Geoff Johns Flashes Us…

…a look at the new Flash costume!

First look at #TheFlash!!! @GBerlanti @AJKreisberg @grantgust @CW_network http://t.co/9mMZHGqMw4 pic.twitter.com/pr8yzzB5Jy

— Geoff Johns (@geoffjohns) February 28, 2014

— Geoff Johns (@geoffjohns) February 28, 2014
 

That’s Grant Gustin in costume as The Flash. The actor has already debuted on CW’s Arrow this season as Barry Allen, but here he is in underwear pervert mode.

Time to save the world, Barry! Hope that fabric is breathable.

Some other thoughts after the jump.

New Amazing Spider-Man 2 Trailer – More Previously Unseen Footage

This new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is called “The Rise Of Electro”. It clocks in at just over three minutes long and seems to contain some previously unseen footage. Almost certainly it contains more shots of Jamie Foxx’s Electro in action. However, there are also some great dialogue teasers between Peter and Aunt May about what secrets the family may be keeping regarding the death of his parents. The new incarnation of Harry Osborn comes off as suitably emo and creepy, very much Peter’s opposite. My only concern with this movie is that they’re trying to shoehorn in three villains: Electro, The Rhino, and The Green Goblin. Split focus was a major downfall of Sam Raimi’s final Spider-Man effort, Spider-Man 3. Part of what made the reboot work so well was allowing the story to focus on the battle with one enemy, while the characters were given room in the story to flesh themselves out. I hope this new movie doesn’t give the characters short shrift by trying to stuff too many of them in for the sake of spectacle.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens in US theaters on May 2, 2014.

Via Bleeding Cool.

Brain Bleach – Quis Custodiet Ipsos Spongemen?

Yeah, so this is a thing that happened.

You wanna see it? Really?

Ok. You were warned. Hit the jump.

Fantastic Four Movie Cast Confirmed; Internet Fanboys Predictably Freak Out Unfavorably

According to Variety, the main cast of the Fantastic Four reboot have been confirmed. Miles Teller has accepted an offer to play Reed Richards. Kate Mara will be Sue Storm. Michael B. Jordan is Johnny Storm. Finally, Jamie Bell is expected to be picking up the role of Ben Grimm. The reboot will be based on the Ultimate Fantastic Four run, which means we can expect that Reed won’t necessarily be the team leader, a role that initially fell to Sue and Johnny’s father in the Ultimate series, who is a professor at a project housed in the Baxter Building for gifted students. If that is the route this story will take, that role has not been cast yet. It would also mean that Reed’s digestive system would be replaced by a bacterial stack that allows him the ability to get nourishment without eating. Just throwing that out there.

Predictably, rabid fan boys have taken to social media to decry the casting of Jordan as Johnny Storm. Johnny is a blond haired white boy in the comics and Jordan is an African American. Jordan previously worked with new FF director, Josh Trank, on the superhero pic, Chronicle.

Further stirring the pot is this little nugget, dropped by the Hollywood Reporter a couple weeks back:

Dr. Doom is said to be the villain of the reboot (the character appeared in Fox’s two previous movies and was played by Julian McMahon). The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision is hearing that the studio is likely to go for a big name and isn’t ruling out switching genders for the role.

So, fan boys are freaking out. I think it’s much ado about nothing. I think the larger gain here is a script that will draw on some of the better comics writing work from Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, and Warren Ellis. Not sure why fan boys aren’t focusing on that instead of whinging because some of the casting doesn’t meet their imagined platonic ideals. Oh wait, yes I do. Because that’s what fan boys do. Get it out of your systems now, kids. You know you’re just going to go see it anyway when it hits the theaters. And you’ll buy and play whatever video game comes out for consoles to accompany it. Just own it and move on with your lives.

The Fantastic Four hits theaters June 19, 2015.

And, Here’s The Full Length GOTG Trailer

As promised yesterday, here is the full length Guardians Of The Galaxy trailer:

Initial impressions? I really enjoyed it. It’s got a camp feel that reminds me of Galaxy Quest and teases just enough of Rocket Racoon that you come away curious rather than worried you’re going to see some kind of Space Jam animation overlay. Well played, Marvel!

