The Age of the Dark Knight of Steel: Getting More Cynical About Comics Adaptions

It’s no secret that I’m one of the people here at MuseHack who is expecting a Hollywood meltdown to happen (or the current one to get worse). There’s too much going on, too much going wrong, too many checklists trying to save the cat, and 2015 is loaded with Blockbusters. It’s a collision course with reality, and I’m expecting some pain.

Now that being said, I’ve also found some of the current releases quite good. I enjoyed “The Avengers” even if it was rather standard. I do need to see “Man of Steel” because Serdar, ever holding high standards, was impressed. But looking at the latest announcements, something has upped my cynicism levels even further.

Big Name Adaptions within existing properties, specifically, comics.

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Link Roundup 8/15/2013

Another day with lots of links . . . think this may be a regular feature!

Technology:

Career:

Media:

Comics:

Events:

Video Games:

– Steve

 

Roundup of Game News 8/14/2013

Three more execs leave what’s left of Zynga.  Maybe someone can buy Zynga AND RIM.  Anyway, if you’re still there, start looking.

This is interesting.  Disney will have an iPad app/game that interfaces with Infinity.  That’s an interesting bit of interfacing that is probably worth paying attention to – building a full game/multitechnology interface.

A look at video game copyright and just who may – or may not – own what for some old games.

– Steven