As you may have guessed, I’m not at Comic-Con International this weekend. Thanks to the magic of the interwebs, though, I don’t have to worry about missing out on updates, livestreams, photos, and video from the hundreds of panels taking place. Seriously, people. DC and Marvel have a panel going on in just about every time block of the Con.
Better yet, I don’t have to worry about being stabbed in the eye by some crazy guy because I’m sitting in Hall H with 4,000 other people hoping to see the cast of the Avengers movie.
I guess we’ll just call it a break even situation. That is until I stumbled across this little bit of awesome-sauce this afternoon: the newest trailer for the Sony Entertainment/DC Comics massively multiplayer online (MMO) game DC Universe Online. Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, Marv Wolfman, and other major creators have spent the last five years working on bringing the world’s greatest super-heroes to life for the PS3 and PCs.
Check out the trailer and join me for a little chat, okay?
You know what? Just go ahead and watch it again…or five more times. I’ll wait.
Back again? Good. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? I’m not even sure where to begin.
Corey’s Top 10 Head ‘Sploding Things in the DC Universe Online Trailer
10. Superman’s five-o’clock shadow.
9. Cyborg looks awesome. Please, DC. Realize this character has the potential to be a major player in the DC Universe and give him the respect he demands.
8. Joker uses Harley Quinn as a human shield.
7. Every hero in special armor means things are really, really bad.
6. Wonder Woman with a delicious Kryptonite-filled interior.
5. Deathstroke using Batman as a piñata thanks to Wonder Woman’s lasso.
4. You can never go wrong with Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as Joker. Seriously. After twenty years of two fine actors playing the characters, you’d think audiences would want the producers to move on to someone else. No…such…thing.
3. Superman burns off Black Adam’s face with his heat vision!
2. Black Adam calls down the lightning and destroys the entire city. C’mon. Why doesn’t the Shazam family get more love in the comics?
1. A storyline that is good enough to be a movie. Stop wasting time on these direct to DVD movies and simply make this happen. Villains win. Time travel. The trinity. Awesome animation. Great voice acting.
At least I know what I’ll be doing at 3 a.m. this November when Elliott won’t sleep.