Guardians Of The Galaxy opens in United States theaters on August 1, 2014.

Update – James Gunn takes viewers through the trailer and discusses some of its highlights over on Total Film:

There is no doubt that the cinematic pinnacle of my career is our cameras circling around a maniacal raccoon shooting a machine gun on the back of a living tree.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Teaser Trailer Now Live, Full Length To Follow

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the full length trailer for Guardians Of The Galaxy is going to debut tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live, to help lure viewers away from the other Jimmy. Jimmy Fallon will be in the second night of his new gig helming The Tonight Show from its new home in New York City. After assorted celebrity cameos last night from Rudy Giuliani, to Tina Fey, to Joan Rivers, and music from U2, Fallon offers a guest line up tonight that includes Jerry Seinfeld, Kristen Wiig and Lady Gaga. So, I guess the question is would you rather see Lady Gaga or a talking racoon? Or does network television continue to not remember that most of the civilized world has DVRs that can record multiple channels and access to YouTube?

Anyway, in case you are one of those unfortunate souls, to hold you over until then, here is the 15 second teaser trailer for Guardians Of The Galaxy. Enjoy!

Jimmy Kimmel Live starts at 11:35 p.m. EST on ABC if you want to watch the debut of the full length trailer like it’s 2004 and YouTube was a glimmer in a developer’s eye.

“Fear Is the Mind Killer” And Other Truths

Rob swears he will put up that Robocop: To Live And Die In Detroit review soon. I know he’s read it because it’s in the bathroom, although that might also be where he figures its contents belong. All I know is Parker The Kitten tried to carve his name into our leather couch last night, possibly in reaction to yesterday’s Wolverine Cat post. So, Rob is going to be preoccupied for much of this day using various leather products to buff that masterwork out. Therefore, I’m going to step in for the moment to share this video, via Topless Robot:

How’s your geek cred holding up? Were you able to identify where each of those very self-evident geek truths came from? Check your answers, after the jump.

Trudeau Puts Doonesbury On Hiatus, Except For Sundays. Thanks For Nothing, Alpha House!

Well, the good news is that Gary Trudeau has a home run in Alpha House, the Washington Beltway comedy series he created for Amazon for on-line distribution. The bad news is, because of Alpha House‘s success, he will be putting his long running comic strip, Doonesbury, on a long term, open-ended hiatus in order to focus on his new politically satiric property, according to The Washington Post.

Say it ain’t so, Gary!

“I’ve done the strip for 43 years — 45 if you include the college edition [at Yale] — and I’m ready for an extended break,” Trudeau, 65, tells Comic Riffs.

In making the move, the New York-based cartoonist takes nothing for granted: “A hiatus comes with uncertainty, of course: I can’t assume I’ll be welcomed back a year or two from now.”

You Too Will Believe That A Man Can Fly…Because You Are 16 Months Old…

Just caught this on comic book writer Mark Millar’s Twitter feed:

I’m not really a kid person, but that was just fucking adorable. The unadulterated glee on the toddler’s face was priceless. Now, how do I get myself back to that level of unabashed, pants-shitting wonderment? Will a crate of whiskey be enough?

Conan’s “The Walking Dead” Cold Open Parody

I missed this last Thursday, but the Conan show parodied The Walking Dead in a cold open to honor the cast of the show. They were guests for the night. There’s a lot to like about the clip. Conan’s zombie make-up is solid. Andy Richter is remarkably well put together, considering, well, zombie apocalypse. And, the Basic Cable Band seems particularly enthusiastic covering the theme to The Walking Dead. After all those year’s of playing Basic Cable Name That Tune, it must have been very exciting for them to play a song that had a licensed copyright. All in all, well done, Conan.

Now, I’m going to have to see if I have this recorded somewhere on the Tivo.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC tonight, February 9, 2014 at 9pm.

Via Kotaku.