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Movie Review: ‘Planet Hulk’

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Feb 122013

Reviewed by Movie Moxie’s Alicia Glass

Studio: Marvel Animation

Director: Sam Liu

Review Rating: 7

Alicia like? Or Alicia SMASH??

Hulk is banished from Earth by the Avengers and crashes on a planet, and forced by an evil ruler into gladiatorial games!

So the planet Sakaar needs a savior. The Red King is a tyrant and forces slaves into gladiatorial games they have no real hope of winning for his own amusement. His guards and swordsmen, they don’t much care for him either, even taking into account the idea that the Red King saved some of them from the deadly Spikes that destroyed their various homes. So when Hulk (Rick D. Wasserman) crashes onto Sakaar, he of course gets tossed into the games along with his cellmates, who each have their own interesting backstory that ties in with how they got there. Hulk, who for some reason is stuck as the big green rage monster the entire time he’s on Sakaar, just wants to be left alone, balks at bonding with his cellmates, and sure as hell doesn’t want to fight in the arena. Forced into it by the control modules though, he has no choice. Wait, no choice? No one makes Hulk do anything he doesn’t want to! HULK SMASH!

It’s a wonderful little excerpt of the Marvel universe, a kind of side jaunt for Hulk, not Bruce Banner. The film does take a bit for granted that you the viewer has plenty of working knowledge of the Marvel universe: skating over Banner’s back story entirely, the use of Thor look-alike Beta Ray Bill as a villain turned hero, and the differences between the original comic book story of Planet Hulk versus the animated film adaptation for you die-hard fanatics out there. Given a still-popular television show, several live-action films, and decades of popularity, I see no reason Hulk shouldn’t have his own planet too!

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Krypton Radio Reviews: Marvel’s “Thor” Now on Netflix

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Jun 142012

By Senior Editor, PK

I like comic book movies, that’s not exactly earth shattering news of course. But what is different about some of us here at Krypton Radio, is I don’t get to post reviews and such as often as I want. No, the others aren’t holding me at bay with a rabid gopher, despite what rumors may suggest to the contrary. My secret identity keeps me way busier than I want, and when I get home my mailbox is stuffed full of Chinese take-away menus and messages to call the office to make sure I’m still alive. So it may at times seem like I’m a little late to the party when it comes to pumping out the reviews and other related content; so how does that tie into Marvel’s hit movie Thor? Well, the good old movie and TV show on demand site Netflix, is also feeling a bit sheepish when they show up with a bottle of bubbly and the only one there is the janitor cleaning up, when it comes to cutting edge movie releases.

Netflix has finally announced a major addition to its somewhat stale superhero lineup, Marvel’s Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth as the super-powered hammer wielding god of lightning, has finally joined the online service as of June 9th. Netflix who has suffered greatly due to what appears to be Hollywood’s disdain for the budget priced entertainment distributor, and has had severe trouble getting via contracts the rights to distribute the major hits online. Searching the service, you’ll find hardly any superhero movies. So when I came up for air recently, I was surprised to see the notice that Thor had been added.

Marvel Entertainment To Stream “The Avengers” To International Space Station

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Jun 012012

Krypton Radio Newswire

Marvel working with NASA to send superheroes to accompany our real life space heroes on the ISS

Marvel Entertainment/Marvel Comics recently announced that they were working with NASA to stream the blockbuster movie The Avengers to the International Space Station, allowing our orbiting space heroes, a chance to relax and hang out for a brief time with some of the most impressive superheroes to grace the silver screen in many years. When we heard about this, the coolness factor blew our socks off and caused the fire alarm down the hall to melt.

We know that sending special messages and treats up to our astronauts isn’t by any means a new thing, astronauts have over the years enjoyed video games, Pizza Hut brand pizza flown on a logo’d rocket, and various other specialties as a way to say thank you for all their hard work in advancing the causes of science. But still, when two of our favorite things mesh, it blows us away and just makes us want to high-five those behind the scenes to make something like this happen.

Who knows, maybe NASA can work out a deal with Netflix at some point, I mean the satellite is already up there, shorter trip on the signal don’t you think? (just kidding)

“The Hulk” Set To Smash Back On Television By 2013

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May 172012

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Ready or not – the raging green beast is coming back to television by 2013

It’s been confirmed that Marvel’s The Hulk will be returning to television as a live action series after more than thirty years off the air, which is probably no surprise to fans since the record breaking success of Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers this year. Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno starred in the first successful series which ran for ten-years from 1972-82, and the return of the Hulk is being planned by ABC television and Marvel, in an attempt to cash in on the box office ratings. Few details are known at this point, but The Hulk has beat out a slew of other proposed superhero shows, including a Punisher series and many others.

It’s also unknown if there will be a tie-in between the movie storyline and the series, or if ABC will attempt a fresh approach. It’s more than likely a safe bet that the TV series will feature a CGI Hulk to match the new accepted look of our hero, but to what extent is still unknown. Will The Hulk succeed where others failed? It’s too soon to know, as we saw the attempted Wonder Woman series fail to get out of the starting gate after the filming of the pilot episode. It’s also currently unknown if any other characters from The Avengers movie will be given consideration for a TV series, but there’s always hope.

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DC vs. Marvel – Dominating Theaters 2012-2014

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Jan 282012

Holy Sh*t Batman!

By Staff Editor, PK

If you’re a big fan of superheroes, then you may be like us and having a glee-filled fanboy meltdown over the news that continues to emerge from Hollywood on even more superhero stories coming to the silver screen. Marvel Comics & DC Entertainment have spent decades trying to capture our hard earned nerd money, pumping out some amazing and at times not so amazing shows, movies, and games based on our favorite comics. We could cover the last 50 years of superhero cinematic history, but lets’ just take a look at recent events and work forward. In 2002 Marvel set the bar for superhero movies to an all new high with the big budget modern day adaption of Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire wowed audiences with his boyish charms and CGI enhanced combat skills, as he fought The Green Goblin.

One decent sequel and one teary-eyed massive flop later, Spider-Man is being reborn as The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield, in an another attempt to retell the story of Peter Parker, the mutant spider, and the worst allergic reaction to a bug bite known to medical science. To be fair this new version of Spidey’s adventures appears to be more of a grittier and somewhat darker telling of the story, and audiences will get to judge for themselves if the web-slinging wall-crawler is meant to stay on the big screen, with the film debuting on July 3, 2012 in theaters everywhere.

The Avengers is Gonna Rock

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Oct 112011

We know, we know, we’re biased too.

But hey, have a look. Tell us what you think.

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