Robb fights to keep from losing his mind. His castle is captured, his siblings are captive, and now his mother has betrayed him. I enjoy the scene where Catelyn casually and callously dismisses Lord Karstark’s children as having the same value as hers. The Catelyn of the show is an older, darker shewolf than her literary counterpart and at times like these it works. Catelyn has of course given Jamie to Brienne and the repercussions will continue for seasons to come. Robb’s only option is to arrest his mother and bed his nurse. Nothing gets a bloody nurse hotter than a homeless King talking about his mother and his fiancé.

In Kings Landing the Lannister’s infighting continues to work out poorly for Ros. First it was Joffery, now it is Cersei’s turn to mistake Ros for something of value to Tyrion. Tyrion’s heart for whores has cost him before and I fear it will cost him even more. The scenes between Bronn and Tyrion were perhaps the most meaningless and wasted time in the series thus far. With the compact schedule and the continued editing and rewriting of the source material this time could have been better used to advance other stories or put back the green-seers or any number of nuances that the later seasons are going to sorely miss.

At Harrenhall, Tywin decides to ride on Robb Stark. Arya panics to find the Man but is too late to stop Tywin and is left in the care of The Mountain. When Jaqen does return Arya cons him into helping her escape and she and her friends walk out the front gate. This whole episode feels like set up for the season finale and season three but no segment more so than Arya. For such a charismatic character and intense situation, this season has underutilized her plight.

Dany makes a brief but emotional appearance alongside her bear in Qarth. If I were a newcomer to the series I might now be wondering if the Mother of Dragons suffers from the Targeryan’s incest caused madness. For multiple episodes Dany has been very off-putting toward  Jorah but now a soft touch and sweet caress. This season has been very light on Dany after a Dany heavy season one, I hope HBO can get the balance right for season three.

The siege of King’s Landing is only days away and Stannis and Davos plan for the future. The siege looks to be the big set piece for the season finale and the ‘pig shit’ grenades will soon fly. It is nice to get Stannis’ and Davos’ backstory, the lack of back stories for other relationships is one of my primary complaints of the series. This episode was almost entirely expositional set up but as long as the conclusion is epic, plodding plot episodes like this are worth it.

…..and in the crypts of Winterfell the three eyed crow lives!

 

 

 

Friday ‘Flix Picks: The Good, The Bad, The Weird

Each Friday we will be bringing you weekend-viewing movie picks available for streaming on Netflix! From the popular to the obscure, we will browse Netflix’s Streaming library so you don’t have to, and bring you what we consider to be “Must Watch” selections!

The Good, The Bad, The Weird (English Subtitles)

Directed by Kim Ji-woon

Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung

For this inagural “Friday ‘Flix Picks” I want to highlight a film that I have actually wanted to review for a very long time, The Good, The Bad, The Weird. This gem premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in 2008, but didn’t hit limited release in the US until April 2010. I stumbled upon a trailer for this film around that time and it stayed on my radar until it hit Netflix Instant – at which point I immediately set aside some time to watch it.

Inspired by Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, this film harkins back to Spaghetti Westerns in all the right ways while incorporating an Asian flare into the story. The Good, The Bad, The Weird begins with a fantastic train heist in which a hitman (The Bad) has been hired to hijack a train to steal a treasure map from a Japanese diplomat. However, a thief (The Weird) on board the train steals the map first, and amidst the train’s derailment, is able to escape with it once  A bounty hunter (The Good) shows up to collect the bounty on The Bad. From this point on, the chase is on for The Weird and the treasure map with The Good, The Bad, a group of bandits, and the Japanese Imperial Army all in pursuit of the riches this map could lead to.

From this point on we are treated to shootouts between the various players, insights into the backgrounds of The Good, The Bad, and The Weird, and an overall exciting time as these various groups all chase down a treasure map said to lead to unimaginable fortune. The film culminates in a fantastic climax as all the forces after the map bear down on The Weird simultaneously, all fighting each other as they chase him across the desert with The Good and The Bad in pursuit as well, navigating the war being waged all around them. I don’t want to give away the ending obviously, but I will say that I quite enjoyed it – even if it does become predictable in the final moments and revelations.

Director Kim Ji-woon really knows his way around a western film, and I would dare say the The Good, The Bad, The Weird stands its ground to the great westerns from decades passed. The action and chase sequences are exciting, and the characters are well fleshed-out with rich histories providing reasons for their actions throughout the film. If you are a fan of the western genre, then add The Good, The Bad, The Weird to your Netflix Instant Queue, it will make for a perfect viewing this weekend!

TOY REVIEW: Hot Toys Spider-Man Black Suit

Last year Hot Toys put out the Spider-Man 3 version of Spider-Man in his usual red and blue outfit. While ultimately I was excited to add him to my collection, he fell short in a few ways. When Hot Toys announced the Black Suit version I was definitely on the fence about it. After I saw the photos of him with the Sandman base, I couldn’t resist.

This figure comes with the exact same accessories as the blue and red suit. A bunch of extra hands and quite a few different web options. The only difference is an extra head of scary Peter (not to be confused with Emo Peter), and the Sandman base. The Sandman base is just under a foot tall. He comes with two different right hands, a fist or a mace.

Black Suit Spider-Man is definitely an improvement from his predecessor. The fabric of the suit feels thicker and less likely to rip. The various hands are made out of a softer plastic, making it much easier to swap them out. The classic blue and red suit was extraordinarily difficult to swap the hands. The plastic was very hard and the ball joints would get stuck.

Probably my favorite improvement is his chin. Because you can swap out his head, the fabric is sewn in a more form fitting fashion. This fixes the chubby neck look of the previous installment.

All and all this one was a must have. It is probably one of my favorite Hot Toys, if not my favorite. The most surprising thing to me is how much I could love something to come from Spider-Man 3.

REVIEW: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – War #5

The final issue of Knights of the Old Republic – War has Zayne Carrick getting caught up between Jedi and… more Jedi!
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